The downgrade of the media

What ever happened to the desire of journalism students to report with integrity? How did the mainstream press allow themselves to be "tyrannized into homogeneity"

The mainstream media has chosen to commit suicide. . . . "My only quibble with Michael [Goodwin]* is that I doubt that the MSM had much credibility before it began its ambush of Trump, though for a certitude it has now gone beyond the point of no return. As he says, the MSM’s “reputations will likely never recover, nor will the standards. No future producer, editor, reporter or anchor can be expected to meet a test of fairness when that standard has been trashed in such willful and blatant fashion.” This is a historic moment. Mainstream Americans will continue their migration to the Internet. That is their alternative and in using it they will continue the steady bankruptcy of the news organizations of MSM.

"Their abandonment of the standards for fairness and accuracy is completely willful." . . .

The MSM is aroused by Trump’s words but unbothered about actions that Clinton has actually taken. They seem to think that Trump’s misfired jokes or loosely formulated statements are more dangerous to the commonweal than Clinton’s decisions with her e-mails and her mendacious cover-ups.  Emphasis added. 

*American journalism is collapsing before our eyes  . . . "The shameful display of naked partisanship by the elite media is unlike anything seen in modern America." . . .

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Trump crowd chants for CNN to report the truth

Mob Attacks , er..."harshly confronts" Trump Supporters, Burns U.S. Flag   " 'Video filmed by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune is simply revolting. It shows supporters being terrorized. But the newspaper dismissed the facts in its own video and said the Trump supporters were just “harshly confronted.'”

"This video at another occasion shows the news cameraman setting up his shot with the protester:"

MSNBC"s Joy Reid Praises Nude Trump Statue: ‘That Was Brilliant’

Boom: Tom Coburn Schools Chuck Todd on NBC’s ‘Far Left’ Bias

"Tom Coburn wasn’t having any of Chuck Todd’s bias. The former Republican Senator appeared on MSNBC, Thursday, to discuss Hillary Clinton’s speech on the so-called alt-right movement. After Todd repeatedly pushed Todd on Republican connections to extremism, Coburn called out the network’s liberal spin: “That's just like saying if somebody hires you, Chuck, and NBC's viewpoint, politically, is far left anyway, so, therefore, it’s bad because you work for [NBC].' ”   Emphasis in the original

Politico’s Attack On GOP Candidate Shows What’s Wrong With Media   Brief outline of the column being quoted:

"Here’s why Caputo’s distemperate performance doesn’t look as good as he seems to fervently believe."

1) Uneven savageness against powerful

2) A political reporter should not be a campaign operative.

3) Uncivil defensiveness

4) Cross your t’s and dot your i’s

End quote.

Ouch: British political party calls Hillary Clinton ‘Islam’s whore’ (Follow-up)

“ 'America and the free world have no place for conduits for Muhammed,” he added.  “It’s now imperative to keep Islam’s Whore out of the White House.”
At least Russo didn’t call Hillary, “Mrs. Clinton,” a term that some on the left have determined to be “sexist” and therefore, a doubleplus ungood thoughtcrime…"

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Joe Newby  "On Tuesday, Liberty GB, a group calling itself “Britain’s most outspoken political party,” posted an article by REELTalkRadio show host Audrey Russo that minced no words in its harsh criticism of Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton.  So sharp was his criticism that Russo headlined his piece, “Hillary Clinton: Islam’s Whore.”

"Russo starts by calling Clinton “the most corrupt politician to run for the White House.”  And, he adds, that’s “before ever being elected.”

"He then called out the so-called “mainstream media,” known here as the “Democrat-media complex,” for giving her cover throughout the campaign." . . .

. . . "As we recently noted, Clinton reportedly promised Islamic countries that the federal government would intimidate Americans who speak out or criticize Islam.

"Last year, she also claimed that Muslims have “nothing whatsoever” to do with terrorism."

Late-Night Comics Have Hillary's Back. Again

PJ Media

. . . "That won't do for Trevor Noah, Seth Meyers, Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Bill Maher and recently axed late nighter Larry Wilmore.

"They're with Her, and they want you to know it.

"Most late-night hosts wear their liberalism with pride. Being partisan isn't enough in 2016. Now, they're actively campaigning for Clinton and mocking Donald Trump at every opportunity.

"Trump is begging for such treatment, to be fair. The lies. The vicious smears. The word salad. The flip flops that make Secretary of State John Kerry look statesman-like by comparison." . . ,

Black Lives Matter Cost Univ. of Missouri 2,200 Students

Newsmax

"Enrollment at the University of Missouri's Columbia campus is down more than 2,200 students this year — including a drop of at least 1,400 freshmen — and the lower numbers appear to be the result of fallout from the Black Lives Matter movement, The Daily Caller says.

" 'It's not hard to find the cause of the school's woes," the Caller's Blake Neff writes, noting that last year, a black activist group called Concerned Student 1950 claimed the school was rife with racism and demanded MU president Thomas Wolfe's ouster.
. . . 
"[ 'The University of Missouri] rapidly became identified with a new, more vigorous brand of disruptive campus activism bolstered by the Black Lives Matter movement. Evidently, that reputation is causing thousands of students to stay far away.' "

Matt Drudge: ‘Clinton Cash’ One of ‘Scariest Movies’ I’ve Seen

Breitbart: 2016 : THE RACE  “ 'Watched ‘Clinton Cash’ last night. Scariest movie since The Invitation! You’ve been warned,” Drudge tweeted from his personal Twitter account on Thursday."
...

"Drudge’s tweet also featured a meticulously detailed infographic, charting, according to Radar Online, “How the career politicians made $110 million and pulled in much more to the Clinton Foundation, who paid for their over-the-top lifestyle, and how foreign entities might have benefited!”

"Click on the image below to zoom in:" . . .

Joe Biden apologizes to Turkey for U.S. Constitution

Joe Newby   "On Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden essentially apologized to Turkey for President Obama’s inability to unilaterally extradite a man the Turkish government blames for the recent coup.  He did, however, promise that the regime would do all it can to cooperate with the Turkish government.

"Biden claimed that the rule of law is a foundational principle of both Turkish and American societies.

“Gulen, Mr. Prime Minister, I understand the intense feeling your government and the people of Turkey have about him. We are cooperating. We are cooperating with Turkish authorities. Our legal experts are working right now with their Turkish counterparts on the production of and the evaluation of material and evidence that needs to be supplied to an American court to meet the requirements under our law in the Extradition Treaty to extradite Gulen. And we’re going to continue to do so as you continue to bring forward additional information. We have no, no, no, no interest whatsoever in protecting anyone who has done harm to an ally. None. But we need to meet the legal standard requirement under our law.”

"He wasn’t finished bowing and scraping." . . .

President Obama Said Pallet of Cash to Iran Because “Wire Transfers Not Available” – Records Indicate Wire Transfers Two Days Later…

File this next to the Iranian navy harassment of US ships.

The Last Refuge  "When the discussion of possible ransom payments to Iran surfaced, everyone was wondering why the U.S. State Department sent pallets of assorted cash currency, totaling $400 million to Iran on January 17th 2016.   The same day the hostages were released.

"On August 4th President Obama held a press conference to discuss the controversy and denied it was a “ransom payment” (see video).  Specifically, to answer the question of “why cash“, President Obama said:

"However, two days later, January 19th 2016, the U.S. Treasury wired Iran 13 individual payments for $99,999,999.99 , each with an independent MICR, totaling $1,299,999,999.87."
. . . 
"Source Link – Go to U.S. Treasury Search, enter Jan 01 -> Jan 31, 2016. Select “Department of State”, (expand optional search fields) and at the bottom enter $99,999,999.99 and presto, the above appears."

Need more proof that Iran doesn't respect the US?

This disciple of Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright has brought America nothing but embarrassment since the day he took office.

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American Thinker  . . . "Earlier this year, Iran captured a U.S. Navy boat and humiliated our sailors.  Upon their release John Vichy Kerry thanked Iran for releasing American sailors who should never have been captured and humiliated.

"This incident clearly shows the effects of Obama/Hillary's weak foreign policy of appeasing Iran and doing very little about ISIS.   Iran, and the terrorists whom Iran supports, view Obama and the U.S. as weak.  We did nothing when they captured our sailors, and we gave Iran $400 million to ransom four Americans. 

"Iran and the terrorists have seen that Obama/Hillary use the terrorist attacks in the U.S. to attack the Second Amendment rights of Americans instead of clearly identifying and destroying the terrorists.

"Iran and the terrorists do not fear or respect Obama and the USA."

Iranian patrol boats come within 300 yards of US warship

The incident is being characterized as "unsafe and unprofessional."

Attaboy, Obama; taunt them some more!

. . . "I've got news for CNN: The Revolutionary Guards don't lift a finger without permission from the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. They're his boys and are not independent actors in Iranian politics.

"The idea that this was some kind of rogue operation by the IRGC is absurd. It is, as the other incidents that Iran has engineered a message aimed at both the US and our allies in the region; America is impotent and a paper tiger. 

"Iran is fully aware that Barack Obama won't do anything to risk his precious legacy; the nuclear deal. So Iran will continue to push us, humiliate us, and challenge us until Obama is hiding under the bed hoping the deal will last until he leaves office. Then, if it goes south, he can always blame his successor.

"It will be left to the next president to do a little message sending of our own."  

An OPEN Letter To Milwaukee’s THUGS & Race Baiting City Officials

Why do we never hear from the victims of these bigoted thugs who live in their very neighborhoods? Let us hear of the terror and intimidation they have to live under. If the police, in their efforts to protect African-American families from these violent brutes intervene, they are called racists by "social justice warriors" and talking heads in the media, and the arrests they make are more cause for the demagogues to attack them. 
Where is justice for the victims of these people? TD.

Doug Giles   A tiny excerpt of the author's thoughts:
. . . "Of what, pray tell, do I speak?

"Well, my friend, it goes something like this.
"For me to care about your predicament, I’d like to hear less and less about…

– Your ghastly grades and riotous behavior in school– Your ridiculous dropout rates– Your colossal out of wedlock birthrates– Your embracing of a musical culture that celebrates the shooting of cops and jizzin’ in a girl’s face– Your love affair with drugs and alcohol– Your #hashtag campaigns aimed at white people and cops– Your flash mobbing and robbing places and people– Your audacity to blame everybody and their dog for your odious behavior– Your ginormous, misplaced racial chip on your shoulder

. . . "Another difficult thing that makes it hard for us to believe you’re just “poor, helpless victims of the machine” is when teens from your crew gun down an innocent, twenty-two-year-old, white, Aussie student just to spice up the inherent boredom which accompanies the dog-days of summer. That act of uncut evil helps us not."

Hillary Thinks A Phone Call To CNN Constitutes A Press Conference

Infowars  "Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was riled and overly defensive during a phoned in appearance on CNN Wednesday when Anderson Cooper asked her why she hadn’t held a press conference in eight months.

"And judging from Clinton’s reaction, it appears that she considers phoning into CNN to be on the same par as fielding questions from reporters." . . .

Minimum wage effect? DC restaurants lost more jobs since January than any 6-month period since 2001 recession

American Enterprise Institute

. . . "As the Wall Street Journal commented recently, “Few ideas have been so thoroughly dismantled by reality as minimum-wage laws, which price some jobs out of existence and some workers out of jobs.” The evidence so far suggests that DC’s $15 an hour minimum wage experiment is already undergoing some major dismantling, with the stark reality that more than 1,000 restaurant workers have apparently been priced out of their jobs just this year since January." . . .

Todd Starnes: Officer Cleared in Military Bible Complaint

"The airman went on to say that he wasn’t just offended by the Bible – he was “outrageously offended.' ”

Todd Starnes

"An Air Force major, who was accused of civil rights violations for having a Bible on his work desk, has been cleared of any wrongdoing, according to military officials at the 310th Space Wing in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

"Maj. Steve Lewis, a supervisor at the Reserve National Security Space Institute, agreed to voluntarily remove the Bible pending a military review.

"The Military Religious Freedom Foundation had filed a complaint against Maj. Lewis -- accusing him of "harboring and encouraging a truly abhorrent example of First Amendment civil rights violations."

"But a public affairs spokesman told me late Tuesday that Maj. Lewis was well within his rights to have an open Bible on his office desk.

"We have concluded that no abuse of liberties has occurred," Lt. Col. David Fruck told me. 

"He said both the workplace environment and the major's behavior were well within the provisions governing the free exercise of religion and religious accommodation.

"Lt. Col. Fruck said the major is free to place the Bible back on his desk - should he desire to do so."

Weinstein claimed to be representing some 33 Air Force personnel who were frightened by the sight of the open Bible on the major's desk.
“We have 33 very scared Air Force families,” Weinstein told me.
One of the airmen who reached out to Weinstein complained that the officer’s Bible is a “blatant case of Christian defiance and Christian discrimination.”
“I am intimidated by the display, and I am a practicing Christian,” the unnamed airman wrote. “This open Bible is discrimination at the highest level.”
The airman went on to say that he wasn’t just offended by the Bible – he was “outrageously offended.”