An Open Letter to Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings

[Keirsey]

One need look only as far as George Bush's approval ratings, comparatively high despite a string of scandals that, in the past, would have shattered the administrations of better men - to see that the problem is much larger than the corporate bottom line. There is a methodology at work, a desired end result that has nothing at all to do with TRUTH.

If half the country favors John Kerry, as the polls suggest, wouldn't it make good business sense for the media money managers to split both ways, and nab everybody? They don't. They, perhaps understandably, favor the incumbent. And it is killing journalistic integrity.

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Most Americans did not see Barack Obama's luminous speech at the Democratic National Convention, or Al Sharpton's impassioned, partially-unauthorized podium-thumper. Does President Jimmy Carter not deserve at least twenty minutes on every channel? He was once the leader of the free world. He's still alive. He's still affecting world events. He's won the Nobel Peace Prize. He seldom appears in such a capacity. That is news, is it not?

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We live in a nation wherein one cannot effectively distinguish between the mass media as instruments of information and entertainment, or as agents of manipulation and indoctrination, as Herbert Marcuse once wrote. It is simply because there is no one left for the policy makers and money masters to fear.

http://www.thousandreasons.org/opinion/081404b.html

Kudos to Mr. Tesora!

[G_j]

1. great letter

I hope someone reads it.
I suspect that Rather etc. know that what the writer is saying is true.

[buycitgo]

2. excellent.....did you see this discussion, involving those three

delusionals, as well as Woodruff and Lehrer, in which they refused to accept the reality of their whoredom?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2065556

[G_j]

4. I hadn't seen that

very interesting. thanks

[volosong]

7. Great Letter - Now get it into print in your newspapers!

Use this link to get it published in your state and county newspapers.

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[volosong]

9. Media Bias Suffocating Democracy - My Letter to the Editor

I sent mine to many newspapers via this link


http://congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/


BIASED NEW MEDIA LAYING ROTTEN EGGS AGAIN

It is evident that the traditional roles of the reporter and news services are dead. Out of the ashes of the golden age of journalism, an anemic albatross rather than a phoenix has risen.

Empowered yet impotent, timid reporters repeatedly fail to challenge and expose the duplicities of ALL our political leaders. When Bush split his crotch on Kerry’s war record, no one seemed to notice. An objective examination of the Bush blabbers shows 2-5 times more flips than Kerry, and a long list of unkept promises and failed policies by his Titanic Administration.

Kerry-Edwards were greeted by the largest crowd in Portland history estimated between 40,000-60,000. This was ignored by most major US news services. Instead, we saw Bush with a crowd of invited guests, many looking embalmed, listening while Bush stammered, slandered, and seduced.

In the case of the political talk shows, they have more latitude as one knows that the various wingers are prejudiced. But few are fooled when news services claim impartiality. Most are about as balanced and impartial as George aWol Bush is a combat war hero. L.O.L.

I submit that there is another candidate in this race, the media, who are in fact running as a “parasitic appendage” kissing up to Bush in the manner of John McCain. The result is the loss of journalistic integrity, a violation of the public trust, and suffocation of democracy.

I am a veteran and a gun owner. I am not formally affiliated with any candidate. What is notable is not my Doctorate in Political Science, or my Medical Degree, but the fact that I am old enough to remember when reporters and news services used to be a class act: They were aggressive, incisive, and fair instead of court jesters and palace eunuchs

[G_j]

11. another Bravo

...a violation of the public trust"

you got that right!

[Sporadicus]

3. Bravo!

Letters like yours should be in the email inboxes of talking heads and news directors every morning. After this election is over, that's where I'm directing my time & energy: media accuracy and accountability.

[olddem43]

5. I think that this assumes that these three -

control the corporations that they work for. The real managers are probably unknown to us.

[LiberalBushFan]

8. I don't buy that excuse.

So if they act like real journalists, they might get fired. So be it. They're rich anyway. If enough of them stood up they couldn't fire them all at once.

[0007]

6. There are something 'ya just can't seem to change,

but things are changing for the best and will open up again once we get junior out of office.

My father is 92 years old and a hard headed repuke. This morning on the phone, he ask me how I was spending my time. I said I was out hustling votes registrations for John Kerry. I knew ahead of time this was gonna open a can of worms. Dad said, what for? That guy's an idiot." I said if you listen to Rush Limbaugh your right, but I happen to think George Bush is an idiot. He then screamed back at me and said where in the hell do you get your information? I tried to tell him but he wouldn't listen and said that he had to go and eat breakfast. Dad was pissed.

The point is that no matter who brings 'ya the news, you interpret it to please yourself. Objectivity is out, Subjectivity is in.

[buycitgo]

10. ha! my grandmother is a hundred EIGHT, and SHE listens to him

every day!

she's starting to wonder about the pugs now, though, after seeing Matthews destroy ONeill last week, and see his debate with Kerry

she's starting to ask why the pugs are so negative all the time

she still loves her pillpoppin pigboy, however