Thursday, October 12, 2017

Dear President Trump

No:


Just no.

Is the media a joke?  Sure.  Is it propaganda and agenda driven?  Sure. Is it about ratings, money and advancing the cause?  Yep.  Does it ignore Himalayan piles of stories in order to focus on a single molehill that is better for the narrative?  Sure.  When it makes mistakes, are those mistakes almost always inexplicably to the betterment of the narratives in question?  Duh.  In short, is it just Pravda for the respective party, ideology or agenda?  It most certainly is.

But it's free to be so.  By now, almost anything thinking person should know this.  And we should know that it applies to FOX and other conservative outlets every bit as much as it does the MSM.  Is FOX more comprehensive right now than, say, MSNBC and CNN?  Yeah.  But that doesn't mean it's any more unbiased.  So should it lose it's license as well?

Sorry, but absolutely wrong on this one.  The MSM is mostly half truths, denied truths, covered up truths, false stories, biased reporting and general propaganda.  But it has the right to be those things and, as long as it is not controlled by the government, we have a right to listen and read or ignore.  Don't mess with those rights.

Those who come after you might have a different set of opinnons about who and what should remain free to broadcast.  Just as those who cheered Obama's pen and phone governing are finding out now, paybacks can be hell.

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