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Oh poor dear, we can't control all media outlets and now people start standing up for themselves! We've spent millions trying to do this, it's so unfair! /sarc

I hereby nominate Tom Brokaw as the first recipient of the Duranty Award.

Si, si, Senor Tom! Es verdad!

An example of uncontrolled media:

NO REQUIREMENTS!

Our leader has told us so!

Meanwhile, viewership and readership for government run media continue to decline.

Hmmmmmmmmmm.

The largest newspaper in the State I live in used to be a very good newspaper; that was several decades ago. Now it's gone very downhill and has lost a lot of readership because all it does is print what other newspapers print and expect their readership to "just take it at face value." The editorials in that paper are now a bunch of sophomoric regurgitations of Leftwing talking points and reprints of same from other newspapers.

Actual journalism has found a new home.

I grew up with Cronkite, and Brokaw. They, and others like them, were the word, the news, the be all end all of information. Watching the nightly news was a family ritual, and in school we would be asked to discuss what Mr. Cronkite, and later Mr. Brokaw had said the night before. I it stayed that way most of my adult life until I got my first computer. It wasn't long until I realized that the tv was not telling me the truth. Blogs and news sites replaced Brokaw and Cronkite, and I realized I knew a hell of a lot more about currant events than I had before.
It's been years since I watched tv news.
Besides, blogs are funny, and bloggers have a hell of a lot more talent.

I remember those days, we'd watch Uncle Walt tell us "the way it is", only later to find out what an enemy he was. And Dan Blather and Tom Brokejaw and all of them. You know the journalists gave Blather an award after his resignation in disgrace? Listening to these dipshits go on about their quality makes me laugh now.

grayjohn: Like you, I remember the Huntley & Brinkley Report, Walter Concrete (who did have a great speaking voice, second only to Rush's I'd say) and the ABC'ers, who for the most part did a decent job in the early 1960's -- but with Walter's hatchet-job on the Vietnam War, after the Tet Offensive, and their bias becoming more obvious by the day, I tuned-out TV news almost entirely by the end of that decade.

What an epiphany the internet was (and is)! Not to mention Talk Radio. Nowadays, you can get the actual truth from sites like Moonbattery, Michelle Malkin, Debbie Schlussel, and many others (Prof. Glenn Reynolds, the "Instapundit," from my area, also comes to mind).

While Rush continues to be the foremost voice for genuine conservatism on the radio, I'm a die-hard fan of the Great One, and never miss his show (pod-casted, generally). It's no wonder his name, much less his accomplishments ("Liberty and Tyranny," amongst others) are never mentioned by the so-called mainstream media ("government-controlled" or "government-run," Rush's words, are entirely appropriate for these useful idiots) -- they have to be absolutely scared to death of Mark Levin, who eviscerates liberals and liberalism with humor, philosophy, the law, history, et al. (including a little humiliation), each and every day.

Don't know if you've tuned-in to him, but if not, give him a try; one show and I'll bet you'll be hooked (a good kind of addiction, however!). Best regards, jc14.

Thank God for the Internet and FNC is all I have to say.

** giggling about "Obama Fluffer" and "Walter Concrete" **

And the reason I can still giggle is because I DON'T watch or read the MSM.

"If you want to know about official corruption, or want an analysis of legislation that's before Congress and what effect it will have on your life, you tune into Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh."

Its perfect that you follow this up with a photo of a fake comedy journalist. That way we know what an effing joke you're making here.

Speaking of jokes, have you heard these: Van Jones! Air America! ACORN! Bwahahahahahahaha!

What's the betting line on a RICO indictment for ACORN? 10:1? And on an Obama resignation/impeaachment? 100:1?

The Messiah is done. Finished. Zagrito. Kaput. He hugged the tar baby that is ACORN, and now he's tarred with the same brush.

Next up: SEIU. C'mon, some patriotic US Attorney, step up! You know there's gold in them thar hills!

Its perfect that you follow this up with a photo of a fake comedy journalist. That way we know what an effing joke you're making here.

Exactly. Charles Gibson. Brian Williams. Tom Brokaw. Katie Couric. They're all jokes like Ron Burgundy.

Finally, a troll who gets it.

WALTER DURANTY,TOKYO ROSE,AXIS SALLY,LORD HAW HAW,HERB MATHEEWS,TOM BROKAW,DAN RATHER,WALTER KRONKITE and other measters of propeganda

Gregory is right, it's an excellent and very informative piece.

Next up: SEIU. C'mon, some patriotic US Attorney, step up! You know there's gold in them thar hills!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 16, 2009 8:57 PM

A leval of brilliance that is impossible to equal or exceede!!

I wanted to paint your moniker on my long red nails after I read that!!!!

Posted by Jay Guevara at September 16, 2009 8:53 PM
*panting*...AirAmer...hahahah...Air...AirAmerica! Bwaaaaaahahaha! Stop it Jay! Make it stop! I can hardly breathe when you mention them!
*giggle* *snort*

The "Legacy Media" is terminal, and they know it. These are just the dying gasps of "news" organizations with one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.

What's the betting line on a RICO indictment for ACORN? 10:1?

I wouldn't hold my breath for any indictment.

In the last administration, liberals were so eager to tar Dick Cheney that the word "Halliburton" could not be mentioned without noting Cheney's affiliation with the company.

Odumbo worked for ACORN, but, to hear the legacy media tell the story (when they aren't totally ignoring it), he "never had relations" with those people!

TOM BROKJAW, DAN BLATHER,BABA WAWA, AS WELL

Rich, you may be right. The difference, however, is that there's substance to these allegations - they're not just agitprop bullshit. Two weeks ago it would've been unthinkable that Senate and House Dems would vote wholesale against ACORN, yet here we are.

The Reds won't like it, but they could decide to sell out their comrades to get the heat off of themselves.

It's not super likely right now, but it's certainly possible. And there may be more tapes coming...

Damn, I feel good.