Restoring Honor (And Truth In Reporting) - Glenn Beck in Washington

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There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind.
~Napoleon Bonaparte

ABC News political director Mark Halperin stated that, as individuals, most journalists and news producers hold liberal political views and these views affect their reporting. From time to time we have mentioned the left-wing media and its ideological bias. This bias shapes and undermines U.S. society. Even the PB Post's editorials on illegal immigration, as one example, choose to ignore our laws. On September 6 the editorial by Rhonda Swan suggested a back-door amnesty for illegal farm workers that would help-big agricultural corporations.

Thus, we are featuring the article written by Steven Rosenblum, candidate for House District 89, on Glenn Beck's Lincoln Memorial Rally.

By: Steven Rosenblum
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On Saturday, August 28th – the 47th anniversary of the Reverend Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech – a predominantly patriotic crowd of more than 300,000 Americans (probably closer to 650,000), who share a faith in a higher power, gathered together on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in front of the Lincoln Memorial. They came by the bus load, from all across the United States and ranged in age from the very young to senior citizens.

They came to hear radio and cable TV host Glenn Beck speak about faith, hope and charity. They came to see American patriots receive merit badges for their selfless acts of the aforementioned faith, hope and charity. There was no talk of politics or the upcoming mid-term elections. There was a fundraiser that netted more than $5 million for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides full scholarship grants and educational and family counseling to the surviving children of special operations personnel who die in operational or training missions and immediate financial assistance to severely wounded special operations personnel and their families.”

Of course, if you watched or read the reports from the mainstream media, you would have thought that 87,000 predominantly white, conservatives gathered to hear Michele Bachmann and Dick Armey speak. The fact that neither Bachmann nor Armey were even scheduled to appear, and in fact were not invited, didn’t prevent CNN from getting it completely wrong.

Glenn Beck deliberately refrained from announcing the list of speakers or disclosing the agenda prior to the event, purposely seeking to witness the manner in which media outlets would report on the Restoring Honor Rally. They live up (or down, as the case may be) to expectations. True to biased form, the liberal media filled in the blanks with blatantly false information and a negative slant.

Once the event was underway, it was apparent that the dumbfounded media seemed clueless as to how to report on it. For example, there was no mention of the Black Robe Regiment, which included 250 members of clergy from various denominations. This group is based on an organization of religious leaders from Colonial times that preached about the proper role of government and the importance of the individual.

There was scarcely a mention of the fact that Dr. Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., chose to speak of faith, hope and love at Beck’s event rather than join Rev. Al Sharpton at his counter rally. Nor did the media mention that is usually the case, those that attended this “conservative” event left the mall spotless.

It seems that the predominantly white, predominantly secular, predominantly liberal and predominantly lazy media was predominantly wrong on and biased in its reporting on this event. This comes as no great shock, as they usually don’t report fairly or accurately on events with which they have little understanding or respect.