Today’s paragraphs come to us from the courageous (being in the entertainment industry he’d have to be) Screenwriter and blogger Roger L. Simon.
From Mr. Simon’s latest blog at pjmedia.com – which he co-founded – we have this description of what mainstream media have done to themselves over the Donald Trump campaign/presidency:
One of the more notable differences between Watergate and the metastasizing scandals involving the FBI, our intelligence agencies, and the Obama administration — subjects of the soon-to-be-released inspector general’s report — is that the media exposed Watergate. They aided and abetted the current transgressions.
By providing a willing and virtually unquestioned repository for every anonymous leaker (as long as he or she was on the “right” side) in Washington and beyond, the press has evolved from being part of the solution to being a major part of the problem. Gone are the days of the true “whistle-blower.” Here are the days of the special interest provocateur, shaping public opinion by passing on half-truths and outright lies to their favorite reporter. One might then even call the media, in Orwell’s words, “objectively pro-fascist,” functioning much in the manner of Pravda and Izvestia during that famous author’s time, covertly or overtly pushing the party line in the most slavish and orthodox manner while feigning “objectivity.”
CNN, NBC, the Washington Post and The New York Times — misinforming the public as it hasn’t since the days of their great Stalin-excuser Walter Duranty (still pictured on their Pulitzer wall of honor) — are particularly egregious in this regard. But there are many others.
How I wish Mr. Simon was wrong. But, lamentably (for both these media and the public they manipulate) he is not. That is why Roger L. Simon wins Paragraphs Of The Day honors.
