Spot the Narrative

Wouldn't it be terrible if we lived in some kind of dictatorship where a tiny group of powerful men controlled the broadcast media and used it to justify abuses of power by the government?

Isn't it great that we live in a country where we don't have to worry about that kind of thing? Yeah, me too.

THE NARRATIVE

It all starts with the narrative. Coverage of the lawsuits can be minimized as much as possible, but sooner or later it has to be reported on. The media is as lazy, as it is corrupt and stupid, so they usually garner their talking points from liberal talking point distributors like Think Progress and Media Matters.

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The narrative on the Catholic lawsuits is problematic because it's a clear case of religious freedom being infringed on. That means this problematic fact has to be countered by... Talking Point #1: The lawsuit isn't religious, it's political. Talking Point #2: The lawsuit isn't from the Catholic Church, but from a small group of extremist bishops. Talking Point #3: Most Catholics love abortion and the Catholic Church is out of step with modern American Catholics. Talking Point #4: Both sides need to compromise. Obama has already faked a compromise. Now the Catholic Church needs to give in. Talking Point #5: Molestation You can see all four talking points in just the headlines of the news stories on the screenshot above. I didn't choose this screenshot, these are the first listed stories, which also tells you something. You have to click outside to find the fifth one, but it's there. It's pretty sad when the propaganda is not only this obvious... but when you don't even need to read past the headline to see it. This shows how much contempt the media has for us and for its own profession. This isn't between the lines stuff. This is talking point headlines. It's the journalism equivalent of a cop selling crack to crack babies. It's a level of treason to one's own integrity and professionalism that there's nowhere lower to go except printing actual press releases without altering a word. I'll even go you one worse: Only one of the outlets listed is the Huffington Post and it has the mildest headline of the bunch. What does it tell you when HuffPo looks moderate compared to the Star Ledger or the Palm Beach Post? Three words. Cancel your subscription. Don't take out ads in these papers. Kick the propagandists out into the cold hard new media world. If the Obama Administration is going to have a propaganda arm, it should be the one paying them out of its campaign coffers.