Posted by
Chuck Adkins on Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:43:41 PM
I
have just finished reading the entire
New York Times
story on John McCain. Here is my opinion on this matter. This story is
nothing more than the cheap, dirty, politics that has been a part of
our political system for many years.
I too sat and watched as Keith Olbermann broke into a rebroadcast of
Chris Matthew’s Hardball on MSNBC, to announce an alleged scandal of
so-called sexual proportions. The way Keith Olbermann was vaunting, you
would have thought that they had exclusive video of John McCain in bed,
in the act of having sexual intercourse with someone other than his
wife.
However, this was not the case, what you really had was a anonymous
sourced New York Times article, which other than some vaguely
anonymously sourced cheap political gossip, was a rehash of some of
John McCain’s earlier rehashed controversies.
I also noticed tonight that the only networks covering this so-called scandal were, in fact, MSNBC and Fox News. All the while, CNN never reported a thing. [Update: They did however, add something today on their website. -WF]
Which leads me to ask the question, is this really all about a media
war between the Liberally owned and operated MSNBC and the Conservative
Fox News? A war that threatens to ruin the life of a man, who has done
more for his country, that most of those idiots at MSNBC and FOX NEWS
put together. Is this why Keith Olbermann felt so compelled to throw
out the normal news of his show, for a non-story such as this?
I have to wonder aloud, will Keith Olbermann now, in fact, issue
another one of his vaunting, over the top, Special Comments, condemning
the New York Times for their shoddy, amateurish, Fox News worthy, crap
Journalism?
I will not hold my breath; He is too busy kissing up to the
Homosexual, Republican rejects over at Media Matters for America, and
their moron stepbrother, Daily KOS.
I think if the New York Times would stick to reporting the facts
that they know, instead of what some D.C. Gossip hound tells them, they
might be able to garner a little support from within the main stream of
America.
This also reminds me of why we need a fairness doctrine again in
this country, we also need some reforms to the laws governing our
media. This would reign in nonsense like this in the Main Stream Media.
In conclusion, let me say this, if MSNBC is looking for ratings and
to make nice with people like me, who take politics and news very
seriously, they need to stay away from the childish playground gossip
such as this.
Crossposted from my Blog: Wayward Fundamentalist Christian