Monday, November 21, 2005

That Crazy, Whacky Mainstream Media (Part 480)


South Park Conservatives : The Revolt Against Liberal Media BiasLast week, when Michael Moore released an exclusive statement backing terrorism complaining about George W. Bush, he turned to -- who else? -- CNN:

[CNN's Anderson] Cooper hyped how “just moments ago Michael Moore released this statement exclusively to CNN.” With the text on screen, Cooper relayed the comment from the far-left filmmaker: “'Unfortunately, the President doesn't understand that it is mainstream middle America who has turned against him and his immoral war..." [ed: as evidenced by Bush's election victory just last year.]


Free Bonus Flashback! Just as a reminder whose side Moore is on, here's a blast from the not-so-distant past:

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win.

-- Michael Moore, April 14, 2004


Yes, I remember our patriots -- the Founding Fathers -- packing wagons with kegs of gunpowder, rolling them next to a church, and blowing the innocent worshippers to bits. Oh, and the beheadings! Every youngster's Revolutionary War textbook describes George Washington lopping off the head of an unfortunate Tory. After all, Zarqawi is only following the original G Dub's playbook, doncha know.

*Sigh* You would think the Mediacrats -- or at least their shareholders -- would have gotten the message by now:

CABLE NEWS RACE - WED NITE NOV 16 2005 - VIEWERS

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,851,000
FNC HANNITY/COLMES 2,073,000
FNC GRETA 1,849,000
FNC SHEP 1,538,000
FNC BRIT 1,456,000
CNN KING 947,000
CNN COOPER 732,000
CNN ZAHN 698,000
CNN DOBBS 658,000
CNNHN GRACE 600,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 517,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 471,000
MNSBC RITA 469,000
MSNBC TUCKER 208,000
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 336,000


Hmmm. I'm not real good at number-countin' and such, but it appears to me the #2 show on Fox, by itself, is beating every show on MSNBC put together. And the #1 show on Fox is very nearly beating all of CNN put together. I guess it's still a little too complex for the rocket-scientists running the networks to figure out, though.

With apologies to Norman Cousins, it seems to me the motto of the mainstream media is: if two wrongs don't make a right, try three or four.

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