The Media Does it Again
There are a couple of people who read this blog who have told me they want another political post. Well, be careful what you wish for because you're about to get it.
If you still need further proof that the media leans far to the Left, you have obviously been under a rock or out of the country for the last week. It was announced that former President Clinton has a clogged artery and will be undergoing surgery to correct the problem. The media went nuts! Seriously, they were (and still are, only not to he degree of a few days ago) obcessed with this story. ABC even interrupted regular daytime programming to let the world know that President Clinton was going to have surgery this week.
Read that last sentence again and tell me if you think that was a little over the top.
Mr. Clinton did not suffer a heart attack (by his own admission). In fact, if I'm not mistaken, the problem was discovered during a routine visit to his doctor. In other words, it was caught before something really bad happened to him; it's not like something can't be done preventively to correct the problem. Yet, you would have thought the man was on his death bed! ABC interupted regular programming. CNN did a 20 minute segment on it (and talked about it through out the the rest of the day and the days following; that's not including the Larry King Show that night). Headline News mentioned the story every 10 minutes (they do this with their "big" stories).
Do you think it was just a bit over the top yet?
Fox News Channel did mention the story. They didn't harp on it, didn't blow it out of proportion (unlike the afore mentioned channels); it was just another story in a busy news day.
Let's put this in to prespective: We have a war on terrorism going on, a hurricane was heading toward Florida, not to mention all the other things happening that day... but they thought Mr. Clinton's heart surgery was a bigger story?? Give me a break.
Larry King had Mr. Clinton on his show the night that the news broke about his heart surgery. Ole Larry was making a big deal out of it, as if Mr. Clinton was dying. From his responses you could tell that Mr. Clinton was playing it down, like it wasn't the big deal that the Leftist media was making it out to be.
I seem to remember a few months ago when Vice President Cheney had more severe heart problems but the Lefties at CNN and the like hardly gave it a mention. Well, except to say that they didn't feel that Mr. Cheney was capable of continuing his duties as Vice President. If this isn't an indication of bias, I don't know what is.
The Media have a responsibility to report the news in an objective and unbiased manner in order for us to have the facts so that we can draw our own conclusions. The Media have failed us miserably in this sense; they continue to fail us over and over again.
Let me say this: While I am by no means a Democrat, nor did I paritcularly care for Mr. Clinton as a President, I do wish him a speedy recovery and I would never wish anything but the best for him. While his heart condition is potentially life threatening if something isn't done about it, this is reletively a non-story. The Leftist media will do anything to garner sympathy for the Democratic party. Blowing this story out of proportion is just another item in the Left's bag of tricks.
Let me ask you again: Do you think this story was blow out of proportion? If you disagree, I would seriously consider where I stand on things. It's obvious to me (and anyone with half a brain) that the media basically made a mountain out of a mole hill.
Are you surprised? I'm not.
--Jonathan
If you still need further proof that the media leans far to the Left, you have obviously been under a rock or out of the country for the last week. It was announced that former President Clinton has a clogged artery and will be undergoing surgery to correct the problem. The media went nuts! Seriously, they were (and still are, only not to he degree of a few days ago) obcessed with this story. ABC even interrupted regular daytime programming to let the world know that President Clinton was going to have surgery this week.
Read that last sentence again and tell me if you think that was a little over the top.
Mr. Clinton did not suffer a heart attack (by his own admission). In fact, if I'm not mistaken, the problem was discovered during a routine visit to his doctor. In other words, it was caught before something really bad happened to him; it's not like something can't be done preventively to correct the problem. Yet, you would have thought the man was on his death bed! ABC interupted regular programming. CNN did a 20 minute segment on it (and talked about it through out the the rest of the day and the days following; that's not including the Larry King Show that night). Headline News mentioned the story every 10 minutes (they do this with their "big" stories).
Do you think it was just a bit over the top yet?
Fox News Channel did mention the story. They didn't harp on it, didn't blow it out of proportion (unlike the afore mentioned channels); it was just another story in a busy news day.
Let's put this in to prespective: We have a war on terrorism going on, a hurricane was heading toward Florida, not to mention all the other things happening that day... but they thought Mr. Clinton's heart surgery was a bigger story?? Give me a break.
Larry King had Mr. Clinton on his show the night that the news broke about his heart surgery. Ole Larry was making a big deal out of it, as if Mr. Clinton was dying. From his responses you could tell that Mr. Clinton was playing it down, like it wasn't the big deal that the Leftist media was making it out to be.
I seem to remember a few months ago when Vice President Cheney had more severe heart problems but the Lefties at CNN and the like hardly gave it a mention. Well, except to say that they didn't feel that Mr. Cheney was capable of continuing his duties as Vice President. If this isn't an indication of bias, I don't know what is.
The Media have a responsibility to report the news in an objective and unbiased manner in order for us to have the facts so that we can draw our own conclusions. The Media have failed us miserably in this sense; they continue to fail us over and over again.
Let me say this: While I am by no means a Democrat, nor did I paritcularly care for Mr. Clinton as a President, I do wish him a speedy recovery and I would never wish anything but the best for him. While his heart condition is potentially life threatening if something isn't done about it, this is reletively a non-story. The Leftist media will do anything to garner sympathy for the Democratic party. Blowing this story out of proportion is just another item in the Left's bag of tricks.
Let me ask you again: Do you think this story was blow out of proportion? If you disagree, I would seriously consider where I stand on things. It's obvious to me (and anyone with half a brain) that the media basically made a mountain out of a mole hill.
Are you surprised? I'm not.
--Jonathan
posted by Jonathan at
6:39 PM
2 Comments:
I hear ya! I was thinking the same thing. Not only this, but when Cheney was having LEGITIMATE heart problems, it became more of a tongue in cheek story than an actual issue. The 2nd in charge of our country is having issues that many his age have, and it was a joke. A FORMER President has a small discovery from preventative care, and it's a SERIOUS story that must take over all other stories.
Good post Jonathan.
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Anonymous, At
7:36 PM
I completely agree. Just how is expresident Clinton's heart condition more important than the couple hundred people killed by those insane terrorists. You and I know for a fact that if those were people killed here in the U.S. it would be all over the news. Not to put our great country down, but America needs to realize we're not the only ones effected by terrorism.
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7:17 PM
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