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Cleveland Kidnapping, ‘Courageous’ Gays and Jodi Arias: The Lame Stream Media’s Shiny Objects

Lest we forget the media bias that we frequently lament, their slanted coverage of events is only part of the story. An equally dangerous bias is the Jurassic media’s decision to distract the public with these shiny objects to avoid any mention of issues like Obama’s part-time jobs recovery or last year’s deliberate pre-election coverup on the murder of four Americans in Libya on the anniversary of 9/11. Isn’t it a story that the president of the United States has time to call a professional athlete to congratulate him on his “courage” for proclaiming how much he enjoys having sex with other men but not to talk to the Secretary of State on the day that our ambassador is murdered? Apparently not. It would not be at all surprising if, if asked, millions of Americans believe that “Benghazi” is a new designer or a hip restaurant that Barack and Michelle visited on their last date night.

Please don’t misunderstand. I am delighted that the three young women in Cleveland have been released, and I can appreciate the human interest value of this story. I also understand the public’s near-obsession with murder trials, particularly those with extremely salacious, titillating facts like those in the Jodi Arias case. I am not suggesting that these stories not be reported. What I am suggesting is that they should not be be the only things reported, given so much prominence that the American people are left in the dark about real news, news that genuinely affects their lives and the lives of future generations.

Bottom line: if you watch Good Morning America, and you think you are an informed citizen, think again.

Image: Good Morning America/Times Square; source: Flickr; author: Tjeerd from Amsterdam, The
Netherlands; Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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Teri O'Brien

Teri O'Brien is America's Original Conservative Warrior Princess, and host of The Teri O'Brien Show, which debuted on Chicago's radio home for Rush Limbaugh, and now airs in the cutting edge world of online media, She is a yoga-practicing, 2nd Amendment-loving, bench pressing Mac girl geek, attorney, provocateur, author, and dangerous thinker. Teri is also the author of the new ebook, The ABC's of Barack Obama: Understanding God's Gift to America. Learn more at teriobrien.com.

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