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| − | The '''Liberal media elite''' is the clique of highly paid, left-leaning executives and journalists who directly control most output of the main newspapers and broadcasting organisations. They are epitomised by the staff of such organisations as the [[BBC]] and [[The Guardian]] and [[The Independent]] newspapers in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[New York Times]] in the [[United States]]. | + | The '''Liberal media elite''' is the clique of highly paid, left-leaning executives and journalists who directly control most output of the main newspapers and broadcasting organisations. They are epitomised by the staff of such organisations as the [[BBC]] and [[The Guardian]] and [[The Independent]] newspapers in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[New York Times]] and [[Washington Post]] in the [[United States]]. |
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| | Among the characteristics of the Liberal media elite are: | | Among the characteristics of the Liberal media elite are: |
| − | * contempt for the moral values of ordinary people | + | * Contempt for the moral values of ordinary people |
| − | * a mission to promote pornography and incomprehensible self-indulgent nonsense as '[[art]]' | + | * A mission to promote pornography and incomprehensible self-indulgent nonsense as '[[art]]' |
| − | * enthusiasm for public funding of media organisations | + | * Enthusiasm for public funding of media organisations |
| − | * contempt for accountability to the taxpayer | + | * Contempt for accountability to the taxpayer |
| − | * [[nepotism]] | + | * [[Nepotism]] |
| − | * bias towards other Liberal politicians and organisations, and hostility to organisations putting forward a popular, [[Conservative]] viewpoint | + | * Bias towards other Liberal politicians and organisations, and hostility to organisations putting forward a popular, [[Conservative]] viewpoint |
| − | * strong tendencies to rewriting [[history]] to conform with [[Liberal]] prejudices | + | * Strong tendencies to rewriting [[history]] to conform with [[Liberal]] prejudices |
| − | * low levels of personal morality | + | * Low levels of personal morality |
| − | * high tolerance of criminal drug-taking activity (based on personal practice) | + | * High tolerance of criminal drug-taking activity (based on personal practice) |
| − | * hostility towards religion | + | * Hostility towards religion |
| − | * ignorance of science, characterised by unthinking advocacy of theories of [[evolution]], [[climate change]] and other invented nostrums of [[Big Science]] | + | * Ignorance of science, characterised by unthinking advocacy of theories of [[evolution]], [[climate change]] and other invented nostrums of [[Big Science]] |
| − | * support for the 'dumbing down' policies of state/public education to be applied to the many - while coming from, and sending their own children to, private schools | + | * Support for the 'dumbing down' policies of state/public education to be applied to the many - while coming from, and sending their own children to, private schools |
| − | * promoting and spreading [[Hollywood values]] through an unhealthy obsession with the diseased values of 'celebrity culture' | + | * Promoting and spreading [[Hollywood values]] through an unhealthy obsession with the diseased values of 'celebrity culture' |
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