Morning Joe 5/18/2012 -- State media and partisan hacks

On Morning Joe there were a few interesting moments. One was the continued clips of Biden doing his snark routine aimed at Romney. Of course, if Romney and his team were constantly snarky when speaking of Obama, it would be framed as shrill and desperate, but when Joe does it it's populist messaging which touches the common man and woman.

Another interesting moment which feeds into my title regarding media bias was the Billionaire's Super Pac turning down an ad which attacks Obama regarding his relationship with Rev Wright. It's a long non-story. The point is that the NYT highlighted the story in an attempt to smear Romney. It was a stretch which confirms that the NYT is merely an arm of the State and filled with partisan hacks propagandizing for Obama. The GOP doesn't have to attack the Left in this presidential campaign -- all that Romney's team has to do is simply state what the Left is doing, then point to the economy.

That brings me to the last interesting point, which was a discussion regarding the economy in which there was disagreement over why we are losing ground in the global economy. Steve Rattner believes that other countries are catching up, but he believes we are doing okay. The Harvard professor on the show believes that America is slipping because of fundamental problems we aren't addressing -- education, our tax structure, too much regulation and, in general, an unfriendly environment for businesses. This is a shame -- America has become an unfriendly environment for businesses. This started around the time of LBJ and it's only gotten worse with brief periods of improvement. Yes, we have to deal with the fundamental problems and stop obsessing over symptoms.

Morning Joe 4/9/2012 -- And who taught Mika the art of bias?

On Morning Joe this morning, Mika, Joe, Mark Halperin, David Resnick, Andrea Mitchell and a few other lefty guests discussed the passing of Mike Wallace. Mika had worked with the 60 minutes crew, so she was glowing in her memories and told the crew how much she learned there. When David Resnick began framing 60 Minutes as a carnival, Mika quickly shut him down -- she wanted only good stuff said about Wallace. Sort of like how she deals with Obama.

Howard Kurtz, on his CNN show, criticized Mika's moderation of a White House conference/campaign ad regarding the economy and how Obama saved America. Mika praised Obama's performance. Hard-hitting journalist that Mika is, she believes Obama has accomplished quite a bit economically. Once someone becomes a partisan hack and loses integrity, it's difficult to take anything they say seriously. That Joe goes along for the most part, and because Morning Joe has on guests who are in the tank for Obama and the Democrat Party, the entire show is a joke. The show is still important because it reflects the intellectual emptiness among self-styled liberals. This is one reason I'll focus on liberalism on my blog for awhile -- it's a very important topic, because modern liberal ideas have had so much influence and have caused so much economic damage.

As an example of how out of touch liberals have become, one liberal guest on Howard Kurtz's show defended Obama's relationship with media outlets such as MSNBC by saying Mika is a co-host of the right-leaning news show, so it all balances out. Right-leaning! It's worse than I thought.

Morning Joe 3/30/2012 -- When spin no longer works

On Morning Joe today for the first hour and a half, the guests were Mark Halperin, Jonathan Capehart, Lawrence O'Donnell and Eugene Robinson. This show is run like a failing government program -- they just keep on doing the same things, no innovation, just the same old things, over and over. I still watch it because it's a microcosm of the political class in general and the Left in particular. Joe Scarborough is supposed to be MSNBC's fair and balanced effort, but Scarborough has spent way too much times with liberals and progressives. There are good reasons why Morning Joe is way behind Fox and Friends in the ratings, and one is that it's painful to watch these unproductive blowhards sit back and take potshots at those who are actually in the game attempting to do something productive. It would be much easier to take if the smears were intelligent, satirical assessments which enlightened the viewer, but they aren't intelligent, just petty and silly.

Each morning they've attacked Romney for the silliest of reasons, until it's reached the point of Come on, Man! This morning they were showing polls of Obama beating Romney and Santorum in swing states, The polls were the reverse of the polls about a week ago. Has the public changed that much in a week? No. The polls can't be trusted any more than the analyses from these partisan pundits. Although the Left loves to make fun of anyone who calls the MSM on their bias, the bias is getting worse -- it's to the point now that there's no longer any pretense of fairness. This election year will be looked back on as the year of the MSM's final demise. It's over. The spin and propaganda no longer work. The results of the 2012 election will be far different than what's forecasted, because the spin no longer works. There are a lot of liberals who are decent people who will be tarred by the shenanigans of this presidential race -- they should start protecting their reputations now before it's too late. Blind support for the Democratic Party and blind opposition to Republicans are not advisable this year. The Democrat Party is being propped up by a media which is falling apart. If you're going to hitch your wagon to a star, make sure it's not a falling star.

Morning Joe 2/27/2012 -- Propaganda gets worse

I'm hoping that in 2012 new media will offset the propaganda effect coming from the MSM. There are some on the Left who still ridicule anyone who criticizes the MSM, because they think of the critics as scared, ignorant rightwingers looking for a bogeyman, but no one can honestly deny media propaganda in favor of Obama and Democrats, so that's not even a debate anymore -- the only question is how much influence the MSM still have on voters.

On Morning Joe today they loaded the program with Leftist hacks -- Mark Halperin, Ed Rendell, Andrea Mitchell, Dick Durbin, Sam Stein -- and they had one guest from the Center, Dan Senor, who is Center/neo-conservative, not really a free market/limited government type. They had an interview with Scott Walker, but it was to talk about his recall. Durbin was allowed to spew the most blatant propaganda of the morning, although Senor called him on a couple of points. The overall impression the propagandists wanted to leave is that Republican challengers to Obama are incompetent and the GOP is imploding.

The Leftist propagandists in media positions, like the producers of Morning Joe, pick out parts of Mitt Romney's speeches which they can ridicule and bring to everyone's attention that holding a speech in a stadium is terrible planning and speaks to the candidates' ability to be President. No one in America gave a rat's ass that Romney held a speech in a stadium that wasn't filled, but the propagandists want to make everyone listening believe they should care, and they want the audience to hear Mitt Romney say he has friends who own NASCAR teams and recoil at how out of touch Romney must be. They showed Romney's reactions to all these silly, immature attacks, and they have no idea how powerful it was -- Romney said he is what he is and will not apologize for his success, and if people don't like success they should vote for the other guy. Media hacks think that this statement from Romney shows even more how how of touch he is, but it really shows that Romney can fight back. He ought to do more of it. Romney should face the propaganda head on, push it aside and never apologize for being rich. Romney should celebrate his success and the success of others and the potential success of many more who can reach success easier when government obstacles are removed.

I hope the nation is getting sick of MSM bias and the petty attacks from petulant nobodies. Partisan hacks are going out of their way to ignore Obama's flaws and problems, and they are picking at every Republican nit -- this one-sided coverage and arrogant bias should push media out of serious public discourse when adults talk about current issues. I'm not a Republican, and that's the point -- all liberals should address this problem of media bias unless they are okay with joining the hacks and propagandists, but there's nothing "liberal" about that.

Meet the Press 2/19/2012 -- Liberal propaganda, what's new?

On Meet the Press I could see Paul Ryan grinning with amusement as David Gregory and Chris van Hollen pretended to hold an objective discussion regarding the basic differences at play going into the 2012 elections. If you listen to media you would think the issue is about Democrats wanting to force the rich to pay their fair share so that government can afford to pay for infrastructure spending which will create jobs and keep the economic recovery going, while Republicans are blocking tax hikes on the rich and want to cut spending at a time when the economy is most vulnerable. With Paul Ryan forced to fight out from under so much propaganda just to make a basic point is a waste of time for everyone except Democrat partisans.

The round table discussion was no different. Ed Gillepsie was up against the narrative being pushed now by the Left that Republicans are embracing their guns and religions because they are afraid of progress, and now the economy is recovering so they can't blame Obama for high unemployment. Reality is so far removed from these conversations on Meet the Press, Up with Chris Hayes, Chris Matthew's Hardball, etc, that these programs only represent the Democrat Party and the re-election of Obama. I watch all these shows to detect subtle messages and bias that are weaved throughout, but they aren't even subtle anymore -- these shows are arrogant attacks on Republicans and full-throated endorsements of the Democrat Party and Obama's style of progressivism. Liberal media can't wait until Obama wins in 2012 so they can return to completing the progressive agenda and seal their protected status, safe from competition. It's really amazing how openly biased media have become.