Media bashing II

Heard about the plan for the United Arab Emirates to buy some U.S. ports? Maybe, but what you've probably heard about is only the reaction to the sale. That was what I first heard about a week ago, and the news media has been extremely slow in reporting the actual facts; in fact, details are still very sketchy and confusing. I'm still too confused to blog about the issue itself (and truthfully I'm not all that interested), but I can say this: It's another blatant example of what's wrong with the news media. Lots of people accuse the media of having a (liberal) bias, and some reporters and editors definitely do, but overall their real problem is they are LAZY! They report only what the loudest whiners are saying, never try to verify what they're saying, and never seek out an opposing opinion or set of facts. So now all they are reporting is the bleating of a bunch of politicians who want to be re-elected and need to look like they care about national security (and from that perspective this issue appears to truly be a tempest in a teapot). Until recently liberal groups were the most proficient at whining, so there's where the apparent bias comes from. Anyway, I've seen it over and over again, and this is another example.