Misplaced Aggression

This year, President Obama and his administration have suffered through one scandal after another, it seems. First there was the botched response to the lethal Benghazi attack, and then the revelation that the Internal Revenue Service was targeting conservative groups for additional scrutiny. However, just as with the Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal of 2011, these scandals were downplayed by the liberal mainstream media until pressure from the public necessitated wider coverage. But, the next scandal affected the media directly and their response was instantaneous.



On May 13, 2013, it became known that the Justice Department issued subpoenas allowing the government to inspect personal e-mails of Associated Press reporters. The covert inspections were an effort to locate the source of a confidential information leak (The Telegraph). Frankly, illegal as it may have been, it seems that searching for the source of a classified information leak is a much more noble cause than anything the administration did in the previous scandalous incidents. But, because the media was the victim in this most recent wrongdoing, the response was very different as they demanded the administration answer the accusation. The "unbiased" media revealed their true colors. They weren't concerned about the news most important to us but, instead, wanted us to be concerned about them.

This should serve to convince everyone of the media's ability and willingness to manipulate the news. If not, then they have more power than I imagined.