Winners focus on promoting positives, not taking the low road to win a few dubious "points".--Shooter242

Now, read that two more times. Right now, go on. Read it.

Can we all NOW ignore this knucklehead forevermore? Please??

Have you invited him, yet? If you do, you might consider having him on to discuss the state of media punditry, and then casually bring up these issues of his own assinine flip-flopping and ask him how that contributes in any way to the greater good of anyone....

*Sigh*

Sorry, just daydreaming....but....this does bring up another idea I have in the vein of my many "let's build a campaign against the constant failures of the media stenography class":

What if there was a coalition of media critics who take your view of the media, and they received daily emails or "talking points" like this Dick Morris thing? It would give them plenty of material to write about, and amplify your message a lot more, allowing more eyes to see this. Some kind of media critic's coalition would be an excellent tool for holding them accountable and calling out their dereliction of duty on a regular basis.

....so many Americans eat this stuff up as the gospel. How can it be considered anything except brainwashing? How is this kind of stuff any different than indoctrination into a cult?

Don't worry, I know the answer.

This is EXACTLY the kind of message that the more cognizant "Joe Sixpacks" need to hear about our US media. In exposing the media for what it really is--a tool of the establishment to maintain the status quo, it is vital to peel back the onion and expose them for the frauds that they are.

Showing the tools they use to create their establishment-maintaining bilge is an excellent way on a higher level to show people how they are being manipulated. But on a more visceral level, there are other things we should be doing to expose the Stenography Class for what it is.

Yesterday, I spent about 45 minutes trying to find reliable data on what our media stars earn in salary. Interestingly, I found virtually NOTHING! I can easily find almost any salary of any sports star, or Hollywood actor, yet the salaries of the media elite seem to be very well hidden. One article I found reported Katie Couric's salary at something near $15 million per year. But trying to find salary data on Chris Matthews, David Gregory, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly etc did not bear any fruit for me. Maybe I'm a poor "searcher," but I'm not sure that is the issue. An excellent project for some intrepid blogger might be to research and develop a list of the highest paid "journalists" and their yearly salaries.

Another prong we should do more of is exposing the media elites and their very real connections to the establishment class. For instance, David Gregory's wife, Beth Wilkinson, is the recently resigned Executive VP and general counsel for Fannie Mae. Hmm, that's nice. I'd be interested in seeing what HER salary is/was at Fannie Mae, and contrast that against the amount and tone of reporting Gregory did during the Fannie/Freddie meltdown of a few weeks ago. How much do you want to bet Gregory's coverage of Fannie Mae was either non-existent, or milque-toast worthless reading of already reported headlines.

Exposing the tools. Exposing the salaries. Exposing the connections and influences. Exposing the corporations who own the media and their monetary influence in the policies which get implemented. These are just some of the things we need to do more of in order to build the irrefutable case with the viewing public that the mainstream media is simply not trustworthy. Those bringing them the "news" have a very deep interest in keeping things just the way they are. And that desire almost necessarily means they are not and never will get the truth from these media outlets and the bobble heads who report for them.

The next few days will be quite revealing. Now that Palin has been shown to have broken the law in her obsession to get her former brother-in-law fired

Actually, they did not find that she broke the law. They did find that she used her executive power unethically to "settle a family grudge."

Not that I would ever defend that pretty tool, but just for the sake of accuracy.....

I was obviously reading the part which stated her firing of the commissioner was not against the law.

What were the findings of the investigation?

The investigation found that Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska's statute in July 2008 when she dismissed the state's public safety commissioner, Walter Monegan, after he refused to sack her ex-brother-in-law, Alaska state trooper Michael Wooten. (A trooper is a state law enforcement official.)

The report said Mr Monegan's refusal to sack Mr Wooten was not the sole reason for his dismissal, but a contributing factor.

But it added that the sacking of Mr Monegan was a "proper and lawful" exercise of Mrs Palin's rights as Governor of Alaska.

*snip*

What's next?

Legislators do not have the power to take formal legal action against the governor; that would be up to Alaska's Personnel Board.

If the Board decides Mrs Palin violated state law, the case will be referred to the president of the state Senate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7662182.stm

It appears from this reading of the BBC's account that what she did was legal, but why she did it was unethical, but it wasn't clear that it would automatically be punishable beyond something like a censure of the state senate. If there are more and better sources which establish that it is in fact more serious than this, then ok, I stand corrected.

What part of "violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a)" don't you understand?

I normally respect your posts greatly for their insight, Jim, but, really, there's no need to sound like an ass in correcting me.