What Happened to Fairness, Honesty and Integrity? Is Media Biased in Reporting on Obama-McCain?
Is there such a thing as FAIRNESS, HONESTY AND INTEGRITY in the world of politics? Lately we have heard this question bandied about by many commentators and pundits in the media. Who knows, maybe the bar was set too high by our forefathers. Their main goal was to insure we preserve our democracy by protecting our freedom of speech. When Clinton was running for the first time, the media was in the tank for him. Practically all newsworthy stories that would expose Clinton’s scandalous and criminal behavior in Arkansas were kept out of the front pages of the major news publications. New York Times and Washington Post stuck them in the last pages with little or no fanfare. Shortly after Clinton was elected, the stories began to surface in mainstream media. What a surprise! Most of them were found to be true. I’ve been following Presidential Elections all of my adult life and nothing surprises me. The media has one purpose only-TO HAVE A JUICY STORY! It’s all about setting up an outrageous