John Nolte reflects on lessons learned from the misery of having to hundreds of news media types on twitter and watching MSNBC and CNN. I feel his pain.
Just like high school, there's a
pecking order in the media -- a cool kids' table, and the requisite
desire to be liked, need to be included, and a somewhat nauseating set
of rules to it all. Glib, detached irony is a calling card as is an
obsession with the fun and games of politics -- because that's all any
of this is to them. It's as though taking the future of your country
seriously immediately relegates you to the nerd table.
To be fair, though, some things they do
take seriously. The RIGHT things, the politically correct things:
same-sex marriage, the Congressional Black Caucus -- that kind of stuff.
I'm not trying to throw a newsflash your way that the media is leftist,
you already knew that, but what's fascinating to watch is the
CONFORMITY.
Bottom line: Everything a vast majority
of the media does is meant to impress their own. It has nothing to do
with getting to the truth or informing the public. They're writing,
reporting, and tweeting only to satisfy and aggrandize The Collective --
to continually prove they belong or to improve their standing.
Like I said, it's like high school, and
wanting to be part of the cool kids' clique requires conformity – and
this conformity isn't exclusive to only left-wing journalists.
Media-approved conservatives like Joe Scarborough, David Frum, Peggy
Noonan, and the like are just as bad; maybe worse because they should
know better.
These unwritten rules and the Borg-like
collective conformity that manages the media does, I think, explain at
least part of the day-to-day corruption we face. The Narrative is
everything -- it's the daily homecoming game where you better show up,
look a certain way, speak a certain way, and not spoil the fun. And by
"fun" I of course mean the thrashing of conservatives and conservative
ideas.
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