Obviously there are many reasons I don't trust the mainstream media, but here is the latest example. Yesterday BigJournalism posted a story about some pictures CBS News showed that supposedly were from a Tea Party rally in Wisconsin on April 15 during which Sarah Palin spoke.
This is the commentary that goes with the pictures:
"MADISON, Wis. - After weeks of relative quiet following the bruising battle over an anti-union collective bargaining bill, the state Capitol was again the scene of protests and counter-protests.
Hundreds of pro-union labor supporters are surrounding smaller groups of conservative Tea Party members attending a rally featuring former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Speaking at the tax day rally outside the Wisconsin Capitol, Palin called the crowd in Madison courageous for having stood up to "death threats and thug tactics" of those who opposed Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining bill."
Nothing surprising there, but if you follow the above link and look closely at the picture, you will notice a pro-union supporter holding a sign urging people to vote in the April 6 election. You have a choice--is the person holding the sign confused or did CBS post a picture from a previous rally and claim it was from the Tea Party rally? Somehow I suspect the latter.
Big Government notes:
"They put "death threats and thug tactics" in quotes. Of course they would. This is a network that helped perpetuate the 'Blame Palin' narrative in the wake of the Tucson tragedy.
"CBS doesn't need to use quotations to question the validity of the death threats on which they refused to report. We reported on it for them at Big Journalism. I suggest CBS remove the quotes.
"CBS also doesn't need to Ratherize edit past rally footage of union protesters with footage of Palin speaking to promote the narrative that the tea party was outnumbered."
CBS, if you are going to pull a scam, at least do it intelligently!
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