It should not be, but the media, under the guise of “a full exposition” of the evil in Arizona, is back to subtly and not so subtly pinning the blame for the attempted assassination of the Congresswoman and the related shootings on the tea party movement, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, me, you, and everyone right of center.
Let’s be crystal clear: this is the supposedly objective news media doing this, not the openly, partisan left, though it is fueling the media witch hunt. And from what we now know, it is not just media malpractice, but a lie.
Ironically, by perpetuating the lie — by even treating it as a legitimate topic of consideration to revisit the accusations of violence and hate the media tried to run with prior to the November election — that the right and the tea party incited this evil act, the left and media may very well incite violence against the right.
In the Communist Manifesto, there are numerous, frequent calls for violence against the bourgeoisies.
Left-wing cartoonist Ted Rall’s most recent book calls for a violent response from the left against the right.
Barack Obama himself told left-wing activists, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.”
The point of all of this is not to blame Ted Rall, Mr. Obama, Media Matters, MSNBC, any other particular person or group on the left, or the left in general. It is also not to say in any way, shape, or form that the guy is of the left. If, however, we take the evidence as presented and not as the media and left would have it presented, the shooter very clearly is not of the right.
More precisely, the shooter is neither left-wing nor right-wing. He is crazy and evil — a word not used enough. The guy is very clearly not of the tea party movement, not a Dittohead, not led by Sarah Palin, me, or anyone else on the right.
But the media, at least as of [Sunday] morning and its accumulated coverage so far on this matter, could not care less. The media is intent on yet again exploring right-wing rhetoric and tea party hate. Left-wingers yesterday were falling all over themselves to blame everyone on the right for the horrific shooting.
The media today, as it begins more expansive reporting, will not let the facts get in the way of making the right, yet again, responsible for violence it neither incited nor enabled. In the process, the media’s credibility will continue to shrink.
By the way, as an exit thought, the tea party movement won in November. Winners don’t go on shooting sprees.
Red State's Erick Erickson
Let’s be crystal clear: this is the supposedly objective news media doing this, not the openly, partisan left, though it is fueling the media witch hunt. And from what we now know, it is not just media malpractice, but a lie.
Ironically, by perpetuating the lie — by even treating it as a legitimate topic of consideration to revisit the accusations of violence and hate the media tried to run with prior to the November election — that the right and the tea party incited this evil act, the left and media may very well incite violence against the right.
In the Communist Manifesto, there are numerous, frequent calls for violence against the bourgeoisies.
Left-wing cartoonist Ted Rall’s most recent book calls for a violent response from the left against the right.
Barack Obama himself told left-wing activists, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.”
The point of all of this is not to blame Ted Rall, Mr. Obama, Media Matters, MSNBC, any other particular person or group on the left, or the left in general. It is also not to say in any way, shape, or form that the guy is of the left. If, however, we take the evidence as presented and not as the media and left would have it presented, the shooter very clearly is not of the right.
More precisely, the shooter is neither left-wing nor right-wing. He is crazy and evil — a word not used enough. The guy is very clearly not of the tea party movement, not a Dittohead, not led by Sarah Palin, me, or anyone else on the right.
But the media, at least as of [Sunday] morning and its accumulated coverage so far on this matter, could not care less. The media is intent on yet again exploring right-wing rhetoric and tea party hate. Left-wingers yesterday were falling all over themselves to blame everyone on the right for the horrific shooting.
The media today, as it begins more expansive reporting, will not let the facts get in the way of making the right, yet again, responsible for violence it neither incited nor enabled. In the process, the media’s credibility will continue to shrink.
By the way, as an exit thought, the tea party movement won in November. Winners don’t go on shooting sprees.
Red State's Erick Erickson
15 comments:
You idiots try to link Obama to terrorists and muslim extremists with even less evidence
Just ask yourself this. If the shooter had been a 22-year-old named Muhammad, would we be hearing that Muslim talk radio and the Muslim Internet blamed for it?
The Liberal Progressive Media is trying to link the TEA Party, Palin, Fox News and their anchors for this shooting. Why is it not appropriate to use Obama's statements and the Progressive Liberals statements to link them to the shooting. Also the books and individuals this idiot so called worship were Liberal Progressives or Communist. No where near the beliefs of Conservatism. Explain this Liberal Progressives since your news networks are promoting this stupidity.
rev wright ring a bell for any of you looneys?
Where is the "not jumping to conclusions" warning that the media gave to us after the Fort Hood shootings? Isn't it funny how they IMMEDIATELY defended Nidal Hasan and told all of us that it couldn't possibly have been muslim terror related. Yeah right! The mainstream media are LIARS and will twist anything to fit their left-wing agenda.
I feel that most of what Rush, Beck, and the rest of the talk radio personalities say every day is not true political beliefs, but colorful entertainment meant to be controversial and profitable. They are not political evangelists, they are entertainers and business people. Half of what they say is said with a wink and tongue in cheek. Unfortunately, many in the listening audience do
not realize they are being had. I don't think we need to censor them, but we do need to think for ourselves every once and a while. I also have a feeling that each and every one of them probably had a tinge of regret and second guessing, when they first heard what happened. Why else would Palin pull the target map so quickly, and the talk show hosts be at DEFCON 5 on the CYOA scale.
8:00 go ahead and keep telling yourself that conservative viewpoints are not true politcal beliefs and that they are entertainment(your words). Maybe then you can click your heels and fly off with Peter Pan to Never Never Land where you don't ever have to grow up.
great comment 8:00
8:12, maybe you missed the point. conservative viewpoints aren't in question. It is the motives of individuals who use these viewpoints for profit that is suspect
The reaction by the main stream liberals to this tragic event just makes me more resolute in purging their influence in our Republic come the 2012 elections.
I would not have expected anything less from the state run media.
9:21 nope, I got the point that 8:00 was trying to make. But of course you don't see it.
also...what is the profit and what are the motives? please enlighten us:)
11:01, boy if this has to be explained to you, I see why you don't see the point. But I'll play along.
See, in the media, people like Rush/Olberman/Hannity only make money if advertisers sponsor their show, and advertisers will only sponsor shows that are being watched by alot of people. Still with me? So of course a host is going to say/do whatever is going to rile people up the most and get their attention, regardless of the accuracy of their claims. Remember, these are "opinion shows" not news as they frequently say.
"Remember, these are "opinion shows" not news as they frequently say"
You are missing truth vs presentation. Sure, shock jocks sell. The most successful ones though present the news in an entertaining way without lying. Once most people realize they are being lied to, they tune that news sort out. Limbaugh does a good job of backing up what he reports (in writing) while the the Liberal jocks make no effort to do so because they rarely can. This is why Limbaugh is so successful compared to others.
7:31 yes I know clearly that the poster (8:00) was trying to say that Rush/Hannity/Beck are not credible. Since they make a living doing their "opinion shows" and in your opinion that discounts them maybe you can share with us your news sources that don't rely on advertisers or receive an income from reporting the "news".
:)
I believe the key to Limbaugh's success, is the brain trust of writers and advisors that he has on staff. They have come up with all sorts of witty buzz words and phases that have become part of conservative American speech. i.e. the drive by media, the state owned media, and the Obama regime. There are tons of others (many used daily in comments on this blog). I have listen to Rush for probably 15 years, and most of the time he is playing Devil's advocate. He must have an enemy to attack or people would lose interest. Beck is doing a similiar thing with the jokes and even has a straight man to set things up (they almost sound like Bob and Tom some mornings). Sorry for running on, I guess my point is...listen to them, enjoy them, but keep perspective, and if you must kneel at the altar pray with both eyes open.
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