Dishonesty of the Media; Truth, Lies, & Distortions

Updated 9/17/13

I think one of my biggest pet peeves is lack of honesty and person that are in authority to expose the truth that instead either hide or cover up the truth or distort the truth by taking what others say out of context. Even with subjects that are still open to debate, hiding facts that might sway another to see more merits of another side (even if not yet a proven a fact) is also disgusting.

This also includes judges, police officials, & major media outlets (that are supposed to be the guardians of free speech and the open discussion of facts and news) are no longer trustworthy.
This is not a right or left issue, as I know many persons that call themselves Republicans that are just as guilty of this.
In my opinion a “true” conservative would not talk down & would champion any cause that is in their power to correct. Hopefully the Republican Party has gotten this message, however RINO false conservative Republicans such as Greg Walden of Oregon are still in office and still supported by the Republican Party (which is why I never donate to the Republican Party, rather to individual campaigns).
See: Greg Walden; Condescending RINO Republican



The problem of honesty has also made it hard to know who to trust, such as with a Pro Israel Website I have supported and promoted where I took many of what they stated as gospel truth since I did not have the time to fact check them, only to get a nasty totally dishonest distortion of what Rush Limbaugh stated on his radio show about Haiti relief.
Even after being told that he should read the transcripts (for proof) the author chose to believe media lies and distortions, this is even more disgusting as we all get thing s wrong, but when corrected, this shows the true humility and integrity of an individual to admit they were wrong. Needless to say I will never trust what this person says again since he cannot apologize even when many persons confront him with the truth..

Even on a personal level, believing rumors or turning one’s back on another can destroy a person for life. I know my family has been devastated more than once by lies where the truth was so easy to discover (such as a call to person who knows us intimately or a therapist for my daughter).
See also: Where is God in Harmful Rumors

I also have a family member that had a major issue come up many years back where a so called Christian man (& Pastor I might) had the power to come to his aid, but chose to look the other way. This has destroyed his life to this very day to which all I can say is this man at Bethany Baptist Church in Southern California should be ashamed with his evil/immoral behavior when he had a chance to make life changing difference in a person’s life.

Here are just few/points as to recent problems/example of this behavior

• The media lies about Rush Limbaugh that is spread out of utter hate for this man.
While I do not always agree with Limbaugh (especially in his optimism as to one’s chance of success in the USA as well as looking the other way in corporate corruption by Banks or Google), this still does not make it right to take out of context anyone’s comments.
In the most recent incident of Haiti Relief one might argue that he could show more empathy, this still does not make it right to state that he told person to not give to Haiti Relief when he did not and simply listening to his show (which I was that day) or reading transcripts is so easy to know the truth.
He simply stated that we already give to Haiti through income taxes (which we do and most of this money rarely reaches those in the most need), as well he commented that there were better organizations than the whitehouse.gov site such as the many charitable organizations already there and that are more efficient (an example is Samaritans Purse whom I support).

While on the subject of Haiti relief, I find it sad on how the media jumps all over right-wing loons such as Pat Robertson but ignore Danny Glover who believes that the Haitian earthquake was caused by climate change and global warming.
Here is a quote: “When we see what we did at the climate summit in Copenhagen, this is the response, this is what happens, you know what I'm sayin?”

• This brings me to how the media totally hid and refused to report one of the biggest scams in modern history, se this article I wrote;
“The Global Warming Hoax/Farce”.

I never heard a word other than a few lame comments attempting to discredit the whistle blowers. Even if you might still agree with this, hiding facts makes one look even guiltier of dishonesty.
Persons in a free country have a right to the facts and both sides of an argument.

• The way the many liberals in power will do and say anything to get what they want, even when the will of the majority of the people is against it.
An example is Martha Coakley's non-reaction to an assault on a Weekly Standard Reporter assault by one of her Goons, even though she knew that the reporter only was trying to ask a question.
Here is a photo showing Coakley looking at the reporter on the ground with the assailant standing there witnessing this, yet she denied seeing the attack happen.

Sadly this lady is the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in other words the number one law enforcement in this state.
As well I never heard any of this reported on Good Morning America, the Today show or other similar so-called news media.

Pushing a Health Care package using thug methods seems to be par for the coarse with or disgusting excuse for a President (Obama), Pelosi, Reid and others that care little for the surfs that they govern with contempt, and of coarse getting Martha Coakley elected is essential to this.
As well allowing backroom deals to allow unions to keep their premium insurance policies while placing a tax on others with similar Cadillac policies for private citizens.
The bribing for votes of senators such as the senator of Nebraska (Ben Nelson) is equally disgusting.

• I should also note that many Republicans are guilty of looking the other way to, such as the before mentioned RINO Republican Greg Walden or the many Republicans that carte blanche support many in corporate America such as Google, Bank of America and many more.
See: Google Dishonesty, Plagiarism, with Adsense, Adwords, & More

As to Banks, while the media and left wing of this country like to push the half truth that the collapse of the mortgage industry and banking industry in general was due to corporate greed, this missed the fact that Barney Frank and other in charge of banking in our Federal government forced bad loans upon these banks.
However this does not change the fact that many banks (not all though) such as Bank of America treat their employees like dog meat and will cheat consumers and businesses at every chance they can get; and with this problem many Republican Politians and right wing pundits will look the other way.

An example is the common practice of Credit Card fraud committed upon small businesses such as myself where so called “buyers” will make phony purchases online then report the sale as fraud (often keeping the merchandise) and the Banks (such as B of A) will even charge the innocent retailer $20 for a reversal fee.

Recently I had a transaction come through that failed fraud tests. We attempted to contact the buyer in multiple times (documented too), yet the so-called buyer filed a fraud complaint after we already refunded the money back to his bank due to his lack of response, we were then charged $20 for this by his fraudulent bank.

I am told by our credit card processor that this is a common problem but the “banks can do what they want” and no government agency (Republican or Democrat) will correct this gravy train for banks.

Back to Google, pages can be written about the fraud committed by this company such allowing Adsense on plagiarized websites, making "search" updates that favor only large companies and website "scrapers".
The result is often spammy, irrelevant, out of date, or downright incorrect websites coming up in search well ahead of good, relevant and researched content.
Despite this, the Media Goons swoon over everything Google states or does and repeat like parrots.

In my field of expertise, Searches such as "Aquarium Lighting Information", "UV Bulbs", & "Aquarium Planaria" are just a few proofs of this.
See also Google Panda Update Fail

Here are search results better, more honest search engines such as DuckDuckGo bring up that are BASED ON CONTENT, unlike Google:
*For the search query, "Aquarium Lighting Information": Aquarium Light Facts & Information
*For the search query, "UV Bulbs": TRUE Hot Cathode UVC Replacement Bulb, Lamps
*And for Google;s biggest FAIL as Google brings up patently false information, the better website for "Aquarium Planaria" is: What are Planaria, Detritus Worms in Aquarium

And for a BETTER search more like what Google was like before 2005, consider:
DuckDuckGo

In Summary, while I believe this problem is only getting worse, especially with the election of the most corrupt President and Congress in our Nations history, this will not go away as long as the average person is shielded from the truth by and even more dishonest media, as well as long as many Republicans cannot learn from the past and also look the other way when they have the opportunity to correct a problem (such as Gordon Anderson and Greg Walden of Oregon).
As well, as long as many Republicans fail to understand what a “True Conservative” is or that there is a difference between being conservative and a capitalist, we as Nation or God fearing people are doomed to repeat these problems.
See: What is a True Conservative; Conservatism versus Capitalism

Heath Care Reform, Period/ Interim Life Expectancy, etc.

 

Heath Care Reform, Period/ Interim Life Expectancy,
Democrats such as Pelosi, Republicans such as Greg Walden, Suggestion/Ideas, more


The debate on heath care reform in full swing, with Obama, Reid and Pelosi leading the way with lies to try and push through reforms with little disclosure of what is contained within the different proposals.
Do not get me wrong, I think something needs to be done (this includes reform of the insurance industry), as often many self employed persons have been given the shaft by dishonest insurance companies with such statements as “pre-existing conditions” (that often are not even based on correct medical reports!)
However a takeover by the economy by the US government is far from the answer!

Let me address some corrections to pundits and some thoughts I have about this problem.

• I heard a comment by a caller to the Sean Hannity show state in response to Hannity’s point to look at the USPS and its inefficiency; “Fedex and UPS managed to compete with USPS dominance, why shouldn’t insurance companies with a Federal insurance plan”.

First of all the deck was not stacked against Fedex or UPS the way the insurance companies as the Health Reform plans would be.

Second as an international retail shipper, I know that USPS (along with foreign postal services) does have the deck stacked against Fedex/UPS by allowing much lower costs and more importantly requiring harmonized codes, long forms, custom brokers, etc. that increase costs (including the cost of time).
The result is shipping via USPS is almost the only way we or our customers can afford, except for a few that are so frustrated with postal service destruction of packages, lack of tracking, etc that they will pay the much higher fees.

The bottom line is when the playing field is even, fine, but this is not the case with the Senate and congressional proposals that will likely lead to businesses bailing out of private insurers, as well as IRS enforcement of extreme penalties for non participation (and FEW INTELLIGENT persons can argue the EXTREME corruption within the IRS)

• Life expectancy based on age; this is where some pundits on the right side of the aisle have argued to look at comparisons between the US and the UK (Great Britain; which has socialized medicine).
Using male expectancy at birth the UK (77.16) leads the USA (74.81), HOWEVER when you look at a male at age 60 (whom has made it past other factors that include accidents, homicide, etc.), the gap is almost non existent.
The adjusted life expectancy from age 60 for a USA male is 80.42 while a UK male is 81.06.
What this indicates is that the better medical care in the USA closes this gap.

Please reference these US and UK government websites for further information (based on 2005):
*Interim life tables; UK
*Period Life Table; USA

• I also should note that from my perspective, rarely does the governments get it right, even with good intentions.
My own dealing with DHS/DCS (Department of Children’s Services), shows an agency that may have good intentions, but is so corrupt with an anti family agenda that they “rarely can get it right”.
Reference: Oregon DHS, Department of Children’s Services, Abuse of Authority

• That said, the Republicans with their arrogance towards many of their constituents does not bode well for trust of many of them to get it right either.
Greg Walden of Oregon is a good example of a republican I would never vote for, he and his staff would rather condescend to person such as myself about understanding accounting (I never got less than an A in accounting in either high school or college), rather than correct major flaws in another corrupt government run organization; “the Food Stamps Program” which is skewed against anyone self employed.
Reference: Greg Walden; Republican Integrity or lack there of

Suggestions

• Allow insurance agencies to compete across state lines

• Do not allow insurance companies to only insure the “cream”. In other words if insurance companies want to play they MUST insure all or give up rights to insure ANY (and this includes all forms of insurance such as auto, home so that if they want to stay in business they cannot play the games that they so often do at others expense).
This is not to say they must charge equal charges any more than a driver with multiple accidents should get the same rate someone with a perfect rate does. However this is not a perfect analogy since poor driving is a choice, in many cases contracting a disease is not (although not in all cases here either)

• Tort Reform; correct the many problems with outrageous lawsuits that drive up medical costs (& not just for doctors, but medical manufacturers).
This reform should include hospitals that cannot even manage to diagnose the most basic of conditions and then fail to bill the insurance companies and then sue the patient later to make up for their incompetance.
This actually happens, such as with the poorly managed Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach Oregon.

There needs to be a public binding arbitration to manage these low quality medical providers.

• Allow both a government backed tax free medical saving plan combined with government subsidies possibly with a 1% employee and 1% employer FDIC increase (this is where I actually would support a tax increase). This would be used to allow self employed, uninsured, persons with so-called “pre-existing conditions” a chance to by real health insurance.

This “Government Aid/Subsidy” would NOT be a government option, rather simply a way of providing someone who has lost their job, is self employed (yet below the poverty level via real accounting methods unlike the dishonest food stamp program), etc. aid with purchasing/keeping existing insurance plans.

• Full portability of insurance, this should include a similar grace period (like the 6 months of unemployment) regardless of reason of discharge from an employer (except for a crime).
This would improve many lives and allow those stuck in cr## jobs the ability to leave as MANY persons remain in jobs only to keep insurance. This not only can degrade health via constant stress, but also keeps potential great employees out of the job market or even entrepreneurship that can lead to a better economy only because a person fears to “move on” and thus loose health insurance coverage (often moving on means leaving for a small company without health insurance, but with a lot of personal growth potential).

In my opinion, losing a job or being self employed should not mean lack of ability to seek medical care.
In fact a small business going out of business for medical bankruptcy hurts everyone, including those employed by this company (including potential future employees and tax revenue lost).
My personal business link:
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/

In Summary; these are just a few humble suggestions from a very small voice crying in the wilderness that unfortunately likely never to be heard from those in power, either on the left or the right side of the aisle (politically speaking). Sadly their agendas are too much for them to take an honest look at these suggestions.
I might also add that in my circle of business and friend contacts that these suggestions are not mine alone, but those of a very large silent group of Americans that have been left behind by their government representatives and the extremely corrupt media.
Media Corruption articles from this website:
Dishonesty of the Media; Truth, Lies, & Distortions
List of Media Lies/Dishonesty & Failures

Media Lies, Half Truths for Obama; Cover up more

Media Lies/ half truths cover ups for Obama and other socialists.


What is the most bothersome to me about the plethora of Obama half truths/lies is how the media is right behind him with a giant broom to cover up his trail of excrement.

After the Joe Wilson incident, I was taken aback by Pelosi and other extreme radicals and her willing media accomplices to act like the liberals are above the fray when in fact Senator Reid (Nevada) has yet to apologize to President Bush for this exact same statement, as well as the many who have treated him with extreme disrespect in his addresses. I was also thinking what a liar Reid was while watching this dishonest attempt to paint the whistle blower (Joe Wilson) as the villain about calling President Obama on his lies and half truths.
Reference: Obama Failures, lies and half truths



Further more, Joe Wilson was correct in his assessment (although it is debatable as to how he should have delivered this message), yet the media has the audacity to state that Obama was telling the truth.
Sorry ABC, CNN, MSNBC, etc; but a half truth is still a lie, when he (Obama) knows that the way the bill is written that the enforcement of keeping illegal aliens off any government sponsored health plan.

The Bill does state, “Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.”
However,The bill contains no verification requirement or enforcement process for citizenship or legal residency, as exists for other federal benefit programs. The only verification required for the subsidies pertains to family income. Beyond that, as the Congressional Research Service report notes, everything is left in the hands of the Health Choices Commissioner.
See: Congressional Research Service: ObamaCare will cover illegal immigrants

Let me put it this way as an analogy for those who think Obama is telling the truth:
Lets say you have a law that makes the speed limit in front of schools 20 mph when school children are present, yet provide no fines or refuse any law enforcement, do you really expect the law to be enforced? The obvious answer is NO!.
This is how this bill is written & Obama as well as his liberal colleagues know this full well!!!

Further more, years of meddling by the high courts shows that any provision to block illegal aliens form this government plan would be thrown out.
See this excellent website for more well written historical proof of this:
Citizenship Up for Grabs; The Supreme Court and Immigration (By Mark Levin).
Also see: A True Consrvative; Doing What is Right

I guess what bothers me most about our current president is not how he is behaving, as this was predicable for anyone willing to look at his & others around him history, but that the media has totally lost all objectivity with this man (& his many radical appointments), as well as painting the good systems pointing out his lies and socialist agenda as the villains.


On a positive note, polls now show most Americans do not trust the media to give the correct information when they supposedly “report” the news.

See this website: Press Accuracy Rating Hits Two-Decade Low

Hopefully more Americans will send these lousy journalists packing by simply turning off their TVs, or dumping their newspaper.






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Update 11/11/11; The media still cannot help themselves; very little if anything is said about the Obama's remarks "off Mike" about Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him even more often than you" as well as the "Solar-Gate", “Fast and Furious”, & "Keystone Pipeline" scandals, YET the media goes after Hermain Cain with some of the most outrageous comments from NBC and others. See: List of Obama Failures Or this page for these outrageous comments from MSNBC: "MSNBC/NOV. 7: We are going to see how open the GOP is to this -- their new black friend when they find out that he is harassing blonde women, as opposed to black women. That sort of thing a black sexuality, predatory black sexuality" Read more: Why Are Media So Determined to Crush Herman Cain's Campaign? Whether Cain is guilty of these charges I do not know, but as legal experts have stated if this was a civil or criminal charges his defense attorney would have have a field day with the facts that 3 of these persons making the charges all came for the same Chicago connection. See: Cain’s accusers: Serial gold-diggers with an interesting Chicago/Obama connection As well as Cain's character witnesses from those who know him best would say otherwise, & the fact that all these charges came a from a short period in the '90s at the NRA, NOT from his decades in business management. See this article: David Axelrod's Pattern of Sexual Misbehavior The bottom line is the media certainly needs to look into these charges, but they are only showing one side of the story (the side that fits their agenda as when they along with the sleeze attorney Gloria Allred ignoring the more serious charges of rape by Juanita Broaddrick against Bill Clinton).

Judgment in Life, attacks on Sarah Palin, etc

Judgment in Life, attacks on Sarah Palin, etc.
This proves that to the media and others, that character does not matter!
*As well the Earmark lies spread by the Media/Obama

I am writing this post to point out what I see as the judgmentalism that is so common in our society, media, and often on both sides of the political aisle (albeit the left tends towards major hypocrisy in this area).

I have found the attacks in the media on Sarah Palin for her daughter having a baby due to premarital sex and the fact that the person that got her pregnant is suddenly being paraded around with the family highly and ludicrously judgmental.

I myself have a 15 year old daughter who I know is very respectful of her beliefs in God and I feel also understands the repercussions of sex. I also know that my three (now adult) nieces were similar in there view of abstinence and none of them had to make the decisions that Sarah Palin’s daughter did after having sex with her boyfriend.

I like to think that my daughter will not be faced with this decision, however if she is and if the boy/man who is “responsible” for this is willing to step up to the plate and be a man, I know I would respect both her AND him. Yes I will admit that many of these marriages do not last, but some do and one must give others AT LEAST A CHANCE to succeed. Obviously sometimes the male half of this equation flees, but in Sarah Palin’s daughter, this is not the case.

The media has been hammering away about how suddenly the Levi Johnston (her boyfriend) is invited to the GOP Convention and “what kind of example does this set”.
What these judgmental persons are saying IMO is that “knock up the Governors daughter, go to Washington DC”. I disagree, although I do think this was bad judgment on the daughter and this young man’s part, forgiveness and understanding is far more important.

What I see is an understanding, loving, and forgiving woman that would quite bluntly based on this and the MANY accomplishments she has done (such as taking on party bosses in her own party) in such a short time make not only a great VP, but honestly I would vote for her in a heartbeat for President. Sarah Palin has impressed me with her record more than anyone in politics has in over two decades, I wish that more people behaved like her (of coarse with the media this is like expecting flying pigs to be serving free beer at all College and NFL Football Games)!!!

I find judgmentalism, whether from the political right or left utterly disgusting and my life has been destroyed and my own daughter and family in general hurt severely emotionally and financially by what has been 100% false judgments!!!!
Character does not seem to matter to anyone any more, otherwise I would not have suffered so many attacks for standing by my family even after my wife had a devastating affair with a Judas (who to this day is unrepentant and still seeking to divide and destroy our family) that harmed us, my daughter (she still needs counseling for this), and financially ruined us! If character mattered these attacks on Sarah Palin would not have happened and Barack Obama would be at around 10% in the polls.

For readers that are interested, you can read more about what these kinds of persons have heaped on me and my family in the blog:
“My Thoughts”

On another attack involving Sarah Palin; Barack Obama and his cohorts are attacking Sarah Palin on “earmarks” (pork) stating that she has voted or back more of these earmarks of Federal funding for Alaska than Obama and that Alaska is the #1 recipient of this type of federal funding.
While on the surface this may be true, when just a little honest digging for real truth is done, one finds out quickly that Alaska has more land owned by the Federal Government AS A PERCENTAGE OF AREA than any other state.
I being from county in Oregon (Josephine County) that also has mush of its land tied up (run by the Feds), that this takes away from the tax base all the while we still get visitors that come unto these public lands and then end up needing public service such as police or rescue (think Kim family, Nov. 2006). This is an over simplification, but it I am sorry, if the Feds are going to put lands off limits to the state, the state should be compensated.

So when you get down to these accusation by Obama and his willing media cohorts, this is a down right lie (unless they are that stupid, which with Obama’s I do not think he is stupid, however with the media stupidity is likely the case).

BTW according to the Anchorage Daily News Palin has requested 83 federal earmarks at a cost of $453 million while Obama requested 330 projects totaling $931.3 million, according to his Senate website where he discloses all his requests.

Also for those who think all Alaska Taxes are low (yes they have not personal income tax, but they still have business income tax AND property tax), here is a site that compares all states:
Property taxes: Where does your state rank?

One more sickening media myth is that Palin is not qualified to lead the country; What and Obama is??
Quite bluntly Palin has the edge in life accomplishments, but please look at this article (republished from the Associated Press) and judge for yourself:
Comparing Obama's, Palin's accomplishments; by The Associated Press

Finally, this talk about Palin’s earmarks is just more proof of media bias and liberals hiding their head in the sand, as although their is no denying that Sarah Palin has been feeding at the trough, she is but a piglet compared to Barak Obama and his cohorts who even admit to growing government and thinking more government is good. This is like saying someone how has shoplifted a few times (Palin) is the same as a career bank robber (Obama and his buddies).