Dishonesty and distortion in the press, both amateur and professional…

Now I have a post I have been working on, and after that last one, the researching, the writing, everything, I had trouble getting my “engine” started again. To write a piece, for me at least, I need some motivation, and inciting factor which will propel me through a few thousand words. I was doing a piece on Obama’s views on “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”, but I am putting that to the side for now. In my own research, I will usually turn to the research of others as a STARTING POINT (I think for myself, I don’t simply take everything I read as fact) searching the internet, reading various posts from the millions of bloggers out there. While it is no surprise that sites like the Daily Kos and the Huffington Post are twisting the fact and downright lying, I am disgusted to see that this isn’t an isolated incident. CNN and MSNBC aren’t even pretending to be bipartisan anymore, and when my national news, the CBC, starts airing this slander as fact, it upsets me deeply. I guess we should take comfort in the knowledge that not all news sources have sold out like this…

I recommend everyone just cools down and read this article put out by, of all people, the Wall Street Journal. It is no surprise that the WSJ is not Barack Obama’s biggest fan, especially considering that the amendments the Junior Senator is proposing to NAFTA would all but devastate small business in the United States, as well as do significant damage to the economies of both Canada and Mexico. It is a surprise however that the WSJ would throw their hat into the political arena, and all I can guess is that it has gotten to the point where they believe a Democrat in office would be disastrous to the economy, a feeling I share having majored in economics myself.

Tell me Senator Obama, how many General Motors plants do you intend to close with your rhetoric? Foreign policy experience? This guy didn’t even know Canada had a Prime Minister, let alone understand how important trade with my country is to America. Look at those numbers and do the math. Economically, Canada is the United States’ closest ally, NOT Europe. Matter of fact, trade between USA and Canada is greater than America’s trade with the United Kingdom, France and Germany COMBINED. Why didn’t he know that when he gave that speech in Berlin? Sarah Palin, on the other hand, knows the importance of Canada to the United States, especially since she pioneered the Alaskan Pipeline Project. Why isn’t this being followed in the media? Why aren’t they answering these questions?

Well, they don’t want to. These people actually believe it is their mission to bring about the destruction of the Republican party, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. This is also the same approach taken by the radicals at BreaktheTerror, posting every piece of filth they can get their hands on (the “throw it at the wall and see what sticks” approach doesn’t work guys, move on). I will say this, don’t even bother pointing out the flaws in their posts, they aren’t interested in the facts. One of their people couldn’t stop swearing at me, ignoring completely the evidence I brought out to prove them wrong. These aren’t the only people to do this either…

Mudflats likes to claim that they bring out the facts on the stories, but give them a read. One of the newer posts tries to compare Sarah Palin’s pastor to that of Rev Wright, claiming that he is comparable to a man who spews hate from the pulpit. I would have to thank ncarnes for stepping in on this one…

The problem with all of these allegations that bloggers are levying against Palin is that you are getting your information from other Liberal biased blogs and sites, you have nothing solid, no proof, no facts. You should be ashamed that you are purposely pushing rumors that have no basis and no facts.

I have to agree with his conclusion as well, that Obama supporters are desperate. I also agree with him on the fact that they make themselves out to be ignorant, not informed. On top of all this, as ncarnes pointed out, Joe Biden’s son Hunter, as well as his brother James Biden are being brought up on fraud charges. Why isn’t this being reported in the media? Surely it isn’t just the Washington Post putting out this story? Well it seems that way. CNN instead puts up a “hit job” on Joe Lieberman instead of reporting on the Presidential race fairly and balanced. I don’t simply think they are desperate, I KNOW that news organizations are, and you can see it in the way they are scrambling to keep Barack Obama’s campaign afloat.

This desperation isn’t limited to CNN though. At the Republican convention last night, an MSNBC reporter targeted Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in hopes that he would fumble on questions asked about Sarah Palin, maybe even give them more “ammunition” to use against the governor. Did he succeed? Not even close. Matter of fact this correspondent ends the interview prematurely, knowing full well he couldn’t respond to Gingrich’s question. The horrible thing is that you do see this all over the MSM, and it doesn’t appear to be stopping. God, this is like the ‘Night of the Long Knives’, especially with how the Democrats are going after their own. Don’t like the Nazi reference? Well the Obama campaign was the first one to play that card.

It isn’t just these big stories the amateurs and professionals are reporting, they are even going after the irrelevant and non-existent stories. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) put out a story last night about baby Trigg not being Sarah Palin’s child, something various sources have debunked. This coming from a news station which refused to be fair and balanced during the last election, so it doesn’t surprise me that they would pull this. To me, they have a history of ignoring the real story, and sticking with fiction. Some people completely missed the point entirely. Take Weatherdem’s story on what she thinks is important, Bristol Palin’s pregnancy and Sarah Palin cutting funding to support unwed teenage mothers. Now this “net twit” actually thinks that this is comparable to Jamie Lynn Spears’s turning her pregnancy into a claim to fame. Now Bill O’Reilly’s opinion on was on the “Juno Effect”, attacking Spears on the grounds that she is making this problem worse by glamorizing her own pregnancy. This differs greatly from Bristol Palin since she and her family tried to keep this story a private matter, something this blogger refuses to understand. What can we expect from a person who believes the state should pay for and take care of what Barack Obama thinks are mistakes. If you want to ignore all that we learn in sexual education class, which the state pays for, if you don’t want to take a condom from those state sponsored sexual health offices you can find around town, don’t expect the tax payer to also pay when you or your girlfriend gets pregnant. Moving on…

UPDATE: It appears that this story is are false. Weatherdem’s claims are that Sarah Palin cut funding to this program, when in truth, she expanded funding but not by the amount Democrats wanted (3.9 million instead of 5 million). I posted the link on her page and she immediately deleted it and all my comments. Seems some don’t want the FACTS to get in the way of the story…

No matter what is said, this trend seems to continue. Palin’s critics will jump on anything and everything they can, grasping at straws to cast doubt on what is showing to be a smart choice by John McCain. I actually enjoy the fact that this is most likely helping Palin, not hurting her. Not that the “Hockey Mom” can’t take it, she is confronting the “Troopergate” scandal head on today with this report, I am just upset that she is being harassed in such a way that many are saying, not just me, is disgusting. Turning our attention back to the Nazi sympathizer allegation, what kind of person let’s their campaigns make these kind of statements? What about releasing her personal information, including her social security number, phone number and home address? They know that doing that gives Obama’s more radical supporters more avenues of attack, so why do it if they want to play fair? Is this the change Barack Obama has been promising, ruthless and immoral practices?

All in all, it screams of desperation. You don’t drop to this level unless you are really scared, and sure enough, more and more people are beginning to realize this. Obama is the Titanic right now, and it is easy to see that this ship is sinking. All these people, all they are doing is asking the band to keep playing…

UPDATE: It seems that Sherri Shepard is on board with “Palinmania” as well. Barack Obama just lost his biggest fan, time to start panicking!