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"Never in my
memory were so many journalists so intent on effecting change as they
were during the campaign of 2008. Sure, mainstream journalists always
root for the Democrat. But this time it was different. This time
journalists were not satisfied merely being partisan witnesses to
history. This time they wanted to be real players and help determine
the outcome. This time they were on a mission, a noble, historic
mission, as far as they were concerned. In fact, I could not remember a
time when so many supposedly objective reporters had acted so blatantly
as full-fledged advocates for one side-and without even a hint of
embarrassment."
From Bernard Goldberg's A
Slobbering Love Affair
Two
incidents yesterday made me recall that clip from A Slobbering Love Affair . First,
this Jonathan Alter Tweet criticizing Obama for delivering what even
Liberals are calling the
worst speech ever given.
Just cheerleading BO doesn't help him. He needs a
sharper, more
cogent message with some memorable lines. I ain't walking
my
criticism back
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This is beyond lacking objectivity. It signals that
this journalist has passed
into another plane. One
where blatant sycophancy is the given standard, and objectivity
requires
explication. Listen to him. It never crosses his mind that he has
fouled
— do journalists have a Hippocratic oath equivalent? To
observe some code of professionalism? To at
least do no harm? Goldberg's observation in spades.
The second is HBO's apology for "putting
George W. Bush's head on stake in 'Game of Thrones'"
This is more of the same. Time Warner (HBO) are apologizing for
slipping up. Forgetting that some of their (paying) viewers
actually
voted for Bush, twice, and think he was by and large a decent
man.
HBO's (indeed, Time Warner's) lock-step liberal workplace culture
means
that thought never entered their brain holes. I suspect that a
memo, reminding
them about cable viewers deciding how to cut expenses, ahem, may
have
played some role in this mea culpa.
I don't know what's in the future, but I do sense something
extraordinary in the air.
I think Obama's entire house of cards, and that certainly includes the
news
and culture media, is near collapse. Could be the Democrat's 1974 in
reverse. Only worse. Much worse. Or, for others - USA UAS USA!
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