Saturday, September 04, 2004
"Myths" of Liberal (Leftist) bias?
Media responses to the Republican convention and its list of speakers have afforded yet again a revealing view of the coastal elite's objectivity in journalism. I must first note that I'm not a Republican and am not sympathetic to many of George Bush's policies. My own views are also far removed from the factions within the Republican Party that are motivated by religion or collectivist dogmatism. That said, I can't hide my more pronounced disdain for the continued phony cries of "mean-spiritedness, racism," and other conjured appraisals pervasively directed at people who often want no more than greater restraint on government growth and regulation.
The "mainstream" media's take on what transpired at each convention has become a caricature of bias reporting. Note some interesting critique’s of this nonsense here and here.
I clearly remember reading transcripts of the speeches made at the Democratic convention (particularly Jimmy Carter's) and don't see where their aggressive "mean-spiritedness" was any less than their opponents.
Between the "protestors" outside the Republican convention and the official opponents in the Democratic Party, the invective directed towards the current president has reached absurd levels. Bush is not Hitler, he doesn't push old ladies in wheel chairs down staircases, and people who favor a less intrusive government or pre-empting the clear threats of tyrants aren't followers of the Anti-Christ.
The pampered elitists who think their own views so noble that they should be imposed on others by a bloated bureaucratic state, just can't fathom the fact that not everyone agrees with them, and of those who don't, not all are "selfish, greedy, rich, oppressive, racists....etc."
The absurdity of the Left's attacks in recent years will help to virtually guarantee Bush's reelection -- and the Leftist clowns who helped make it happen will wallow in bewilderment...what utter fools.
The "mainstream" media's take on what transpired at each convention has become a caricature of bias reporting. Note some interesting critique’s of this nonsense here and here.
I clearly remember reading transcripts of the speeches made at the Democratic convention (particularly Jimmy Carter's) and don't see where their aggressive "mean-spiritedness" was any less than their opponents.
Between the "protestors" outside the Republican convention and the official opponents in the Democratic Party, the invective directed towards the current president has reached absurd levels. Bush is not Hitler, he doesn't push old ladies in wheel chairs down staircases, and people who favor a less intrusive government or pre-empting the clear threats of tyrants aren't followers of the Anti-Christ.
The pampered elitists who think their own views so noble that they should be imposed on others by a bloated bureaucratic state, just can't fathom the fact that not everyone agrees with them, and of those who don't, not all are "selfish, greedy, rich, oppressive, racists....etc."
The absurdity of the Left's attacks in recent years will help to virtually guarantee Bush's reelection -- and the Leftist clowns who helped make it happen will wallow in bewilderment...what utter fools.
