Liberal media? Don't make me larf son...

I hate to disappoint those of you that may have enjoyed the recent break I took from political posts to read my witty and acerbic take-downs of some of today's cardboard and silicon celebrities, but I simply have to share this with you.

I have absolute proof that the Corporate Media in this country is not only decidedly not "liberal", but they are actively "pro-republican".

To whit this story:

In 2009 the National Christmas Tree Association proposed a $.15 fee be charged to all tree growers so that the association could garner more funds to promote the crop that they represent, you know, kinda like how the Milk Board pays for those 'Got Milk?' ads...well they got approval from the vast majority of their growers (90% positive comments in favour during the review period) and decided to implement the fee through the US Dept of Agriculture.

So how did the rightwing frame this?  "Obama wants to tax Christmas trees."

Of course he does....

That part isn't the surprising bit, I expect that sort of blatant horseshit from those evil, twisted, manipulators of weak-minded morons, what was breath-taking was the speed with which the eager lap-dogs in the Corporate Media had their presstitutes press home that false story.

Don't believe me? Okay, here is the proof:

ABC: Senator aims to repeal Christmas Tree Tax

MSNBC: A tax on Christmas Trees?

CBS: Christmas Tree tax sidelined after uproar

ABC: Obama administration to delay new 15-cent Christmas Tree tax

Politico: Christmas tree tax tabled by Obama

This isn't just a case of lazy reporting (that is de rigeur nowadays), this is a case of the media taking a made-up story, and running with it, without EVER bothering to check the facts (you know, like proper journalists).

This should serve as a warning to those of us on the left, the media are NOT our friends, they are there to SHAPE THE MESSAGE...and this story is just the most recent, and glaringly fucking obvious, example of it...

The bigger tragedy is that the rest of America is too damned busy watching 'Dancing with the Stars', or 'Keeping up with the Kardashians' to see anything more than the deceptive, lying headlines...

And that is what they count on...