{"id":12905,"date":"2015-03-30T10:01:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T17:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=12905"},"modified":"2015-10-31T16:22:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T20:22:01","slug":"debunking-the-lamestream-media-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/debunking-the-lamestream-media-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"debunking the “lamestream media” myth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not-Fox news outlets are commonly called “lamestream media” by Fox adherents<\/del> wannabe-pundits<\/del> talking heads<\/del> watchers:<\/p>\n

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ZING!<\/em><\/p>\n

“Liberal bias” is often fingerpointed at outlets who aren’t owned by media magnates who inherited their wealth and influence<\/del> report the news in a way that doesn’t conform with your view.<\/p>\n

Frankly that accusation – of bias – goes both ways, which makes it hard to talk about the real issues.<\/p>\n

But the argument breaks down entirely when you put real thinkers in a tank, and watch which way the praise is flung.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month when MSNBC ran their ‘7 Days of Genius<\/a>‘ segments, it actually wasn’t surprising to the “lieberal” in me that Rachel Maddow chose a “Red State” Republican strategist as her first recipient – and the second recipient in the series. Again, let me make this point: the lamestream<\/em> MSNBC launches a new series about “geniuses” and their flagship anchor chooses to profile a Republican – an I-never-heard-of guy named Chris Jankowski who initiated a program going back many years now that produced “waves” in off-Presidential election years under the title REDMAP<\/a>, or RED<\/strong>istricting MA<\/strong>jority P<\/strong>roject.<\/p>\n