Monday, January 12, 2009

Media Frenzy, the Manipulation

I've noticed something these past few months that has recently been confirmed. I realize the campaign season was unseasonably long, but I also remember listening to some conservative talk radio hosts telling their listeners what to do and how to orchestrate and manipulate the outcome of the primaries. I think when they suggested that their listeners vote "the other party in the primaries" it wasn't really about choosing the political opponent, it was about taking the lead away from a stronger republican. It was about making an already previously rejected candidate, the republican nominee. So the republicans could dump this mess and not be holding the bag when the crash happens! Next we have wonderful, total coverage of the RNC, which I remember the pundits bragging about how much larger the viewing audience was for the RNC compared to the DNC. Then there was the ridiculous comment by Sarah P. about Joe Sixpack, and they had to come up with a Joe Somebody else, and quick, so we got "Joe the Plumber." Who really wasn't named Joe and really wasn't a plumber. Sounds like fairly good coverage in the beginning for John and Sarah, but then we got to see who Sarah really is, and now Sarah is just trashing the media, but I think there's more to this. I'll never believe that Joe the Plumber's assistant, turned Joe the unemployed plumber's assistant, turned Joe the author, and is now Joe the war correspondent in Israel, hasn't had somebody behind all this. So, as Sarah, who originally stood in front of every camera and mic, and couldn't get enough of the media frenzy or have her picture taken enough, or get to talk often enough is now attacking the media, while Joe the ____________ (fill in career of the week here) is going to illuminate all of us in regard to reporting.
And while the conservative talking heads are scaring their listeners, which isn't really much of a feat at all, anyway, the repeal of the "fairness doctrine" is about to take place. But you know what, it isn't Congress that's doing it, and it's not the liberal media. The media knows, without a controversy, they lose viewers and listeners. Without "unfairness" there's no marketing. If you think somebody that can promise Rush Limbaugh $400M is not well enough connected in Washington to keep him on the air, you're nuts!
It's the radio stations themselves that are eliminating the voices in the wilderness, and manipulating the programming or programming the manipulation. We have attempted on more than one occasion with two different radio stations to purchase air time. I, however; do not parrot Rush, therefore one station simply said they weren't interested in selling the time. The other station said, the listeners like that talk radio, but if it were up to him, it would all be music, but a message of returning to simpler days is not what he's wanting to promote.
This is all staged. Radio in an uproar, Sarah on a tirade, Joe in Israel, and the analogue to digital TV coming. It's simply about filtering our information and eliminating our first amendment right, by the "will of the people."
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and uphold me with Thy free spirit. from a Psalm of Holy Scripture

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