“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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The current race bait scam known as Journolist is another Vast Nifong Media Scam. Its an obvious example of how the Nifong Media attacks non-democrats with fake racism accusations.as a way to aid and abet democrats.
NAZI media or NAZI News Media reflects how the media is controlled by the state – the socialist democrats. Long ago prominent communists said they would take control of the US media and now they have. The democtat run media publishes propaganda instead of truth. Socialists, Marxists, Communists have always resorted to propaganda and lies. When the ends justify the means as Marxists claim, then truth, ethics, murder, morality, don’t matter. Hitler, Stalin, Mao and others demonstrated it repeatedly. Has the USA forgot WW2, Hitler, the NAZI party, Stalin? The world should not have to learn this lesson yet again.
Socialist Media or Democrat Socialist Media is an appropriate name because the left wing media promote the same things as Obama and the democrats. Obama surrounds himself with socialists like Van Jones. The socialist media and democrats are roots of the same socialist hemlock plant. The media in the USA has become like that of communist nations – controlled by the state, the democrat arm of the state.
Just finished reading a lot of these new name ideas for the left wing media. I vote for nifong news media NNM. The way big media is always trying to play race cards for the dems is just like what Nifong did to get elected by using the Duke lacrosse players as race bait. The NNM and career race baiter Al Sharpton even helped provide a national platform for Nifong to launch his initial accusations against the lacrosse players..
i personally just call them the lamestream media and let it go at that.
Nifong media describes it best. The nifong media hushes up even the biggest story if it doesn’t support democrat politics.
Yeah, thats it – nifong media. The nifong media helps democrats with all the race bait games. Without the nifong media helping them, the democrats couldn’t play the race card effectively.
In view of the fact that the national lamestream media have gone from mere bias to outright intellectual corruption (as you have noted on O’Reilly), I suggest that we change their name to “shamestream media.”
BN
Sorry to get off-topic, but Mr. Goldberg, I saw your appearance on O’Reilly tonight. You were commenting about ABC – the Disney-owned broadcast network – paying that horrible baby-killing Casey Anthony $200,000 for exclusive rights to videos and so on, and you made the ironic comparison between ABC and Disneyland. All I can say is, the irony is all too appropriate, because it’s clear that Disney isn’t Walt’s company anymore. It is utterly bereft of his spirit, moral fiber, and class. You think the Anthony incident was outrageous, well get this: Disney has hired Jason Segal to write and direct a movie. In Segal’s last movie he exposed himself on-screen. And what movie did Disney hire him to write and direct? A Muppet movie. Seriously, should a guy who exposes his “junk” for laughs be writing, directing and starring in a children’s film? What’s wrong with this picture?
Bernie,
I was glad to hear you say that the political correctness is out of control, with regard to the use of the word, “retarded.” As much as I am pained to ever defend a Democrat, and if it were a Republican they would have been lambasted, the word “retarded” is not a slur. Everybody is looking for a reason to be offended.
Also, tell Las Vegas and its mayor to quit being so sensitive when Obama says, “Don’t blow your money in Vegas.”
So many crybabies.
Keep up the good work.
Frank
Atascadero, CA
I agree with you 100% But it’s funny that political correctness, long espoused by the far left, comes back to bite them on the butt!! On the other hand, the right has to be careful not to protest too much as they did in the Harry Ried “negro” statement, as we start to sound like a bunch of shreiking harpies. As usual, Bernie is “right on” again!
Franco57
Lake Tahoe CA
The mainstream media should be referred to as :”Fox News. Conservative propaganda for weak minds.”
…in reference to “mainstream media”…except for Fox that tells about everything, the rest are ridiculous if it`s a negative story about Obama or any appointees, who tend to be corrupt…the Messiah syndrome…in reality, it`s a minority with a checkered past who may not be who he says he is…they attack only Conservatives…ridiculous ! …their job is to report news, honestly…that`s it…end of story ! i call it the BBC…the Baby `Bama Chronicles
…wanted to make sure i commented on last nite on O`Reilly-1/4/10, Mon. …Bill asked you what do you think when referring to Eric Holder and New Gingrich…Newt just smiled after Bill closed…you said the same thing as Newt did on Holder…you and Newt hit it right on the head…i liked your explanation better when pointing to Bill`s family…i liked your answer so well, i re-played a couple of times…Bill says often he was schooled at Harvard…maybe he was…he sure sounds stupid sometimes…you always make sense, Bernie…just keep pounding Bill with the facts on this corrupt administration ! …you`re doing a fantastic job !
Bernie:
I appreciate your use of the term “lame-stream media”, a term I coined more than three years ago in letters to Bill O’Reilly and other news sites.
That phrase, along with the description of our legislators as “obscene congress-critters” explains how we may have gotten into this mess we now face.
The lame-stream media wouldn’t report the shortcomings of the annointed one, such as his complete lack of experience in running anything-not even a lemonade stand, total lack of foreign affairs experience-except living and schooling in muslim countries, getting a “foreign student grant” to attend Occidental College as “Barry Soetoro”, his ties to unsavory characters, many of whom he has now taken into the White House as “advisors” and appointees to run this country into the ground.
No, No! they were too busy feeling that “tingle up my leg”.
Our obscene congress-critters have determined that the “Constitution” is an optional instrument and that “we the people” are too stupid to know what we want and need. Somewhere is lost the meaning of the Constitution that government shall be “of the people, by the people and for the people”. Those rascals fail to see that they work for us and doggone it, the voters aren’t able to see or willing to realize where they are leading us and put a stop to it.
Go Green, recycle congress! Throw the bums out. Veto them, vote ‘em totally out.
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…”