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This is what it's come to.
Author: Raine
Date: 10/01/2009 12:53:39
The White House has actually called the Fox News Network liars.
In a blog post titled Turning a Point of Pride into a Moment of Shame, author Jesse Lee called them out on the various lies they are telling about the White house and the bid various people are making to bring the Olympics to America -- specifically, Chicago. (expect Faux outrage from Faux news)
I have recently stopped trying to reason with those that willingly refuse to see reality. I refuse to rehash things that are simply proven to be false. I can rant on and on about the bias from cable news, just like many other people out there do, but when the White House has to say that things are lies -- it is a sad state of affairs. There are people out there that willfully mislead people for their own agenda. While people are bitching about the president wasting time to go to Denmark to help make a bid for the 2016 Olympics-- they don't seem to realize that time was wasted to debunk the lies they are telling about this event.
Suddenly the Olympics are bad. They are attacking the President for wanting the Olympics coming to America? Last time I checked the Olympics were usually a great thing for a city. From the WSJ Aside from the long tern economic impact, the tourism dollars, the renewed infrastructure, the jobs created -- both long and short term-- the beautification of the city -- the list can go on -- what is wrong with that? How did this become such an evil thing?
The reality is this: The President would have been labeled “anti-American” by the radical fringe if he didn't go to Copenhagen, but now they are making an issue of him going. It was a no-win situation. I am sure the White House can handle the political word tossing that always occurs. It is the lying by our media that needs to stop because people believe these lies. That's when it gets dangerous -- people end up dying. At a certain point -- you cannot hide behind the protection of the first Amendment when you are using it to do the very opposite of what the first amendment says. Lying is NOT free speech. They are willfully lying to the American public with a product that they sell. That's fraud. Nowhere in the first amendment -- or the rest of the Constitution for that matter -- is fraud a protected right.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Fraud is not a right. Our government is debunking the lies of a so-called news outlet that is selling Snake Oil under the guise of Truth Serum to the public. This is where we are in The United States. What a sad, sad state of affairs.
and 
Raine
In a blog post titled Turning a Point of Pride into a Moment of Shame, author Jesse Lee called them out on the various lies they are telling about the White house and the bid various people are making to bring the Olympics to America -- specifically, Chicago. (expect Faux outrage from Faux news)
I have recently stopped trying to reason with those that willingly refuse to see reality. I refuse to rehash things that are simply proven to be false. I can rant on and on about the bias from cable news, just like many other people out there do, but when the White House has to say that things are lies -- it is a sad state of affairs. There are people out there that willfully mislead people for their own agenda. While people are bitching about the president wasting time to go to Denmark to help make a bid for the 2016 Olympics-- they don't seem to realize that time was wasted to debunk the lies they are telling about this event.
Suddenly the Olympics are bad. They are attacking the President for wanting the Olympics coming to America? Last time I checked the Olympics were usually a great thing for a city. From the WSJ
In their new paper, The Olympic Effect, they discover that hosting – or even bidding on — “mega-events” like the Olympics leads to a 30% increase in trade for those countries. Writing on voxeu, Rose says, “Using a variety of trade models, we show that hosting a mega-event like the Olympics has a positive impact on national exports. This effect is statistically robust, permanent, and large – trade is around 30% higher for countries that have hosted the Olympics. Such a huge impact would go a long way toward offsetting the large costs associated with hosting a mega-event.”
The reality is this: The President would have been labeled “anti-American” by the radical fringe if he didn't go to Copenhagen, but now they are making an issue of him going. It was a no-win situation. I am sure the White House can handle the political word tossing that always occurs. It is the lying by our media that needs to stop because people believe these lies. That's when it gets dangerous -- people end up dying. At a certain point -- you cannot hide behind the protection of the first Amendment when you are using it to do the very opposite of what the first amendment says. Lying is NOT free speech. They are willfully lying to the American public with a product that they sell. That's fraud. Nowhere in the first amendment -- or the rest of the Constitution for that matter -- is fraud a protected right.
Fraud is not a right. Our government is debunking the lies of a so-called news outlet that is selling Snake Oil under the guise of Truth Serum to the public. This is where we are in The United States. What a sad, sad state of affairs.
and Raine
