Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Foust Nails It!

John Foust left a comment on my post regarding Media Trackers - the propagandist group financed by Scott Walker's campaign chair, Michael Grebe - that is worthy of public attention, it is so spot on:
Follow the Sikma logic: There should be no limit on what religious people should be able to do to others, because it's just religious expression and that's protected. And "ill-timed" means Hopper should've waited until just after an election in order to give sufficient time for Sikma and others to show that he really intended to marry the girl, and therefore is a supporter of traditional marriage after having an affair.

These right-wing "news services" simultaneously exploit the way newspapers and television will cheerfully reprint their press releases without verification, while accusing said media of being biased and inept. And then that accusation becomes another story they'll publish. It's the old "stop hitting yourself" trick.

The hypocrisy is obvious and laughable. Media Trackers wants it both ways. They want the free pass they believe they get from admitting their political slant, but they also want to claim the mantle of journalism. They want a moral high ground they don't deserve. They want to declare themselves equivalent to journalists simply because they believe they've pointed out bias. They do not intend to strive for objectivity. They do not intend to present facts whether or not they fit their preconceptions. They want to spin. They want to pump out PR full of selective confirmations of their preconceptions. They want to declare their bias, they want their PR / propaganda to be swallowed whole, they want to be the ones who can declare others to be biased by innuendo and implication.

Who would be on their list of jobs whose holders shouldn't sign petitions against Walker? They want to suppress political participation by anyone in public service or media who might disagree with Media Tracker's political position. They want only their message to be heard.
Well said, indeed!

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