Demonization has started locally here in Tampa Bay. WTOG 10:00 pm news on Friday the 21st opens with an announcement of two arrests. It follows that with a clip of Clinton from the 19th saying "Justce of these killers will be certain, swift and sure." Next the raid in Michigan is identified on the home of a member of the Michigan militia. Finally an interview with a spokesmen for the Florida Law Enforcement organization saying there are organizations all over Florida and they are dangerous.
Let us review the truth as of the time and date of this news report. One person was arrested. The second turned himself in and is cooperating with investigators and has not been arrested. The Clinton clip has nothing to do with the arrest or the voluntary questioning. The Michigan Militia has disavowed these people being members. The interview has nothing to do the militia movement.
Demonization has begun. Despite every warning to withhold judgment from the President on down until all the evidence is in, this station has mischaracterized what is known as of this time and date and has additionally given the impression Clinton has identified them as being the people who did the bombing. Further they have deliberately left out enough information as to what is known so as to accuse groups that can not have anything to do with the bombing.
Of course the voice over of the film clip of the one arrested person being transferred to federal custody was certain to point out the crowd shouted "baby killer." Given most of this news report was false there is no reason to expect this report had any truth to it.
Now there is no reason to expect these people were getting the wrong news as they claim to have a "satellite news room" with the impression from the multiple TVs that she is constantly watching the satellite feed before reporting it. Of course the fact the screens always have WTOG logos on them does make implication look a bit foolish.
At least this part of the media has jumped onto its own demonization bandwagon. The target is the militia movement despite the lack of evidence at this moment. That they falsified facts at the time is not of interest. There are people who listen only to this station, there are many more who listen to it and who have not paid attention to events. There are others who will take this as fears fulfilled.
On the other hand, perhaps there are simply delusional psychotics producing the news who can not tell fact from their own fiction.
In any event this is what happened at Waco. Very few paid close enough attention to know what really happened. Instead they are repeating false, incomplete or frankly delusional "news" reports such as this. The news can not deal with such niceties as "turned himself in, is being questioned, and is cooperating with authorities." "Arrested" is what fits the news.
The media can not deal with putting the date of a film clip of the President that might at least give a hint that his "statement" has nothing to do with what are falsely claimed to be "two" arrests. The media can not deal with the facts that are known. It can only deal with its preconceived conclusions.
Many years ago I stopped searching for a smoothly working reality behind apparent chaos. Chaos is the reality. There is no conspiracy by the media to demonize anyone. The media is simply incapable of dealing with reality. It really does believe what is publishes. It is not rational enough to differentiate its simplistic view from facts.
This is another example feeling over reason. This is an example of school learning over thinking. There is no thinking involved to let free association run wild, ignore conflicting facts, to imagine there is "presidential" support for such "conclusions."
But then it does give the aimless an "artistic" framework within which to "feel" about events. Of course it is the aimless leading the aimless but that is the media we are dealing with today. And quicker than you can say, "they abused children," there will be hundreds speaking as though this image is in fact true.
Welcome to the American education system. This is what Dewey hath wrought.