“Journalism didn’t just die. It went to work for the enemy. “

Posted by Leslie Eastman Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 8:15am

In the wake of the pathetic and distorted American coverage of the attack on our Libyan embassy and the subsequent death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, I wrote: American Journalism Has Been Officially Outsourced.

The stories from international sources proved to be far more accurate, and we are still awaiting any serious investigation behind the decisions that lead to our facility essentially being unprotected in a sea of Islamist extremists.

The collaboration of our media with the White House continues on domestic matters as well. San Diego pundit W.C. Varones recently caught some fascinating word-smithing by Reuters to make it seem like a prestigious financial firm was just aces with raising the debt ceiling.

Here’s what Reuters said about Fitch’s debt ceiling warning:

Jan 15 (Reuters) – There is a material risk the United States would lose its triple-A if there is a repeat of 2011 wrangling over raising the country’s self-imposed debt ceiling, rating firm Fitch said on Tuesday.

“If anything the pressure on the U.S. rating is increasing,” Fitch’s head of sovereign ratings David Riley said at a conference hosted by the firm.

“If we have a repeat of the August 2011 debt ceiling crisis we will place the U.S. rating under review. There will be a material risk of the U.S rating coming down,” he added.

Makes it seem like if Congress doesn’t vote a big yes to more budget-busting financing that we are doomed!

Yet, as W.C. Varones notes, that isn’t quite the complete story:

Here’s what Reuters left out:

“In the absence of an agreed and credible medium-term deficit reduction plan that would be consistent with sustaining the economic recovery and restoring confidence in the long-run sustainability of U.S. public finances, the current negative outlook on the ‘AAA’ rating is likely to be resolved with a downgrade later this year even if another debt ceiling crisis is averted.”

In other words, the exact opposite of Reuters’ spin.

Is it any wonder the Democrats keep winning the PR battles with the MSM carrying their water like this?

When the Founding Fathers provided the press protections under the First Amendment, it was because they recognized that journalists would be watchdogs that provided citizens the information they needed to make informed decisions. Now, they are collaborators.

Read more:

http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/01/jou...-for-the-enemy/

Yo know it's bad when Pravda is more accurate than the MSM.