The Desperate Media's Russian Obsession: Why?

I used to love watching the Sunday Morning Talk Shows.

This Week with George Step-on-all-of-us.

Meet the Press (Greet the Dems).

In Los Angeles, I could watch News Conference with Conan Nolan (who played nice with everyone, especially the Democrats who dominate our tarnished Golden State).

Fox News Sunday was particularly worth the wait (and the watch). Chris Wallace is pretty fair and balanced, I think. I also trusted George Will to ask all the hard questions and not worry about making Republicans—as well as Democrats—really angry.

This past weekend, I remember why I have boycotted them.

All I heard about was “Russia, Russia, Russia.” UGH!

Of course, this batty insanity is not a new thing.

Trump Derangement had already ruined the Sunday Morning Circus …. I mean circuit.

These guys were obsessed with every thought word, deed, finger-wag of the Donald.

Even before I was a full-throated endorser of Trump (and not just because He was Not-Hillary), it really disturbed me how  focused, entrenched, enchanted the media had become with Trump.

Sure, they need the ratings, and he brings in the viewers like no one else. The general election debates deserved the high ratings they pulled in. After all, who doesn’t want to see Crooked Hillary getting called out on her crap?

Yet the fixation on Trump took another dark turn throughout the general election season. From pundit to talking head, the tongues were wagging about Russia’s inordinate influence in our election.

The media loved to draw a love-fest parallel between Trump and Putin, as though they were two autocrats who would hold hands and bulldoze the world, civil rights and old.

Some of Trump’s campaign team dropped out because of supposed ties to Russia.

Granted, there are plenty of reasons to fear Russia. Their aggressive “President” Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea, invested in Iran, and intervened in the Middle East.

But have we forgotten that this country has the GDP of Los Angeles County? How many Russians can rub two rubles together to get through the week? And to top things off, the Russian government has censored religious groups, and outlawed evangelism in the country—all in the name of counter-terrorism.

But hey, don’t blame me for noticing Vladimir Putin, who puts his money where he is mouth is (even if it’s someone else’s). Why did major magazines recognize him as an influential figure, more influential even than our current President?

His rhetorical strain of nationalism appealed to many in this country, who are hungry for America-loving leadership. Barack Obama has taken every opportunity to shame Americans and our down-to-earth values. Putin is proud to be a Russian. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a President who is proud to be an American? Nationalism is very much in vogue, especially when it determines the difference between a secure border and living citizenry vs. a globalist idealism which disdains the collateral damage, i.e. lost jobs, lost international prestige, and lost lives (here and abroad.)

Putin’s timely awareness about national identity and cultural integrity cannot be ignored, either. His speech to parliament featured this little treasure: “Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws.  Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges.”

Mainstream Media has turned into #FakeNews

Whether Putin actually delivered these remarks are not, they are attributed to him, and Americans by and large want their President to abide  by them.

But still, why does the press go nuts and draw up stark lines from Moscow to DC by way of Trump Tower? Oh, yeah,: Trump once said that he liked Vladimir Putin.

Yep. He’s a card carrying Communist!

Trump also donated to a lot of Democratic campaigns in the past. I could not care less at this point, since he beat down a corporately corrupt kleptocratic Clinton clan. His appointments indicate a clear desire to accomplish good and Make America Great Again.

No, little press agents. Trump is not a stooge of the Krelim.

So, who cares about Russia?

The media do, see above.

Once again, I had to watch this nonsense from one Sunday program to the next. They are fanatical about this. It’s unbelievable. But why? What is really going on?

They refuse to concede their candidate—and the leftist agenda pushing the national programming—tanked, and big time.

#FakeNews is definitely a thing, and signals the lasting, though weakening, gasps of the Democratic Party’s militantly media-industrial complex trying to shore up its influence and integrity.

And so the morning litany bellowed forth:

• It was the Russians who hacked the Democratic National Committee’s emails.
• It was the Russians who have been pulling strings to falsely induce the American voters to vote for Trump.
• It’s the Russians’ fault that Donald Trump has taken on the autocratic veneer of a euro-nationalist thug.

Actually … no.

Julian Assange drip, drip, dripped the Wikileaks. Yes, he hacked away at the Democratic Party’s servers. But honestly, if the Democratic Party had not been up to no good, they wouldn’t have had anything t hid in the first place?

The Wikileaks flooded the news cycle with truth like a wicked washing machine taking out the stains in the most soiled cloth one can imagine (and I am not talking about Monica’s blue dress from Bill Clinton’s Oval Office).

The Russian hysteria is Fake New on steroids, a stinging and laughable refrain that the media as we know it is dead, and that a new media, a consortium of average joes who can report the news bigger, faster, stronger and better have discredited and marginalized the press, radio, and TV which had lulled us into complacency.

This Russia Complex is just one more reason why We the People won with Donald Trump, and will be telling the Sunday Morning Madness “Dasvidaniya!”

How Donald Trump "Ruined" Sunday Morning Talk Shows

For the past ten-fifteen years, I used to watch the Sunday morning talk shows religiously.

I looked forward to Fox News Sunday, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, etc.

I wanted to listen to the talking heads debate the issues of the day, the heated politics of the week. Oftentimes, it was the most up-to-date news for me.

Whatever the newspapers were reporting, the Round Table or the News Round would go over the implications of what happened, how it would affect Democrats, Republicans, etc.

Social Media has made it easier to know what is going on, and to inform me about it long before the Sunday morning programs.

But the analysis was still pretty solid.

Then came Donald Trump.

And from the moment he jumped into the race, it was clear that talking heads had nothing novel to talk about.

They spent more time slamming the front-runner, trying to tear him down.

I stood by other candidates, and still I had to listen to Chris Wallace, Charles Krauthammer, and George Will go off on the New York City real estate developer and reality TV star.

Even though I was not a Trump supporter at the time, it really bothered me how much time they spent criticizing, disparaging, and hating on Trump.

Really? Is this what Sunday Talks shows had turned into?

Of course, Wikileaks, Breitbart, and online programs were more effective at informing the public about how corrupt Crooked Hillary was.

The networks now obessess over every tweet, policy move, or wag of the finger from President-Elect Trump

This morning, they were getting all worked up about the Russians.

Yes, that's right, the Russians are the ones responsible for all the hacking and the press tacking the decks in Crooked Hillary's favor.

It is beyond mind-numbing. These media types have become empty-headed talking heads. They don't want to discuss substantive issues. They don't relate the concerns of voters about the future of America.

All they want to to is diss-- not even discuss--Trump.

What a yawn fest

Yes. I blame Donald Trump, but it's a good thing, I guess/

After all these years, the Sunday Morning discussion programs have turned into hollow smear-fests.

It's time to turn the television off!

The Criminal Media: A Bunch of Drips

Wikileaks is doing what the mainstream media was supposed to be doing.

The role of the press is to:

• 1.       Serve as watchdog for our local/federal elected officials.
• 2.       Inform readers to know what’s going on in the cultural as well as the political realm.
• 3.       Generate an awareness of our country, states, and cities.
• 4.       Get us mad about anything going wrong, and enough to do something about it.

Wow, silly me!

Today, I recognize how much the Big Three—ABC, CBS, and NBC—have turned into a softer version of the Soviet Union’s Provda.

Bill Clinton could rape a woman on camera live, and the press would spin it.

Todd Akin defends an unborn baby, and his comment as listed as an A-list scandal, right down there with Anthony Weiner’s weenie on Twitter. The same creepy New York Congressman turned failed New York City mayoral candidate still can’t keep his private life (and parts) off social media, and faced investigation from the Department of Child Services for his lewd pics with his child.

Where’s the outrage?

George W. Bush could rescue kittens and stop global hunger, and the press would still mock his accent and chant “Bush Lied. People Died.” Barack Obama promises you can keep your doctor and health plan with Obamacare, that our economy is strong, and ISIS is on the run.

Uh … nope!

Point of fact … it was Wikileaks that vindicated George W. Bush. Not only did he not lie about the weapons of mass destruction, but armed forces actually found them throughout Iraq. Not one apology from the Democratic hatemongers or the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, etc.

Of course, pesky things like facts, data, and logic have never prevented the press from spinning its own myths to create a narrative and advance an illiberal agenda. Democrats frequently fall back on the media to cover for (rather than simply cover) their failures. During his last term in office, former Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles/South Bay) intervened to save key departments of the Los Angeles Times, since the paper had served as the left-wing cheerleader for progressive Democrats throughout the region!

Besides the biased print media, here in Los Angeles, we also have our local morning shows like News Conference with Conan Nolan. (I’ll rant about the national talk shows next). The staggering lack of accountability they exhibit toward Democratic lawmakers, particularly legislative leaders and their executive counterparts, is staggering and saddening, although no longer surprising.

For example, California has a record teacher shortage--again. Instead of going after Democratic leaders like Senate President Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) for their corrupt, destructive collusion with labor unions like the teachers associations, News Conference host Conan Nolan lets them slide with “We need to hire more teachers.”

They never corner lawmakers about the long-term damage waged by excessive taxation on revenue streams or illegal immigration on our public schools. More illegal students demand more resources, and the schools cannot turn them away.

When legislators like my state senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) show up to defend forcing parents to vaccinate their children for public school enrollment, despite religious exemptions, moderator (or enabler?) Nolan indicated little outrage about First Amendment rights or the violation of freedom of conscience. Why are there so many communicable diseases in public schools, anyway? (Hint: See above).

This Sunday, Chuck Todd was discussing the Presidential race with Nolan. Instead of mutual fact-finding about both major party candidates, they were groping (pun intended) for more ways to implicate Donald Trump in tawdry private behavior.

Pivot to Chuck Todd’s national program Meet the Press.

More about the groped women who sound, look, and seem to be groping for national attention. The counter-media has routinely exposed that the latest allegations against Trump have witnesses to discredit the alleged behavior. Some of these women are high-end Democratic operatives and donors, too. Don’t you think the mainstream media would be the least bit interested in investigating this clear conflict of interest? Whatever happened to objective, professional journalism? Jake Tapper has offered some shock and awe. A little louder, there, Jake!

To top it off, Todd sat down with another Democratic official to get his take on these “scandalous accusations.” Who?

Vice President Joe Biden.

Has anyone seen the photos, the photo-ops, or just about anything else this guy does in front of the camera? Biden drapes his arms, hands, lips on nearly every woman he meets! Do we really want Creepy Uncle Joe’s take on sexual assault against women? Really?!His too-close-for-comfort cloying around US Senator Chris Coons’ daughter was borderline criminal. Why not ask Bill Clinton for his advice on a lasting, fulfilling marriage … or Hillary Clinton’s commitment to public integrity while we’re at it?

While the drips at the Big Three, CNN, and the major newspaper establishment report non-stop garbage about Trump, Wikileaks has dropped bombshells blowing open Clinton the woman, the political operative, and public official:

1. She despises average Americans.

2. She intended to take over the Catholic Church with a regressive agenda destroying the basic Biblical foundations of morality.

3. She did indeed give the stand-down order to prospective security forces to go to Benghazi.

4. She resolutely hid her illnesses from the public.

5. The Clinton Foundation is running afoul of tax laws (and yet the IRS harasses law-abiding conservatives and voter integrity projects like True the Vote).

6. Clinton and Company discussed the propriety of taking foreign donations for the Clinton Foundation.

My God? Where’s the Millennial version of Bob Woodward when you need him?

Woodward himself got stabbed in the back when he took steps to unravel the Obama. 

Administration’s false narrative that sequestration was hurting the economy in 2013!

Everyone I talk to, whether young or old, in the South Bay has accepted the sickening reality that the corporate media is telling tales and selling clicks per ad rather than reporting the truth.

Ugh! Please, Wikileaks, wash away this dirty corrupt media for good!