Wednesday, February 06, 2008
The Jokes of "Journalism;" Facts and Fancy Among the Fourth Estate
They've got to be kidding. In the midst of "Super Tuesday," both Japan's NHK and Asahi's evening news shows shared a common interest in only one side (the Democrats) of the voting taking place in America.
I can remember when America's media created the Obama craze out of thin air. Time and Newsweek offered cover stories for this random guy before he was big news (thus making him big news). He has virtually no leadership experience (any rich or well-funded person with political goals can become a legislator). Obama has never administered anything, yet several media outlets decided he should have the exposure needed to administer the executive branch of the American government. Why? Well, he'll "talk to Castro and Ahmadinejad et al." Great! An African American Neville Chamberlain. But okay, for whatever initial cause of celebrity status, he's important now so give him the coverage a contender would expect to have during an election. And, Hillary Clinton? Well, she's Hillary Clinton!
In the two Japanese television news stations' broadcasts I previously mentioned, many minutes of broadcast time were devoted to both Hillary Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama as they spoke dramatically of the "need for change" (that's original). Accompanying these virtual Democrat campaign ads (I realize an actual "ad" would have no real purpose in Japan) was footage of interviews with star-struck groupies yearning for..."a change" (yawn).
What was so bogus about these "news reports" was that they were followed by mere seconds devoted to distant images of John McCain (with no sound, speech sound-bites, or supporters interviews). Mitt Romney was shown for a few seconds shaking hands.
Apparently, Japan's "news outlets" are, like many of America's, convinced there is only one valid party worthy of positive exposure – nothing new there.
If McCain wins the final election we'll hear cries again everywhere of a "stolen election." After all, how could some virtually unknown (unshown) guy win an election against an ever so popular, well-known, and media pervasive Hillary or Obama?
...'Complete nonsense from left-land once more.
