Erick Erickson Quotes
The press heralded this as a major accomplishment. The rush from the press as soon as it was announced suggested a high level of coordination. Like lemmings in a staged dive off a cliff, 'historic' became the media's rallying cry. There is nothing historic about the deal. In fact, news reports from November 2012 noted that China expected, in 2012, that its carbon emissions would begin to decline after 2030 because of factory upgrades, efficiencies, etc.
Erickson, Erick. "Obama's 'Historic' Climate Deal." Creators Syndicate, 14 Nov. 2014.
Grant had ordered Sherman to start a diversionary attack and then pull back. They both knew that the newspapers would describe Sherman’s efforts as a failure, and Grant was apologetic that Sherman would get some bad press.
Halberstam and other journalists were criticized for sending images of the Vietnam War into the living rooms of America creating a negative public attitude about the Vietnam War.
This is perhaps a situation that has existed in every country ever where the press was not controlled.
Fox News was the first major television news channel in the United States to represent a partisan political position—in this case Republican conservative. Although this was a first for TV, in American history most newspapers were openly partisan until the latter half of the 20th century. The Third Reich reference was to Nazi Germany which had extremely partisan media control of German media of the day.
The queen was a lot more sophisticated about the newspapers than politicians in the 21st century.
Erick Erickson is a politically conservative American blogger who hosts radio show Atlanta's Evening News with Erick Erickson, broadcast on 750 WSB (AM). He previously served as an editor-in-chief of the conservative political blog RedState and was a political contributor for CNN. He is a fundamentalist, evangelical Christian and advocates that point of view in Politics.
