Posted by
grad_1986 on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:31:16 PM
If you are from Sacramento and someone says the words "Game 6" you will instantly get an angry response from them. Why? Because Game 6 of the 2000 Western Division NBA Championship is regarded as the WORST officiated game in NBA history. A game where if the Sacramento Kings even "breathed heavy" on Shaq or Kobie they would be slapped with a foul. Fans could see that the fix was in for LA by the league officials because they new more money could be made by forcing a game 7. Now, years later, we find out that we were right. That officials were on the take and being told by the front office what to do. Many Kings fans today still detest the Lakers for this very reason.
So why do I bring this up? Because it applies to our nations election process. That's why! Just like in our sports, we demand that those who are officiated the games be objective and fair. Nothing angers sports fans more than knowing that it way 2 against 1 on the field of play and you had little or no chance of winning. When it comes to our elections, the news agencies (newpapers, magazines, TV, radio) are to objective and fair to both sides. But we have not seen that this time. It is transparent to all who is on whose side. The alphabet channels discuss lame poll after lame poll to disuade the right from voting. They would rather talk about Palin's wardrobe rather than Obama's Marxist tendencies. They would rather talk about a "rif" in the McCain campaign by some "unknown source" than talk about Obama's ties to terrorists and other radicals. They would rather talk about how Joe is not a licensed plumber than discuss Obama's lack of experience to be Commander-in-Chief. Let's face it people! The gloves are off and in terms of large media outlets, its 9 against 2.
Obama supporters McCain supporters
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ABC Fox News (although I think they have played pretty straight)
NBC Talk Radio
CBS
MSNBC
CNBC
CNN
NY Times
Time Mag
Newsweek
And this is only the beginning. With Obama in office, democrats like Nancy Pelosi are going to enanct their own version
of the "Fairness Doctrine" which will shut down talk radio,Fox News and internet blogsites like this one altogether. Once they do this it will be GAME OVER for the Republican party.
WE THE PEOPLE need to demand fairness from our media outlets in our elections and
the only way to do that is to boycott their sponsers and/or their shows
all together. (Remember this: their CEO's love money more than they
love politics and they answer to their stockholders)
WE THE PEOPLE need to have our own "Declaration of Independence" from
the media and like our forefathers, know that the battle will get ugly
before it gets better.
Ways to do battle with the media giants:
1) Stop watching those channels altogether. (there are plenty of
other cbannels to watch these days such as History or Discovery)
2) Stop buying products from the main sponsers of these channels (and let the sponsers know it)
3) TVo the shows and let the sponsers know that they are wasting
their money advertising on these channels as you will be skipping over
them