NBC Fails the American People in GOP Debate

Last night, watching the GOP Debate on CNBC/MSNBC, I felt a deep sense of despair growing in my heart. The candidates obviously did not get equal face time on camera or direct questions. Senator McCain hit the nail on the head when he made his comment about the “cheap seats” on stage. He couldn’t have been more right. This was simply a propaganda display for the elite, mainstream candidates, with Senator Thompson, new to the campaign trail, featured front-and-center.

Everyone now knows who NBC, or better GE, wants the Republican Candidate to be – either Fred Thompson, Rudy Guiliani or Mitt Romney, and they will be the only candidates you'll see on NBC and its affiliates.

Given my tireless work to support candidate Ron Paul, I feel I’ve been slapped in the face by GE, a company that regularly touts in their TV ads “We Bring Good Things To Life”… oh really? And what good things would that be? It’s not factual reporting or fair and equal time on national television.

And why do you think a company like GE would own one of the major broadcasting stations in our country? I don't think it’s because they want to bring fair and balanced news to the mass audiences they “serve”… no, I wager a bet that the reasoning is more in the lines of their wanting to manipulate the information that is presented to their audiences. The GOP Debate last night on CNBC/MSNBC is a clear example of that.

Don’t believe me? Then grab a stop watch and a note pad, just like I’m going to do and (re)watch the debate. Record how many direct questions were asked to each candidate; record how much face time in minutes/seconds each candidate was given; record the time given to each candidate for rebuttal. When complete, review the results and decide for yourself if it was really a "debate".

Finally, if you really want to see GE’s bias provided via their owned and operated affiliates of NBC, watch the post-debate interviews. As I watched Chris Matthews make his comment “I won’t be voting for you” to candidate Ron Paul, I knew in my heart I could never trust the national news to let me make my own decision about what is best for our country.

And you shouldn’t either.

I highly encourage you to find alternate and independent sources of news both for domestic (local/national) and foreign interests. I’ve been surfing independent news now since I experienced the news in Europe several years ago, where the coverage seemed more objective, less “emotional” and provided more obvious presentation of facts. It was refreshing and I’ve searched for the same in America ever since. I’ll be posting some of my favorites in my Links section in the very near future.

The bottom line is this: If you want accurate, unbiased, objective and relevant facts presented to you that enable your ability to make a clear and educated decision, do not watch NBC, CBS or ABC. Don’t watch any of their affiliates on broadcast, cable or Internet. Avoid them completely. This will be hard at first, but once you get into this habit, it will become easier and easier to find REAL news and I promise you, you’ll never go back.

Finally, write to your Government representatives and tell them you don’t think it is good for our national broadcasting to be monopolized by three multi-national corporations and they need to do something about that or you’ll be voting for their opponent next election.

For Freedom…

-- Kristin