The Media Mafiosa

Are the Media a Cosa Nostra mob? Yes, according to James Lewis:

The Big Media are a mob. That should be Politics 101. They are a tiny, unchecked power elite, locked into life-long careers in the remnant of a crumbling monopoly over America's national conversation. Like other unaccountable elites, they are monumentally fickle, self-indulgent, snobbish, vain, vulgar, entitled, incestuous, arrogant, ignorant, unprincipled, hysterical, and demagogic. They sound like a unified chorus for the same reasons that street mobs run as a group -- because by and large, they don't dare to stand alone. Media snobs are always looking over their shoulders to see if they are still singing from the same hymnal as The New York Times. The US media have been one-sidedly Leftist, while piously proclaiming their devotion to impartiality. Thus, they are also institutionally mendacious. Telling the truth is hardly their job. They're just not qualified.

Indeed. Their ideas are all derived from the same groupthink. Most of the left rarely if ever put any thought behind their beliefs. When they disagree with me I often find that they have few if any arguments to counter mine. Their method of 'debating' usually consists of trying to silence me by claiming I am discussing politics in an inappropriate venue, or trying to ridicule me. Or, they claim that I got my ideas just by naively repeating something said by Rush Limbaugh, Fox News Channel, or the Wall Street Journal. They can't argue the issues at all because they have no arguments.

Lewis explains how the results of the groupthink are catastrophic.

It's all very effective; with a more truthful media the Democrats wouldn't stand a chance in electoral politics. The entire American Left owes its existence and power to the Media Mob. And our national dialogue would be saner, better-informed, and more rational. We would have a much healthier world. Until then, a vigorous New Media provide our best hope.

Once again, I agree. But I also see a glimmer of hope on the horizon. There are recent polls that show that a majority of Americans realize that global warming is the result of natural causes and is not man-made. This in spite of the fact that the Mob are preaching the gospel of CO2 emissions causing it. The grassroots response to the ridiculous proposal to grant amnesty to illegal aliens was impressive. Recent polls have shown that Republican, Democrats, and Independents are equally opposed to the idea.