The Narrative

Wednesday 29 August 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized

In the mainstream media, the narrative is ALWAYS more important than the facts. The Daily Caller on MSNBC’s “omissions” of every single candidate of color from their coverage of the RNC:

One of the left’s favorite attacks on the Republican Party is that it is the party of old white people, devoid of diversity and probably racist.

If you were watching MSNBC’s coverage of the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday night, you might believe those assertions, since missing from the coverage was nearly every ethnic minority that spoke during Tuesday’s festivities.

In lieu of airing speeches from former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, a black American; Mia Love, a black candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah; and Texas senatorial hopeful Ted Cruz, a Latino American, MSNBC opted to show commentary anchored by Rachel Maddow from Rev. Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews, Chris Hayes and Steve Schmidt.

So in place of people who would represent the diversity that MSNBC says is missing from the Republican party, we get to see white people telling me how the Republican party doesn’t include enough non-white people. Part of MSNBC’s mission is to convince all 6 people who watch their network that the Republicans are nothing but racists who have no room under their umbrella for minorities, and they won’t let facts get in the way of the narrative.

2012-08-29  »  madlibertarianguy