Journalistic Fraud

Title: JOURNALISTIC FRAUD: How The New York Times Distorts the News and Why It Can No Longer Be Trusted Author: Bob Kohn Publisher: WND BOOKS, Nashville, TN Year: 2003 ISBN: 9-780-78-526104-9

I have recently finished reading Journalistic Fraud (JF), and while I knew that many, if not most, newspapers slant their news to favour a liberal agenda, I did not know that by 2003 it was as bad as Kohn has clearly shown.

One commenter on Amazon simply wrote, “Conservative Propaganda.” Of course, our liberal friend did not interact with the content of the book at all. The fact is, Kohn gives so much evidence contrary to this liberal’s chant, that it is really hard to come to any other conclusion, that The New York Times, in fact has taken a hard left and in terms of honest news reporting, has become obsolete.

The problem, however, is that so many people still trust The New York Times, and at the time of writing, articles that were to appear in the paper the next day were “transmitted electronically to over 650 newspapers that subscribe to the New York Times News Service; these articles and features then appear in the pages of local newspapers alongside articles written by reporters for those local papers. The Times itself owns over 15 other regional newspapers, including the Boston Globe, all of which echo the articles and commentary appearing in the The New York Times.” (p34) This means that The New York Times has a clout far bigger than its actual usefulness.

Kohn provides a host of examples that show without a doubt, that The New York Times purposefully sets out to paint the Republicans and conservatives as the big bad wolf and Democrats and liberals as the saviours of mankind.

IMHO, this book is a must read to those people that are enslaved to the opinions of newspapers.

Yet, do not think that television news is any better, because what you see isn’t really what you are getting. Here is an example as explained and portrayed by Francis Schaeffer, how that different angles of the camera can manipulate the “news” that you see.

In order to keep track of the media and their slants, you can visit the Media Research Center.

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Denmark's Killing Festival: a Sign of Manhood? Don't fool yourself!

Every year Denmark goes on a killing spree of whales and dolphins to prove that they have graduated into adulthood. How bizarre! It is absolutely laughable to prove your manhood by beating and hacking a defenseless animal to death. A real man will not give in to this barbaric ritual of slaughter and will stand against the tide of this inhumane cultural garbage!

God has given us plants and animals to eat and He also gave a mandate to look after this planet, not to let our barbaric urges loose on animals to prove a point.

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The West is losing itself

According to Victor Davis Hanson:

"California is now a valuable touchstone to the country, a warning of what not to do. Rarely has a single generation inherited so much natural wealth and bounty from the investment and hard work of those more noble now resting in our cemeteries—and squandered that gift within a generation. Compare the vast gulf from old Governor Pat Brown to Gray Davis or Arnold Schwarzenegger. We did not invest in many dams, canals, rails, and airports (though we use them all to excess); we sued each other rather than planned; wrote impact statements rather than left behind infrastructure; we redistributed, indulged, blamed, and so managed all at once to create a state with about the highest income and sales taxes and the worst schools, roads, hospitals, and airports. A walk through downtown San Francisco, a stroll up the Fresno downtown mall, a drive along highway 101 (yes, in many places it is still a four-lane, pot-holed highway), an afternoon at LAX, a glance at the catalogue of Cal State Monterey, a visit to the park in Parlier—all that would make our forefathers weep. We can’t build a new nuclear plant; can’t drill a new offshore oil well; can’t build an all-weather road across the Sierra; can’t build a few tracts of new affordable houses in the Bay Area; can’t build a dam for a water-short state; and can’t create even a mediocre passenger rail system. Everything else—well, we do that well."

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HT: Justin Taylor

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The speedy decline of a culture

Dr. James White has done an incredible video commentary of the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president.

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Is our culture in decline?

In my opinion, we are busy 'evolving' into technological barbarians. From the ANC's rhetoric of violence (if Zuma is found guilty or does not become president of South Africa) to public toilet use, the evidence stands as a monument to our cultural demise.

Even though the world is growing technologically, it has become abundantly clear that technology (or the lack thereof) does not define a barbarian.
Barbarians lack the ability to govern themselves, the ability to follow the law and what is right, when no one is looking. The fact that more and more laws need to be enacted shows that people can no longer be self-governing individuals and need to be governed from the outside.

Don't think that only the big issues such as abortion, pornography, sodomy (or sodo-marriage) and other "big" immoral issues are the only indicators of a declining culture!
Smaller things are also indicators of such a decline into barbarianism. Areas in which one would think it would be easy to exercise self-governance are good indicators of this downward trend.

Simple things such as skipping red traffic lights show that we have lost that inner governing ability of a civilised people. It is a clear indication that people simply do not care about law. Jesus said something very interesting. "One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much." (Luke 16:10) When people cannot faithfully govern themselves, why should they be entrusted with anything more than that?

Public toilets are also an indication of our cultural decline. It is becoming increasingly difficult to enter public toilets at malls and to find one that is clean and usable. Don't men lift toilet seats anymore, or can't they aim anymore? Even where I work (business complex with several companies), I have resorted to buying antibacterial wipes for use on toilet seats. I have found the toilet seats soiled many times. How much does it take to just look down at the toilet after getting up to ensure that it is left clean?

When I was a child, my mother always taught me to leave things better than the condition I found them in. That is no longer an idea that is popular. Next time you are in the parking lot of a shopping mall, have a look at those shopping carts standing around. Many of them are left standing in the middle of parking spots. Even when there are places where these carts can be taken, people leave them right there next to where they parked and drive off without any regard for others that need to park there!

I think that one of the major driving forces towards a declining culture is its level of selfishness or its hedonistic tendencies. With these two driving forces, people easily lose their respect of others and think only of themselves. The end result is that anything goes as long as it is pleasing to themselves! Life becomes a rush after self-pleasing activities, whether such activities encroach on the so-called "rights" of others or not.

If we do not find a way to stop this decline, then the next step will be anarchy, where those that said they will kill for Zuma will actually follow through with their vitriolic outbursts. Perhaps we are there already!?

May God have mercy on us!

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