We live in an age when the mainstream media cares more about a democratic President/Congressman trying to conceal private behavior from the public than they do a republican President/Congressman sending our troops and our tax dollars to foreign lands based on DEAD WRONG intelligence.
The power of the press was on full display this week when they finally forced Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign because he tried to conceal his tweets from his wife and the rest of the world. It's not like he said he had proof of tons and tons of WMD in Iraq and Saddam was going to use them on us. But the mainstream media would not rest until he atoned for his lies.
Never mind the fact Weiner's constituents didn't want him to resign. Never mind the fact his constituents are being taxed without representation in Congress until a special election is held. Never mind Weiner was a effective Congressman. When the media decides you have to go you have to go.
Rachael Maddow issues a dire warning to the cowardly democrats who don't stand for anything but are willing to help the republicans tear down those who do.
What if the media had gone pursued the WMD lies before Bush and Dick sent our troops to Iraq?
What if the media had investigated Bush and Dick the way the did Clinton and Weiner?
What if the media told us what we needed to know instead of what they want us to know?
The power of the press is awesome and awful.
The power of the press was on full display this week when they finally forced Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign because he tried to conceal his tweets from his wife and the rest of the world. It's not like he said he had proof of tons and tons of WMD in Iraq and Saddam was going to use them on us. But the mainstream media would not rest until he atoned for his lies.
Never mind the fact Weiner's constituents didn't want him to resign. Never mind the fact his constituents are being taxed without representation in Congress until a special election is held. Never mind Weiner was a effective Congressman. When the media decides you have to go you have to go.
Rachael Maddow issues a dire warning to the cowardly democrats who don't stand for anything but are willing to help the republicans tear down those who do.
Anthony Weiner, who was not accused of corruption, who does not appear to have done anything illegal, who does not even appear to have had sex with any of the women with any of the people with whom he had scandalous talk and picture-taking, for him a line was drawn," Maddow concluded, her voice bristling with anger. She then turned her focus on the media, saying that the story was actually "the media covering the media ending a man's career."
Maddow ended by addressing Democrats. She issued a dire warning.
"Congratulations, Democrats," she said. "In an era of unhinged, ideological, big money conservative media that is wholly and admittedly divorced from the precepts of journalism, in hounding Anthony Weiner into resigning ... you have just fed and unleashed this beast onto yourselves, probably for a generation."
What if the media had gone pursued the WMD lies before Bush and Dick sent our troops to Iraq?
What if the media had investigated Bush and Dick the way the did Clinton and Weiner?
What if the media told us what we needed to know instead of what they want us to know?
The power of the press is awesome and awful.
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