The Corrupt Media Are Rabid Democrat Stenographers

The American media were not always utterly biased. Decades ago, most reporters aimed for objectivity. Unfortunately, in the last fifty years, the media have increasingly become tools of the Democrat Party.

In the early 1970’s, the mainstream media worked feverishly to destroy President Richard Nixon and succeeded in forcing him to resign. In the 1980’s, President Ronald Reagan was the subject of constant media harassment. The media seized upon the Iran-Contra story and turned it into another scandal like Watergate. Reagan survived the witch hunt, but it took a toll on his approval ratings, at least in the short term.

While Nixon and Reagan received horrific media treatment, Democrat Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were treated much differently. During the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the investigation that resulted in his impeachment, Clinton was portrayed as the victim by the media. It was independent counsel Ken Starr and congressional Republican investigators who were the real culprits, according to the media, which covered the story as nothing more than a “sex” scandal.

Throughout his presidency, the media were cheerleaders for Barack Obama and viewed him as a “historic” figure. The controversies during his tenure, such as the “Fast and Furious” gun running operation, the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of Tea Party groups and the Benghazi terrorist attack that resulted in the death of United States Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, never received the type of intense media scrutiny that was appropriate. Obama glided through all the controversies without much of an impact on his popularity. […]

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