Geesh.....For the first time maybe in my life, I actually agree with something that appeared on LewRockwell.com. We can only pray that Gail is correct.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:12 AM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Will Trayvon Martin Become Part of Federal Mythology? > *By Gail Jarvis > July 23, 2013 > > The media must be chagrined that its attempt to malign George Zimmerman > fell short of expectations. Not only did media’s biased reporting fail to > produce the public reaction it hoped for, but in the long run it may have > precipitated a much needed reappraisal of society and media. It may be > wishful thinking on my part, but I sense an emerging realization that it is > finally time to move from 1963 to 2013. Although grievance groups and > journalists will strongly resist such a move, they no longer have the power > to get the public to act against its own best interest. – And it is not in > the public’s interest to allow racial politics to take precedence over > legal considerations in court decisions. > > Some journalists seem to feel that they have a higher calling than simply > reporting the news. They believe they have been chosen to make society > better and society can be made better if the public would only adopt the > enlightened opinions favored by journalists. So news events are reported in > the manner that will best promote the media’s concept of what is fair and > just. This kind of reporting is not new but journalists used to be a little > more judicious when expressing their opinions. They rarely offer balanced > reporting today and do not even attempt to deny their lack of objectivity. > It would be difficult to pick the most outrageous example of this > manipulative journalism but the media’s counterfeit depiction of a > pubescent and chaste Trayvon Martin could rank close to the top. > > Surely members of the liberal media realized that Trayvon Martin’s past > history would eventually emerge. The public now knows that media’s > Pollyanna portrayal of Trayvon Martin was fiction designed to mold public > opinion. Facts have emerged about his drug use, his three school > suspensions, – one for having stolen jewelry and burglary tools; his > truancy and his text messages about the acquisition of guns. We have seen > photographs of him at his correct age rather than the “young boy” photos > that the media foisted upon us. And we know that Trayvon’s incorrigible > behavior caused his birth mother to kick him out, telling him to move > instead into the house of his father’s latest girlfriend. > > We also are informed that the demonstrations for Trayvon are not > spontaneous grassroots events. They are being organized by Dream Defenders, > which has connections to the SEIU union, ACORN, Occupy, and the Southern > Poverty Law Center. Dream Defenders plans, funds, and prints the signs for > these demonstrations. In an interview, one of its directors stated: “We are > actually trying to change the capitalist system we have today, because it’s > not working for any of us.” But even though Dream Defenders has carefully > orchestrated false demonstrations, they are not attracting the following > they expected. We have also learned that the Justice Department used our > tax dollars to fund anti-Zimmerman protests. We wait, hopefully not in > vain, for Congress to redress this action. > > Today’s one sided media reporting brings to mind the reporting of 1960s > civil rights activities. There was no let up in news coverage of troubled > spots like Birmingham, Little Rock and Selma . In these hot spots a pivotal > event was usually identified and the media has religiously revisited it on > its anniversary date for the last 50 years. These compulsory annual media > ceremonies have created an enduring civil rights mythology, which until > fairly recently, has remained unquestioned. > > On the other hand, the 1960s media was restrained in its reporting on > cities that desegregated peacefully or with minimal disturbances. These > cities – Charlotte, Knoxville, Orlando, Atlanta, Huntsville and others too > numerous to list, vastly outnumbered cities that experienced protests or > demonstrations accompanied with violence. But amicable desegregation was > not newsworthy and certainly couldn’t justify the enacting of racial > preferences. However, the most significant aspect of the civil rights > movement is that hundreds of years of a segregated society were altered > within a few decades, and most cities achieved this without serious > disruption. Our nation responded to racial problems by radically changing > our society but we must not let today’s racial complaints undermine the > rule of law. > > http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/07/gail-jarvis/official-mythology/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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