Media Puppeteers

The average person listens to a story, gets the 30 second blurb, then commits it to memory as if it is fact. The media knows we don't research the facts of the case, therefore they only give us the half of the story they want us to know. Though I have urged people to research the facts on their own, as an author I am not and would never claim to be innocent of having a bias. Authors have a bias, and it tends to show in their work. My bias is obvious, and I do not try to hide it. Even this posting is agenda driven.

Sometimes a news source's bias is slightly askew from what we would expect. A perfect example appeared this morning on WorldNetDaily. They threw me off when they went after John McCain and one of his latest endorsements.

John McCain can not seem to get a clear break. It seems that every time he turns around, there is another strange story raised somewhere in the press. This time, I found an interesting story from a Christian Right Wing (by my estimation) online news group, WorldNetDaily. It seems McCain is being backed by a lobbying group that represents the Kosovo Liberation Army.

According to the story, when you research the "KLA," you find that they have ties with al-Qaida. I have been looking around a little, and was unable to find a hard link until I found this. I will not say whether there is or is not a link because I have not had a chance to fully investigate. In all honesty, from what I have been reading it seems there is a link.

Endorsements are a point of interest for the media and, by proxy, the constituents. I remember a few weeks ago, there was a buzz about Obama and Farrakhan. Obama tried to distance himself after Farrakhan said he liked Obama as a candidate. A quote from ABC: "Farrakhan said that if Obama was avoiding controversial black leaders like himself, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Rev. Jesse Jackson for fear of alienating white voters it would be an acceptable price to pay for an Obama victory." For some reason, people were very concerned with these words. Keep in mind, the story is from last year! Where was this story a year ago, and why is it news NOW?

So, do such endorsements matter? That depends on your point of view. Many people believe that if you are sponsored by a group, then you have an agenda that is in line with such groups. Personally I find that laughable. There have been groups and organizations that have supported me that have no links to my agenda, nor could I say I agree with them. John McCain would never consciously act to benefit al-Qaida, nor would he actively seek a common goal with the group. McCain has seen and knows too much, to align himself with a terrorist group.

If you can find proof that is contrary to my thinking, please forward the link to me. At this time, I think this is just more "New York Times" style agenda driven dribble. Stories like these only seem to surface when someone is trying to weaken the position of a candidate. We know this is done on purpose, and we know why this is done. I don't want the reporting to change, but I would like people to understand there are two sides to every coin. If we were to expect the news world to be unbiased, we would not have any news.