The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Why is that "bias," anyway?

Jonah Goldberg in NRO.

But let me concede a few things. 

Yes, the Mainstream Media (MSM) is biased against Republicans. 

This has been true since, if not the Mesozoic Era, then at least 1960. 

Yes, the media is particularly biased against Donald Trump. 

But this is not quite the outrage Trump’s spinners want to make it. 

Not only is Trump an exceptionally unworthy presidential candidate on the merits, but he does everything he possibly can to maximize the endemic problems of liberal-media bias. 

Thanks to his lizard-brain narcissism, he would rather have awful headlines about himself and be the center of attention than have Hillary Clinton steal the limelight. 

LBJ liked to say, “Let’s not step on our d**ks” on this or that issue. 

Trump is like one of those Italian barefoot peasant women who make wine by stomping on grapes all day, except instead of grapes it’s d**ks as far as the eye can see and Trump is wearing very expensive shoes.

That the media oppose Republicans and Trump in particular does not make them biased.

Nor does their frank preference for the liberal side on such issues as abortion, gay rights, global warming, or what have you.

But their constant insistence on the most uncharitable view of everything he says and most of what he has done in his past are a colossal smear, egregious propaganda.

As are the endless charges he is a nazi or a fascist.

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