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Socialists Endorse Obama

The lamestream media told you:

Francoise Hollande, the head of France's Socialist Party, has endorsed Barack Obama for U.S. president, and promised "to work for the senator's victory," in the words of the Associated Press in an unbylined article.

The article goes on to say, "but he (Hollande) acknowledged that the French Socialists' endorsement could end up tarnishing Obama's image in the eyes of the American electorate, given the way some voters regard socialism."

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

The AP has once again reported on an event without identifying who is speaking. The words quoted above are the AP's, probably a paraphrase or summary of Hollande's actual words, not provided in the story. The accuracy of such pseudo quotes is anyone's guess, darkened by AP's failure to identify the writer who framed the remarks. Newspaper editors nationwide ran the piece anyway.

Most disturbing is the editorial comment at the end, concerning, "the way some voters regard socialism." Whether this is Hollande speaking, or even worse, the AP itself, it is a reprehensible distortion of reality that portrays socialism in an almost neutral light.

Socialism is an avowed arch enemy of the American way and personal freedom, not dependent on how "some voters" view it. It detests capitalism, profit and free markets, the very strengths that have made America great, and which have led more people out of abject poverty than any other system in the world. The socialist system disparages any sense of private property, a linchpin of American economic principles and historical success.

Socialism is a politically designed rather than naturally evolved system, dependent on a dictatorial ruling class, state ownership of property, and the subjugation of individual people for the benefit of "the masses," or the "collective," as defined and managed by the rulers. Modern attempts at imposing socialism routinely end in utter failure, with the collapse of the Soviet Union a prime example and the debacle of Castro's Cuba close behind.

"Some voters" and most of the awake world recognize socialism for what it is, a way to defeat individual liberty, freedom, and turn "the working class" into a political tool for elite leaders with a death grip on power.

The AP should be ashamed of itself for the shoddy deceptive anti-freedom reporting. No correction has been made or is expected.

Tags: Barack Obama, France, Francoise Hollande, socialists

Cool Obama Deception

The lamestream media told you:

Barack Obama's highly publicized trip to the Middle East was for diplomatic purposes and was not a political maneuver, according to highly placed sources within his campaign for the presidency.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

The "news" media, in a shocking display of partisanship, had the unmitigated brazen gall to promote, care of highly placed unnamed sources from the very person they're covering, that a completely political effort was not political in nature. This helps disguise the overtly biased support the media is providing to their favored candidate, they think. Although the announcement violated every tenet of journalism ethics, no reprimands or dismissals have been announced.

In other news, all three failing TV networks have sent their anchors along with Barack bin Obama on the trip. No such coverage was lavished on Obama's opponent, Sen. John McCain, on his many trips to the war zone and the Middle East. More than 200 reporters joined the junket, providing overwhelming evidence of the political nature of the junket, despite "news" reports denying the obvious. Ratings and circulation for the lamestream media continue to plummet, for reasons that were unclear to the media at press time.

The hypocrisy of the effort was not lost on T-shirt makers, who have cranked out hysterical Obama World Tour and ObamaMania rags with pictures of the network execs fawning at the African American's feet.

Tags: Barack Obama, Middle East

Study Attacks Newspapers

The lamestream media told you:

"Newspapers faulted for errors, dramatizing"

"To regain public trust, newspapers need to do a better job of editing out misspellings and misquotes, curb the use of unnamed sources, and resist the temptation to sensationalize, a study suggests," reports Deb Reichmann of the AP.

The American Society of Newspaper Editors released its study on why newspaper credibility is on the decline. "We've got to cut down on the errors," ASNE president Ed Seaton said. The study is part of a three-year project to find out why the public has lost confidence in newspapers.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

"It ain't about spelling errors," says one unidentifiable newsman. "And what's a 'misquote'? Is that where someone says something, and the paper says something different?"

The report, uncovered in a deep stack of clippings at the Uninvited Ombudsman's office, is from Dec., 1998. Hmmm.

Tags: The American Society of Newspaper Editors

White House Follies

The lamestream media told you:

Hillary won this, Barack (Hussein) Obama won that, McCain won it all and now that the hard news portion is complete, yada yada blah blah fooey. Calling Hillary a "monster" gets you fired. Using Obama's middle name, "Hussein," gets you threats and rebuke.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

If you listen closely, "news" reports about the upcoming presidential election contain virtually no news. Instead, numerous random "experts," attractive, well dressed and sporting heavy makeup, express opinions on why something is so, what something "means" and what the future will hold. The entire first half of the formerly informative O'Reilly Factor has recently had little more than opinion spouting, for reasons that are unclear.

No human knows what the future will hold, but "news" organizations have been making predictions with no disclaimers, instead airing editorial comment and personally held opinions in places where the news is supposed to go.

Playing the game my then seven-year-old daughter invented with me, "You don't know that," the Uninvited Ombudsman finds he can say, "You don't know that," better than three times a minute during peak "news" hours. Try it, it's fun. Every time you hear something that can't possibly be known, talk to the TV or radio and say, "You don't know that!"

Missing from reporters' reports are any questions about candidate positions on gun rights (a mere ten percent of the Bill of Rights), justification of the proposed unfairness doctrine that would put federal bureaucrats in charge of content on talk radio (but not TV or newspapers), any possible constitutional authority for all the candidate promises (like redistributing taxpayer funds to groups that "need" it), legitimate delegated power to run the nation's medical system or operate any sort of insurance plan (a useful Ponzi scheme that collects massive amounts of money and gives a small portion to some people based on preset "rules," which has made insurers among the richest outfits on the planet)... I can't go on, it's beyond disgusting.

Stay tuned tonight to hear what Dick, Arianna, Ann, George, James and others, including many newbies, think. The Uninvited Ombudsman has not been invited to join them, but would jump at the chance, because it's so cool to be on TV.

Tags: election coverage, puppy, talk radio

Natalee Holloway Again

The lamestream media told you:

New evidence has re-opened the Natalee Holloway case, the Alabama teen who disappeared three years ago during a high school graduation vacation in Aruba. The usual suspects, players, locations, fact-free details, blah blah blah and more after these messages.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

At last count, FBI figures indicated there are at least 51,000 active missing-person cases open in the United States. The public doesn't know this because it is concealed by "news" media that only has room for one missing teenager from 2005.

By failing to cover real cases and focusing incessantly on a single, old, overworked, overseas, sensational, mysterious, unsolved case of an attractive blonde teenaged white girl, the media deceives the public about safety, and the threat abductions and disappearances pose to the average Page Nine reader (and the rest of the country). It is unknown whether increased public gun possession would help lower the alarming rate of disappearances.

Tens of thousands of people go missing annually, some through foul play, some skipping out on debts, troubles, spouses, kids, parents, responsibility, and some from preventable accidents. Some are heinous murders with the bodies never found, so they end up listed simply as missing. Please drop a note to your local "news" outlet today, thanking them for keeping you informed. Permission to circulate this Page Nine news brief is, as always, gladly granted.

 

Tags: missing persons, Natalee Holloway

Media Bias Worsening

The lamestream media told you:

Literally nothing.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

The Media Research Center's latest analysis of network TV "news" finds that, for the first seven months of 2007, ABC, CBS and NBC ran 650 stories on homicides involving firearms. They balanced this with stories of guns saving people from crime -- twice -- for a ratio of 325 to one against the public.

Criminologists have repeatedly found that guns are used to prevent crimes far more often than to commit crimes. Of 13 scholarly studies on the issue, depending on time frames and the set of respondents asked, guns stop crime between 700,000 and 3.4 million times every year.

The networks' distortion of truth on the subject is reprehensible, especially as public stewards of government-monopoly licenses to broadcast. They could not be reached for comment.

Efforts to have the Society of Professional Journalists address such ethical abuse have been fruitless -- and I've been trying for years. My latest article on the matter was turned down as "too controversial." Go figure.

In other news, MRC's study revealed the networks give double the time to Democrat candidates and promote the liberal agenda. See the report, or add your name to the petition demanding equal time.

Tags: Media Research Center, Society of Professional Journalists

Times' Grizzly Deception

The lamestream media told you:

The New York Times reported that returning vets have committed or are charged with 121 murders in the U.S. since the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns began. Part of an ongoing campaign to educate the public, the story ran on the front page on a Sunday, above the fold.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

In one of the most reprehensible deceptions of many perpetrated by The New York Times, the paper failed to mention that, according to their published statistic, returning veterans are at least five times less likely to commit murder than the population at large. The Times smear story actually shows that U.S. military service has a measurable and enormously positive impact on behavior, but they failed to include that point in their sensationalist page-one assault on our troops.

Experts have long noted that America has what may be the most well behaved and ethical military the world has ever seen.

Read all about it, in the Times' competitor, The New York Post.

Tags: murder rates, New York Times, veterans

Helicopter Crash Longevity

The lamestream media told you:
Now once again, live from last Saturday's crash scene where there are no new developments, here is our intrepid reporter with no new details on the tragic helicopter crash that killed four heroic newsmen just doing their jobs days ago, while following a minor slow-speed police chase.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

In keeping with the late Leona Helmsley's you're-just-the-little-people concept -- publicly denounced but privately admired by the news media -- four reporters killed while working aboard helicopters received massive news coverage for more than a week.

During that time, thousands of Americans died in car wrecks, medical mistakes, poisonings, crushings and criminal acts, with no coverage whatsoever. "This is expectable," said one news commentator, "because you're just the little people."

The news media reporting on itself has raised increasing concerns among news watchdogs and ethicists. Actual live news footage of the crash was suppressed when the control room abruptly switched to a studio feed instead of the camera aboard the doomed chopper.

Tags: helicopter crashes, media coverage, media watchdogs

BBC Bias Revealed

The lamestream media told you:
A new survey indicates the British BBC state-run news network, long thought to be an unbiased source of news, has a slightly left (socialist) tilt.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
BBC reporter Antony Jay, commenting on his early idealistic days with the BBC, notes, "we were antiindustry, anticapitalism, antiadvertising, antiselling, antiprofit, antipatriotism, antimonarchy, antiempire, antipolice, antiarmed forces, antibomb, antiauthority. Almost anything that made the world a freer, safer and more prosperous place -- you name it, we were anti it."

Tags: Antony Jay, BBC

Muslim Moderates Missing

The lamestream media told you:
Headlines nationwide assured the public that Muslims in the U.S. are not a problem, based on a recently released Pew Center poll.

USAToday: Poll: Most Muslims seek to adopt American lifestyle.

"This is a very positive story for the vast majority of Muslims," says Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center.

The Voice of America: Poll: US Muslims Feel Post-9/11 Backlash Despite Moderate Outlook

The New York Times: Muslims assimilate better in U.S. than Europe, poll finds, and then leads with this: "A new poll of American Muslims reveals a group that is better assimilated, more content and less politically polarized than counterpart Muslim populations in Western Europe -- but also smaller in number than some Muslim groups had estimated."