by Byron Christopher
Journalist/Author
November 8, 2024
You’re thinking Democrats, aren’t you? Think again. The biggest losers are the mainstream media — and those who believe they’re honest.
Once again, major news organizations in the US took sides when covering election issues. It’s becoming a predictable form of ‘election interference.’
Time and time again, once highly-respected print, TV and radio outlets propped up Joe Biden and Kamala Harris … while attacking [and censoring] their opponent, Donald Trump.
That was all so wrong. No matter what one thinks of Trump, the man deserves a fair hearing. In the end, the flamboyant Trump kicked ass with a solid win.
Let’s get one thing straight. It is not the media’s job to take sides in elections. Quite the opposite. It is the media’s responsibility in fact to remain neutral and to fairly and accurately present key elements of a story so that the public can decide.
In practice, this all sounds easy. But in reality it’s very difficult — if not impossible — life and politics being what they are.
The result is that many have lost faith in the traditional media, and you can’t blame them. To a large extent, we’re being brainwashed by the media.
As a result, we no longer know who we can trust and what we can believe.
One of the major news channels in Canada recently broadcast a story that focused on what Kamala Harris needed to do to win the Presidency. Fair enough. But missing from the newscast was an item on what Donald Trump needed to do to win.
That was just rotten journalism.
The issue isn’t whether one likes or dislikes Ms. Harris or Mr. Trump. The issue is fairness and integrity. Without that, the media has zero credibility. It has become a propaganda organ for the Government, Big Pharma or the Deep State. Take your pick.
It’s well and good for news organizations to report on scandals, but if they choose to primarily report on the failings [and perceived failings] of one candidate, it’s wrong.
It’s also hugely destructive. The bottom line is that without a healthy, independent media we’re all in big trouble.
Examples of Biased Reporting …
There are so many examples of journalism that went sideways, but I’ll just stick to a few to make a point.
On the eve of the 2020 election [won by Joe Biden and the Democrats] — Canada’s national broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [CBC], aired a nationwide radio show where listeners were encouraged to call and share their thoughts.
The show had a special in-studio guest. However, the guest was far from being neutral. He was not a political scientist, nor a journalist, but the former US Ambassador to Canada under Barack Obama’s administration. Like, what? Who the hell at the CBC thought that was a good choice?
When I was a reporter for the CBC and we’re talking 1980s and 90s here, this would have NEVER happened because we would’ve screamed blue murder. Right then and there, I could see that our journalistic standards had taken a dive.
So much for having a Code of Ethics.
A huge scandal, initially ignored by most media companies, was the infamous Hunter Biden laptop story. We now know about the explicit sexual content and Hunter’s cocaine problem … and, how Hunter’s father — then Vice President of the United States — was getting a 10 percent kickback from Hunter’s overseas business deals. That’s supposed to be illegal.
A group of FBI agents quickly issued a statement saying the laptop story was “Russian disinformation.” And most [but not all] media companies parroted the FBI tale. They bought into the BS because they wanted to protect Joe Biden. A hat-tip to the New York Post for breaking the story — and for printing photos of the disgraced agents. As far as I could tell, not one of the agents ate prison food.
The truth about the ‘laptop from hell’ was censored to protect Biden and the Democrats. Had the computer been owned by Donald Trump’s son, it would have been a much different story. This was an example of selective, biased journalism … eyes wide open when dealing with one person, yet eyes closed for another. What political party someone belongs to shouldn’t decide on the scope of your media coverage.
Speaking of jokes, late-night comedy shows in the US are now totally political. They too sheltered Mr. Biden, yet went full-bore with anything that hurt Donald Trump’s credibility, starting with fake impeachments, and a bizarre allegation that Trump raped a woman decades earlier in — of all places — a change room at a store in New York. This was the same woman who also claimed to have been raped by more than half a dozen men; like that makes sense.
A statute of limitations was conveniently amended to allow for charges to be filed. So much for people in New York State having much faith in their judicial system. Prosecutors didn’t hide the fact they wanted to get Trump.
The head of news for CNN once said the same thing to an undercover reporter with Project Veratis. The media executive confessed that his mission was to get rid of Donald Trump. Again, a reporter’s job is not to “get’ anyone. Surprisingly, the news boss wasn’t shown the door. He held on to his job because those on the ladder above him were likely just as sleazy.
Here’s the one that got me. Donald Trump was accused of not liking foreigners [although he married one] and he was accused of being “racist” because he opposed illegal immigration.
Election Interference?
If these figures are accurate it’s hard to argue that the legacy media took the high road.
Source: Mac
PROMISES, PROMISES
Unless the next assassination attempt is successful, Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be sworn in as the next President of the United States in January 2025. The man will have his work cut out for him.
Trump made many election promises and the world will be watching if he keeps his word. Good luck to him.
And let’s hope the mainstream media can tone down — perhaps eliminate completely — its biased coverage. The world is watching that too.
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