In thinking of the best vehicle with which to describe the tremendous media malpractice of the past week, I first thought of that great scripture in Luke.
Luke 6:24 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the
mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that
is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of
thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that
is in thy brother’s eye.
The main stream media has played a despicable game this week, and based upon the reaction in my twitter feed, it hasn't gone unnoticed. They seem to be trying to frame the entire election as "Racist old white men vs. the Obama, hope for America." We knew the Obama campaign would attempt this because nothing motivates liberals like a good race-war or even just the opportunity to call a few people racist. (especially with such a disaster of a first term to hide from). But I don't think anyone realized that the media would not only spear-head that tactic, but take it to desperate levels. The reason the scripture from Luke is particularly relevant is that they are showing their own terribly racist tendencies in the very attempt of painting others as being racist. They want to pull the mote out of our eyes, but will have trouble considering the terrible beam of bigotry blinding themselves.
Exhibit A : Reince vs. Liquored up Matthews.
(Chris Matthews will appear on here multiple times, as he has been known to go on drunken rants meant to "pull out the mote" from America's eyes.) The big topic in this is the "race card." Matthews said "he has an African name and he has to live with it." He goes on to describe the race-card and how the work requirement fits right into it. Matthews repeatedly says "foodstamps" and "welfare" which fit well with our second example in the next paragraph. But as you watch this clip, when you get to about the five minute mark you see how awkward Morning Joe and the rest of the panel seem to feel towards Matthews, who OBVIOUSLY had a few too many Bloody Mary's that morning. To Matthews, any mention of food-stamps or welfare is clearly tied at black people, because apparently they all need them or something. But as we'll find out later on, most of the people on foodstamps are actually white.
Exhibit B: Newt vs. Matthews
Picking up where he left off with Reince, when Matthews begins his interview with Newt he jumps straight to the discussion of foodstamps and welfare reform. He goes straight at Newt and says "what's this about the foodstamp President." (A term which I believe Newt himself coined during the GOP debates earlier this year) Watch closely, because Newt deftly exposes exactly what we're talking about with the beam in your eye discussion.
There are some important points here. Matthews says "Reagan talks about the welfare queen in Chicago who was African American." Huh? Newt responds "he never said African American." Matthews says "well he didn't have to." Actually, he would have had to to make your point legimate Matthews. Newt delivers the knock out by saying "We can't address foodstamps because your sensibility?" Matthews inferred that welfare queens had to be a reference to black people because apparently in his mind, people on welfare are black.
Exhibit C: MSNBC's "separate and unequal" coverage of minority speakers
The republicans had an incredible slate of speakers on the first night of the convention, several of which represent minority populations. The Daily Caller's Jeff Poor wrote
One of the left’s favorite attacks on the Republican Party is that it is the party of old white people, devoid of diversity and probably racist.
If you were watching MSNBC’s coverage of the Republican National
Convention in Tampa on Tuesday night, you might believe those
assertions, since missing from the coverage was nearly every ethnic
minority that spoke during Tuesday’s festivities
In lieu of airing speeches from former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, a black American; Mia Love, a black candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah; and Texas senatorial hopeful Ted Cruz, a
Latino American, MSNBC opted to show commentary anchored by Rachel
Maddow from Rev. Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews, Chris Hayes
and Steve Schmidt.
Yahoo News fired Chalian when the story broke according to Newsbusters. But it forces the question: why would Yahoo News hire such an ignorant idiot in the first place? On the bright side, this type of story would probably help his credibility in the liberal media and even though he was fired by Yahoo, I'm sure MSNBC wouldn't mind another willing to accuse republicans of racism. Nevermind the fact that the person who could actually assist the situation, the President of the United States is out campaigning. But if winning his first election wasn't enough to get him to stop campaigning, I doubt a little hurricane would slow him down. You'd think he'd be raising more money with all the time he spends out of the office..
These are four examples just from the media the past three days. There have most certainly been countless more but I can't handle more than a few seconds of MSNBC at a time. It's amazing how racist liberals can be in attempting to describe how racist republicans are. Perhaps if they were to worry first about that beam in their own eyes, the media would be able to point out ACTUAL racism when it happens. Racism is a terrible thing and it deserves to be denounced whenever it happens, but when the main-stream media overzealously attempts to frame racism before it even happens, they lose their credibility to step in and expose the real thing. Mainstream media, we need and DESERVE better than you.
Conclusion: Political Pidgeonholing
Republicans and Democrats both have a tendency to pidgeonhole each other in stereotypes. Democrats call republicans "racist old white men" and republicans call democrats hippies and freeloaders. This made me think of a clip from the show "The Newsroom." In a moment of clarity, one of the few moments Sorkins characters aren't talking about how the tea-party is full of terrorists and republicans are all idiots, we are presented with a thoughtful scene. Liberal republican anchor Will McAvoy interviews fictional Sutton Wall, an African American homosexual who, in the greatest of paradoxes, was working as an advisor to "the bigot Rick Santorum." The character is closely based on the actual Robert Traynham, an African American homosexual who formerly served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Rick Santorum, according to Philly.com. Watch from the 2.45 mark.
"I am not one thing. How dare you reduce me to the color of my skin or my sexual orientation. How dare you presume to decide what I should find important." I constantly hear liberals say things like "I don't know how any gay person could be a republican." Well perhaps there is something in government they value more than gay rights. I'm not saying that they should, that's up to them, but as in this video clip, no person is just one thing. African American conservatives are often ridiculed for going against the overwhelming majority of their fellows who vote democrat. And I will admit that I am sure there are certain republicans who commit the same error. While the media appears to be constantly moving more and more in the direction of political pidgeonholing, I ask that before we assume, before we attempt to cast out motes and before we go on the defense that consider the implications of our accusations and the beams in our own eyes. That means you MSNBC.
Update: Lawrence O'Donnell Joins the Fray (what took him so long?)
This just keeps getting better. Lawrence O'Donnell, famous for long-winded Anti-Mormon rants, joins Martin Bashir, famous for his attempts to condemn Mitt Romney to hell by misusing passages of the Book of Mormon to dissect a leaked passage from Mitch McConnells convention speech coming up tonight. The passage says "Obama hasn't been working for reelection, he's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour." Through a series of rhetorical gymnastics, the likes of which Gabby Douglas herself would be proud of, Lawrence accuses the Minority Leader of attempting to tie the President to the philandering Tiger Woods. (black, PGA tour, it makes sense right?) McConnell was CLEARLY trying to say that Obama is a philanderer by saying that he plays a lot of golf. Lawrence even speaks if he had a source in the speech preparation room that confirmed that the Tiger Woods connection was the intended purpose. Of course he didn't, but Lawrence is a sad, pathetic liar of the worst degree. Watch the video here.
Update 2: LA Mayor: "GOP Trotting out Brown Faces"
LA Mayor Villaraigosa said that Republicans can't just "trot out a brown face or a spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate." The LA Times followed with the headline "Republican National Convention Puts a Brown Face on a White Party." Allen West, a black congressman from Florida said “It’s reprehensible,” West told a gaggle of reporters. “So I guess if you’re a brown face and you’re a Demcorat it’s acceptable. If you’re a brown face and you’re not a Democrat, you get castigated as a token [minority].” How dare anyone of color support republicans or work hard for the leadership positions that get them on stage at the convention. How dare they make their own choices and support candidates that speak to their personal views. It's insulting to these great leaders, their hard work and sacrifice, and the voters who put them there.
These are four examples just from the media the past three days. There have most certainly been countless more but I can't handle more than a few seconds of MSNBC at a time. It's amazing how racist liberals can be in attempting to describe how racist republicans are. Perhaps if they were to worry first about that beam in their own eyes, the media would be able to point out ACTUAL racism when it happens. Racism is a terrible thing and it deserves to be denounced whenever it happens, but when the main-stream media overzealously attempts to frame racism before it even happens, they lose their credibility to step in and expose the real thing. Mainstream media, we need and DESERVE better than you.
Conclusion: Political Pidgeonholing
Republicans and Democrats both have a tendency to pidgeonhole each other in stereotypes. Democrats call republicans "racist old white men" and republicans call democrats hippies and freeloaders. This made me think of a clip from the show "The Newsroom." In a moment of clarity, one of the few moments Sorkins characters aren't talking about how the tea-party is full of terrorists and republicans are all idiots, we are presented with a thoughtful scene. Liberal republican anchor Will McAvoy interviews fictional Sutton Wall, an African American homosexual who, in the greatest of paradoxes, was working as an advisor to "the bigot Rick Santorum." The character is closely based on the actual Robert Traynham, an African American homosexual who formerly served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Rick Santorum, according to Philly.com. Watch from the 2.45 mark.
"I am not one thing. How dare you reduce me to the color of my skin or my sexual orientation. How dare you presume to decide what I should find important." I constantly hear liberals say things like "I don't know how any gay person could be a republican." Well perhaps there is something in government they value more than gay rights. I'm not saying that they should, that's up to them, but as in this video clip, no person is just one thing. African American conservatives are often ridiculed for going against the overwhelming majority of their fellows who vote democrat. And I will admit that I am sure there are certain republicans who commit the same error. While the media appears to be constantly moving more and more in the direction of political pidgeonholing, I ask that before we assume, before we attempt to cast out motes and before we go on the defense that consider the implications of our accusations and the beams in our own eyes. That means you MSNBC.
Update: Lawrence O'Donnell Joins the Fray (what took him so long?)
This just keeps getting better. Lawrence O'Donnell, famous for long-winded Anti-Mormon rants, joins Martin Bashir, famous for his attempts to condemn Mitt Romney to hell by misusing passages of the Book of Mormon to dissect a leaked passage from Mitch McConnells convention speech coming up tonight. The passage says "Obama hasn't been working for reelection, he's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour." Through a series of rhetorical gymnastics, the likes of which Gabby Douglas herself would be proud of, Lawrence accuses the Minority Leader of attempting to tie the President to the philandering Tiger Woods. (black, PGA tour, it makes sense right?) McConnell was CLEARLY trying to say that Obama is a philanderer by saying that he plays a lot of golf. Lawrence even speaks if he had a source in the speech preparation room that confirmed that the Tiger Woods connection was the intended purpose. Of course he didn't, but Lawrence is a sad, pathetic liar of the worst degree. Watch the video here.
Update 2: LA Mayor: "GOP Trotting out Brown Faces"
LA Mayor Villaraigosa said that Republicans can't just "trot out a brown face or a spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate." The LA Times followed with the headline "Republican National Convention Puts a Brown Face on a White Party." Allen West, a black congressman from Florida said “It’s reprehensible,” West told a gaggle of reporters. “So I guess if you’re a brown face and you’re a Demcorat it’s acceptable. If you’re a brown face and you’re not a Democrat, you get castigated as a token [minority].” How dare anyone of color support republicans or work hard for the leadership positions that get them on stage at the convention. How dare they make their own choices and support candidates that speak to their personal views. It's insulting to these great leaders, their hard work and sacrifice, and the voters who put them there.
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