Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Media Bias?... What Stinkin' Media Bias?

What a waste of good fish-wrap!
After the stock market set another record yesterday, what is the logical front page headline for the story...

That's right!... Things could be worse!

The St. Louis Post Dispatch front page decided this was the best way to report the record economic numbers. Is it any wonder that people are confused, angry, mixed up, not trusting of the mainstream media or Congress?
Here is how the record stock numbers were reported in the STLPD:

The stock market is reacting a little like someone who goes to the dentist thinking he's going to have a root canal but actually gets a small filling.

He leaves in a good mood, even if the experience wasn't pleasant.

Thus better-than-expected inflation and profit reports Tuesday propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 14,000 for the first time, though it settled back to close at 13,971.5, a gain of 20.6 points for the day. Other indexes were mixed.
Of course... Record Stocks = a Root Canal!

It's too bad that Republicans have not figured it out yet that the media is not on their side. For some odd reason this and other good news gets stripped clean once it hits the first row of the White House gaggle and the desks of the MSM. Sad. It will be a wonderful day when Republicans break out of the paradigm that "the mainstream media should be trusted."
But, I digress.

Anyway, here is the rest of that front page.
See if you can spot any more Bush-hating bias:

You can start with the lead article- "War Boosts Al Qaeda"
It is not clear which battle front they're talking about from the headline, Iraq or Afghanistan...
You'll have to read the article to learn why the media believes we should appease Islamic terrorists.

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:02 PM

    And yet some people really do get their news from the paper - My parents for example. Believe every word they read, because the stories are confirmed when they watch CNN or listen to NPR.

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  2. I think the public already knows. These people don't really care though.

    Saddam Hussein and terrorism ,the rest of the story... www.regimeofterror.com

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    here you go Ikez @ 4:03 PM

    thanks, hope it's the right link.. :)

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  4. ++

    Jim Durbin @ 4:02 PM

    "If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed.
    If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed."

    ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Mark Twain or Thomas Jefferson

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  5. Well its apparent to me at least that the St. Louis comPOST-DISGRACE gets it cues from the New York Times ...

    Has anyone contacted KEVIN MOWBRAY - President and Publisher what sort of propaganda rag he's running?

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  6. Maybe the writer feels this way because he owns alot of stock in newspaper companies. We all know how well they are doing.

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