ten of the more noteworthy techniques which those who pretend to be loyal to the tenets of journalism employed during 2013 to deceive, misinform, misdirect and smear.Blumer gives detailed examples of each.
1. Pretend that “no one” is saying something, when they really are. (“no one is talking about overturning the Second Amendment or confiscating guns in America.”)
2. Bury the party affiliation of Democrats involved in scandal and crime.
3. Decide that really bad news doesn’t matter. (No economic growth).
4. Commit statistical torture.
5. Put on the moral blinders for leftists and horrible criminals. (indulgent towards multiple baby-killer Kermit Gosnell, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, and China’s Mao Zedong.)
6. Pretend that someone said something they never said.
7. Act as if you’ve done your job when when you’re years late covering an important story.
8. Don’t believe our early reporting — and if you go looking for it, you won’t find it.
9. Ignore or make excuses for inconvenient remarks by leftists and Democrats.
10. Sit on important information if doing so helps the administration.
Blumer concludes that
the likelihood that the left will suffer serious damage in the fall’s congressional elections will increase. As that occurs, look for the establishment press’s alleged journalists to make heavier use of the techniques discussed above and many others in an attempt to stop the bleeding.
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