Drive By Media
I was listening to Rush Limbaugh at work the other day, and he said something that caught my attention. He described what is going on with MSM as “drive by media.” The more I thought about that, the more I came to agree with his assessment.
His thinking was sparked by an article by Dan Henninger in the WSJ. Henninger asked whether or not the Washington press corps had gone crazy with its coverage of the Bush administration. Nothing is out of bounds or to ridiculous these days. The press just continues to snipe at the president day after day after day. And they seem to think that is a fine thng to do.
I have noticed that I have not had much to say of late and as a result I have not been doing much posting either here or at California Conservative where I am also contributing writer. I think I have a pretty good idea why: I’ve let the MSM get under my skin.
I have let the drive-by media, the information terrorists, shake my morale. That’s what terrorists do. They grind people down with unrelenting, in this case, terrible and slanted news. The object is to get the other side to give up like the British in Ireland, the Americans in Vietnam. It is not that the objects of the terrorism are defeated, it is that they finally wear down and go away.
The media just keeps sniping away no matter what the administration does. They have even tried to make the nuclear technology deal Bush worked out with India look like something nefarious. They focus on the lunatics in the street in Pakistan rather than the president’s gumption in going there. Any news about Bush in Afghanistan?
So, enough already.
Time to get back in the saddle.
Posted by John Wilson, aka MontereyJohn.
[Editor's note: Welcome back. It's great to hear from you again. The lesson to be learned from this is to not let the Agenda Media be your main source of information. Instead, give that job to the Right Blogosphere, especially California Conservative.]