Facts are anti-Republican

I wrote that long post yesterday about the different media strategies of the political parties where I stipulated that the Dems are far behind in the media war because they still see the media in its journalistic role of reporting the facts while the Repubs have moved on to utilizing the contextual elements of TV media to get their message out more effectively.

One of the odd outgrowths of this difference in strategies is that, in Republican eyes, the more "factual" a news source is, the more innaccurate and left leaning they are. A contemporary sample from RNC chair Mehlman.

He urged his audience of conservative activists to take the GOP message directly to friends and neighbors, rather than trusting major news organizations that he said have failed to understand the appeal of conservative ideas and leaders.

"We can't depend on the . . . mainstream media to do it for us," he said. "They got Ronald Reagan wrong, just like Democrats did, and they're still getting conservatives wrong."

Also, Frist is going to reintroduce the same sex marriage amendment which he said "is needed to protect the majority of Americans, whom he said oppose same-sex marriage, from "the whims of a few activist judges" who seek to "override the commonsense of the American people." He added, "When America's values are under attack, we need to act."

I am going to finish "The Rise of Stupid" piece this afternoon. It's time.