Example of Propaganda or Worse?

A conversation with a local blogger and recent news events come together.

1- "White House has a new target" - Bloomberg.

2- Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has 'non-public' (secret) phone calls every morning to former democrat strategists turned 'journalists' and/or consultants 'working' with at least 2 major news outlets (CNN, ABC).

3-The members of those conversations repeat white house talking points on air, sure... but those networks and others sympathetic to the white house are going beyond the call of duty, they are actively attacking specified Obama opponents with news stories designed to discredit, mock and destroy those enemies personally which of course was picked up by the openly pro-Obama MSNBC and NBC.

Summary: The government using the compliant media to control the message and destroy it's political enemies.

IF that isn't propaganda... then please tell me what it is.

Besides being a "bad idea", sure to backfire that is.

Don't You Get Your Free News for Free?

Denver CO-
So I was listening to a local talk radio program this morning and they were talking about the demise of the Rocky Mountain News and the state of the news media in general.

One of the hosts of the program said that his son who is in his 30's hasn't read a newspaper in years because he gets his news by watching CNN or on the Internet.
The host went on to ask why people never complained about paying for their news via a newspaper for decades but now won't pay for their news online (by subscribing) expecting it to be "free". He asked "If people were willing to pay for a newspaper then why not be willing to pay to get your news online instead of expecting to get it for free?"

First of all, the .50 or dollar for a newspaper pays the delivery charge... barely. So actually the newspapers are "free" already.

Secondly, if I get my news online... it's because I paid my connection fees. If I get it on tv I bought the tv and paid the cable charges. I also pay the electric bill that makes the pretty picture light up. It's not free.

So I got in my truck and turned on the radio to hear some music (but the news and traffic at the top of the hour was on) while driving over to my favorite cafe for some breakfast (where they had 3 tv's all on different cable news channels) then I went by the Tire Center to get some new tread and the Local 9atNoon News was on the tv in the waiting area.
Later I paid my cable bill, went back home and flipped between Fox News, Cspan, Cspan2, MSNBC and CNN.
Boy I miss the Rocky Mountain News... hmmm I forget, is the Denver Post still around?

CNN, "Newsfront Cult Called Obamamania"

Journalism is dead part 74...

From The Canadian Free Press: Judi McCleod has a clear view of whats happened to the news media in the US and isn't afraid to say it.

From Judi's article... How The News Became Propaganda

“Apparently CNN, having abandoned any effort to appear impartial, is now selling T-shirts that commemorate Obama’s newborn presidency,” reader Fred Dardick wrote in a Canada Free Press (CFP) letter to the editor yesterday."

CNN T-shirts include slogans such as “Obama raises hand, lifts a nation” and “Obama: It’s time to remake America”... (along with the CNN logo proudly positioned)

“How is it possible for a major news organization to get away with this?” asks Dardick.

“This is anti-American to the core as far as I am concerned. CNN may as well be considered an extension of the apparently never ending Obama campaign.”

CFP would answer Dardick’s question in this way...
During the presidential election campaign, television networks were joined by members of the print media, who jumped into the tank with Obama paving the way for the reality: “2008 the Year the Mainstream Media Died”.

CNN is not only cashing in on the sales of the T-shirts, it provides tangible proof that “The News is Propaganda”. - end.

Right-on the money Judi!

One might also point out that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel meets each and every morning with CNN's James Carville (former Clinton advisor/democrat strategist) and Paul Begala (former clinton advisor/democrat strategist) and NBC's George Stephanopoulos (former Clinton press secretary) to plan the day's propaganda which will later be spread far and wide across the fruited plain via the corrupt liberal democrat infested propaganda machine we call... "your local news". -red stater

MSNBC Retracts False, Fake Palin Story as "Hoax", Claims Media are the Victims

Claiming to be the "victim" of a hoax, MSNBC plays the victim card to save face while retracting the horribly false story that claimed Sarah Palin didn't know the difference between Africa the country and Africa the continent among other things. The "story" (hoax) was reported by all major news organizations including Fox News.

The major news media covered this story as valid without ever checking the facts or validity of the claim or the source in their rabid state of constant attacks on Sarah Palin... and even when it was learned that the story was a hoax... most news media outlets barely mentioned this fact.

"The story was not properly vetted and should not have made air," said Jeremy Gaines, MSNBC network spokesman.

Journalism is dead, ...long live "progressive propaganda".