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The harm of Media Bias

A Letter From Bob Fritz to the Houston Chronicle

Those Texans who came before us had an expression for a person or persons who could not be moved from their course of action regardless of reasoning or consequence.  They would say he or she is “hell bent” to do this or that.  Well, there are those in America who are “hell bent” on destroying Texas and America.  Many of these people have found their way into the media, and it is my firm belief that the Shah of Iran was correct when he said, “When the western world falls it will be the media that pulls it down.”  Could we start with the smallest mustard seed, the “Chronicle”?  It is extremely rare when anything in the Chronicle isn’t slanted to promote the agenda of the writer.  In this Sunday’s paper, April 21, 2002, let us look at a couple of examples.  Take the headline article, REASONABLE DOUBT.  Where did you publish the story when Anibal Rousseau was being tried?  Today you gave this story about five (5) full columns, which is almost one full page.  Why?  Ask Mike Tolson, while attached to a polygraph machine, if he is anti-death penalty -- then you will have your answer.

Try another side of “History Gets More Difficult”.  Suppose the “Southwest” had remained part of Mexico.  Would it not be reasonable to assume that the standard of living in the Southwest would be “casi lo mismo” as exists in the northern part of Mexico today?  Then where would many Mexican residents risk their lives to escape to, so they can take advantage of a culture that produced a more agreeable standard of living?  The Chronicle would, ironically, alter this standard of living to comply with the speech police.  It is logical to conclude that there was unnecessary loss of life, killing, at the Battle of San Jacinto.  It was, however, a battle, but the way your story is written it certainly leads to animosity between those who still consider themselves Mexicans and the Gringos who "stole" their land.  Does this promote the message of what you call a newspaper?  Where is the other side of the carnage?  What about Goliad and the firing squad?  What about the black beans?  Is there a difference between flying passenger-laden planes into the Twin Towers and directing smart bombs into caves in Afghanistan?  If your answer is “no difference”, then I can understand why we no longer are a melting pot country that is the envy of the world, that has gained from all the cultures arriving here over the centuries but have become like Afghanistan, a collection of tribes, cultures, that don’t seem to understand a basic reality.  If you retain the same culture you left, then the same economics will follow.  It is the assimilation of all the cultures that produced the great United States of America.  Be advised.  Unlike many countries, unless you are a wanted felon, the exit doors of the U.S.A. are always open.  Perhaps many should exit these doors, determine what the rest of the world is like, and then, if they desire, return and enjoy our wonderful nation.  

Consider this, the Chronicle could be the mustard seed that keeps us “America”, the envy of the world for our grandchildren and their grandchildren.  I, for one, am not going to sell the rope to be used to hang me.  (See Karl Marx).

Robert H. Fritz

Alvin, Texas

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