In good ole Jeff Foxworthy fashion, let’s start a new diary each week for our "friends" in the Main Stream Media (MSM) who visit here looking for a scoop so they can appear non-partisan on their "newsiness" programs.
Sometimes they forget who they are, or they mistakenly think when we refer to the MSM that we can’t possibly mean them. Let’s help our "friends" recognize themselves by highlighting some of those obvious "signs" that they are indeed among the much maligned MSM. They can’t wash that kind of "stink" off of them and can we can still smell ‘em over here!
If I left something out...feel free to inject your own in the comments. This thread belongs to our "friends" in the Pee-Stream Media.
You might be the MSM if...
You read the Drudge Report everyday and consider that having your finger on the pulse of the American conscious.
You might be the MSM if...You only hire college graduates with a Young Republican listing on their resume for the General Election political campaign and only if they don’t consider reading background information about the candidates useful for gathering facts.
You might be the MSM if...You think journalism means you journal your thoughts, not actual facts and then report it as "news".
When a Democratic war veteran questions Johnny Mac’s war record after he uses it in a campaign ad, you suggest Johnny’s Commander in Chief resume is without scrutiny...YOU MIGHT BE THE MSM!
When Maria Menounos from Access Hollywood for chrissake scoops your interview with the Obama family, including his adorable daughters, you actually send reporters to their grade school to "dig up some dirt"...YOU MIGHT BE THE MSM!
You might be the MSM if...You report from the McCain campaign headquarters (with a brat and kraut in your hand) when they claim to have found an Obama "flip-flop" without actually researching it for facts and then beat it like a dead horse for several news cycles. Heck if you’re going to embarrass yourselves might as well go BIG!
When Colbert uses the word "truthiness" and you actually think he’s complimenting your work...YOU MIGHT BE THE MSM.
You might be the MSM if...You think that America is more concerned about which candidate they want to have a BBQ with than $4 a gallon for gasoline.
You might be the MSM if...You have your head so far up Johnny Mac’s hindquarters he doesn’t have to see his Proctologist this year for his "scope."
You might be the MSM if...
You consider Johnny Mac’s economic policies realistic and without question even though 299 out of 300 economists call it a "joke."
When Johnny Mac gives a speech and makes blunder after blunder and you think he’s cute and all kinds of warm fuzzy thoughts come pouring out of your mouth...YOU MIGHT BE THE MSM.
You might be the MSM if...You use more ink to "divulge" that Obama went negative first with campaign ads, nary a mention of the months of negative ads coming from the Republican ilk, and not even pointing-out the numerous inaccuracies in McCain’s ads.
When you quote non-journalist TV talking heads and cable news pundits without question or inspection and think this lends your story "credibility"...YOU MIGHT BE THE MSM.
When you report on FISA and the unwarrentless wiretapping of US citizens by the current administration and admit you may not know enough about it and you get called to task by "the punk-ass blogosphere"...YOU MIGHT BE THE MSM.
You might be the MSM if...You refer to Democrats as Dirty Fucking Hippies to protect your standing in the very exclusive Cocktail Weenie-eating Chat and Chew Club in the DC Beltway.
You might be the MSM if...
You report on a story that made the rounds in the blogoshphere three weeks age.
You might be the MSM if...
You actually believe Johnny Mac is going to get a bump in the female vote from Hillary’s "disenfranchised" supporters.
When you believe Rush Limbaugh is a "journalist" and Bill O’Reilly has integrity...YOU MIGHT BE THE MSM.