The Definitive Farewell to the Media

This article has been swirling all over the internet and news shows today, sort of summing up the entire campaign and putting the media bias into perspective. At first the media being in the tank for Obama was laughable, then agitating, and eventually it became dangerous. By the time it was all said and done, the part of society that is supposed to put a check on the government, and provide our information on choosing who serves in that government, has failed unlike any point in history.

Michael Malone breaks it down, and if you are one of the dwindling few that thinks democracy and individual liberty are good things, read this and let me know who exactly will be in charge of protecting them.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=6099188&page=1

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That means constantly challenging our own prejudices, systematically presenting opposing views and never, ever burying stories that contradict our own world views or challenge people or institutions we admire. If we can’t achieve Olympian detachment, than at least we can recognize human frailty — especially in ourselves.

If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as president of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography.

That isn’t Sen. Obama’s fault: His job is to put his best face forward. No, it is the traditional media’s fault, for it alone (unlike the alternative media) has had the resources to cover this story properly, and has systematically refused to do so.