More 'Death Of Journalism'
By
Michael The Libertarian
I don't know why new depths to which some people sink can still amaze
me. I should be used to the fall of Western civilization by now, but
I'm not.
Todd Starnes is a journalist, pro-life advocate, frequent guest on
“Fox & Friends” (Fox News' morning news offering from
6:00 to 9:00 AM). I believe he's also a “Fox News Contributor”
and I think he writes a column on their website.
He is also the author of “The Deplorables' Guide to Making
America Great Again” and, as you're about to find out, he has
his own website, toddstarnes.com.
I
was tooling around the interwebz, early this morning and I stumbled
across this item
on Starnes' website.
As I said, at the out-set, I was amazed. Flummoxed, even.
With the video evidence and at least one other person (who was with
the victim), I think this is probably a slam-dunk that charges will
be filed, but that's not my point …
My point, as I tilt at yet another windmill, is why is something like
this even possible? Oh, I know there's evil in the world, but it's
more than that.
Remember back, a couple of years ago, when there were lots of
murmurings about how it's “okay to punch a 'Nazi'”? I think this
might stem from that.
The
young lady, who was a pro-life activist, was standing in a spot
where, presumably she was allowed to stand, legally (In fact, I heard
a voice on the video say: “This is our land”). She was engaged in
a legal activity which is based upon her 1st
Amendment right.
Somehow though, this person on the video got it in her head that it
was appropriate to just walk up, without saying very much and sucker
punch a teen-ager. On what planet is that civil?
While that is my main point, I have another:
In doing my due diligence to see if there were any updates on the
story (some hours, later), I did a Google search to see if I could
find any updates. What I saw bolsters one of my favorite contentions:
If
you look at this
link,
maybe you'll notice what I noticed.
On the first page of results on a Google search, you'll find: Fox
News, The Blaze, various Youtube links, Gospelherald.com … what you
won't find are links to the story from ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN,
Huffington Post, anything with “Times” in it (New York,
Washington, L.A., whatever), anything with “Post” in it (except
for “Huffington”. I'm referring to “The Washington ...”, “The
New York ...”).
Some of these outlets here, in the United States, would be considered
amongst the “top ten” when we're talking about news sites.
Certainly, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC could be classified that way
(maybe arguably).
Why is it that none of the “main stream” media have anything on
this story? Well, I think we can safely say: “They don't think the
story is news worthy”. That would be apparent, based upon the
story's exclusion from their sites.
So, they don't think it's news worthy on some level and for some
reason.
I
can only think of a few reasons why this wouldn't be considered news
worthy. It could be they're not convinced about the veracity of the
incident. Well, there's video that's a fact. Is it that they think
the incident was “staged” in some way? Hmmm … in my not so
humble opinion (IMNSHO), I would wonder why someone would go to the
trouble to stage such an incident and I would find that
to be news worthy. I would start digging around to try to get that
story.
Unfortunately, I think the answer is more simple. I have said before
and I am convinced the “main stream” media, whom I believe to be
almost completely out of touch with the majority of Americans, has
become nothing more than the propaganda arm of the DNC. Maybe that's
a bit harsh. Certainly, at least the propaganda arm of the liberal
agenda.
No more journalism; just advocacy.
- Michael
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