sold down the river I n the February 28 issue of T.V. Guide, Newscaster Howard K. Smith, stated bluntly, “ There is a network news bias.” Surely this must be the first time that any newscaster ever has dared to expose his colleagues, especially in the television newscasting business. It was back on November 12, 1969 when Vice President Spiro Agnew “ blast ed at the liberal left and its frequently violent crusades.” Then on the following week the Vice President let loose another broadside, this time particularly against the television newscasters and com mentators. This speech set the network broadcasting companies back on their heels. The broadcasters cried like a bunch of babies when their candy was taken away from them, accusing the Vice President of intimidation, threat, and other ways of trying to destroy the "free dom of the press.” But the press and the broadcasters have exercised all the freedom their little hearts could desire for the past forty years. It was not until Vice President Agnew was courageous enough to call them on their abuse of this liberty that anyone ever dared to raise his voice against these darlings of the TV companies. In his article, Mr. Smith criticizes his colleagues for “ falsifying U.S. political reali ties by means of biased reporting.” In plain language, he is saying that the network newscasters are deliberately lying, by twisting and warping the facts of any given case until the real truth is completely submerged in the welter of untruths, half-truths and subterfuge. This whole sordid mess, according toMr. Smith, began under the administration of the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Radio newscasters became liberals when "liberalism was a good thing and most intellectuals became highly liberal.” He states: “ Our tradition since F.D.R. has been leftward.” There is a sort of unofficial fraternity among the newscasters. Mr. Smith states: “ Our liberal friends today have become dogmatic.” They make sure that they follow the party line which is notoriously left of the political center. Their motto, ac cording to him, is: “ Be sure you please your fellows because that’s what’s good. Make sure you’re pleasing The Washington Post, The New York Times and one another.” It was this left-wing element of newspapermen and radiomen way back in the early thirties who propa gated the lie that prohibition during the twenties had been a bad thing. The facts of the case are that it was one of the best things that ever happened to America but it was impossible to get anybody to believe the truth because of the barrage of false propaganda that was given out in the name of and under the blessing of the news media. It was this left-wing element that had captured the newspapers and radios of those days. They were the ones who labeled the depres sion "Hoover's Depression” and nailed President Hoover to the wall when it hit. This left-wing element, in the news business, was at tracted to the socialistic trends of President Roosevelt, and boosted him and his views with all the enthusiasm at their command. They never said a word about the fact that the depression lasted much longer under President Roosevelt than it did under President Hoover and that actually President Roosevelt never did get us out of the de pression. It was merely a boost in the economy which came about as a
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