Don’t think for a minute that the Main Stream Media (MSM) doesn’t have a particular story that they want to tell (make that SELL), a particular narrative that makes you react in ways consistent with their interests.
For all the good it does me, I try to swim against that stream when things in the MSM story don’t match up over time. So here are some of my recent MSM Things in the Stream that make me go hmmmm? (or more correctly WTF?)
Anthrax Guy:
The Feds just paid off their old public suspect in the Anthrax case (to the tune of 5+ million dollars). Part of the settlement is that they guy can’t talk about the investigation and the FBI doesn’t have to go to court, where records are still public. Then said Feds announce that their shiny new suspect just killed himself and now they might close the case without presenting evidence to a grand jury, where records become public eventually. We are supposed to believe that recently and conveniently dead scientist guy was behind all those mailings of anthrax to Democratic politicians and we are supposed to ignore the fact that said scientist was a registered Democrat.
Can we prove the recently deceased was set up? No. But will the FBI have to prove he was guilty? No. Hmmmmmm…
Military Tribunals:
Finally the Pentagon is beginning to hold trials for all those guys locked up in GITMO. That’s good news, right? If they are guilty, they get punished. If they are innocent, they will be let go. No. The Pentagon says that despite the outcome of these tribunals the status of these men as “enemy combatants” will not be changed. In other words, if Osama Bin Laden’s driver is found “guilty” his time served so far (5 years + so far) will not be applied to his sentence. And if he is found “innocent” that will not change is “enemy combatant” status and he will continue to be held indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay Cuba by American military personnel.
So, these prisoners might get executed because of the out come of these tribunals, but no body will be released.
Justice, you ask? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
The Tight Presidential Race:
The MSM insists night after night that the Presidential Race is too close to call. Yet Obama’s voter registration drives in all 50 states are ignored. Surveys only call cranky old people who don’t have caller id on their phones. And nation-wide surveys don’t count in the Presidential Race, Electoral College delegates are what count (that and the Supreme Court). According to most of the Electoral College counts done by non-MSM organizations (including right-wing groups) Obama is leading by any where from 68 to 137 Electoral Votes.
Obama McCain Margin
Real Clear Politics 322 216 Obama +106
Electoral-Vote.com 316 209 Obama +107
FiveThirtyEight.com 303 235 Obama + 68
Pollster.com 284 147 Obama +137
AVERAGE 306 202 Obama +104
Last time I checked, +104 Electoral Votes makes you President of the United States.
That is not a very close race. So why is the MSM telling and retelling this close race story? Do they expect enough Election Day shenanigans, enough voter purging, enough electronic machine hacking, enough denial of service to make this a “close race” at the last minute? Close enough that the Supreme Court can call the winner again? Do they need to prime the pump so that the expected “official” results seem reasonable and expected on November 5th? Hmmmmmm….
Experience vs. Celebrity:
People are just fascinated by Obama. But he is just a celebrity. He doesn’t have any real experience. Only John McCain has real experience.
Well if McCain is so damned experienced, how come his campaign commercials are so ham-fisted? Why has McCain’s campaign been the one on the rails so many times, running out of money, turning over staff, changing strategy? He has campaigned before. He has been an elected official for 28 years. Why can’t he bring all that experience to bear on the campaign? What, didn’t getting shot down in a plane give him the experience he needs to run an effective campaign? Maybe hiring all the sleazebags that ran Bush’s 2000 campaign will help?
Meanwhile, Obama has run one of the most efficient and effective campaigns of my life time. His staff has been stable. His message has been consistent. His ability to excite the voters and to raise money has been incredible. But we are supposed to believe that he has no experience and that his success is just due to celebrity. We are supposed to believe that a Constitutional Lawyer with experience in local, state and federal government is an untested neophyte with no ability to lead or organize people.
Hmmmmmmmmm….
The Housing Crisis:
The “housing crisis” has undermined our economy. All those people borrowing money they couldn’t pay back for homes they couldn’t afford are dragging down the system.
There is no “housing crisis”. There is a mortgage investment problem fueled by Wall Street and enabled by the Banking Industry. The Wall Street wizards told Congress and the people that we were too stupid to understand how their financial instruments work, so we shouldn’t even try to regulate there profit taking activities. They skimmed off all the profits of the “housing bubble” as their demand for more and more mortgage activity drove up the price of housing for all of us. And now that their scheme has fallen apart and they are losing money, they want government welfare for their Wall Street firms and mortgage banks to cover their losses. They weren’t willing to share their profits, but they are willing to let us cover their losses. Is that “free market capitalism”? No. That is “oligarchical socialism” (where the rich few get government handouts paid for by the taxes paid by the many poor citizens).
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
The Rants of Bloggers:
Has this new medium changed the way people get their news and information? Does the ranting of some obscure blogger make any real difference? Can bloggers, who post what ever crap they want for free, compete with the corporate budgets of the MSM? Hmmmmmmmmmm….
AVERAGE 306 202 Obama +104
Last time I checked, +104 Electoral Votes makes you President of the United States.
That is not a very close race. So why is the MSM telling and retelling this close race story? Do they expect enough Election Day shenanigans, enough voter purging, enough electronic machine hacking, enough denial of service to make this a “close race” at the last minute? Close enough that the Supreme Court can call the winner again? Do they need to prime the pump so that the expected “official” results seem reasonable and expected on November 5th? Hmmmmmm….
Experience vs. Celebrity:
People are just fascinated by Obama. But he is just a celebrity. He doesn’t have any real experience. Only John McCain has real experience.
Well if McCain is so damned experienced, how come his campaign commercials are so ham-fisted? Why has McCain’s campaign been the one on the rails so many times, running out of money, turning over staff, changing strategy? He has campaigned before. He has been an elected official for 28 years. Why can’t he bring all that experience to bear on the campaign? What, didn’t getting shot down in a plane give him the experience he needs to run an effective campaign? Maybe hiring all the sleazebags that ran Bush’s 2000 campaign will help?
Meanwhile, Obama has run one of the most efficient and effective campaigns of my life time. His staff has been stable. His message has been consistent. His ability to excite the voters and to raise money has been incredible. But we are supposed to believe that he has no experience and that his success is just due to celebrity. We are supposed to believe that a Constitutional Lawyer with experience in local, state and federal government is an untested neophyte with no ability to lead or organize people.
Hmmmmmmmmm….
The Housing Crisis:
The “housing crisis” has undermined our economy. All those people borrowing money they couldn’t pay back for homes they couldn’t afford are dragging down the system.
There is no “housing crisis”. There is a mortgage investment problem fueled by Wall Street and enabled by the Banking Industry. The Wall Street wizards told Congress and the people that we were too stupid to understand how their financial instruments work, so we shouldn’t even try to regulate there profit taking activities. They skimmed off all the profits of the “housing bubble” as their demand for more and more mortgage activity drove up the price of housing for all of us. And now that their scheme has fallen apart and they are losing money, they want government welfare for their Wall Street firms and mortgage banks to cover their losses. They weren’t willing to share their profits, but they are willing to let us cover their losses. Is that “free market capitalism”? No. That is “oligarchical socialism” (where the rich few get government handouts paid for by the taxes paid by the many poor citizens).
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
The Rants of Bloggers:
Has this new medium changed the way people get their news and information? Does the ranting of some obscure blogger make any real difference? Can bloggers, who post what ever crap they want for free, compete with the corporate budgets of the MSM? Hmmmmmmmmmm….
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Credits:
All words spun off the top of my head.
Research done: 0, zero, nada, none.
References: none, zip.
Don't believe anything I say. Go check your own facts.
But don't believe CNN either without double checking.
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