Brave New (Media) World

By William L. Garvin

"Pusillanimous, pompous, patronizing, two-faced, forked tongue, hypocritical, double standard, subservient, sycophantic, boot licking, progressive propaganda puppet, pathetic, and predictable"  (Adjectives suitable for contemporary mass media)

Well, well, well.  The Snow White media has been awakened from its somnambulant state by Prince Charming.  The investigative Phoenix has arisen from its ashes.  The Frankenstein monster has been charged into raging life.  And to think all it took was a couple of polls showing that Chris Christie had an electoral edge over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.  A new governor is now being Palin-ized by the media.

As soon as Sarah Palin's dynamic acceptance speech gave John McCain a boost in the polls, the journOlist cabal (both formal and informal) sprang into action.  Ethics complaint after ethics complaint ad nausea was filed.  None were ever founded but the compliant media dutifully reported she was "under investigation."  Media also failed to report that she had to fund her defenses out of her private funds per Alaska law in effect at the time.  The journOlist media members actively conspired to spin every possible negative her way.  The media dispatched an army of reporters to review her emails.  No smoking gun was ever uncovered but that was seldom mentioned.  It didn't fit the progressive agenda of conservative thought destruction.  Her every utterance was scrutinized, distorted, and magnified.  Hollywood jumped into the smear campaign with both feet and received honors for their complicity.  Palin's  book was "fact checked" by a platoon of nitpickers but  President Obama's books have yet to be placed under a similar microscope.  You see, no one would be allowed to challenge "The One."  No one will be allowed to challenge the heir apparent.  The media has decided.

So here you go, Governor Christie.  You are now the eye of the media hurricane or the center of the media feeding frenzy, whichever metaphor you choose to employ.  Note the ubiquitous media mantra:  "If he was not involved (eye roll) and did not even know (uptalk) what was going on, as he CLAIMS (raised eyebrows)…."   You are a Republican and you are guilty until proven innocent…and that will never happen.  No matter what you do, no matter how promptly you act, no matter what evidence you produce or the lack of evidence on the media's part, you are the loser.

One pundit speculated and postulated that given Christie's image as a problem solver, why wasn't he on top of this and taking care of the problem?  Has any pundit ever asked the President where he was for the eight hours Benghazi was under attack?  Why hasn't a single one of the known terrorists been arrested?  Why were documents related to "Fast and Furious" given executive immunity?  Why didn't he know about the IRS abuse?  Why hasn't anyone been fired?
 
Others media mavens have noted the "mean spirited" nature of the bridge closing but did they show similar concern about the "mean spirited" closing of the open air war memorials?  Did they show similar concern about the "mean spirited" cancellation of White House tours?  Of course not.  It is gratifying to see the media trying to hone their rediscovered investigative chops, but it only serves to highlight their selective and partisan outrage.

In the meantime, al Qaeda flags are flying over Fallujah.  Iraq is in chaos and Afghanistan is pursuing the same road to disintegration.  Syria is still in turmoil and Americans are still in prison in Iran, North Korea and Cuba.  Sanctions against Iran are buried in Harry Reid's senate coffin.  Ninety-two million Americans can't find a job and Obamacare continues to implode.  But don't you worry about it, America.  "We The Media" are right on top of Bridgegate!  Oh yes, as to the Obama donor appointed to investigate the IRS abuse of his political opponents, that's just another "phony scandal." 

We're on to the real thing…why our commute from New Jersey to New York has been impacted!  As for Christie taking responsibility for the debacle and then firing two of the perpetrators, that's not enough.  That's never enough.  If he issues a written confession, commits hara-kiri in prime time and gives me an exclusive, that will still not be enough.  But, if he changes his party affiliation and becomes Hillary's vice presidential running mate, there might be a ray of hope for salvation!  Until then, we'll keep deciding what you should know, when you should know it, how you should vote, and who should be elected.  Trust us because we're smarter than you.