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Anti-Business Bias of America's News Media
Small Government News*
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
The official newsletter of the Committee for Small Government,
Sponsor of Massachusetts 2002 Ballot Question 1 to End the Income Tax
http://www.SmallGovernmentAct.org
"small government is beautiful*"
- Carla Howell
Publisher: Carla Howell
Editor: Michael Cloud
"It is not impossibilities which fill us with the deepest despair,
but possibilities which we have failed to realize."
- Robert Mallet
"At the day of judgment we shall not be asked what we have read but
what we have done."
- Thomas A Kempis
"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal
men lay hold of heaven."
- Edward Young
"Things happen the day you decide you're going to make them happen."
- Pam Lontos
+++ IN THIS ISSUE +++
- "Anti-Business Bias of America's News Media" by Michael Cloud
- "Give Martha Stewart a Medal" by Carla Howell
- Orlando, Florida - March 27 & 28 - Michael Cloud & Harry Browne
PBS scheduled to tape and interview at this Orlando Event
- Indianapolis - April 24 & 25 - Indiana LP Convention with
Michael Cloud
- Cincinnati - April 24 & 25 - Ohio LP Convention with Carla Howell
+++ ANTI-BUSINESS BIAS OF AMERICA'S NEWS MEDIA +++
by Michael Cloud
"Corporate Greed."
"Cutthroat Competition."
"Looting the Pensions."
"Business Fraud."
"Price Gouging."
"Obscenely Inflated Compensation Packages."
"Shoddy Products and Service."
"Stingy with Employee Benefits."
"Refuse to Pay Workers a Living Wage."
"Depriving Employees of Health Insurance."
"Ruthless Anti-Worker Policies."
"Skimming Profits."
"Golden Parachutes."
"Exporting American Jobs to Third World Countries."
"Cheating Customers."
"Sticking it to the Consumer."
"Bloated Capitalists."
"Corporate Corruption."
"Dog-Eat-Dog Competition."
"Predatory Practices."
"Monied Wall Street Investors."
"Ruthless Exploitation of Workers."
"Corporate Irresponsibility."
"Selfish Businessmen."
"Sweatshops."
"Robber Barons."
Where did I find these anti-business slogans and phrases?
CBS, ABC, and NBC. CNN and CNBC. The New York Times. The Washington
Post. USA Today. The Boston Globe. And PBS, because if they don't
bash business, who will? Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News and World
Report. Even on the non-editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal.
In their "News Coverage." In the last 30 days.
Some of these News Organizations used the phrases in their
"reporting." Some quote business-hating "Consumer" and "Watchdog"
"Public Interest" Groups who say it for the publication. Some do
both.
These phrases reflect a virulent anti-business bias in America's News
Media.
Test it for yourself. Do an experiment.
Watch CNN or PBS for 30 days. Write down every anti-business phrase
you hear. Read The New York Times, the Washington Post, or the Boston
Globe for 30 days. Circle or highlight every anti-business phrase you
read.
During these 30 days, write down or circle every anti-federal, state,
and local government phrase you hear or read. Compare them to the
anti-business phrases above - and those you find.
During these 30 days, write down or circle every anti-union, anti-
consumer group, anti-"Public Interest", AND anti-public education
phrase you hear or read. Compare them to the business-bashing
phrases.
If America's news media used this sort of biased phrasing in articles
and stories criticizing African-Americans or Latino-Americans, they'd
face full-scale riots.
If they used these kinds of loaded words and biased language in
articles and stories criticizing unions or public schools, they would
be picketed, protested, and boycotted.
But it's safe for them to revile and malign business men and women.
They can spotlight the handful of individuals who are accused of
theft or fraud. And they can act as if those accused are typical
business owners, executives, or shareholders.
Tens of millions of American business people provide goods and
services to almost 300,000,000 Americans - and tens of millions more
customers overseas.
When they succeed, they are ignored. Or attacked.
When they fail, they are blamed for "throwing employees out on the
streets." But for these entrepreneurs, those employees would have no
jobs to begin with.
Despite the burdens and mandates and obstacles that government puts
in the way of creating and operating businesses, America's heroic
business people serve customers, create jobs, reward investors,
support themselves and their families, contribute to their
community's well-being, and make America a far better place.
America's businesses are the engine of prosperity.
Most business people are forgotten heroes.
America's News Media is poisoning our attitudes toward business and
lobbying government to cripple and destroy them.
If you and I buy into the Anti-Business Bias of America's News Media,
we've signed up for assisted economic suicide.
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Want to learn more about Media Bias?
BIAS or ARROGANCE by Bernard Goldberg
THE NEWS TWISTERS by Edith Efron
GIVE ME A BREAK by John Stossel
Want to learn more about private enterprise or free markets?
CAPITALISM: THE UNKNOWN IDEAL by Ayn Rand
THE INCREDIBLE BREAD MACHINE by Richard Grant
CAPITALISM THE CREATOR by Carl Snyder
THE ANTI-CAPITALISTIC MENTALITY by Ludwig Von Mises
+++ GIVE MARTHA STEWART A MEDAL +++
by Carla Howell
The purpose of law enforcement is to create justice by apprehending
and punishing those who do us harm.
Martha Stewart was convicted for obstructing government INjustice.
For standing in the way of people who do us harm.
If the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York
acted in accordance with their alleged mission of justice, they would
give Martha Stewart a medal of honor. And a parade.
If justice were our goal, David Kelley - the U.S. Attorney who is
attempting to destroy her life, reputation, and business empire -
would be headed for jail.
Instead, we should expect to see Kelley run for political office in
the future and build his political career on the back of an innocent
citizen.
Where did this nifty idea come from? The playbook of Big Government
politicians like Rudy Giuliani who became mayor of New York City
after imprisoning the innocent Michael Milken. Like Scott Harshbarger
who became Massachusetts Attorney General after locking up the
innocent Amirault family.
Watch David Kelley snag millions of dollars from taxpayers for
exorbitant pensions, benefits, and other forms of Big Government
largess during the remainder of his political career. He made his
bones with Martha Stewart.
Injustice will continue unless we stop voting for Big Government
politicians - and vote only for those who move us in the direction of
small government.
Injustice in our courts is a casualty of Big Government.
Thousands of laws and regulations on the books can be used to
prosecute almost anyone any time. That's why it's estimated that the
average American citizen commits a "crime" every 7 seconds.
The privileges and monopolies that Big Government grants exclusively
to the major media encourage them to distort the truth about court
cases like this one. Martha Stewart joins a growing list if targets
prosecuted in the court of media opinion before their real trial
begins.
The sheer number of Big Government injustices would stagger the
imagination of normal Americans. Federal and state courts render tens
of thousands of unjust verdicts and penalties every year.
Martha Stewart may soon join over one million Americans now serving
time in prison for victimless crimes.
Big Government politicians feed this madness.
Big Government is injustice. That's why we must vote AGAINST all Big
Government politicians and programs - and vote ONLY for candidates
and referenda that move us toward small government.
Small government is our only hope for restoring justice.
+++ ORLANDO, FLORIDA - MARCH 27TH & 28TH
HARRY BROWNE AND MICHAEL CLOUD'S INVITE YOU TO JOIN THEM +++
*** Breaking News: PBS scheduled to tape and interview at this event
***
You can become an extraordinary libertarian communicator.
- Learn how to capture the undivided attention of people you talk
with.
- 6 ways to Unlock Closed Minds
- Whet their mental appetite so they're hungry to hear about
libertarianism.
- Ask these high impact libertarian questions - and they'll think
their way straight to libertarianism.
- Never be at a loss for the right words.
Michael Cloud & Harry Browne will show you how - step-by-step. "The
Art of Libertarian Persuasion" Seminar.
It's happening in Orlando, Florida on March 27th & 28th.
Skeptical? Unsure? Sound too good to be true? Need more information?
Want information on how to arrange to attend?
Click the link below now:
http://www.theadvocates.org/orlando-seminar.htm
+++ APRIL 24th & 25th -- INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - LIBERTARIAN STATE
CONVENTION: CANDIDATES, INDIANA LP LEADERS & VIP'S. and MICHAEL CLOUD
+++
If you haven't been to an Indiana Libertarian State Convention, you
are in for a great time. Hoosier Libertarians are bright, fun to be
with, and dedicated to liberty.
Mark Rutherford, Libertarian State Chair of Indiana, is a practical
idealist. He works with some of the finest Libertarian leaders and
activists you'd ever hope to meet.
Michael Cloud will deliver a Seminar and Speech.
"How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Libertarian
Communication" is the title of the Seminar.
Michael Cloud's speech is entitled "The Possibility of Liberty"
If you live in Indiana, and want more information, just click:
http://www.lpin.org/
+++ APRIL 24th & 25th -- CINCINNATI -- CARLA HOWELL JOINS
CANDIDATES, OHIO LP LEADERS & VIP'S TO SPEAK AT OHIO LIBERTARIAN
STATE CONVENTION +++
Carla Howell will be the Banquet Speaker Saturday Evening at the Ohio
Libertarian Convention.
"Boldness: the Key to Libertarian Breakthroughs" is the title of her
speech.
Other Libertarian speeches will address Drug Prohibition, Foreign
Policy, and "Libertarianism and Christianity."
On Sunday morning, Carla Howell will give a Libertarian Campaign
Seminar.
Carla Howell would love to meet and visit with "Small Government
News" readers at the Ohio Libertarian State Convention. Please
attend.
If you want more information, just click:
http://www.lpo.org/StateConventions/LPO2004Convention.shtml
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