Newspapers: A Culture Of Complacency And Condescension

Rupert Murdoch, owner of new media MySpace and old media the Wall Street Journal, criticizes press editors and journalists of creating a culture of complacency and condescension.

In response to the arrogance and unaccountability of the press Mr Murdoch advocates doing exactly what I have done with this blog--I on Media-- anyone "can start up [their] own blog and cover and comment on the news [themselves]. Journalists like to think of themselves as watchdogs, but they haven't always responded well when the public calls them to account." 

Excellent Victor Davis Hanson Article

The End of Journalism.  "Sometime in 2008", he writes, "journalism as we knew it died, and advocacy media took its place."  

News Media's Bias Is Self-inflicted Poison

Michael Malone explains why news media's insistence on maintaining and propogating liberal bias is killing journalism-- "The traditional media are playing a very, very dangerous game -- with their readers, with the Constitution and with their own fates.  'The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this election campaign is not just bewilering, but appalling."

Message From Orson Scott Card To Journalists

Orson Scott Card warns so-called journalists: "If you do not tell the truth about the Democrats — including Barack Obama — and do so with the same energy you would use if the miscreants were Republicans — then you are not journalists by any standard.

News Media Guilty Of Propaganda

Self-proclaimed political arbiters, News Media soil themselves in the sewers of pro-liberal propaganda.

The Dangerous News Media Causes Colossal Loss

Once again the irresponsible professional news media hurt a public company to the tune of billions. By erroneously stating that United Airlines had filed for a second bankruptcy, the clowns in news media sent the airline’s stock spiraling down from$12 to about $3 in less than an hour.

Why do we let news media go unchecked?

Leftist MSNBC Maintains Ratings Basement Dweller Status

“MSNBC is behaving like a heroin addict,” says a senior staff member of NBC.  “They’re living from fix to fix and swearing they’ll go into rehab the next week.”  The fix of liberally biased political coverage plays well with leftist viewers but only serves to deepen the laughable claim by MSNBC and NBC of their professional neutrality.  With "incendiary hosts" and proven democrat party sympathizers Chris Mathews and "krazy" Keith "ubermoron" Olbermann at the helm of its political news coverage, leftist MSNBC remains the ratings loser for political news coverage.