"Has the media gotten worse?
Or am I just grouchier?
Every day I see things that are wrong or that so miss the point I want to scream.
Four examples:
- Storm Coverage
As this week's storm approached the East Coast, the media reverted to breathless hype: "monster storm ... very dangerous."
Here I blame my beloved free market: Predicting scary weather works. Viewers tune in.
What galls me more is the reporters' government-centric thinking. "Everything is closed," they say. "Employees can't get to work."
But the corner grocery stayed open.
So did many gas stations and restaurants.
Why is it that when government buildings close, so many private businesses stay open?
Because their own money is at stake...
- The Deep State
Monday, The New York Times ran the headline "What Happens When You Fight a 'Deep State' that Doesn't Exist?"
The article explained that unlike Egypt or Pakistan, America doesn't really have a powerful deep state, and to claim that it does "presents apolitical civil servants as partisan agents."
Give me a break.
"Apolitical civil servants"?
A deep state absolutely exists.
Some call it "administrative state" or "regulatory state."
These are the people who crush innovation and freedom by issuing hundreds of new rules. Regulators, if they don't pass new rules, think they're not doing their jobs.
...People who choose to work for, say, the EPA, tend to be environment zealots. This should surprise no one. Somehow, New York Times reporters don't see it..."
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