{"id":9556,"date":"2019-03-27T07:04:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T11:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=9556"},"modified":"2019-03-27T07:06:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T11:06:01","slug":"do-you-know-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=9556","title":{"rendered":"do you know the news?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We talk about what people are talking about \u2014 albeit always respectfully. And so\u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be no current charges.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before speaking \u2014 or semi-civilly sharing \u201cthere\u2019s still time!\u201d<\/em> \u2014 note that I have not identified of whom we speak\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If<\/strong> in regard to Pres. Trump, we know the special investigation under Robert Mueller has concluded that \u201cthe investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.\u201d The report has been given to the U.S. Attorney General, who will decide what is legal for the public to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If<\/strong> in regard to actor Jussie Smollett, we know the charges were dropped yesterday in an unscheduled hearing. Smollett then declared he has been \u201cbeen truthful and consistent on every single level since day one.\u201d Note that a judge has granted a motion to seal all details of the cases, meaning the public will not know more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reactions\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do we wish what happened was different?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do we wish for more consequences for each?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do we wish for more consequences for only one?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why would we treat the situations differently?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And why do we sit here thinking <\/em>we know<\/em><\/strong> better and <\/em>we know<\/em><\/strong> what really happened and <\/em>we know<\/em><\/strong> what exact consequences should be administered? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all due respect, I find myself a bit uncomfortable with all we claim to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me not suggest that one must react the same; my question is more as to why \u2014 and if we are aware of what other motivations \u2014 our own and the media’s \u2014 have been in play. Unfortunately, we have accepted a developing societal ambiguity that strongly influences our reaction, as we seem to have muddied the middle between politics and the rule of law; we no longer consistently recognize \u2014 and sometimes not even value<\/em> \u2014 the distinct difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a glance at the media\u2019s reaction less than 24 hours after the announced completion of Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation. Look solely at the headlines from two of New York\u2019s most popular papers\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the NY Post: \u201cThe Collapse of the Democrats\u2019 Big Lie\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the NY Times: \u201cTrump’s Shamelessness Was Outside Mueller’s Jurisdiction\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are two of the most subscribed-to newspapers in the country; each headline is evident of a more politically-motivated mantra than of a factual account of the rule of law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends, no doubt this is a frequent, Intramuralist refrain; it is also a sincere<\/em> refrain. If your news is coming solely or primarily from left or right leaning sites, you are not getting an accurate representation of the news. <\/em>That means CNN, HuffPo, WaPo, Palmer Report, MSNBC and more are manipulating your emotion from the left; Breibart, The Blaze, Drudge Report, FOX News, the Washington Examiner and more are manipulating your emotion from the right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want a more trusted news source? Try the Associated Press, C-SPAN, The Economist, Reuters, and USA Today. None are perfect, but each is believed to be far less biased than those listed above. The bias of the others is blurring the distinction between politics and the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also amidst those above headlines, the Manhattan Institute\u2019s City Journal (CJ) ran the following editorial, entitled \u201cJournalism Dies When Reporters Choose Sides.\u201d They shared the insight of one of journalism\u2019s most recognized, twentieth-century voices, Ted Koppel. Koppel spoke of what the news has now become: \u201cWe are not the reservoir of objectivity that I think we were.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CJ continues\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 The Left always cites Fox News in this regard. He [Koppel] singled out the Washington Post and the New York Times, saying that they have gone overboard in their bias, transforming themselves into anti-Trump advocates. \u2018We are not talking about the Washington Post [or New York Times] of 50 years ago,\u2019 Koppel said. \u2018We\u2019re talking about organizations that\u2026 have decided, as organizations, that Donald J. Trump is bad for the United States\u2019\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When journalists don\u2019t consider themselves bound to old norms of objectivity, there comes an absence of restraint that is inherently corrupting\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koppel made clear that he does not disagree with the verdict that Trump is \u2018bad for the United States.\u2019 He means only that the Post and Times abandon their journalistic responsibility when they take sides so blatantly\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, the quandary and the questions for each of us: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are we recognizing the difference between politics and rule of law?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And do both we and the media even care?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respectfully\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AR
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We talk about what people are talking about \u2014 albeit always respectfully. And so\u2026  There will be no current charges. Before speaking \u2014 or semi-civilly sharing \u201cthere\u2019s still time!\u201d \u2014 note that I have not identified of whom we speak\u2026 If in regard to Pres. Trump, we know the special investigation under Robert Mueller has … <\/p>\n

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