Okay... Here's my take on the media. And keep in mind I've watched both major left and right outlets, and also taken news from papers, magazines... Etc.
It's my opinion that the major media as a whole:
A) is extremely biased toward the left. There are very few centers which see things from a conservative point of view, and I am thankful that such people as Rush Limbaugh and Shawn Hannity are so outspoken. If not for them, the left might have the news media entirely (They already have major news outlets such as CNN, ABC, CBS, etc.).
B)has FAILED miserably in its duty to keep the country informed. They have FAILED to give the country the entire story. For example, the media has managed to report about every single casualty in Iraq, bringing up the total to approx. 1,500 now. BUT!!! What they fail to mention is that the all things considered, the cost of this war has been very, very low. These stats are a few months old, but they'll be relevant enough.
In Iraq, there have been an average of 1.5 casualties per day.
Consider that in the revolutionary war, we lost about 300 per day.
In one battle alone in the civil war, we lost over 40,000.
In World Wars I & II, the average casualty rate per day was somewhere from 2,000 - 3,000.
I'm not entirely sure of what it was in Vietnam.
Now, does that make our Iraqi war deaths any less tragic? Of course not... But the media needs to stop focusing, like the vultures they are, on all the death and start looking at the bright side as well as the dark side... They need to give the whole story!
C) In its current state, the media has become little more than a political propaganda and agenda machine, doing whatever it can to destroy the image of NOT ONLY conservatives and the president, but also we as Christians as well. The only time a Christian gets major air-time is when he screws up. So yes, I think the major media IS a MAJOR pawn in Satan's chess game.
D) Has gone from free-speech to slander. The founding fathers wanted free speech in that they wanted to have a say in their government. If one disagrees with a decision a leader makes and thinks he has a better solution, then that person can try to get it changed. This does NOT mean however that one should be free to disrespect and condemn a leader for certain things which are beyond his control. This ALSO does not mean he should be free to support enemies of freedom, IE, terrorists, Saddam... And the list goes on..
Anyway... Just my little soap-box rant. You want the whole story? You've got to look at the good and the bad, look at the left and the right. It's gotten to the point where one can no longer look to just one single source for all their information.
