The rules are designed to preserve the appearance of objectivity for news organizations.[More]In other words, to fool viewers into thinking the subversive propagandist in front of the camera is a voice that can be trusted instead of a national socialist domestic enemy.
Me, I think that clause is ridiculous and they ought to be able to give as much as they want to whomever they want. That way, we're freed from referring to them as '"anchors" or whatever sleight of mind term they wish to apply to themselves, and can instead call them what they are: F***ing commie agitators.
There was a bumper sticker in the parking deck at the media corporation where I used to work: "The media are only as liberal as the conservative men who own them."
ReplyDeleteI call bullsh--. When it comes to that dollar, and POWER and influence, political philosophy is just a convenient peel-off label. The person with that sticker considers -- like most journalists do -- Far Left as center, and center as Right, and Right as Wacked Right Out of Their Minds.