Media Bias, a different pespective...
I've only recently discovered Thomas Sowell; you will see him referenced any many blogs across the Internet.I've found his writing to be well thought and informative, even though he is that thing that Democrats are completely horrified by - a conservative minority member.
Blackfive quotes his article here and provides some interesting commentary. You can also see Mr. Sowell's article directly here.
I agree with his premise in this article, since I fee strongly that the bias crosses the line in many cases to the point of providing aid to the enemy. I've wondered often on how the people involved could do this, since they must realize that the people/agenda they are aiding is inherently hostile to any type of free press. I've begun to believe that their actions are informed in large part by a "it can't happen to me" attitude often seen in adolescents. They really have not thought about or conceived of the long term consequences to themselves, should the US not only fail in Iraq, but ultimately fall itself.
It may also be part the same, somewhat entertaining, thing that one sees in genealogy research. Seldom do the majority of people involved in this type of delving find that their family descended from working class, destitute peasants from where ever. It seems there is always some link to an elite social status or back door rank.
So to with today's journalists - in the world order with a diminsihed US that they envision, they see themselves as part of the ruling elite. This ignores the lessons of history, when open societies have been suborned, media is the first and most brutally supressed, along with the educated and intellectuals that might form the basis of dissent.
The link between actions and consequence (and the responsibilty for them) seems to be the hardest thing for the current media/liberals to comprehend. I say that with some reserve, since I think it applies to extremist of both liberal and conservative stripe.
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