Who is Promoting What?
It is the morning after the historic National Tea Party that brought thousands of patriotic Americans together in their home cities to protest the excesses of federal government. This movement is just getting organized. It is a grass roots effort in its beginning phase to let government officials know that Americans value freedom and demand that their representatives protect that freedom.
It was very revealing to see how the Tea Party was described and reported on by the media. Most ignored it altogether. Some talked about it in an extremely degrading way. CNN was particularly rude and dismissive, perhaps following Ms Pelosi’s lead.
Fox News was accused of promoting the movement, no doubt because it was the only network to attempt fair coverage or who even saw it as a newsworthy story. Fox did not “promote” the tea party or pay for its expenses. It only covered the story. I suppose, though, that “covering” does provide some publicity. I wondered what sort of ideas the other media might be “promoting” in the same manner?
I just looked up the headlines for our local liberal Pittsburgh Post Gazette newspaper. The first headline to catch my attention was, “Fifth-graders bring Scientific Method to Madness.” By its existance [using liberal media logic as applied to Fox News] this article is promoting insanity in science. Isn't that what Al Gore has done with his global warming? No news here.
New York Times headline: “Suicide Attack Kills at Least 16 in
USA Today headline: “5400 LA Teaching Jobs Face Ax.” Who would have thought that USA Today would be promoting the axing of teaching jobs?
A blond CNN reporter asked a Tea Party attendee why he was there and when he began to give what seemed to me a very thoughtful answer, she cut him off mid sentence. CNN must be “promoting” incomplete sentences!
