Boston bombings and the MSM

Time to drag out the soapbox again.  This is getting quite tiresome.

The Boston bombings had people unhinged, and to a certain extent that was to be expected.  Anyone who was in either the race or Boston or who had family in either was naturally on edge.  I understand that.

What completely mystifies me is that otherwise sensible liberals (I know, it's oxymoronic, but I have a good liberal friend who is perhaps the most sensible person I know besides Karen, and I owe that to him if not to his confederates) go nuts whenever something untoward happens.

For example, before the Tsarnaevs' identities were announced, talking head Chris Matthews of MSNBC declared that domestic terrorists tend to come from the far right.  Lawrence O'Donnell, also of MSNBC, stated that the NRA was helping the bombers get away.  Michael Moore averred that the Tea Party was involved in the bombings, Jay Mohr the actor blamed the bombings on the gun culture in America, and some CNN analyst named Peter Bergen questioned whether right wing extremists were to blame.

Of course, we know now that it was a pair of Chechen-born brothers who, for reasons as yet not ascertained, did the cowardly deed.  They didn't use guns, they weren't affiliated with the NRA, they weren't right wing extremists or members of the Tea Party.  None of what these tools said was remotely correct, but they were trotted out and allowed to spew their hatred because their agendas are approved by the MSM platforms.

If anyone has any doubt that the MSM is coopted, they only need to review what these morons said over the last week and the absolute silence about retractions or corrections.  I'm sure the networks would point to the speakers and disassociate themselves from the chatter, claiming that those views are solely those of the speakers and not those of the company.  Poppycock.  If that had been a conservative speaker who was brandishing an equally offensive sword, there would be cries to revoke the company's FCC license and pay huge fines.  But because these warped, twisted viewpoints blended nicely with the networks' own agenda, they were not only allowed to air them but also were  protected from any blowback.

What's more than frustrating to me is that liberals actually believe this crap.  Why can't they see through this transparent propaganda?  Why don't they learn to think for themselves?  They will readily claim that conservatives are the ones who are brainwashed and sit back with their elitist belief that they alone possess the true knowledge.  Conservatives are no more right or wrong than liberals, and there are those who walk in lockstep with Limbaugh, Beck and other talking heads, but there are conservatives like me who not only don't follow those personalities but also think for ourselves.  It's high time liberals began to question those whom they hold out as leaders and inspect just where their lives have been led by these people.

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