Combest Nukes 'Nonprofit' Journalism

Given that they might lock up Gateway Pundit in a cell next to the former Prez . . . 

Link blogger John Combest reigns supreme as Missouri's top opinion maker. 

This is good news because we've admired his work for years. 

Even better . . .

In this latest bit of long from writing, Combest takes pay-for-play "news" to task and blows up so many "non-profit" media outlets that mostly serve as corporate or partisan puppets.

If you read one thing today . . . Make sure it's Combest. 

Here's the money line . . .

Suppress your gag reflex and pay attention to the opposition’s dutiful stenographers in the mainstream media and progressive blog ecosystems. When you notice unfamiliar terms repeatedly popping up in news coverage, it means the industry’s subject matter experts (SMEs) and stakeholder voices have been successfully trained on the newest key messages and phrases.

Do you really think your local public radio reporter was sitting alone at her desk one day, brushing vending machine snack crumbs off her FUPA, and came up with “gender affirming care” on her own?

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Column: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Media

Like the weather, Missouri conservatives and libertarians complain about the mainstream media, but never do anything about it. We will not passive-aggressively cope and seethe - together, we'll observe, orient, decide and act.