Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Liberal Mythology- Islam is Great!
Awhile back I commented on the myth in the media that everything, no matter what its nature or true impact, is anti-Bush. If Bush does something positive (like announce where terrorists are targeting), then he is criticized. If Bush does nothing (and the terrorists act on information we already had), then he criticized further (legitimately in this case). While this is a key feature of Liberal Mythology, that's not all of it. Another key aspect is a confusion of good and evil. One way this plays out is anti-Christian. Another is pro-terrorist ideology. Here's an email I received this morning from my good friend Mark (I got his permission to post):
"I'm completely frustrated by how biased and liberal the LA Times is becoming. It's a shame that it's the only newspaper in my area of any value that is readily available.
In today's main section, there is a THREE PAGE article on American Muslims living in Las Vegas. The article basically tries to argue how welcoming and wonderful Las Vegas has been in welcoming Muslims and other religious minded people. And it also romanticizes these two Muslim men are for earnestly searching for their "Spiritual Thirsts".
I've been reading the LA Times for a LONG time, and NEVER have I seen a Three Page article about any Christians in a favorable light. A month back or so, there was a very large article about Colorado and how many large "Christian" political organizations have converged to take over much of Colorado (Focus On The Family, and another large Church), and painted as a dangerous trend that Christians are making.
I'm almost at the point where I'm thinking of NOT reading the LA Times any longer."
Notice who the enemy is. Not Muslims, but Christian organizations who seek political change. Frankly, I' m more concerned about liberal organizations who seek political change. Yes, I realize that not all Muslims want to kill us. Unfortunately, anyone who takes the Quran seriously does. But instead of being troubled by this and focusing on the dangerous teaching of Islamic thought and its growth in the United States, the LA Times has devoted a series of articles this week to "Understanding Muslims." As far as I'm concerned, there's only one thing that I need to understand about Muslims- They want me dead.
Some people are still shocked to hear that the media is liberal, leftist, and mostly Democratic. I'm not sure why, since it pervades almost every comment (Peter Jennings called Edwards the Vice President during the DNC- not just an honest mistake). But if you really need more evidence here's what a journalist from the NY Times recently said: Is the New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is. The fattest file on my hard drive is jammed with letters from the disappointed, the dismayed and the irate who find in this newspaper a liberal bias that infects not just political coverage but a range of issues from abortion to zoology to the appointment of an admitted Democrat to be its watchdog. (That would be me.) " You can find a good discussion about this article at the Christian Conservative.
Yes, they're bias, so what? Where else do we get news? The Fox News Channel if you have cable. They're website is good as well, but the shows are better. You can also check out Media Research Center (www.mrc.org) which is a watchdog for liberal bias in the media. For my friend Mark who likes to read the paper every morning- bummer. My understanding is the more local the paper the more conservative it is (for our case that would be Press Telegram or the O.C. Register), but they likely still lean left. Unfortunately I don't know of any center-right media in print. Any suggestions?
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"I'm completely frustrated by how biased and liberal the LA Times is becoming. It's a shame that it's the only newspaper in my area of any value that is readily available.
In today's main section, there is a THREE PAGE article on American Muslims living in Las Vegas. The article basically tries to argue how welcoming and wonderful Las Vegas has been in welcoming Muslims and other religious minded people. And it also romanticizes these two Muslim men are for earnestly searching for their "Spiritual Thirsts".
I've been reading the LA Times for a LONG time, and NEVER have I seen a Three Page article about any Christians in a favorable light. A month back or so, there was a very large article about Colorado and how many large "Christian" political organizations have converged to take over much of Colorado (Focus On The Family, and another large Church), and painted as a dangerous trend that Christians are making.
I'm almost at the point where I'm thinking of NOT reading the LA Times any longer."
Notice who the enemy is. Not Muslims, but Christian organizations who seek political change. Frankly, I' m more concerned about liberal organizations who seek political change. Yes, I realize that not all Muslims want to kill us. Unfortunately, anyone who takes the Quran seriously does. But instead of being troubled by this and focusing on the dangerous teaching of Islamic thought and its growth in the United States, the LA Times has devoted a series of articles this week to "Understanding Muslims." As far as I'm concerned, there's only one thing that I need to understand about Muslims- They want me dead.
Some people are still shocked to hear that the media is liberal, leftist, and mostly Democratic. I'm not sure why, since it pervades almost every comment (Peter Jennings called Edwards the Vice President during the DNC- not just an honest mistake). But if you really need more evidence here's what a journalist from the NY Times recently said: Is the New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is. The fattest file on my hard drive is jammed with letters from the disappointed, the dismayed and the irate who find in this newspaper a liberal bias that infects not just political coverage but a range of issues from abortion to zoology to the appointment of an admitted Democrat to be its watchdog. (That would be me.) " You can find a good discussion about this article at the Christian Conservative.
Yes, they're bias, so what? Where else do we get news? The Fox News Channel if you have cable. They're website is good as well, but the shows are better. You can also check out Media Research Center (www.mrc.org) which is a watchdog for liberal bias in the media. For my friend Mark who likes to read the paper every morning- bummer. My understanding is the more local the paper the more conservative it is (for our case that would be Press Telegram or the O.C. Register), but they likely still lean left. Unfortunately I don't know of any center-right media in print. Any suggestions?



