Anybody Noticed The Media Is No Longer Biased???

[ProfessorGAC]

Now, that doesn't mean what you probably think.

We all know, of course, that for 15 years, the RW has been beating the drum about the "left wing" bias of the "liberal media". It even extended to Bernie Goldberg titling his book "Bias". (Never mind that he has the IQ of a turnip and was dismissed by CBS for incompetence. It was the liberal bias. Remember?)

Anyway, i have not heard the term "media bias" for a while now. Why? Because there is a new talking point/soundbite.

It's "the media is so corrupt". I've been hearing this for the past couple of months. In fact, i heard it on Washington Journal 12 times in the past 4 days, and have seen it in print twice since Sunday.

I surmise that someone in the PR dept. of the RNC has decided that "Media Bias" is a tired catch phrase and has changed it to something else, and indeed, something worse. Now, the media isn't just biased, they're corrupt!!

The sudden appearance of this has me honestly believing that this is a new part of the soundbite strategy. Everyone from a dumbass caller on a morning call-in show, to national pundits have suddenly switched to the "corrupt" meme.

Just found that interesting. If you think i'm nuts, that's ok. I could be wrong, but it seems pretty transparent lately.
The Professor

[trumad]

1. Blame 24x7 cable

Period....

[bryant69]

2. It's entirely possible

I think also Bias is too weak for what they want. I mean bias is something to be aware of, to correct for. But you could still read a biased story and come away with some information. Corrupt implies something different. It implies that there is little to no point in looking at "liberal" media because it's all lies, and dangerous lies at that.

Bryant
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[Kazak]

3. The whole "talking point" strategy...

is tired. :boring:

[Caution]

4. hey i hope they do go with that

call me biased and I'll agree or disagree with you. Call me corrupt and man am I gonna be pissed. Let the right-wingnuts piss off the media. Please. I hope they really latch onto this. Hell *i'm* tempted to call up Limbaugh and Hannity myself and really start using the term just to beat this drum.

[Eloriel]

5. Hmmmm

I haven't had the TV on the past few days, or seen any print media either, but it occurs to me that this is preparation (innoculation) for more damaging information about the administration about to come out. Very clever. And no doubt well focus-grouped. Maybe the "liberal media bias" meme is wearing thin these days.

[Beetwasher]

6. Yes, The Admin. Wants Everyone To Only Trust THEM!!

IOW, ignore the media, they are corrupt liars and will not tell the truth about big brother. The Dems are also Liberal liars. Only Smirky and Snarly will give you the gods honest, jesus sanctified truth!

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Would You Agree . . .

. . .or any of the other posters, that this at least smells like a concerted effort to change the attack posture?

Just wondering.
The Professor

[Beetwasher]

8. Oh, Yes Absolutely!

Remember last week (I think?) when Wolfowitz (or was it Perle?) slammed the media for being lazy in Iraq and claimed that they were just printing rumours? It's part of their strategy to completely discredit the media because they will not be able to control them any longer as they once did and there is going to be a whole lot of really bad stuff coming out soon, such as the Plame indictments.

Unfortunately for them, their credibility is now shot and this tactic won't work, IMO.

[tom_paine]

11. Sure, the next phase of Gleichschaltung

http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/rz3a035/pogrom.html

Or The Final Inimidation of the Wretched Remnants of the Formerly Free Press in Amerika.

But that sounds so bulky. I like the German Term.

Gleichschaltung

[Bandit]

9. Could be their undoing

President Clinton said "you don't pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel" I hope the Bush* Cabal really get the whores pissed at them.

[Philostopher]

10. The insinuation always has been there.

It's anecdotal because I don't remember when I read it first, but it's been at least a dozen years since I caught that 'fnord' in a rant about the media. The saddest part about it is, it's absolutely true -- that's what makes it so hard to dispute. Most media outlets have been corrputed by the profit motive and the desire to get the highest source for a story, rather than the most informative one. Getting the story first and right has become less important than getting a flashy imprimatur on an empty story that tells you nothing the source doesn't want you to know.

There's no more corrupt human being (and I use that term loosely) on this planet than Rupert Murdoch, that I can see. In a completely different sense from the one they mean, they are absolutely right.

Every now and then, you'll see a study that rates journalists very low on the public trust scale. That's been going on for longer than this administration. The first time I saw that was when I was in journalism school, back in the eighties. I dropped out for myriad reasons, one of which was that sort of attitude -- USA Today went on the racks while I was there, and I saw the gradual cessation of local media. I actually was wrong about the speed with which it would happen, but I was right that it would happen.

[Beetwasher]

12. The "funny" thing is, the one's now leveling the charges of corruption

are the one's responsible for the corruption (the admin. and their cronies). Yes, the media is corrupt, but it's been corrupt in favor of the admin! It's a stupid tactic on their part drawing attention to their very own courruption. People will start turning even more to alternative sources of info, like the internet, and that's dangerous for them!

[soupkitchen]

13. But of course the media is corrupt

Most of them figured out there was more money to be made praising the King than criticizing the King long ago.
For the Republicans to start calling the media corrupt is kind of like the guy who gets caught humping the pig (because the pig squealed too loudly) to start blaming the pig for being into bestiality.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. I Think That's Sort of My Point

Suddenly, these guys have changed their vocabulary with no basis that will not hurt them more than it hurts the media.

Even the corrupted ones don't want people to know their corrupt. Now, their pals are pointing it out.

I agree with a couple other posters here, that this could backfire on them.
The Professor

[underpants]

14. Prof-I have noticed the RW media mentioning the "mainstream media"

You are right they are getting away from the "liberal media" line as a matter of rhetoric but they are trying to distance themselves (their media) from the mainstream media that leans right but not far enough. It is part of an effort to make sure the base ONLY gets their knews from them so the message stays on point. I hear this on Fox as well as on the RW radio.

I think it is mostly an effort to sure up the base. It is probably also an effort to pull the "mainstream media" even further to the right as they have been so successful in doing that anyway, which they have.