Resolution in Support of Israel

Last week, Congress passed resolutions supporting Israel. Not once was it mentioned on any mainstream news source I look at. Not once. What is up with the media? I think they're simply anti-everybody. They appeared to have a strong Republican lean during the 2000 election, but now... well, actually, the vast majority of Jews are Democratic liberals, so their behavior really just doesn't make sense. I think it comes down to the oil money somehow, but I'm not really sure how in this case. The important thing to remember about the media is they are out to make money. All political ideologies are secondary to this, because they are businesses who must bring the shareholder value by any means necessary. Convervatives point out that all of the people you actually see doing the reporting are liberals. Perhaps so... but it doesn't matter, because the editors and producers who must approve and assign the content are all conservatives. The people with the power in the media are the conservative owners, producers, and editors. An individual reporter can attempt to put a liberal spin on things, but if the conservative editor doesn't like it, then it doesn't get published (or broadcast, or whatever). Even CNN is no longer owned by Ted Turner. Now the giant beurocracy of AOL/TimeWarner controls everything. And they contributed to George W. Bush's campaign.

Which brings me to the startling conclusion that the advertisers must feel that nigh-blatant anti-semitism will bring in ratings! Is the general American public actually pro-terror, pro-Saudi, anti-Israel? Because that must be the conclusion of the advertisers, otherwise they'd demand that programming change to match reality. Remember, they are out to make money, and that is the primary concern. If the media wanted to push a "liberal" (but not really) viewpoint against the wishes of the public, then the public would change the channel (or read a different paper, or whatever), and the media company loses money. And then gets sued by its shareholders, etc. So, either the demographics people are out of whack and need to do some new studies, or there is a dangerous undercurrent of anti-semitism even in mainstream America. I know which one I hope is true...