This is going to be fast, I don't have much time. The powers that be will yank this post any second! Just kidding. I really don't feel I am that far from the truth though.
I have been thinking about this blog for the past few weeks. Today's mainstream media is extremely similar to 1938 Nazi Germany's propaganda. First lets look at the similarities and then we will examine the differences.
Similarities: The powers that be, Government, special interest groups, advertisers, etc, only tell us what they want us to hear. We don't get fair or unbias reporting on politics from any of the news channels. Many experts are defining 2008 as "the year that journalism died". I could not agree more. The Obama mania media is a perfect example. Just like WWII propaganda they only give good news about their side. "Everything is great, this guy is a God, he will change the mess we are in". Do you really think that all of Germany was crazy like Hitler? No, they just didn't know what he was really doing. Hitler came to power because he had great marketing, powerful speaking skills, and Germany's economy was in shambles, sound like anyone else we know? The Nazi party had total control over what the "common" German could hear or read. Much like CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX or any other media outlet. Both give steady doses of glowing stories and gushing commentary about their party day after day. Obama and the Democratic party got more coverage than the republicans 4 to 1 in 2008. Obama could be for socialism, he could be for killing Jews, he could be for race wars, he could be for class warfare (I personally don't think he is) and we would never know about it because mainstream media would never let those stories see the light of day. When Hitler was campaigning he didn't say "I will kill Jews, I will rule with and iron fist, I will declare a dominant race". He promised generalities, vague descriptions of party plans. Basically, platforms that would appeal to anyone, like "change". Obama couldn't even answer the question "when does conception occur?" in fear of alienating a certain demographic. Hitler tried to be everything to everyone, not pin-pointing any one issue. Yet the propaganda machine praised his confident stance and outstanding speaking skills. Germany loved him, he got them out of the depression they were in, he fought for them to avenge the losses from WWI. He was in close contact with foreign leaders to reclaim lost land from WWI, land that German's saw as rightfully theirs. But he lied to foreign leaders, he rarely kept his end of the bargains, the citizens of Germany were completely unaware of this.
Think about it, when have we ever had a candidate that had so many suspicious relationships, Aires, Rev. Write, Resco, Chicago Politics, Blago, the list goes on. He even appointed a man who cheated on his taxes to the sum of $34,000 to make sure Americans don't cheat on their taxes! And yet, the media just says "oh, he made a mistake, all of us make mistakes, great appointment Obama".
He said he wants to make a civilian army, SS anyone?
Differences. I am not saying Obama is even close to Hitler. I am just saying the media is treating it much the same. He can do no wrong, even when he has done way more wrong than any other candidate in the history of the presidency. Do you think a white republican with the same type of suspect relationships would have even come close to becoming president? They were roasting Mrs. McCain for being rich, heaven forbid. They were riding McCain for having 7 houses, what about Obama's shady deal with Resco to buy one house? I digress. Another major difference is that we won't be drug out of our house for disagreeing with the media, I can write this post for instance. If you posted something like this in 1940, you could expect a knock on the door from the SS and not to be hear from again. It is nice we have freedom of speech. Also, we have conservative media too, it is just relagated to talk radio.
Bottom line, it just blows my mind the strong hold that liberals have on television, very similar to the stronghold Hitler had on propaganda.
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5 comments:
It's great to have you back Quentin, very interesting blog posts!
good post. start your own media station!!
good to be back Jeremy
Holy Crap,you talk more than I do. I hate to say it but I do agree that you heard great things from the Obama Machine and that his smoking didn't even recieve press until after the election. However, I don't take him for a psychotic with OCD. We also have a few too many checks and balances in place for the the return of WWII. Scottthegreat.
scott,
thanks for the comment. I take it you are a Obama supporter. I don't think Obama is a psychotic. I think he is a good man deep down. I just don't think he understands how his policies will cripple American Capitalism, crush the things that made this country great, which is limited gov for so long. Roosevelt turned a resession into a depression, Obama will too if he keeps thinking gov can make people rich. Gov only has the ability to even people out financially, not make people wealthy. something to think about.
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