Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The Right Network?

In case you didn't know the right has decided that one channel dedicated to the views of extreme conservatives (and half truths) is not enough. Later this year there are plans to launch a new network called the Right Network which will cater conservatives.

In the past we have talked about what makes someone a conservative and the idea behind this network fills another of those traits. Being Paranoid. Conservatives have a pohbia for hearing about anything that challenges their beliefs. Because of this when the media gives an unbiased report on an issue all a conservative hears is the things that they disagree with. To justify this fear they have decided to claim anything without an extreme right slant as Liberal Media Bias. How very self serving to be so convinced that you are correct all the time that you assume the people whose job is to gather and report on information are all bias and wrong. Yes you are so paranoid that you believe 100% of the media that doesn't contain the word Fox in the title is a giant conspiracy.

Having said that I recently received an email chastizing African Americans for having Afrian American specific media. Below is a quote from the email (errantly attributed to Andy Rooney)

'I don't think being a minority
makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The
only things I can think of that are truly
discriminatory are things like the United Negro
College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment
Television, and Miss Black America.. Try to have
things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud
Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss
White America ; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson
will be knocking down your door.


What I would love to hear from my Conservative Bretheran is how they can justify the need for the Right Network while lambasting the African American media. If the claim is Liberal Media Bias then I give you White Media Bias as a response. If there is some other explanation I would love to hear it because this is a prime example of Repubocrisy.

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