"A wise and frugal government which shall restrain men
from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government."
(Thomas Jefferson)


Monday, February 21, 2011

Please sign the MRC Petition to Create a Bias-Free Media Environment!

These three articles tell the story of the liberal media bias:

Nets Champion Wisconsin Public Employees 'Rising Up' in 'Mutiny' Against 'Extreme Cuts'

CBS Host's False Attack on Wisconsin Governor Falls Flat

ABC's One-Sided Take on Wisconsin Protests Includes an Interview With Top Secret, Hidden Democrat
Any first year journalism student should be able to rip these articles apart for their liberal bias. Actually anyone with a brain who thinks could do the same. The bias in favor of the Wisconsin Unions and Obama and against the Republican Governor are way over the top.

We thank the Media Research Center for providing us the details and ask you to consider signing their petition today to 'Create a Bias-Free Media Environment! It is time the so-called journalist of the news outlets live up to their obligation as members of the media instead of being a mouthpiece for Obama, Democrats, and the Unions.

MRC Petition to Create a Bias-Free Media Environment!

Demand the Media Stop Serving as a Mouthpiece for President Obama

The liberal media have become President Obama’s megaphone -- eagerly applauding his every move and repeating his talking points on everything from ObamaCare to his massive spending plans to government takeovers to the rest of statist proclivities. Beyond parroting the White House line on every national and international issue and event, the liberal media hide any story that exposes the many failures of this administration. The liberal media have no intention of truthfully reporting the news. Their goal is to discredit the opposition while dutifully and passionately reciting Obama’s liberal mantra as if it were news -- propagandizing in an attempt to reshape the political opinions of unwary Americans.

With our liberty and way of life in peril, the Media Research Center, the nation’s largest and most respected liberal media watchdog, is boldly moving forward to confront and defeat the unholy alliance between President Obama and the liberal media and demand objectivity and balance in news reporting.

In the weeks and months ahead, the MRC will leverage its formidable media resources and proactive grassroots members to expose and neutralize President Obama’s stranglehold on the liberal media.

The Petition States:

As a citizen of the United States, I am signing this petition to show my commitment with the Media Research Center to break President Obama’s unhealthy alliance with the Liberal Media that is threatening to undermine and destroy the foundation of our nation. I expect the news media to hold the President accountable for his actions and his policies rather than actively promoting them. Left unchecked and unchallenged, the liberal media will continue to manipulate the nation into supporting President Obama’s big-government, tax-and-spend, spread-the-wealth agenda to the detriment of our liberty and our economic freedom.

I demand the media stop serving as a mouthpiece for President Obama and I stand with the MRC in support of their efforts to expose and neutralize this deceptive and dishonest alliance.
Please Click Here to sign the petition.

We believe vast majority of the liberal media journalists completely ignore the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Code of Ethics. If they adhered to the principles, this petition would not be necessary.

SPJ Code of EthicsDownload a printable copy [PDF]

Preamble
Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. Conscientious journalists from all media and specialties strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty. Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist's credibility. Members of the Society share a dedication to ethical behavior and adopt this code to declare the Society's principles and standards of practice.
Read more at SPJ Code of Ethics

Starting with the Preamble above, the liberal media ignores their responsibility as part of Freedom of the Press something an ethical journalist would care about. The lack of ethics in today's media is alarming as they continue to cover one side of an event and are some of the most biased journalist ever. Before we had some biased reporting like those reporting for the Hearst newspapers before the Spanish American War but then came the Vietnam War and journalists like Dan Rather took center stage. It has been downhill ever since at the broadcast news organizations until today when a journalist reports facts, it shocks you.

Once again, please sign the petition and let's put the liberal media on notice that the American people have had it with biased liberal reporting.  In fact we don't want biased conservative reporting either.  We want the facts of the situation as we are more than capable of making up our own minds which side we are on without some unethical journalist telling us how to think.

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