Dec 4, 2009
Western Journalism
Watching liberal journalists desperate for a government bailout as they prostrate themselves before Congress can be so confusing:
Should we be embarrassed as these media representatives of the “best and brightest” beg for official handouts while proclaiming their devotion to independent journalism?
Or should we laugh at the irony of what is left of a once-proud liberal media establishment choosing to become wards of the very state they so vigorously promoted for the past several decades?
Speaking as somebody who has made his living reporting and analyzing the news for more than two decades, I tend towards the embarrassment option.
In any case, it’s clear that the fix is in and all that is left now is for the liberal journalists and their new masters in government to complete their kabuki dance enroute to congressional approval and presidential signature on a massive package of aid for politically correct newspapers and broadcasters.
Read More: By MARK TAPSCOTT, The Washington Examiner
Of course they are on their knees like rats eating cheese for money to keep cranking out the lies and misdirection. I mean do the tax payers need to shell out money so the Government officially owns the press? Seems like they already own them for free. Whoops, brain fart, when people don’t want something the quit buying it, so they have to use our dollars because, advertisers don’t play the game when numbers plunge.
Good idea to save money would be to combine all print media and name it Pravda II. J.C.