{"id":4684,"date":"2012-09-28T22:35:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T02:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2012-09-30T11:20:52","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T15:20:52","slug":"pat-caddell-the-media-is-threatening-future-of-this-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/28\/pat-caddell-the-media-is-threatening-future-of-this-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Caddell: The Media is Threatening Future of This Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gallup recently released a poll showing just 8% of Americans <a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/gallup-only-8-americans-have-great-deal-trust-news-media-new-low\" target=\"_blank\">have a great deal of trust in the media<\/a>, you don&#8217;t have to look any farther than the recent terrorist attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya to understand why. A few reporters like Eli Lake at Newsweek have doggedly pursued the story and uncovered some uncomfortable truths that the Obama Administration and the Media would like to keep quiet.<\/p>\n<p>The sad truth is this cozy, no incestuous relationship between the media and democrat party is dangerous and it needs to be addressed&#8230; Pat Caddell talked about this very issue during his remarks before Accuracy In Media&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aim.org\/press-release\/accuracy-in-media-to-hold-conference-obamanation-a-day-of-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\">ObamaNation: A Day of Truth conference<\/a> recently:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IBR4g6cBYeA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFirst of all, we\u2019ve had 9 days of lies\u2026If a president of either party\u2026had had a terrorist incident and gotten on an airplane [after remarks] and flown off to a fundraiser in Las Vegas, they would have been <em>crucified<\/em>\u2026it should have been, should have been, the equivalent, for Barack Obama, of George Bush\u2019s \u201cflying over Katrina\u201d moment. But nothing was said at all. Nothing will be said. [&#8230;] It is [unacceptable] to specifically decide that you <em>will not tell the American people information they have a right to know<\/em>. [The MSM] has made themselves the enemy of the American people. It is a threat to the very future of the country; we\u2019ve crossed a new and frightening line on the slippery slope, and it needs to be talked about.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Caddell is not alone in sounding that trumpet Kristen Powers has also taken up the topic in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/09\/28\/write-about-terrorism-nah-let-s-all-bash-mitt-romney-instead.html\" target=\"_blank\">column at the Daily Beast<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are so many unanswered questions, not just about Libya, but also about Cairo. Who is it that Rice thinks \u201cwidely disseminated\u201d this \u201cmovie\u201d? Surely she can\u2019t believe that the Egyptian Coptic Christian who made the video had the capacity or even desire to put it in the hands of the people who did the inciting. Also, has the administration noticed that the mob in Cairo, so spontaneously upset about the video, just happened to be carrying an Islamist flag to hoist over our embassy? On 9\/11. What a massive coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>Also, where did Rice get her very detailed information about the attack in Libya? She referred to the attackers as \u201ca small handful of heavily armed mobsters\u201d who merely took advantage of a growing protest over the video, a protest that now appears never to have occurred, as was reported three days before her appearances. The administration is careful to point out that Rice couched everything she said as being the best assessment at the time. Fine. But where did that assessment come from and how could it have been so wrong, especially when all signs pointed to a terrorist attack?<\/p>\n<p>We know now that before the attacks on 9\/11 that killed 3,000 Americans, more attention should have been paid to attacks against the U.S. overseas. These were warnings of what was to come. They say curiosity killed the cat. <strong>In this case, lack of curiosity on the part of the American media very well may kill more Americans.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And there it is, it wasn&#8217;t all that long ago that the media in this country was willing to ask tough questionsof all sides, but over the last few years they&#8217;ve given up any semblance of objectivity and, with\u00a0 rare exceptions, become the propaganda arm of the Obama Administration and its allies. Mr. Caddell and Ms. Powers are right we are on very slippery slope and this lack of curiosity &#8212; and intellectual honesty is endangering not only American traditions and values but American lives.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Edit<\/strong>:<\/span> You can watch Mr. Caddell&#8217;s full remarks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=brDZJA8j-8c\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>H\/T: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2012\/09\/28\/dem-pollster-pat-caddell-msm-is-threatening-future-of-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Anchoress<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2012\/09\/28\/kirsten-powers-more-americans-will-be-put-in-danger-if-the-media-doesnt-start-challenging-the-white-house-on-libya\/\" target=\"_blank\">Allahpundit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gallup recently released a poll showing just 8% of Americans have a great deal of trust in the media, you don&#8217;t have to look any farther than the recent terrorist attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya to understand why. A few reporters like Eli Lake at Newsweek have doggedly pursued the story and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,7],"tags":[57,1276,1361,260,1280,626],"class_list":["post-4684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-media","category-politics","tag-barack-obama","tag-libya","tag-media","tag-media-bias","tag-pat-caddell","tag-terrorism","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-1dy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4658,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/27\/breaking-us-officials-knew-libya-attack-was-terrorism-within-24-hours\/","url_meta":{"origin":4684,"position":0},"title":"Breaking: US Officials Knew Libya Attack Was Terrorism Within 24 Hours","author":"Jeff","date":"September 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Fox News this morning is confirming an earlier report from Eli Lake that US officials knew within 24 hours of the September 11th attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya that led to the death of ambassador Chris Steven was terrorism: U.S. intelligence officials knew within 24 hours\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Affairs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Affairs","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/international-affairs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4646,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/bumps-in-the-road\/","url_meta":{"origin":4684,"position":1},"title":"Bumps in the Road","author":"Jeff","date":"September 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cBut I was pretty certain and continue to be pretty certain that there are going to be bumps in the road because, you know, in a lot of these places the one organizing principle has been Islam.\u201d -- President Obama in an interview with \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d When I originally posted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Affairs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Affairs","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/international-affairs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RAMFNLclr-092612-bumps-IBD-.jpg.cms_-595x408.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RAMFNLclr-092612-bumps-IBD-.jpg.cms_-595x408.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RAMFNLclr-092612-bumps-IBD-.jpg.cms_-595x408.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3173,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/14\/pat-robertson-idiot\/","url_meta":{"origin":4684,"position":2},"title":"Pat Robertson: Idiot","author":"Jeff","date":"January 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Does anyone take Pat Robertson seriously anymore? 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