The Media: Wrong on Jackson, Wrong on Palin
by Jeffrey JenaI have been driving around the Midwest for the last six days with my son playing golf, watching baseball games, visiting old friends and doing a few shows. There are a lot of benefits to this well-timed vacation. The weather was perfect and I missed the entire hullabaloo known as the Michael Jackson memorial. I didn’t see a minute of the lead-up coverage, the “service,” or the postmortem, no pun intended.
I was listening to evil talk radio in the car and did hear and read a number of reports on the event. Depending on whom I was listening to, it was a freak show/circus, a fitting memorial or “not as bad as I thought it might be.”
I always thought of Mr. Jackson as a talented singer/dancer/songwriter who had poor impulse control. I thought this was due to the fact that the leeches and toadies who depended on him for money never said one simple word to him: “No!” Apparently I was very wrong! Until I heard and read reports from his memorial, I was unaware of his role in our society as everything from a civil rights pioneer to basketball coach. Martin Luther King Jr. and Pat Riley, take a break, the king of pop has got your back. I heard he was quite the philanthropist too; although there isn’t a Michael Jackson Foundation, he did at one time donate a reported $22 million to a single California family.
The weekend before the deification of Mr. Jackson, there was another small media event which got a lot of coverage: the resignation of Sarah Palin. If you still have any doubt that there is a vast left-wing media conspiracy in this country all you need to do is look at the coverage of these two people and these events by alleged journalists.
On Tuesday, July 7th the Chicago Tribune featured a half page mocking Ms. Palin by Rob Manker on page three. Page three is usually where one might find the hard news of the day, but not in the Trib when there is a conservative to be skewered. Did this paper give the same kind ribbing to Mr. Jackson at any point?
I use the Chicago Tribune only as an example. The general tone of the reporting of these two events from television to the New York Times was to elevate and rehabilitate the reputation on Mr. Jackson and to denigrate that of Ms. Palin.
The real divide in this country is not political but cultural. As far as I know Michael Jackson was not political. I doubt if he even voted in the last election. The picture of him coming out of the voting booth may have shown up somewhere. He may have voted absentee but I am pretty sure if he had voiced an opinion on the election it would have been reported. Yet the media holds up this man as an icon to be admired. A talented man who lived an extremely degenerate and narcissistic life is not only exonerated but also held up and praised.
Sarah Palin, a woman who has served God, her country, and raised a family is mocked. Why? Bcause she doesn’t fit the stereotype that the media prefers for successful and powerful women. She is from humble origins and has worked for everything she has gotten. The real sin of Ms. Palin is that she is not only a conservative but a devout Christian. To the east coast, Ivy League, taxicab progressives, allowing morality into government is the greatest stupidity.







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Jeffrey – the media is wrong on just about everything. I am glad to see you are !) a golfer and 2) Playing golf with your son. That is incredibly good news on an otherwise dreary morning in East Tennessee.
Welcome back. Yeah, you didn't miss much. A few PDS screes on Palin. A memorial for an accused pedophile.
The odd thing is that Pelosi has shot down a resolution to honor Michael Jackson.
Other than that, a fairly uneventful week.
I never understood the adulation for Jackson that was being heaped on him the last week. This is the same guy who writes "We Are The World" to help feed the poor around the world (by the way, how's that working out?) but then spends hundreds of millions of dollars on himself (that shopping spree during the Geraldo interview a number of years ago was enough to make me throw up). Maybe I don't get it but I really think I do.
We live in a media culture of Celebrity Worship, as exemplified by the first American Idol president.
Jeffery, you didn’t miss much really an obscene public servicing of a Pop culture Icon, and the continued public assassination of a decent hard working self-made American woman. Expect some real troll action Jeffery, you have mentioned a dreaded threat to their Messiah, “Sarah Palin.”
"The real divide in this country is not political but cultural." You are correct sir, however not all Democrats are cultural deviants, all cultural deviants are Democrats.
My father-in-law's take on Jackson was always one I found compelling. He believed that Jackson never truly had a childhood, and was attempting to have one belatedly. The more I thought about that, the more it made sense. There's a reason his ranch was called Neverland. He never grew up.
He never had a childhood, but then he never had an adulthood either. It's really a sad tale. Just think of what might have been, had he been taught to reign himself in. Instead of becoming destructive to himself and others, he could've continued to make music and tour. He was an excellent showman. He could have continued to bring entertainment and joy to people.
Instead, he kept trying to be something he wasn't. And to add to the tragedy, others are now trying to do the same. I neither love him or hate him. I simply pity him.
"The real divide in this country is not political but cultural." You are correct sir, while not all Democrats are cultural deviants, all cultural deviants are Democrats.
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Most folks do better with the media after they die. With MJ, this is of course, simply crazy. But, that allows the media to gloss over BO and his Marxist agenda.
BTW-If you don' adore MJ now, you sir, are worse than Hitler and and a racist too!
The more hysterical the mainstream media becomes about Sarah Palin, the better. It shows just how much they fear her.
That isn't exactly a new idea, inasmuch as it is what everyone says about him and what Michael said himself, both openly and by calling his home "Neverland".
Ha!
BTW, to what race did Jackson belong?
No one, obviously. You are an outsider.
to a certain extent i'm sure that's true. a friend of mine used to be a neighbor of the Jackson's way back when the Jackson 5 was just getting some attention. his kids played with the younger ones. he once told me that after having their fun cut short again to go home for practice or rehearsal, little Janet (who was probably all of 5 or 6 at the time), told his kids they were lucky because they didn't have to 'work' all the time.
but on the other hand, lots of performing families go thru the same thing without anybody turning into a certified wacko…
c'mon, admit it- it's really only exacerbating a pre-existing condition…
It seems Sarah Palin is a kick to the crotch of liberals
But to conservatives she is a shot in the arm.
More like a skin irritation…like poison ivy. And just when you think she's gone, there's that darn need to scratch again…
Michael Jackson was a pop culture figure who died. Generally in this culture when people die, it is mostly their accomplishments that are remembered. You might want to cast your minds back to the coverage of the deaths of Reagan and Ford and try to remember if there was more than a single negative note about either of them.
Sarah Palin did not die. She's a polarizing political figure who during her candidacy made many speeches in which she claimed that only those who shared her — and your — political philosophy were "real" Americans. And then she quit her job as governor because it was hard and no fun and she'd rather cash in while she can.
Over time, the coverage of the two will balance out. People will stop gushing over Michael Jackson. And they'll take the time for a serious study of Palin — and laugh themselves sillyt.
You wish, liberals can't help themselves but be a-holes when her name is mentioned.
Here, I'll show you: Sarah Palin…
Can't wait for your a-hole response!
Maybe, but so many of the things that bother your side are enjoyable to mine.
It never ceases to amaze me how much liberals absolutely HATE Sarah Palin. The venom is completely unprecedented. I can't recall anyone ever getting this much hate not named Manson…..
And it's so easy to send a liberal into a foaming at the mouth temper tantrum…..
Those things would be backstabbing your constituents, betraying your country, bowing to propped up warlords, enslaving people on welfare in the name of 'helping,' destroying careers in the name of politics, and essentially being as anti-human as one could possibly be…right?
I don't watch a lot of t.v., but you couldn't help but hear about the Jackson Memorial last week. I have a wonderful friend (since 7th grade). She's as conservative as they come, but now all of a sudden she thinks MJ is "innocent" and is constantly posting stuff about him on her Facebook page. I know that it isn't proper to criticize the recently dead, but this "Sainthood" marathon is ridiculous.
"And then she quit her job as governor because it was hard and no fun and she'd rather cash in while she can."
One question: What color is the sky in your world??
Oh honey, I laugh NOW – at how easily she puts the Leftards to shame by living according to how she believes. The Leftards hate her because she walks the talk…whereas the Left likes to talk but theyll be damned if they are caught actually LIVING the life they prescribe for others. Yes, I laugh at how Leftards run screaming because someone finally puts the fear of God into them…as they deserve!
Oh, I agree, but it does much more than that.
It shows how hate-filled they are towards the average person. How much they hold American Values in contempt. With Sarah Palin, they can't hide their elitist and bogus attitudes about us.
This last week wasn't an eye-opener for me. Just a confirmation of what the MSM considers us to be. Rubes and hicks.
"She is from humble origins and has worked for everything she has gotten." So was MJ and did MJ.
Excellent point, Joelim. I couldn't agree with you more. What the media, pundits, and late night talk show hosts don't understand is that every time they insult Sarah Palin, they're insulting everyone without a Harvard law degree, connections, and rich uncles who've been in politics for 100 years. I hope their hate-mongering continues. It really highlights those important differences.
It was a little disturbing to see these two linked in a post.
Except that MJ used his money and power to procure little boys for his bedroom.
Whoa Dude,
Do you ever research facts for yourself?
absolutely true.
It is interesting to see the different outcomes.
Well, one of my comments was removed by the administrator. Silly me. I should watch my writing.
That is an excellent point.
Interesting and sad in the case of MJ.
Nixon, Reagan and GWB.
More than disturbing. One of my comments about got erased. Something about using power to get something.
It wasn't about Palin.
Sharon, please elucidate: 1. Who is backstabbing constituents and how? 2. Who betrayed their country? 3. Who bowed to propped up warlords? 4. Who enslaved people on welfare in the name of 'helping'? 5. Who destroyed careers in the name of politics? 6. Who is anti-human? Not clear from your post who you are tagging with these 'crimes'.
See, I'm thinking that you're describing the left, but you could be a leftist and attempting to pull a typical Bolshevik trick, that is to blame your opposition of the crimes that your side commits.
Either way, clarification would be most appreciated.
Even today the witch hunt of Sarah Palin continues by the MSM, and for what purpose – to demonize a legitimate political threat to the divine leader in case she would run against him. The liberals will keep their attack dogs on her for a long time, but she will overcome them.
At the same time Jackson is practically canonized, and this just shows the further hypocrisy when it comes to defining a person by politics in the MSM. While he contributed to the world in his music, his image will be tainted by his unusual contact with children but the MSM overlooks it as if it is nothing to discuss.
I guess the standard issued equipment for the MSM are only blinders and microscopes, and we know how they are handed out on assignments.
It's all in the parenting. They aren't perfect by a longshot, but I think the Osmond family is proof that kids can "work" and still be raised as great human beings with relatively sane heads on their shoulders.
If anyone doubts the analysis Jeffrey has of the media's treatment of Sarah, look at what they did to Miguel Estrada – same thing – Hispanic but conservative.
It disgusts me that our culture has taken this turn so far to the left. I see the NYT and LAT are bashing SaraPalin again this morning. I believe it is an attack that will never end as long as Sarah is remotely connected with conservative politics. Sarah Palin scares the crap out of the liberals because she is their worst nightmare and may end up being at their funeral in 2012. Resignation will free her to speak her mind even more often. I view Sarah as the female counterpart to Newt.
It disgusts me that our culture has taken this turn so far to the left. I see the NYT and LAT are bashing Sarah Palin again this morning. I believe it is an attack that will never end as long as Sarah is remotely connected with conservative politics. Sarah Palin scares the crap out of the liberals because she is their worst nightmare and may end up being at their funeral in 2012. Resignation will free her to speak her mind even more often. I view Sarah as the female counterpart to Newt.
Exactly. I've been thinking the same thing. Lots of child performers don't have the normal "childhood" and they don't turn out to be like Jackson. I'm tired of people using this excuse for him and for him using it as an excuse for his behavior.
Well put! I also don't think you can quite compare political fame to the fame that pop/rock stars receive. It's a whole different level.
I'm with you Buckwheat!!! I'll be more than happy to be an outsider!
"A talented man who lived an extremely degenerate and narcissistic life is not only exonerated but also held up and praised.:
My grandmother was fond of saying, "It takes one to know one." It takes a narcissist to appreciate, marvel, and adore narcissism in others. Don't they all aspire to…! The rest of us are appalled.
You may not have meant to, but you gave me insight into the main-stream media and entertainment industries blind acceptance, promotion, and glorification of all things OBAMA!
Both Kathleen Sebelius and Janet Napolitano were state governors who resgined early to pursue higher goals. And they were not pilloried like Palin. Why hasn't anybody (liberal or conservative) in the media pointed this out?
"You might want to cast your minds back to the coverage of the deaths of Reagan and Ford and try to remember if there was more than a single negative note about either of them." – just after the death of Ronald Reagan, I remember a certain left-wing/"progressive" editorial cartoonist named Ted Rall who, when asked about the mark Reagan had left on history, replied, "I don't know, but I bet he's turning a deep crispy brown right now."
Because both Sebelius and Napolitano were appointed to cabinet positions, they did not resign "early to pursue higher goals". Not much of a story there.
True. they just dumped their constituents to slobber up around Obama. Sarah resigned to save money.
A cabinet position is not considered a 'higher goal"? C'mon, this is six of one, half-dozen of another. A difference without distinction.
Does "allowing morality into government" include torturing suspects who have not been proven guilty in a court of law? Does it include attacking, bombing, and slaughtering people in a foreign country who have done the US no harm? Does it include illegal wiretaps of the phone conversations of American citizens?
No, you Republicans don't have a clue what the meaning of "morality" is, and yet you constantly want to use it as a campaign slogan. For the long long list of Republican politicians who have no idea what the word means, check out this site: http://www.republicanoffenders.com/
When we see a Republican politician quit a high stress job where she has committed herself to serving the people of Alaska……..so she can pursue far better paying options…….."morality" is not the word that comes to mind.
Sarah resigned to make herself a whole big pile of money! Just ask the father of her granddaughter.
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And?
"Sarah Palin, a woman who has served God" That was her first mistake, showing she has the intelligence of primitive tribes.
"Bcause she doesn’t fit the stereotype" She fits the idiot/redneck one perfectly.
It's Bcause she's an idiot, plain and simple. Get it threw your Pee-brain.
Yeah, that's why…..of course the young dolt that knocked up her daughter would know everything….
"That was her first mistake, showing she has the intelligence of primitive tribes." Makes her smarter than you then…
"She fits the idiot/redneck one perfectly." A bigot says what?
"It's Bcause she's an idiot, plain and simple. Get it threw your Pee-brain." Coming from someone that uses "Threw" instead of "through" and forgets there's 2 E's in because…..wow, did your parents have any kids that lived?
Well, why don't you enlighten us, since you are the most intelligent, thoughtful, and tolerant person around.
*Sarcasm is just one of my specialties*
Doesn't take long for the trolls to come out. And for the nasty comments as well.
There is so much wrong with this entire post I don't have the energy or the desire to correct you. I suggest you quit reading the Liberal Talking Points Handbook and do some growing up….
And just so you understand that democrats don't have a clue about morality….
http://www.boycottliberalism.com/Scandals.htm
Dumb question, have we ever tortured a person proven guilty of some in a court of law?
Guilty of some crime.
Nope and they're all proving the point that liberals are complete a-holes when it comes to Sarah Palin. They become completely irrational and start foaming at the mouth. The idiot above is a classic example….
"Sarah Palin, a woman who has served God, her country, and raised a family is mocked. Why? Bcause she doesn’t fit the stereotype that the media prefers for successful and powerful women. She is from humble origins and has worked for everything she has gotten. The real sin of Ms. Palin is that she is not only a conservative but a devout Christian. To the east coast, Ivy League, taxicab progressives, allowing morality into government is the greatest stupidity."
The American public has, on many many occasions, elected people into the offices of power that are devote Christians. So I disagree with the above.
However it is true that the American Left has deliberately undertaken a dutiful mission to limit or block Sarah Palin's successful progression to the national stage. This is clear. But was it because she's a Christian? Would it be an altogether new and different thing that America has a Christian President? I think that most of our Presidents have been Christian (although maybe some more devote than others.)
No I think there are other reasons about Palin that the left objects to.
There is so much wrong with this post I have neither the energy nor the desire to correct you. I suggest you stop quoting the Liberal Talking Points Handbook and do some growing up.
And just so you don;t get the idea that democrats have some sort of moral high ground:
http://www.boycottliberalism.com/Scandals.htm
To JameS:
There is so much wrong with your post I have neither the energy nor the desire to correct you. I suggest you stop quoting the Liberal Talking Points Handbook and do some growing up.
And just so you don;t get the idea that democrats have some sort of moral high ground:
http://www.boycottliberalism.com/Scandals.htm
The overall strategy of the left is to tear down strength everywhere and replace it with enforced weakness. When the philosophy of weakness also prevails in government, as it does now, all interfering standards of dignity or decency will inevitably be revoked and tossed away, and perversity will lose any recognizable meaning. Life will become a selfish party, jealously maintained by the favored irresponsible laying waste to all but empty gratification, and civilization slowly reduces down to fading graffitti on a wall.
It's not "christianity" that they hate. It's Christianity. The left doesn't mind when they know you don't really mean it.
Sarah means it.
Joe, I was actually floored when Pelosi shot down that chance for a MJ DAY!!!!
The week was uneventful and glad to see that you where playing golf with your son….. that is a great experience for you and your son… one that he will never forget!!!
Sarah the lightning rod…
It really does boggle the mind that a failed VP candidate, having retired from ploitical office would be anything other than a small blip on the radar screen.
Not to the Left. Until Palin has every molecule of her body scattered throught the Universe (as we know it) and salt is spread on every square inch of turf she ever inhabited will the loons be satisfied…
Maybe not even then…
Sarah the lightning rod…
It really does boggle the mind that a failed VP candidate, having retired from political office would be anything other than a small blip on the radar screen.
Not to the Left. Until Palin has every molecule of her body scattered throught the Universe (as we know it) and salt is spread on every square inch of turf she ever inhabited will the loons be satisfied…
Maybe not even then…
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Sarah the lightning rod…
It really does boggle the mind that a failed VP candidate, having retired from political office would be anything other than a small blip on the radar screen.
Not to the Left. Until Palin has every molecule of her body scattered throughout the Universe (as we know it) and salt is spread on every square inch of turf she ever inhabited will the loons be satisfied…
Maybe not even then…
Dear Soulja
If SP is soooo stupid and soooo lame why do you fear her so much? I think Al Franken is a total moron but I don't fear him, I laugh at the voters of MInn. who have now elected a wrestler and failed talk show host to high office. Are Ventura and Franken really the best Minn. has to offer? If Al Frankin were to run for higher office I would welcome that because he is so obviously a moron. What are you afraid of?
Also I believe you meant "pea" brain in refering to my small intellectual level and not "pee" unless you meant to imply that my head is full of urine, an insult that would have been better than the one you intended.
I know we've talked about this before, but it just really, really makes me so mad the way the MSM treats Palin. I will never forgive McCain or his people for how they let her hang out there as "the media" tore her apart.
There is so much wrong with this post I have neither the energy nor the desire to correct you. I suggest you stop quoting the Liberal Talking Points Handbook and do some growing up.
Actually we should be thanking him for articultaing liberal lunacy when it comes to Sarah Palin better than we ever could. Just from that single post everyone can see the absolute hatred these people have for Sarah Palin, they hate her, but none of them has a reason why….
"Sarah means it."
okay, I agree. Especially because the main thing I think you are hinting at is the literal belief that we are now in the "End Times".
As a liberal intellectual, I strongly encourage all American's to think twice about ever electing anyone to an office of authority who professess a literal belief that the world is about to end.
"Sarah means it."
okay, I agree. Especially because the main thing I think you are hinting at is the literal belief that we are now in the "End Times".
As a liberal intellectual, I strongly encourage all Americans to think twice about ever electing anyone to an office of authority who professess a literal belief that the world is about to end.
Good Point.
well she is a lightning rod, afterall. The Left isn't so scared of one woman. The Left is scared by the component of our society that she represents. Sarah may have retired, but those Palinbots are still around.
"I know we've talked about this before"
you gotta be kidding right?
I'm with you on this point as well Joelim, they hate Mrs. Palin with all the venom and bile that they would if one of us were to suddenly appear on the public stage. They hated Reagan voters like this too, painting us as ignorant rubes unfit to vote, and in George W they hit their stride, he was also ivy league, but seemed in manner one of us to them. They detest the fact most Americans who will never attend the "right" schools, or hold "correct" opinions even have a voice at all. Why Rush drives them nuts, and the governor, outright insane.
Defintion of a liberal, someone sitting in a frothing hatred and terror that somewhere, someone, completely happy about it, is in total disagreement with them.
It's that we laugh at them, that is the last straw I think. We don't have a right to do that in their view, they're seriouser damn it, smartyer, bigger hearteder,.. HOW DARE YOU seems to be their default setting.
but what threat are they? Leaderless Palinbots would surely just walk around in circles and eat things-
sounds harmless enough to us…
Which part of that didn't you understand?
How you tie Sarah Palin to Michael Jackson is simply beyond bounds and your attempt to do so clearly shows your bias.
Just a couple of observations:
1, I have never been a big Michael Jackson fan. In fact I think he led less than a stellar life. That said it is customary in death to celebrate one achievements and the love of family and friends. The fact of the matter is that he did touch many millions of people in a positive way. He did have people that loved him and he does have people that will deeply miss him. We are all less than perfect humans. There is no need to rehash his shortcomings at this tragic time.
2. The fact that you are a Sarah Palin Fan is your right. But just because others do not hold your views does not mean that there is some large conspiracy against her. Talk about Michael Jackson being a narcissist. Maybe a quick glance in the mirror is in order. The fact is Sarah Plain has very clear views on how others should live and conduct there lives. Not everyone including fellow Republicans agree with her. As a fellow Republican I can look past her folksy charm and see that is about all she has to offer. Since she is a possible candidate in 2012 then her actions such as resigning from her commitment on representing the State of Alaska should be closely examined..
3. Next time try offering an opinion where you aren’t so self righteous. There is no need to be so vicious. I agree that the coverage was over the top. But in context this was an American Icon that did generate a huge media interest. The fact of the matter is if Sarah Plain decides to drop out of politics, in 75 years from now no one other than family will know who she was. 75 years from now there will still be people that know of Michael Jackson.
She's a polarizing political figure who during her candidacy made many speeches in which she claimed that only those who shared her — and your — political philosophy were "real" Americans. And then she quit her job as governor because it was hard and no fun and she'd rather cash in while she can.
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GARBAGE … sheer unadulterated Garbage!
I wasn't hinting at anything like that at all.
Anyone who believes the Bible knows that according to Christ himself, we've a) been in the End Times for two thousand years and b) are not to know when the actual end will come (Christ himself did not know).
Therefore, you are asserting that anyone who believes the Bible is exempt from public office.
Now tell me, does believing that the world is going to end from other means exempt one from office? Or just believing that it's God who will bring it about?
If we did a pie chart of what people like to talk about on Breitbart, a pretty big slice would be what I call the topic of "Poor poor Sarah and the mean old MSM".
Sarah Palin is an attractive, sexy woman with five kids which suggests she's straight. Now how can that be? A Mom running a state! Totally antithetical to what the Left considers a female executive.
Sarah Palin knowingly gave birth to a Downs Syndrome child and this made women who had abortions for convenience sake take a look in the mirror. They didn't like what they saw looking back.
Sarah Palin put a lie to "Pro-Choice" since she was not supposed to "choose" to deliver a defective child. If the Pro Choice crowd believed in choice, they'd have never said a word about Sarah's "choice".
The Lefties like to talk about women's rights, but look what happened to two women who stuck their heads up and DARED to challenge Saint Barack (Hillary and Palin). Both SAVAGELY attacked by the American Bolsheviks. Race trumps gender. In the Lefties' lexicon race trumps EVERYTHING. Ask Colin Powell.
The men who attack Palin the most viciously I believe are sexually attracted to her. This puts them in conflict with their ideology. Sexually attracted to a Right WINGER! How can that be? We always seek to destroy that which we desire and can't have or that which frightens us. Palin does both.
And lastly, this is what Bolsheviks do. Their Russian counterparts shot the Tsar and ALL his family including his servants. Palin doesn't have any servants, but her family has come under the American Bolshevik firing squad just as Nicholas II came under the bullets of the Rusky Bolshies.
It's the big news right now, and if you don't like it, you don't need to stay here. You do realize that this thread is about Palin right?
I forgot to add — Palin is middle class, not the product of elite schools in the east or west coast. She totes a gun, hunts, fishes, talks folksy and got elected GOVERNOR of her state which makes women like Peggy Noonan and Katie Couric see what non-entities they really are. They don't like knowing that they're less than zero so they strike out.
Indeed, when I was a teenager, I thought I knew everything too.
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