I saw on the internet this several days ago that for major U.S. newspapers the “average paid circulation fell 2.8 percent on weekdays and 3.4 percent on Sundays.” I have linked to the original article here, and have noticed for a bit that this is a continuing downward trend for major papers. I hate to point out the painfully obvious, but what does the liberal media expect? I open the Baltimore Sun everyday at breakfast, and all of the world news articles are from the NY Times, the LA Times, and the AP. The only differences among many major newspapers is the editorial board, most of which have a liberal slant, with a few conservative columnists tossed in here and there.
This approach leads to a monopoly of just one ideology presented by the media. This ideology becomes fact; information that doesn’t support that ideology is ignored, and falls through the cracks. With no conservative data to challenge the ideology, anyone who speaks against it is deemed “out in right field” and not worth listening to. If that ideology is pushed long enough and hard enough, history could be rewritten, and no one would know or be able to do anything about it. Napoleon I, though a cruel dictator and conqueror, said it best in this case, “History is a set of lies agreed upon.”
The risk of this abuse often leads to alternative information sources, such as Townhall.com, books, independent newspapers, and talk radio being established so that individuals can discuss things in an open debate and arrive at the truth (or their idea of the truth) through critical thinking, as opposed to indoctrination. Otherwise the saying, “Say it long enough, and loud enough, and it becomes the truth,” carries more weight than any of us would like to think.
Mike Grant — Samnite Gladiator
