A Walk On The Ugly Side, Huffpo's Take On Restoring Honor Rally

Huffpo was not kind in its assessment of the Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally participants. The interviewer and editor of this video seemed to be trying to find awkward footage in order to make people look foolish. And even so, most of the interviewees did fine. Not "creepy" as one Huffpo commenter found them. I think the majority of Huffpo commenters are "creepy". So there.

While the speaker list was diverse, the overwhelmingly white crowd expressed paranoid and conspiratorial fears of multiculturalism -- that atheists or black liberation theologists or radical Muslims or "free-loading" Latinos were going to ruin our country. There was the constant suggestion that white Christians and their way of life are somehow under assault, and that the attendees of this rally were here to put an end to it and return the country to what it used to be.

"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."-Sun Tsu
More here.

OC Register Reports Tea Party As Anti-Illegal Immigration Rally

Apparently I attended a rally against illegal immigrants on Saturday. Yes, I was there at the Tea Party for several hours, live-blogging. Yes, I listened to ALL of the speakers carefully, and they spoke about many topics, including illegal immigration. And NO, Tea Party people do not want to throw open America's doors to any and all illegals. We want a common sense immigration policy that controls the borders FIRST then allows legal immigrants in at a pace that does not bankrupt our once-great nation.

It wasn't until Donald Douglas at American Power Blog emailed me the OC Register story on the Tea Party that I saw that the reporter had reported that "Hundreds Rally Against Illegal Immigrants", featuring a picture that included me in the lower right-hand corner. Huh.

Can someone explain to me why Erika Ritchie, who was not there for the ENTIRE event, reported on such a narrow topic, and pretended that it was the entirety of what the Tea Party was about? Is this all about getting a sensational story on the OC Register website and racking up comments/hits?  Or is she trying to smear the Tea Party?  Why did she not even mention the Tea Party aspect?  There were signs everywhere and quotes from our nation's founders.  Look at the coverage on American Power Blog. Donald Douglas shows the wide variety of issues that were discussed.

MSM is Dead. Long Live the LWM

OK. Not really "Long Live the Left Wing Media". That's not my fondest wish. If I had my druthers, I would replace all of these unethical drooling propagandists with real, old-fashioned journalists. You may remember. Journalism used to be about reporting facts. And opinions were confined to editorial pages. Or at least that was the idea. Somehow this was lost over the years. There is even an organization called The Society of Professional Journalists that spell out ETHICS for journalists. I remember stopping subscriptions to my local papers in the past, in particular the Los Angeles Times, over how they set up headlines on the front page. The headlines were obviously worded to steer opinion to the left's view. Not fair, not OK and not good journalism.

Nickie Goomba links to Ace of Spades today, both talking about how the Left Wing Media is no longer mainstream. The main news outlets are peopled with a bunch of fading has-beens, living on past glory. You may recall a past post of mine where I showed how 20% of people claim to get news from television and 20% of people claim to get news from the internet. That is a lot of people. And the internet has experienced HUGE growth, considering that there was no internet to speak of prior to the 1990s.

Are bloggers a growing force in today's media? Bloggers certainly had an effect on the 2004 election when they pointed out flaws in Dan Rather's story, leading to Rather's subsequent resignation. Twitter became useful recently during the aftermath of the election in Iran. People used text messaging to send news and updates to news organizations via their cell phones. Twitter and other social networking sites may now be replacing the function of the ham radio and water cooler chit chat. Gateway Pundit just got Green Jobs Czar Van Jones fired by doing internet research into his past. Breitbart just brought down the ACORN organization by running a sting operation.

My level of disgust with the left wing media has reached a breaking point.

I felt betrayed by the left wing media when they neglected to vet Obama's past.

I felt betrayed by the left wing media when they ignored and ridiculed the April 15, 2009 Tea Party Protests. What protests, Obama stated on the morning of April 15th.

I felt betrayed by the left wing media when they walked into the White House and set up shop for a 60-minute infomercial.

I felt betrayed by the left wing media when they refused to report on many August Town Hall events. I went to one. There were no media trucks out front. Obamacare proposes a government takeover of 20% of the nation's economy. This is not newsworthy? On what planet!

I felt betrayed by the left wing media when they ignored and lied about the 9/12 2009 March on DC. They represented the attendance numbers to be as small as they thought they could get away with, in order to minimize the importance of the event. Miss T. C. Shore reviews the numbers.

The Media Research Center posted these links today:

ABC: Obama Critics 'Driven By Refusal to Accept Black President'; NBC Trumpets Carter's Racism Charges

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 03:12 AM ET

Media Depression that Wasn't (Even Close): Networks Conjured 'Hoovervilles' to Sell Obama's Spending

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 10:10 PM ET

Rush's August Ratings Soar; Media Ignore the Feat

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 04:55 PM ET

Never Reviewed by NYT or WashPost, Levin's Book Sells One Million Copies

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 05:03 PM ET

Networks Ignore Push to Repeal Defense of Marriage Act

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 04:57 PM ET

Bozell: 'Blatantly Biased, False and Lazy Reporting Plagues Network Television and Our Nation's Left-Wing Newspapers'

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 05:01 PM ET

NY Times Editor, Short Version: Yes, We Have a Liberal Bias

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 @ 05:01 PM ET