Posted by
Tonewah on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:34:32 PM
I'm sitting on the couch, reading a book, with the TV on for noise, as usual (my version of multi-tasking), when I hear a CNN news-talker complain about the "MSM". I twitched. I looked at the details of the TV program I was watching to make sure it was on CNN, and not some doppleganger station. My face contorted as I asked this journalist, or at least his picture on my TV, "Aren't you the MSM?"
I've been noticing this a lot lately. The MSM is somehow disassociating itself from being the MSM. I heard a conservative radio host complain about the MSM on his syndicated, media conglomerate distributed, nation-wide talk show the other night. I shook my head in disbelief. Who do they think they're fooling? If they're not the 'MSM', who is?
Personally, I've never used the term "main stream media", or it's acronym. I prefer the term, 'bought and paid for liars'. Really. The biggest accomplishment most of these guys have their credit as 'journalists' is being sportscasters or tabloid TV show hosts. They aren't objective in the least. They are paid to sell commercials by their very decidedly SUBJECTIVE bosses. In other words, they tell you either what you or their bosses want to hear, but not the truth. Period.
I'm really getting tired of the opinion-based journalism we are having shoved down our throats. The talking heads that are supposed to just read the news are editorializing. Even when they don't do so overtly, the story itself is tilted. They want you to know their opinion, so you'll think they're someone with whom you can identify. Or maybe they just want to mislead you.
Opinions are like as... well, you know. Just give me the who, what, when, and where of anything that might be of interest, or affect, or have an effect on me. Then, SHUT UP. If I want your opinion, I'll buy one of your ghost-written books.