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Post by Daniel on Oct 30, 2015 10:13:01 GMT -5
The Growing Backlash Against Liberal Media Bias
Cliff Kincaid — October 29, 2015
If you think media bias is bad now, brace yourself.
It’s no secret that students these days are being taught to be biased in the direction of the “progressive” point of view. The trend in journalism “education” is even more pronounced.
For example, Burlington College in the People’s Republic of Vermont offers a degree in “media activism,” symbolized by a clenched fist. The college says, “The degree is conceived explicitly for those who want to become media activists. Through technical training rooted in history and theory, students are encouraged to apply media making technique, craft, and art to issues of advocacy, activism and social change.”
One of the courses toward the media activism degree at Burlington is called “Historical Activism and Social Movements,” in which “Students will examine the social, economic, demographic, and political reasons that drive people into the streets demanding change, and the organizing and media making strategies which make it successful.” The course will “examine the much discussed contemporary movements (Occupy Wall Street, Arab Spring, and European Austerity Protests) as well as historical and lesser known examples (Black Power, WWI, abolition, anti-corporate globalization and anti-colonial struggles).”
We found a similar course, “Media Activism and Social Movements,” at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
continue reading www.aim.org/aim-column/the-growing-backlash-against-liberal-media-bias/
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Post by Daniel on Oct 30, 2015 10:20:33 GMT -5
The Big Loser in Wednesday Night’s GOP Debate: The Media
Roger Aronoff — October 29, 2015
While the media focus on which of the candidates did well, and which didn’t, they overlooked the biggest loser of the night: the media. Whether intended or not, the difference in the questioning of the Democrats in their October 13 CNN debate versus the questioning of the Republicans in their three debates so far proved to be an issue that boiled over in Wednesday night’s debate. The Republican candidates decided to expose the obvious double standard by which the two party’s candidates are questioned, and punch back.
Yet The Washington Post listed winners and losers, without including the media. Same for an article on the CNBC website. But for those of us offended by the media’s kid-glove treatment of Hillary Clinton and the Democrats during their first debate, it was refreshing to see some of the Republicans taking their gloves off when it came to pointing out the media’s obvious bias.
Until the Democratic debate on CNN took place, many viewers still had the idea that the media were neutral players in the presidential race. But there were no questions about the many conflicts of interest between Mrs. Clinton’s actions as secretary of state and her family’s Clinton Foundation, which we have extensively cited. Nor were there questions about her handling, or mishandling, of classified materials on her unsecured, private server which she used for all of her emails during her four years as secretary of state.
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WOW! Ted Cruz DESTROYS CNBC Hosts at GOP Presidential Debate
Published on Oct 28, 2015
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Post by txlulu on Oct 31, 2015 14:29:12 GMT -5
Now the RNC is saying they will have nothing more to do with NBC. Wish they could be that decisive AFTER they get elected...
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Post by Daniel on Nov 8, 2015 9:22:22 GMT -5
Carson Performs Brain Surgery on the Media
Cliff Kincaid — November 6, 2015
Last May we published a column, “Why They Must Destroy Ben Carson.” It has been determined that a black Christian conservative, especially a political outsider with credentials as a life-saving physician, just cannot be allowed to succeed in politics. Carson must be destroyed.
His life as a poor boy with a temper is now coming in for serious media scrutiny. Who did he hit? And why?
In an attempt to defend this assault on the character of Ben Carson, Alisyn Camerota of CNN told the candidate on Friday that the media are fair and balanced because they “vetted” Barack Obama as a candidate by checking out reports that he once had a girlfriend, who “may have been a composite character.”
All of this is happening now because Carson is doing very well in the presidential polls and could actually capture the GOP presidential nomination and threaten Hillary Clinton’s election to the presidency. However, our media are determined to have the first black president, whom they failed to vet for his communist connections and Muslim background, succeeded by the first woman president, no matter how corrupt and how tainted by the Benghazi massacre she may be.
But in going after Carson, a decent man who has saved countless lives as a surgeon, the media are getting downright mean and silly. And typical of the bias they pretend not to have, they don’t seem to realize how ridiculous they look.continue reading www.aim.org/aim-column/carson-performs-brain-surgery-on-the-media/
Ben Carson strikes back at the press: 'Don't lie!'
Published on Nov 6, 2015
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