Lazenby: The War On Journalists Continues
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Amy, you have never been so correct — stand tall and strong!
Amy, you have never been so correct — stand tall and strong!
If they actually held someone accountable, excepting those very few politicians that do not walk lock step with the Repuklicrats and Demlicans, I would agree. Unfortunately they are part and parcel with the politburo. Have been for several regime changes.
In for a penny in for a pound I believe is the saying.
Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who got the scoop from Snowden, definitely isn’t in lock step.
And Congressman Peter King from New York (R) wanted to prosecute Greenwald.
Good thing Greenwald lives in Rio.
The inverse is true curious. In for a penny in for a pound.
If they actually held someone accountable, excepting those very few politicians that do not walk lock step with the Repuklicrats and Demlicans, I would agree. Unfortunately they are part and parcel with the politburo. Have been for several regime changes.
In for a penny in for a pound I believe is the saying.
Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who got the scoop from Snowden, definitely isn’t in lock step.
And Congressman Peter King from New York (R) wanted to prosecute Greenwald.
Good thing Greenwald lives in Rio.
The inverse is true curious. In for a penny in for a pound.
Our gov’t doesn’t like the notion that the press are the “watchdogs” on them.
Let’s put all this totalitarian behavior in perspective though:
1. I seem to recall that President Adams put a sitting senator in jail under the Alien & Seditions acts (someone can look it up and verify) for calling him “fat”(which he was).
2. Lincoln jailed tons of reporters in the north for calling him out on the real reasons for the WBTS….that’s right…he jailed them for speaking their minds AND suspended Habeas Corpus during that time.
There’s a reason that his monument brandishes fasces under his arms.
Anyway, it’s the nature of gov’t. Gov’t is force. Period. Lord Acton applies obviously.
The more gov’t, the more force.
Our gov’t doesn’t like the notion that the press are the “watchdogs” on them.
Let’s put all this totalitarian behavior in perspective though:
1. I seem to recall that President Adams put a sitting senator in jail under the Alien & Seditions acts (someone can look it up and verify) for calling him “fat”(which he was).
2. Lincoln jailed tons of reporters in the north for calling him out on the real reasons for the WBTS….that’s right…he jailed them for speaking their minds AND suspended Habeas Corpus during that time.
There’s a reason that his monument brandishes fasces under his arms.
Anyway, it’s the nature of gov’t. Gov’t is force. Period. Lord Acton applies obviously.
The more gov’t, the more force.
The press is reaping what it has sown and complains they get radishes rather than corn.
I agree this is wrong but they didn’t start going wrong yesterday, this administration has behaved badly from the start, look at all the Czars that 0bama uses to bypass congressional approval of cabinet secretaries (want to guess who actually calls the shots, the secretary or the czar?). The press has sheltered this president and his administration and party since the campaign of 2008 and is now pissed because wolves do eat even those that help them.
Ms. Lazenby, I agree with you whole heartedly and I would hope that the press is finally beginning to learn that cockroaches are bad in anybody’s house and will start treating this president at least as harshly as the last. Also, some congressmen, Republicans and Democrats, could stand to have some fire put to them. The press needs to do its job and not just selectively. Quit worrying about whether they will give you a big scoop or invite you to parties and start roasting the bastards.
Well said.
This should apply to both the liberal and the conservative media. The conservative media coddled the Bushes and Reagan like the lib media has coddled Clinton and Obama. And each side attacked the administration it was opposed to. It’s rare to find a truly objective publication/reporter. The few who are without bias should do their jobs, and they should be protected from an overzealous govt by the First Amendment as they expose the truth.
All slippery slopes start out very gradually then get steeper until the slope is nearly vertical. While all media may not have attacked Reagan zealously the majority of them did. Iran/Contra is one issue I remember the media being particularly visceral about. If the present day media had run down Benghazi half as much as they had Iran/Contra 0bama would be in much more trouble than he currently is and I would rate Iran/Contra a lower level issue than Benghazi.
The press is reaping what it has sown and complains they get radishes rather than corn.
I agree this is wrong but they didn’t start going wrong yesterday, this administration has behaved badly from the start, look at all the Czars that 0bama uses to bypass congressional approval of cabinet secretaries (want to guess who actually calls the shots, the secretary or the czar?). The press has sheltered this president and his administration and party since the campaign of 2008 and is now pissed because wolves do eat even those that help them.
Ms. Lazenby, I agree with you whole heartedly and I would hope that the press is finally beginning to learn that cockroaches are bad in anybody’s house and will start treating this president at least as harshly as the last. Also, some congressmen, Republicans and Democrats, could stand to have some fire put to them. The press needs to do its job and not just selectively. Quit worrying about whether they will give you a big scoop or invite you to parties and start roasting the bastards.
Well said.
This should apply to both the liberal and the conservative media. The conservative media coddled the Bushes and Reagan like the lib media has coddled Clinton and Obama. And each side attacked the administration it was opposed to. It’s rare to find a truly objective publication/reporter. The few who are without bias should do their jobs, and they should be protected from an overzealous govt by the First Amendment as they expose the truth.
All slippery slopes start out very gradually then get steeper until the slope is nearly vertical. While all media may not have attacked Reagan zealously the majority of them did. Iran/Contra is one issue I remember the media being particularly visceral about. If the present day media had run down Benghazi half as much as they had Iran/Contra 0bama would be in much more trouble than he currently is and I would rate Iran/Contra a lower level issue than Benghazi.
How can you tell the difference between a news report and a magazine story?
A news report will have no more than 3 adjectives. All adjectives are descriptive of size, colors or shapes. The adjectives never imply the invective of the person quoted in the report, or has no quotes in the report at all. The report never encompasses more than 3 paragraphs or 15 seconds, whichever comes first.
How can you tell the difference between a news report and a magazine story?
A news report will have no more than 3 adjectives. All adjectives are descriptive of size, colors or shapes. The adjectives never imply the invective of the person quoted in the report, or has no quotes in the report at all. The report never encompasses more than 3 paragraphs or 15 seconds, whichever comes first.
Chicago Tribune reporter James Rasen must be sweating bullets right now.
Chicago Tribune reporter James Rasen must be sweating bullets right now.
“In Dr. Johnson’s famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.” Ambrose Bierce’s quote rings true more today than ever. It seems all one must do is utter the words “national security” and any emergency or exigent power may be granted. We no longer live by law it seems, but by emergency decree based on the sensationalistic ramblings of the Washington elite. Half the press is in bed with the DC elite, and Republicans and Democrats alike are doing their best to ensure that the other half, the Glenn Greenwald’s, the Jeremy Scahill’s, the Michael Hastings, the Wikileaks, those that actually serve as a watchdog to government corruption, are either dead or facing prison.
“In Dr. Johnson’s famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.” Ambrose Bierce’s quote rings true more today than ever. It seems all one must do is utter the words “national security” and any emergency or exigent power may be granted. We no longer live by law it seems, but by emergency decree based on the sensationalistic ramblings of the Washington elite. Half the press is in bed with the DC elite, and Republicans and Democrats alike are doing their best to ensure that the other half, the Glenn Greenwald’s, the Jeremy Scahill’s, the Michael Hastings, the Wikileaks, those that actually serve as a watchdog to government corruption, are either dead or facing prison.