Journalists On Left-Wing Networks Say ‘Fairness Is Overrated’

Most Americans who were alive remember where they were when President John F. Kennedy was shot. Even if you were very young, you remember watching a visibly shaken and emotional Walter Cronkite struggle to hold back tears as he remained the professional that he was, and delivered the devastating news of Kennedy’s death.

Have we ever wondered aloud, how the events of that tragic day would play out in today’s media landscape with today’s “journalists?” It’s a pretty sure bet the coverage would be wildly different.

Violent left-wing mobs are storming Federal buildings all across the Country and the media is cheering them on.

— John D (@RedWingGrips) June 25, 2022

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No More Hiding

In Walter Cronkite’s day, you practiced the “5 W’s of journalism.” A reporter’s job was to report the who, what, where, when, why, and perhaps a how of the story. They did not offer up and unwanted opinion for viewers, and more importantly, you didn’t know Walter Cronkite was a liberal until long after he retired, happily ensconced on his boat.

Those days are definitely over. It is not clear what exactly the impetus was, the election of Donald Trump, the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, or something else entirely, but those who call themselves journalists on networks like CNN, MSNBC, and NBC have decided all bets are off, and have declared that well, Republicans and conservatives just don’t merit equal and fair coverage with their Democrat counterparts.

As Fox details, MSNBC Host Joy Reid discussed the coverage of Republicans with her guest, fellow lefty traveller Matthew Dowd. The two came to the conclusion that their job was warn that Republicans are a “threat to freedom.” (Since when do leftists care about freedom, anyway?)

But CNN’s Don Lemon beat Joy to the punch. The week before, he promptly dismissed the idea of objectivity, ironically arguing that the media no longer operate in a “Walter Cronkite society.” 

One in five reporters live in NYC, DC, or LA. And less than 7 percent identify as republican. Surely there is no liberal media bias tho? https://t.co/kB5y6kwezA

— Brian Hutchison (@TheHutchDa) June 22, 2022

In March, NBC’s Lester Holt said this about “truth”:

Nightly News anchor @LesterHoltNBC accepts Edward R. Murrow Award and proclaims “fairness is overrated,” insists it’s not necessary to “always give two sides equal weight and merit” pic.twitter.com/IwI6yA7DAF

— Kyle Drennen (@kjdrennen) March 31, 2021

Geez Lester, wouldn’t be easier to just volunteer to organize the next book burning?

Concha blasts mainstream media bias: ‘Reporting has gone out the window’ https://t.co/0tsESIvmfE https://t.co/2LDUr3aMzH

— Truth2Freedom (@Truth2Freedom) June 27, 2022

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Justifiable Homicide Of Journalism

In August of 2016, New York Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg gave his fellow journalists license to break any journalistic rule they pleased. Perhaps Rutenberg was prophetic, and saw what could happen in just three short months, even when no one else did?

Did he see that it just might be possible for Donald Trump to be elected president over their precious Hillary, and therefore, the rules had to change? In his column, he implored his fellow writers to “to throw out the textbook of American journalism,” for a more “oppositional” approach when covering then-candidate Trump.

So Republicans and conservatives, we were duly warned what was coming our way. Oh sure, it didn’t just start with Jim Rutenberg and the rest of his friends at the New York Times. We have seen this coming down the pike. Donald Trump just gave them license to do it.

And rest assured, it will not get any better. The midterm election and 2024 are not looking good for them. But keep it up. Keep calling them on it. They are scared. 

Imagine, being scared of a different point of view. 

Mainstream media bias showing through….

If the right was protesting it would have been characterized as a riot by @CBSNews and other crappy writers.

This congress needs to investigate individuals who recently said people need to take to the streets and fight SCOTUS decision.

— NKDrifter (@NKDrifter) June 25, 2022