WTH Is Up With The Blatant Media Bias???

[Glocktogo]

OK, we all know that the media has been in the bag for years, even decades. But at what point do we reset their clocks? This is a perfect example:

http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/industry/259517-graham-says-hell-block-

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says that he will do anything he can to block the Obama administration from reimbursing defense contractors for severance costs if the firms don’t send layoff notices to employees.

The Obama administration issued guidance Friday that said defense firms’ costs would be covered if they have to layoff workers due to canceled contracts under the across-the-board cuts set to take effect Jan. 2.

The layoff notices have become a politically charged issue because they could have come just four days ahead of the election because of a 60-day notice required by federal law for mass layoffs.

Graham and other Republicans were livid after the Obama administration issued the guidance on Friday telling contractors that their legal costs would be covered due to canceled contracts under sequestration, but only if they did not issue layoff notices before sequestration occurs — and before the November election.

“I will do everything in my power to make sure not one taxpayer dollar is spent reimbursing companies for failure to comply with WARN Act,” Graham told The Hill in a phone interview Monday. “That is so beyond the pale — I think it’s patently illegal.”

Suffice it to say that this is a HUGE story that should be reported. But try and Google "canceled contracts under sequestration" and you'll find that no mainstream media outlet is covering this. On page two of the search you'll find the first print outlet report from the Washington Times: http://times247.com/articles/graham-obama-s-defense-layoffs-move-patently-illegal

The Washington Post picks up on page 6: http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...832c18-e730-11e1-a3d2-2a05679928ef_story.html

NBC News Business also gets a hit on page 6 with the misleading byline of "Dow Chemical Layoffs Announced Prematurely" and goes on to mention nothing about the sequestration issue. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/dow...prematurely-1C6642283?streamSlug=businessmain

Forbes finally kicks in with the real scoop on Page 7 and explains why sequestration of contracts doesn't apply as a WARN Act exemption: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregory...o-not-warn-employees-about-potential-layoffs/

In 10 full pages of Google search results, not one story appears from NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, HLN, MSNBC or even the vaunted FOX news. Zero coverage. This all kicks in this week, yet not a single peep. Yet there are dozens of competent journalistic articles littering those 10 pages of results from industry, government and watchdog outlets. So, is it sequestration? Or castration? Edward R. Murrow's grave must be on fire due to the friction of his spinning corpse.

 

[RickN]

Fox did some stories on it months ago and again a couple of weeks ago, but the people behind Google are Obama supporters so I bet you will not find them.

 

[p238shooter]

This is almost old news, many larger items before and after this have overshadowed this as being trivial in comparison to other things going on. Changing our leader to one who has American values and a little integrity with the American people will help some. There seems to be two groups, one who think government is the solution to everything, and the group who think government creates most of our problems. As I see it in general, the majority of the education system teaches the news media how they should form or shape their stories while they are in school (some people call that indoctrination) and when they reach the open market, they express what they have been taught and know. (Capitolism is BAD, Socialism is good.) Also many of the unions seems to go with the "government is the answer", socialism is good group. (they call it different, but the result is the same.)

It is unfortunate we seem to be voting for the lesser of the evils, but there are so many people that will only vote for the person who is in a particular party, has a particular religion, is a particular color, drives a particular brand of car, is good looking, is a great public speaker, has hair or not, thinks the earth is flat, etc without really looking at what is going on with the big picture, only a pin point. The news most likely focuses on a pin point that suits their particular beliefs, ignoring everything else to promote their favorite person, or downplaying something that does not, reporting the news.

My question, is this the first item of this type you have noticed? Have you been out of the country long?

Take the over 100 presidential orders that have been put into place to be enacted by one person our president making THE decision, and congress can not overturn them for 180 days. Look at the constitution being circumvented.

One of my concerns even if Romney does win, what will happen between Nov 7 and Jan 19th. He has set everything in place to do anything beyond what we can imagine.

You do not have to be much of an extremist if you open your eyes just a little to see a lot. Look up Obama's list of presidential orders only he has put in place.

His media is starting to crack.

 

[p238shooter]

My apology to seeming to flog you a little, but I am pissed with all the underhanded stuff going on. This item was on FOX news a while back, was highlighted heavily for a day or so, and then they moved on to the next farce. It was about a week before the timing of the mandatory deadline for the contractors to handout their notices in case the tax cut special committee could not come to agreement and defense contracts will be cancelled. He did this so the notices would not be put out before the election that hundreds of thousands of defense company workers might be cut. I do not remember the details of how early a contractor has to notify a worker that he may be terminated at the moment, but it was going to fall before the election. This is why he is maneuvering to do this. Not any different than major parts of Obama care that will not kick in until Jan 1, 2013. (after the election) that will hammer small businesses and common Americans. Surprise.

 

[Glocktogo]

No worries. I bolded the part where this all kicks in this week specifically for that reason. Question is, if I can find all those month old articles about it on a Google search, were are the links for the mainstream outlets from the same time frame?

 

[RickN]

You really think the MSM would touch a story that makes DOHbama look bad?????

 

[AKguy1985]

the msm loves obama. But, we all know that.

 

[Glocktogo]

You really think the MSM would touch a story that makes DOHbama look bad?????

If they valued their own integrity and reputations over the results of a single election, yes.

 

[RickN]

If they valued their own integrity and reputations over the results of a single election, yes.

What integrity?????

 

[RKM]

What integrity?????

This^^^^^^^

That is an unknown word and quality in the MSM.