He's not even a native son, he's a favorite Kenyan son. ************************************************* Barack Obama Antichrist gear
http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Tue, 10/28/08, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [OT] Media Presidential Bias and Decline > To: "ProFox Email List" <profox@leafe.com> > Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 9:48 AM > Bob, > > Last night I saw a CNN report announce that Obama was > the 'favorite > son' of the US in this election -- pretty incredulous > to me -- who > bestowed 'favorite son' status on him? > > v/r > > > //SIGNED// > > Stephen S. Wolfe, YA2, DAF > 6th MDG Data Services Manager > 6th MDG Information System Security Officer > Comm (813) 827-9994 DSN 651-9994 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob Calco > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:22 AM > To: 'ProFox Email List' > Subject: [OT] Media Presidential Bias and Decline > > http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=6099188&page=1 > > - - - > > The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this > election > campaign is not just bewildering, but appalling. And over > the last few > months I've found myself slowly moving from shaking my > head at the > obvious > one-sided reporting, to actually shouting at the screen of > my television > and > my laptop computer. > > But worst of all, for the last couple weeks, I've begun > -- for the first > time in my adult life -- to be embarrassed to admit what I > do for a > living. > A few days ago, when asked by a new acquaintance what I did > for a > living, I > replied that I was "a writer," because I > couldn't bring myself to admit > to a > stranger that I'm a journalist. > ... > > That means constantly challenging our own prejudices, > systematically > presenting opposing views and never, ever burying stories > that > contradict > our own world views or challenge people or institutions we > admire. If we > can't achieve Olympian detachment, than at least we can > recognize human > frailty -- especially in ourselves. > > ... > > Meanwhile, I watched with disbelief as the nation's > leading newspapers, > many > of whom I'd written for in the past, slowly let opinion > pieces creep > into > the news section, and from there onto the front page. > Personal opinions > and > comments that, had they appeared in my stories in 1979, > would have > gotten my > butt kicked by the nearest copy editor, were now standard > operating > procedure at the New York Times, the Washington Post, and > soon after in > almost every small town paper in the U.S. > > But what really shattered my faith -- and I know the day > and place where > it > happened -- was the war in Lebanon three summers ago. The > hotel I was > staying at in Windhoek, Namibia, only carried CNN, a > network I'd already > learned to approach with skepticism. But this was CNN > International, > which > is even worse. > > I sat there, first with my jaw hanging down, then actually > shouting at > the > TV, as one field reporter after another reported the > carnage of the > Israeli > attacks on Beirut, with almost no corresponding coverage of > the > Hezbollah > missiles raining down on northern Israel. The reporting was > so utterly > and > shamelessly biased that I sat there for hours watching, > assuming that > eventually CNNi would get around to telling the rest of the > story . but > it > never happened. > ... > > But nothing, nothing I've seen has matched the media > bias on display in > the > current presidential campaign. > > Republicans are justifiably foaming at the mouth over the > sheer > one-sidedness of the press coverage of the two candidates > and their > running > mates. But in the last few days, even Democrats, who have > been gloating > over > the pass -- no, make that shameless support -- they've > gotten from the > press, are starting to get uncomfortable as they realize > that no one > wins in > the long run when we don't have a free and fair press. > > ... > > No, what I object to (and I think most other Americans do > as well) is > the > lack of equivalent hardball coverage of the other side -- > or worse, > actively > serving as attack dogs for the presidential ticket of Sens. > Barack > Obama, > D-Ill., and Joe Biden, D-Del. > > If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as > president of > the > United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has > left almost no > paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will > talk) and has > entire years missing out of his biography. > > That isn't Sen. Obama's fault: His job is to put > his best face forward. > No, > it is the traditional media's fault, for it alone > (unlike the > alternative > media) has had the resources to cover this story properly, > and has > systematically refused to do so. > > Why, for example to quote the lawyer for Republican > presidential nominee > Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., haven't we seen an interview > with Sen. > Obama's > grad school drug dealer -- when we know all about Mrs. > McCain's > addiction? > Are Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko that hard to interview? All > those phony > voter > registrations that hard to scrutinize? And why are Sen. > Biden's endless > gaffes almost always covered up, or rationalized, by the > traditional > media? > ... > > The absolute nadir (though I hate to commit to that, as we > still have > two > weeks before the election) came with Joe the Plumber. > > Middle America, even when they didn't agree with Joe, > looked on in > horror as > the press took apart the private life of an average person > who had the > temerity to ask a tough question of a presidential > candidate. So much > for > the standing up for the little man. So much for speaking > truth to power. > So > much for comforting the afflicted and afflicting the > comfortable, and > all of > those other catchphrases we journalists used to believe we > lived by. > ... > > Furthermore, I also happen to believe that most reporters, > whatever > their > political bias, are human torpedoes . and, had they been > unleashed, > would > have raced in and roughed up the Obama campaign as much as > they did > McCain's. That's what reporters do. I was proud to > have been one, and > I'm > still drawn to a good story, any good story, like a shark > to blood in > the > water. > > So why weren't those legions of hungry reporters set > loose on the Obama > campaign? Who are the real villains in this story of > mainstream media > betrayal? > > The editors. The men and women you don't see; the > people who not only > decide > what goes in the paper, but what doesn't; the managers > who give the > reporters their assignments and lay out the editorial > pages. They are > the > real culprits. > ... > > In other words, you are facing career catastrophe -- and > desperate times > call for desperate measures. Even if you have to risk > everything on a > single > Hail Mary play. Even if you have to compromise the > principles that got > you > here. After all, newspapers and network news are doomed > anyway -- all > that > counts is keeping them on life support until you can > retire. > > And then the opportunity presents itself -- an attractive > young > candidate > whose politics likely matches yours, but more important, he > offers the > prospect of a transformed Washington with the power to fix > everything > that > has gone wrong in your career. > > With luck, this monolithic, single-party government will > crush the > alternative media via a revived fairness doctrine, > re-invigorate unions > by > getting rid of secret votes, and just maybe be beholden to > people like > you > in the traditional media for getting it there. > > And besides, you tell yourself, it's all for the good > of the country . > > - - - > > This editorial by a life-long journalist really helps put > the > horrifically > one-sided news coverage in perspective. > > This is why so many of us on the right are frightful of a > President > Obama. > It not be so if the media was doing its job, and not > relegating all > legitimate criticism of The One to the some "negative > campaigning" > bucket > when what they're doing is not even one iota more > dignified than a > high-tech--soon to be state sponsored--campaign commercial. > > - Bob > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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