Frustration

I think a lot of people are frustrated with the American press.  I know I am.  I'm a big 1st Amendment guy.  I strongly believe a free press is one of the most important pillars of our freedom.  So those whose lives are dedicated to the profession of journalism have a big responsibility.  They have to be the guardians of the truth.  We place a great deal of stock in the protection of sources that the press may use to gain information.  It's almost like a confessional booth.  I've written previously about my increasing disappointment and disenchantment with today's press.  I see two big problems.  The first is that most seem to have an agenda.  They have and express opinions.  Or they spin a story to fit their beliefs.  Secondly, they routinely give bad behavior a pass.  They focus on sensational stories that sell papers or bring in viewers/listeners.  Don't get me wrong.  I'm not talking about one outlet over the other.  I'm talking about all of them.  Whether you listen to Fox, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, etc, etc, etc., it doesn't matter.  They all have an agenda.  And it comes through loud and clear.  Many (not all) seem to have abandoned journalistic principles and focus on ratings.  I wrote in an early post on this blog about how we get our news.  You can read it here.  As time goes on and the news sources become ever more agendized and focused on what sells, it's even more important to search out what is truth.

The article below came to me over the Internet.   Now don't think that I'm trying to be some apologist for Paula Deen.  She screwed up.  Simple as that.  But as Charlie says, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone".  Similarly, we are bombarded by the Zimmerman trial.  The attention is beyond belief.  This poor bastard has been convicted by the media and they have forever branded him as a racist killer. It really doesn't matter that the prosecution hasn't remotely proven the case beyond a reasonable doubt.  And here's the sad thing.  Last weekend in Chicago there were about 30 murders.  Most were black on black.  Most were committed with unregistered and uncontrolled handguns.  And it gets no attention.

There can be no other conclusion than the press is grossly irresponsible and not fulfilling their responsibilities as the defenders of truth in America.  This conclusion, beyond any other temporary political shenanigans, is the scariest thing of all.

The Press and Paula Deen

By Charlie Daniels

I think that if anything exemplifies the overt prejudice and determination of the American media to report only the news that suits their social and political interests and concept of what does and does not fit their agenda, it's the totally overblown coverage of something Paula Deen said 20 years ago, and some party she planned that she wanted to resemble a plantation scene featuring black male waiters in period dress.

If Hollywood plans a movie featuring black waiters in a plantation scene or portrays women as prostitutes or cast minorities in caricature roles does the media get upset and start calling the movie moguls racists?

Is there any grown person who could truthfully declare under oath that they have never uttered something that someone might find personally offensive?

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

Do the twenty-year-old words of a lady with a television cooking show trump the lie an Attorney General told Congress, or officials at the IRS usurping the rights of the American public and pleading the fifth amendment when confronted about it or the hiding of the facts surrounding the murder of four Americans at a Consulate in Libya or the incredibly shabby image of a president taking a one hundred million dollar vacation in this economy while closing down tours of the White House or the NSA invasion on the privacy of millions of unsuspecting citizens?

I think not, and yet these and other stories of the utmost importance were either ignored or given a back seat to the Paula Deen story which, when taken in context with the high level scandals, Putin's snubbing of an American president, the potentially explosive situations in so much of the world the story was certainly not newsworthy enough to be featured five nights in a row on network news.

Wouldn't a week-long investigation into the life of Lois Lerner, the things she's done and the reason she's pleading the fifth be more meaningful to the American people?

What about what's going on in Israel? The media has been strangely quiet on that front lately; is there nothing worth reporting in that volatile part of the world?

How about the coming catastrophic tidal wave the effect of Obamacare is going to have on America, is there nothing worth questioning in the over 30,000 pages of regulations?

How about the fact that due to federal over regulation it's nearly impossible to live in the U.S. without breaking some law?

How about the Christian pastor who is being held in one of the worst hell hole prisons in the world in Iran for nothing more than sharing his faith?

How about a whole way of life that's being destroyed in West Virginia by the president's war on coal?

I think you get the picture.

No wonder the mainstream media has fallen so far in the trust of the American people.

Why is the Paula Deen story worth so much airtime if not to take attention off the truly important issues, the life-changing things that really affect the lives of Americans?

The news is not about news anymore. It's about protecting some people, destroying others and shoving a socialist agenda down the collective throats of America.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels