Why the New York Times, ABC, CBS and PBS are doomed

Where's Tiny? Can you pick her out in this image dominated by her paramour Earl Grey (left), enjoying the afterglow of a catnip binge on the front stoop the other evening? Like the Army of Davids' assault on the powers that be, it's obvious to those of us on the march, but to those whose eyes are not accustomed to the light, Tiny may be hiding in plain sight.

Did you catch the bit about the PBS memo warning employees to avoid participating in Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's forthcoming election-eve, in-Glenn-Beck's-face "Rally to Restore Sanity" and "March to Keep Fear Alive"? Those are the glitzy political demonstrations being stealth-funded by Oprah and Arianna. It's okay to attend as an observer, but you mustn't show your true colors. Da Tech Guy nailed it:

There is nothing like a good shock to wake a person totally up. Nobody except a person involved in the liberal academia could have suggested that NPR holds itself to a “higher standard of impartiality.”

Now it appears the rest of the legacy media are marching in lock step. Beyond the utter silliness of what Sarah Palin calls the Lamestream Media's worrying about giving any "false impression" of bias, the New York Times spokeswoman reveals the tin-eared incomprehension of the Fuddy-Duddy community's response to the scintillating hive of bloggers, twitterers, facebookers and such who are disintermediating the powers that be via the panoply of media, old and new, available to today's everyman:

Yes, we would view these at least in part as political events (despite the comic/satirical elements) and would treat them under our guidelines that advise staffers to avoid such events if they could raise any questions about our impartiality.

"Despite the comic/satirical elements"? Where have these people been? The comic/satirical elements are precisely where the political-history-challenged segment of the electorate who may swing the elections one way or the other are imbibing the ideas that will shape their ballot choices. Cubachi, again, from our previous post:

Conservatives cannot win the pop culture realm if we don’t actively engage, be heard and be seen. Whether we like to admit it or not, pop culture rules the roost in our society. What people see and hear in music, movies, and television, influences their thinking. Conservatives must participate, while not compromising our principles. What is more mainstream than conservatism?

Update: Michelle Malkin Buzzworthy link!

Update II: Doug Ross @ Journal "Media" link!

Crossposted at Riehl World View and Liberty Pundits.

Comments

[goomp]

Fabulous picture of the Earl with Tiny behind in the shadows. You are right about where people get the ideas with which to make their judgments. If nothing but garbage comes in, poor choices will be made. Given the true facts, most of us can make proper choices.

[tonynoboloney]

I resent the fact that PBS is a taxpayer supported operation, bunch of commies.

No doubt Oprah already owns the film rights to this event and plans on making a movie. She rarely does anything for free. All of her "give-aways" are nothing but self promotion/advertising. $250k to her is like one of us picking up the tab at our local Burger King.

The truth would kill Arianna. Her reliance and absolute allegiance to the left's lie's are like a drug addiction. She will not give up her biases until it kills her.

[Tawny Jones]

Maybe PBS was tipped off that the Orkin man might show up at Stewart/Colbert rally, and didn't want its reporters trampled to death in the panic stampede.

[tommy mc donnell]

do they actually believe this is going to make anyone think they are not biased?

[Connecticut Yankee]

Earl Grey has the purr-fect name for a Tea Party cat! (Good to see that he and Tiny are still an item.)

[Gayle Miller]

God bless Earl and Tiny and their lovely romance! The picture, Sissy, is outstanding.

As to the fate of the so-called "legacy" media? They chose their demise with malice aforethought and deserve whatever they get!

Buh bye you pinheads!