In today’s Washington Times, Andrew Breitbart takes the media to task over the Van Jones omerta. Here are a few money quotes from this must-read;
For most people in this country, the resignation was the first they had heard of Van Jones. For this sin of journalistic omission, there’s institutional media blame. Bias is too tame a word for the utter shamelessness on display: Only Republican scandals – real and imagined – matter.
Compounding the problem, the Jones narrative hurts Mr. Obama because it underlines how the mainstream media helped elect the president by glorifying him instead of vetting him.Much of America has started to realize that not only was Mr. Obama not vetted before he became president, he and his fellow unvetted cohorts continue to be given a pass by the Fourth Estate.
Two more stories demonstrate how the Democrat-Media Complex, the natural alliance of the Democratic Party and the mainstream media, is more concerned with trying to figure out how to destroy Glenn Beck – “he’s nuts!” – than to follow his methodical, accurate reporting. This dynamic – used against all potent critics and off-the-reservation journalists – shows that not only is the media ignoring all the negative things coming out about the Obama administration, it is acting like President Richard Nixon’s henchmen, making life difficult for its whistleblowers.
All eyes are on the media. We are judging them by the standard they taught us during Watergate: “The cover-up is worse than the crime.”
Meanwhile, the MSM and the administration are engaged in an all out spin cycle in an attempt at damage control…
Oh, and did I mention that it’s all Glenn Beck’s fault..? And that watching the opposition come after Van was like watching a Lynch Mob ! OUTRAGE! STFU RethugliKKKan H8TERZ!
You and I, thinking alike.
Remember Ace’s call to vet the media? Now, more than ever, we needs some media scouraging.
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