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You know I'm rocking some political frustration
when I take the time out to rant about it. The double standard in our country
is painfully obvious. Its acceptable for CNN & pMSNBC to shovel messianic
worship upon Obama but unacceptable for FOX News to chose not to televise
one of his press conferences. Even though it was acceptable for Obama to
almost completely snub the (highest rated) network during the election
and for his White House to snub them even more post-election because they're
not left-leaning. So we call FOX News biased for it but give CNN a free
pass for sucking on the Obama teet for the last year? Of course, we didn't
call CNN biased for the negative coverage of George W. or for the negative
coverage of Sarah Palin, but can call FOX News biased for covering them
positively. Liberals have no less than 4 cable news channels pushing their
agenda, not counting local news channels, so Alah forbid that there be
one that offers an opposing viewpoint. Yet when it comes to talk radio
they repeatedly push the Fairness Doctrine because they don't think their
one talk show to half a dozen conservative ones is fair, when at the end
of the day they could have just as many talk shows for their views if the
ratings didn't suck slime.
I know its hard for socialists to understand,
because they appreciate a society where the government has a monopoly on
industry and have no appreciation for the freedom of choice, but in a capitalist
(and typically successful) economy, it's necessary for something we call
"counter programming." See, counter programming is when you offer
an alternate viewpoint or just something different from your competitors
because you acknowledge that not everyone likes the same thing. This encourages
competition which forces businesses to compete for customers if they want
to succeed. That is why they put Ice Age 3 out the same weekend as Public
Enemies, because some people don't want to see an animated movie about
prehistoric critters on an adventure. Trust me, its called "smart
business." To reference The Elongated Man, that's why ice cream stores
don't just sell chocolate and vanilla, cuz sometimes people order Butter
Pecan. And it obviously works, because the ratings for FOX News reflect
that. Just because you don't like Butter Pecan doesn't mean it shouldn't
be sold. The supporters of things like the Fairness Doctrine would like
to believe that content should be controlled, but what they refuse to acknowledge
is that content is controlled... its controlled by you and I.
I personally have no interest in Grey's Anatomy
at all, so I don't watch it. Now, if enough people stop watching it...
ABC would stop making and airing it. It happens to dozens of TV shows every
year. But the painful fact is that some people like watching tv shows about
doctors who sleep with each other and cry alot. Which is fine, its just
not for me so I choose not to watch it. However, I don't seriously think
it should be cancelled and everyone should be forced to watch LOST &
South Park. Of course, its my personal opinion that LOST is the greatest
TV show ever made and I vote with my support of the show but I wouldn't
rob other people of their form of entertainment. I think reality TV is
a scar on the face of humanity but I'm not going to take that choice away
from the public... because this is America, the land of the free.
The unfortunate fact is that our country
is full of bigots. You will hear people rail against bigots towards race
& sexuality but you never hear the discussion of mental bigots. A bigot
is defined as "a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions
differing from their own or intolerant of people of different ethnicity,
race, or class." People usually only focus on the second half of that
definition, ignoring the fact that to completely disregard someone for
their opinions or beliefs is bigotry at its purest. To buy into a network
that openly disregards the so called "Bible Belt" or anyone with
a conservative viewpoint is to buy into bigotry. Literally though. Those
companies make their money off of advertising money which is allotted based
on ratings which are based off numbers of viewers. Of course, there's a
difference between disagreeing with an opinion and being intolerant of
a difference in opinion. Just like there's a difference between a political
commentator and a reporter. People like to generalize that Sean Hanity
or Rush Limbaugh are biased and that makes them bad... but it doesn't.
They're political commentators, the same that Bill Maher or Alan Colmes
are. It just so happens that Limbaugh & Hanity are far more successful
than either Maher or Colmes, which gets liberals' panties in a bunch because
it's proof that not everyone in the country thinks their opinion is right.
For a side of the aisle that spouts freedom of choice... they sure do push
bigotry against any choice that isn't theirs.
A perfect example of the situation is comparing
private businesses to public schools. If you place your child in the (failing,
government run) public school system, then you place your child in a system
that indoctrinates its students to a particular viewpoint. Thanks to the
lack of support for charter schools and other regulations regarding where
your child can go, there's no competition forcing the schools to improve
or offer variety which leads to you having to choose between indoctrination
or excessively expensive private schools. In the private business sector,
however, you have a choice. If a business endorses a candidate or viewpoint
you don't like, then no one says you have to shop there anymore. Especially
in today's cyber-age, there's plenty of options available for where to
spend your money. Businesses rise & fall based on their profit, so
if a company starts waving a Nazi flag out front... you can expect it to
fail relatively quickly. Its up to the customer to decide where they spend
their money and if you don't like something a company does, stop giving
them your money. Due to the incredible leftist bias of Cox Publishing,
I no longer buy any of their newspapers and don't even go to their website
to keep them from earning ad revenue from me. I don't buy albums from anti-American
bands, and during the election I chose to patronize places who supported
my views or took a neutral stance. As a responsible consumer, its our choice
to vote with our wallets. Its a little thing I like to call personal responsibility.
The double standard is shenanigans and is
blatant hypocrisy. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. You either
jump on everyone for their political bias, or you jump on noone for it.
It is a black and white issue... no gray space.
4:02 AM
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