If you went to CNN.com yesterday, here were some of the stories you read about: “Uncle goes to jail for kidnapping of neice for sex ring,” “Bush gets heckled during Fourth of July speech,” “Obama’s comments on Iraq spark flip-flop charge,” and my favorite “Cindy Brady stops show to vomit.”
There was one major story that took place yesterday that didn’t make it on CNN.com, or any other major news outlet. That story was “More than 1,100 Troops in Iraq to Re-enlist in Independence Day Ceremony.” This is a very important story, it shows how troops believe in what they are doing, and they WANT to be there, and WANT to finish the job. I try to stay away from media bias claims. I know that the media is liberal because my mom worked in the industry for around 30 years, and I worked in it for about 1 year. But now I believe that I have to jump on the media bias band-wagon. When CNN is quick to report a death, suicide, or show a disgruntled military or family member on screen to rant about the war, but won’t cover how 1,215 members currently serving in Iraq are reenlisting for duty, how can one not see the bias? I was pissed yesterday when I didn’t see the story being covered by anyone, and then even more furious when I didn’t see it today. I did a search on the article title in yahoo today, and only blogs and military news outlets have any kind of coverage on this. This is disturbing and sad, and I now can positivly say that the media has an agenda. Well, one thing is for sure; I can laugh harder when I hear Air America complain about the media being biased. Well, I’m done for the day, and I’m off to read some more of the comments by liberal citizens who believe that hecking Bush during a 4th of July speech was appropriate, and a form of free speech. (Notice how I didn’t make fun of anyone). Have a great weekend!