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AP: The Hobson's Choice of Liberal Media

AgentPierceSaid:

Jan 9, ’13: I rail often about the overt partisan Hobson’s Choice reporting by the “mainstream” media across NC, especially in the Triangle-area. I have zero respect for the reporters and editors of McClatchy’s N&O and CharlotteObserver newspapers and for Jim Goodmon’s Capitol Broadcasting Co. (WRAL-TV5). They have turned partisan rumor-mongering and rampant hypocrisy into a profession. ...... But I would NEVER advocate a boycott of them or of their advertisers. .......

The apocryphal “Mr Hobson” operated a livery stable. His customers could have their “choice” of any horse in his stable..... so long as they

selected the one horse Hobson wanted them to take.   A Hobson’s Choice means “no choice” at all. The way Jim Goodmon and McClatchy run their media stable.

The overt partisan bias of the “mainstream media” is no longer a debate.   Sure, the mainstream media “suits” will still parrot the ancient line about separation of Op/Ed from News but they can’t do that with a straight face any longer.

As much as I truly dislike the man, Raleigh’s George Soros – Jim Goodmon – has publicly admitted his TV/radio entities will report the news as he wants it reported – supporting the overtly liberal ideology he now, in his waning years, espouses... and discrediting any/all Conservative principles and the politicians who espouses them.

And, on the print side, the N&O’s infamously well-earned rep as a house organ for local & state Democratic politics went on steroids during the recent election cycle. What was essentially a sorta-friendly wink-wink reality has now gone viral. McCatchy editors and reporters “took off the gloves” and went “balls to the walls” to defeat Republican candidates and policy initiatives on a daily basis.

It is testimony to their rapidly diminishing influence in both metro markets that they were overwhelmingly UN-successful in their efforts to do so.

As reported here on numerous occasions, Goodmon has hired two “investigative reporters” – Laura Leslie and Mark Binker – specifically to “dumpster dive” on Republican officials..... to expose and exaggerate the slightest improprieties and to insinuate (aka “make up”) improprieties if none can be found.

The lines have been drawn. The gauntlet has been thrown down.   There is a declared “war” to sway the opinions of the general public.   Baghdad Bob and Tokyo Rose Live!

Is Rush Limbaugh overtly partisan? Absolutely, as he has openly acknowledged since Day One over 23 years ago. Is FoxNews considerably more Conservative in its overall programming than other cable news networks. Certainly.   Am I overtly partisan here on this site? Darn tootin’ I am.   And I don’t parse words admitting it. That’s ONE major difference between “us” and “them”. The other major difference is:

I would NEVER advocate a McClatchy newspaper being “shut down” or the plug being pulled on a Goodmon radio/TV operation.   I believe in the arena of ideas and the right of “the people” (even the now notorious “low information voter”) to make up their minds to the full menu of choices.   Liberal media, on the other hand, give their aforementioned Hobson’s Choice to its readers/viewers.

I openly admit I do not/will not subscribe to the N&O nor do I contribute to its on-line “viewer totals”. There are various alternatives to anything I might learn from the N&O. CarolinaPlottHound.com being one such excellent alternative.

Likewise with WRAL-TV5 or its on-line vehicle. Again.... plenty of alternatives that do not overtly insult me on a daily basis.

If you choose to frequent these media sources, that’s your choice. If you consider yourself “Conservative”, then you are aiding and abetting “the enemy” pure and simple.

Do I want these entities to “fail”? Not in a business-sense but definitely to fail in an influential sense..... I want them to fail miserably and completely in “influencing public opinion”.

I would never advocate any sort of advertiser boycott. “Making it” in business today is damn hard.   The local businesses that choose to buy advertising w/ the N&O or WRAL need every customer they can entice. Liberals do buy goods and services and represent a market. I would hope and encourage those advertisers would also consider “Conservative media” too in their ad choices.

But AgentPierce.... Liberals are always calling for boycotts of Rush’s show or FoxNews or Art Pope’s businesses, et al. They openly want "the government" to shut them down.

Yes, I know that. Liberals are always doing A LOT of things I would never do.

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Posted: January 09, 2013 at 10:47 AM by SaidWHATMedia | with 4 comments

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	NCSU68Grad
	Two observations... First, at the State Duke game yesterday, there was a LOT of booing. I was really upset about my team and its lack of class, then I realized that it was really directed at Robert Gibbs and NOT the Duke's... Second, The Flu outbreak is here. What the CDC is NOT telling us is that there is a MASSIVE outbreak of EELS in NC and that Raleigh appears to be the epicenter with a major infection in Charlotte. EELS is Enlightened Elite Liberals Syndrome. It almost certainly breaks out when there is a major shift from the Democratic control to the Republicans. Rumors have it that the N&O (Charlotte Observer) and WRAL have colluded and are using Sky 5 as the aerial dispersent. I would close, but I was struck by a headline in the N&O print edition. "Campaign Reform NOT a White House Priority". It WAS a priority in the 2008 Campaign and used to rev up the base. Then, it was shelved and the base was told that they would address it in the second term (needed it to win). NOW, the excuse is probably that the Republicans will try to take over in 2016 and they need to leave well enough alone as the Democrats are the biggest abusers.... _______________ AP: Very high "oily factor" wth Mr Gibbs. Maybe he shoulda gone over to Chapel Hill and cozied up with B'rer Price.... more his ilk. Hopefully Scotty did not treat Gibbs to any Bojangles chicken. .
	1/13/2013 1:46:02 PM

	Henry Hawkins
	Geez, am I tired of liberals who consider the fact they don't understand my position to be all the evidence needed that it must therefore be wrong. _________ AP: Bad news for you Henry. Just being "tired of'em" won't make'em go away..
	1/11/2013 8:57:59 PM

	58 Wolf Kennel
	AP, interesting article. Since I know I'll see one of your alter-egos in the immediate future, I did want to comment on this present blog. I don't think of myself nearly as liberal as you do (still profess to be only moderately liberal), but you also know most of my good friends are quite conservative. Sometimes you and your compatriots give media such as the N&O too hard a time. Granted they are left leaning, but that's not their entirety. I do find some journalistic integrity even if I don't agree with all of it. I also don't understand some who say they haven't read the N&O for many years but still give current assessments. I listen to Rush, I read the National Review, and I read Agent Pierce whether I agree or not. I do believe our national psyche needs to be able to reason across inevitable differences beyond the seeming 50-50 splits on so many major issues (abortion, guns, gays, foreign policy, etc). In any case just wanted to get that much out there so your loyal readers don't think all us "liberals" are totally wild-eyed. ___________ AP: I've lost count, but it's well over 200 so I'll count you as #257 - EVERY liberal I know considers him/herself to be "THE Paragon of mainstream moderation". All others of their persuasion are slightly to their left. All of "us" of course are FAR right-wing extremists. But they themselves are that PARAGON. :-) My favorite such paragon also considered AlGore and Joe Biden to be "two of the most astute intellectual politicians of our time". Yep, a moderate "paragon". :-) As for the N&O I read it everyday on-line until the pay wall went into effect last month. Also, as a high-volume "celebrity commentor" I generated $$$ for them. I now receive copies of especially partisan diatribes by RobRielleWho thru secondary sources. Is Barry "The Colonel" Saunders still on their staff? Do continue to vie for that coveted title as "America's Most Mainstream Open-Minded Liberal". There's a fierce competition for it. :-) .... I shall be content as just another crazy right-winger. .
	1/11/2013 1:46:24 PM

	Henry Hawkins
	Over the past 4-5 years, whether national or local, 90% of the 'news' has fully morphed into simple propaganda. I haven't read the N&O in over 8 years. Until a few years ago, I only went to online N&O to check sports scores, but I stopped that, too, not wanting to punch up their uniques. It will end badly for them, but much damage has and will continue to be done until they finally collapse, having totally abandoned that which put them on the map in the first place. 'That' would be an old practice known as 'journalism'. If you want to see something eye popping, check out the Society of Professional Journalism's Code of Ethics. The current media, the N&O in particular, break not just a few of the basic ethical rules, but durn near every dang one of them. (My apologies for the rough language): http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp __________ AP: You'll get no objections from me. .
	1/10/2013 9:18:15 PM