Jasper Journal

Every single day for the past week they have hounded him over unproven  sexual allegations .  It is as if there is no other story as important, and I am tired of it.The media have jumped on this story with full fury. It has even made the foreign papers!

So here we have a clean cut, scandal free guy, hit with  career damaging  sex charges.  His reputation has already taken a hit, and other than his most dedicated supporters, many are willing to believe unproven outrageous stories.

His explanations and denials are questioned  repeatedly, and by all rights, this is a public relations disaster. This should not happen in America. I for one do not believe the allegations against him.

The media should be ashamed. They are always  willing to take down anyone they consider to be too good to be true. Well let me just say that I believe in Justin Bieber and wish the media would just leave him alone!

I read with continuing disbelief the efforts of the New York Times, the Washington  Post and other formerly respected news organizations to investigate the emails of Sarah Palin . Wow, I guess that really is news these days! Obviously there is nothing else worthy of  investigating than the old emails of a political personage they love to despise and mock.  Well in my mind, the joke is on them. They have made a mockery of serious journalism. The Post has even parceled out the emails to independent readers to scrub them for anything that might be of interest (read embarrassing) to the former governor.

They claim there is just too much to review.  So I guess their full time investigators were  too busy with John Edwards? No, the Enquirer broke that one. How about Andrew Weiner? No, Breitbart broke  that one.  You know, I cant even remember when the formerly respected press broke anything of any seriousness. They wait for whistle blowers, disgruntled employees or traitors to divulge what they claim we have a right to know. This, no matter what damage it does to national security. Look for example at how quickly they disregarded the pleas by NSA not to reveal the financial data they were going after in terrorist investigations. We obviously needed to know that even though it told the terrorists exactly what was being targeted.  How about investigating  union ties  to Obama and the democrats , kickbacks and sweetheart deals over health care and health insurance, the lies about the stimulus and the auto bailout, select financial institutions getting preferential treatment. But sadly, this just isnt going to happen. 

My friends who believe the NY Times and Washington Post remain institutions of record for the country can now see them for what they have become:  partisan muckraking shells of their former selves.  In the case of Sarah Palin they are engaging in nothing more than a political vendetta against an individual. Is this news or mockery? If they had a shred of decency they would have accorded the same treatment to Barack Obama. But he is totally off limits for investigative journalism. Perhaps because they suspect what they would find. I am furious that we have a president who has not undergone standard presidential  scrutiny. What about Columbia, his time in California or Hawaii, his writings, his papers his friends? It is a disgrace!, I thank God we have the Internet as at least some people can investigate and spread the word about this administration.

When will the media wake up to their buffoonery? Perhaps it is too late; they are dinosaurs and they are dying.  They had a good run, but they killed themselves.

Just a quick one today. From Bob in Florida, another example of the media adoration for Obama  and disrespect  for the former president.