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Monday, September 14th, 2009 at 10:03 am

“Mainstream Media” Must Go!

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Main-stream (mayn-streem)

Main or current thought or behavior:  the ideas, actions, and values that are most widely accepted by a group or society, e.g. in politics, fashion or music

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Since there is very little mainstream about the so-called mainstream media, it’s time for all of us to stop using such a misleading term – and come up with something new.

Is the New York Times or NBC News really mainstream when they ignore the Van Jones story?

Isn’t there something wrong when Glenn Beck, who doesn’t even pretend to be a journalist, scoops the “mainstream media” on all sorts of stories – from Van Jones to Acorn, to name just two recent examples?

The fact is there are lots of stories that Americans care deeply about that simply hold no interest for so-called mainstream journalists.   I get the impression that if FOX News decides to run with a story that may, for example, reflect badly on President Obama or one that puts a spotlight on some liberal judge who let’s child molesters off with (barely) a slap on the wrist, the mainstream media won’t go near it.  That may be regrettable, but I fear it’s true.

So, here’s where all of you come in.  What term should we come up with to replace “mainstream media”?

I await your brilliant suggestions.  Keep ‘em short.

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  1. storch says:

    The media machine will always exist because their business model is not based on expected business principles. They serve a purpose; being the espousing of political beliefs to further one’s cause ( meaning, the owner’s cause ). No matter how unfathomable the approach, the goal is to brainwash the masses.

    A brief reflection of history readily reveals other times when the “media” served a purpose besides informing the public. It’s daily propaganda folks. I watch Fox News and yes, they do the same thing from time to time. ” Believe none of what you read…”

  2. joel o'connor says:

    hey man, i just watch ur commentary about the guy who holds the most guniess book of world records for stuff like pogo stick jumping etc… I just want to say that you came across as very condecending toward that man. Why were you constantly implying he was crazy? Did he make you feel insecure? And why did you tell him during the fireman carry, “if you drop me, you’re a dead man.” ??? You just came across as a very affraid, insecure old man…..sorry, but you did end it nicely. I suggest you read a book call by G.K. Chesterson called Man Alive, the main character is Mr. Innocent Smith. Read it. Trust me, you need to. I love you….joel;)

  3. April Harlow says:

    Bernie,…you are brilliant,…I feel refreshed after listening to your comentary. Thank you for all that you do. I also love listening to Bill Oreilly, Juan Williams and Charles Crautmayer.
    How in the world can Obama admin ignore Fox News? They treat foxnews like the obsene phone caller,..by just hanging up.

  4. steveb says:

    close-minded one sided media;

  5. La in TX says:

    Mouthpiece Media

  6. John says:

    Soledad O’Brien is such a phony. In April 2008, Reverend Jeremiah Wright gave a speech in Detroit to the NAACP.  One of the things that  he said in this speech was that black and white children learn with different parts of their brain, and then gave an “unflattering imitation of the way white pastors speak.”  Peoples comments were that he gave a racial speech. Soledad  O’Brien, on CNN, was quoted as saying, in a gushing manner, that the speech was a “home run” and “really funny.” When questioned about the things he said in the speech, she would say things like, what he really meant was …..or what he wanted to say was… Once again she’s covering the truth and being racist.  Just as with the Henry Gates incident.  In an appearance on Anderson Cooper, the night or so before CNN’s “The Moment of Truth” she appeared enraged that it was a racial profile against Gates. She said that she got calls from her FRIENDS saying it was all about Gates being black.  She went on that show with the purpose, at all costs, to destroy the credibility of the white police officer and throw him under the bus.  When Cooper was talking she wanted to make the point that Gates said “Thank You” to the police officers.  By mentioning that, she was purposely misrepresenting the truth by playing down Gates’ belligerence and racial remarks, which she didn’t even mention.  Even Gates’ attorney and friend, said to the media that he used very strong language. Colon Powell and President Obama both said he should take blame in the incident.  I have seen this in many occasions with her, where she doesn’t speak the truth and hides the true facts.  Another time on Anderson Cooper, Cooper said to O’Brien that Senator John McCain hasn’t brought race into the campaign, like he said he wouldn’t.  You would think her response would have been something like, that’s great because he shouldn’t.  Instead she strongly insinuated that he would, even in the last week of the campaign. Also, her questioning style, in interviews  is completely different with a white person than it is with a black person.  Like in her interview with Henry Gates in “The Moment of Truth”  She just went along with his lies. I have seen several comments on various websites about her racism.  There are many other examples I could give of her racial bias, dishonesty and hypocrisy. She seems to consider herself to be black. She mentioned in an interview that her parents made it clear to her “you’re black” and that’s all there is to it.
    She’s all about being #1, she wants the world to revolve around her. She comes first, before her family. She wants to be a celebrity figure and a star. In interviews she says she works 6 days a week, mostly out of town, and on some holidays. She goes to gala events, concerts, lots of entertainment events, as a single woman, leaving her husband and kids behind.
    I think Soledad O’Brien is a very poor journalist. What ever happened to the days of CNN with Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff? They were honorable journalists. You could believe what they said.

  7. Dan says:

    I think, since they have so little to do with “news” anymore (at least, the kind of “news” I was taught to gather and report), we just call them the “entertainment” media.

    In fact, the so-called “mainstream” has had very little to do with the way “mainstream” life really is since the demise of “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Mayberry R. F. D.” I mean, really – Federal or Military investigators behave exactly nothing like those in “NCIS” or “CSI: Miami.” And Eric Kripke is going straight to Hell for “Supernatural.” How is any of that “mainstream?”

    Until such time as one of these so-called news organizations reports on the facts of a story on a regular basis, they’ll simply be the “entertainment” media to me.

  8. Roger says:

    How about alphabet media (ie: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC). I was thinking that lately they act almost like a arm of our government just like the alphabet Federal law enforcement agencies do.

  9. Rosalie says:

    Regarding your Sept. 29 O’Reilly appearance.

    I was disappointed in your “superior journalist”, above it all, criticism of the likes of Glen Beck and Sean Hannity, and bewildered at your taking issue with the “grass roots, cross section of America” description of the Tea Party participants. I have been to 6 or 7 rallies against government controlled health care and can assure you that “grass roots” is a very appropriate term for them. They are wonderful, sensible, logical, good humored, average Americans united by their refusal to give up their freedom to exercise control over decisions about their own health and that of their loved ones. These are people who are not accustomed to public demonstrations, and who for the most part would rather be anywhere else than to be on the street holding up signs. These are trying times and no one is more frustrated than the average American who is losing freedom and watching America’s greatness so carelessly and deliberately disgarded.

    We are being insulted and dismissed by Congress, disparaged by the Left Wing media, and now YOU? I thought you were a champion of truth, and logic. My mistake.

    If this downward spiral into Socialism is thwarted at all, (and at this point, it doesn’t look good) we can thank the likes of Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, and Ingraham, and in fact, the entire Fox Network. A little “cheerleading” is certainly in order right now, and a lot of prayers.

    What were you thinking? While I’m no big fan of O’Reilly, I have been one of yours. I don’t understand your acrimony. You must be carrying a big grudge. What can you be thinking?

    Disappointed in you,

    Rosalie M

  10. Anthony Ferreira says:

    When do you think Fox will start hocking “We’re #1″ foam fingers on their website? I would like to buy one for a Vandy proctologist.

  11. Anthony Ferreira says:

    Take 2: How about magalomania media?With best regards

  12. Anthony Ferreira says:

    Hey Mr. G.

  13. E. Jay Nilsson says:

    How about:
    * junk journalists or junk journalism
    * relic reporters
    * medieval media
    *museum media
    *moldy media or
    * musty media

  14. Allan Edmunds says:

    The (not) Main Stream Media…call it what it is…the Lap Dog Media.

  15. Zaz says:

    Mr. Goldberg
    I have been suggesting to leading conservative bloggers that they use the acronym LSM (i.e. Left Stream Media) for some time, but I have not been very successful. I am glad that you and Glenn Beck have hit upon this. The more I hear Glenn Beck refer to those biased media outlets as the Fringe Media or FM, the more I like it. They are definitely on the fringe. So I choose LSM or FM. FM can also mean the F*****g Media on those days when they tell the big whopping lies.
    Regards,
    Zaz

  16. E. Jay Nilsson says:

    To expand on my earlier suggestion (that the “mainstream media” should be called the urine stream media), I proposed that because:

    * Urine is not significantly representative of our overall existence.
    *In fact, urine is one of the most unappealing aspects of our existence.
    *Urine contains formulations that will harm you if retained.
    *If you think about urine very much, you are or will become (if you’re not somebody like a medical researcher), as nutty as Jimmy Carter or one of his peanut fields.

  17. Dana says:

    I call it the Pravda Media

  18. GeorgiaDawg says:

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany time you wwwwwwwwwatch these stupid networks are read the
    NYT you fill like you will choke and puke,,,,
    How about the—–
    Choke and Puke Media…

  19. Dat says:

    I simply refer to them as the Mythoholic Media. Like deluded drug addicts they keep denying reality and screaming for more of the same government poison that is causing the illness.

  20. Janice Stevens says:

    New names for old “mainstream” media: Unfair-to-middling media
    Liberty hating Liberal Media ; Socialized Media
    Freedom hating control-freak media
    Obsolete, Mediocre Media
    Old fashioned Obsolete Media
    Out dated obsolete Media
    Past its prime time media
    shallow sophomoric media
    irrelevant media
    senile media

  21. Rosalie says:

    I would call the formerly, and far from it, mainstream media, the PANTS ON FIRE media, because it acknowledges the lies, refers to pants as in heavy breathing, and could explain the tingles up Chris Matthews leg.

  22. Ringo says:

    How about “Minion Media”?

  23. Richard M. Wright says:

    Bernie,

    Sorry to be late on this subject.

    I call the “mainstream media” DMOP, for “Democrat Ministry of Propaganda.”

    I think that’s accurate, and is easy to remember.

    On a separate subject: If you know someone who produces bumper stickers, how about one with BO’s stylized “O” logo, followed by “ceania” – spelling “Oceania. The Socialist police state of “1984.”

    I’d buy a bumper sticker like that in a New York second!

    Thanks.

    Richard M. Wright

  24. Gail Howard says:

    The mainstream media should now be ‘The White House Water Boys’ or ‘Water Boys’, for short.

  25. Gail Howard says:

    The mainstream media should now be referred to as: “The White House Water Boys”

  26. Ellie says:

    Along with the Steam Media

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