Why
Carson Scares the Media
spectator.org
By David Catron – 10.12.15 [/] http://j.mp/0CarsonVsMedia
or http://spectator.org/articles/64323/why-carson-scares-media
The
media, having failed to stop Ben Carson’s steady rise in popularity
by treating him like Ralph Ellison’s “invisible man,” are now
going nuclear on him. The number of press attacks launched on Carson
has recently increased exponentially. And, significantly, the barrage
has been far more vicious than any criticism directed at Donald Trump
or the other GOP presidential aspirants. The GQ assault titled “F*ck
Ben Carson” is only exceptional for its vulgarity. Countless
columns, articles, broadcasts and blog posts have portrayed him as
“stupid,” “insane,” and even “racist.” The media clearly
fear Carson more than the other Republicans. Why?
The
answer is in the latest polls of registered voters. It’s not just
that Carson has closed the gap on Donald Trump in the race for the
GOP nomination. What really scares the media is that, in hypothetical
general election match-ups, Carson consistently beats the probable
Democrat nominee—Hillary Clinton. According to Real Clear Politics,
most surveys of registered voters conducted since the beginning of
September show Clinton losing to Carson in the general election. One
shows Carson winning by 7 points. The opposite is true for Trump.
Most polls covering the same time period show Clinton beating “the
Donald” with ease.
This
would be less frightening to the “reporters” of the MSM if their
24/7 coverage of Trump had been successful in preventing him from
being overtaken by Carson in the race for the Republican nomination.
The latest Fairleigh Dickenson survey of registered voters, released
last Thursday, shows Carson at 22 percent with Trump clinging to 26
percent. The findings of this survey are consistent with other
respected polls. In fact, a recent survey from IBD/TIPP—which
enjoys a stellar reputation for accuracy—showed Carson 7 points
ahead of Trump. A recent NBC/WSJ survey showed the two candidates in
a statistical tie for the lead.
All
of which means that it is becoming increasingly plausible that Carson
will beat Trump in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, and
that he will go on to defeat Hillary Clinton in the general election.
This would make him, to paraphrase Rupert Murdoch, our first black
President. For the establishment media, which is for all intents and
purposes the public relations branch of the Democratic Party (i.e.
the party of white supremacy), this is a terrifying prospect. Even
worse, he would be the first real conservative to occupy the Oval
Office since Ronald Reagan. And, like Reagan, he would reverse many
of his predecessor’s idiotic policies.
This
is why these “journalists” have changed their strategy. Now that
they know Carson won’t go away if they simply ignore him, they will
try to bring him down with a classic campaign of personal
destruction. And they will not temper their “reporting” with the
truth about his character or his beliefs. Thus, they have
deliberately misrepresented Carson’s positions on Obamacare, Islam,
the Second Amendment, Planned Parenthood, the Holocaust, illegal
immigration, ad infinitum. Meanwhile, they have studiously ignored
the racial slurs to which he has been subjected, including being
called a “coon” by an Ivy League professor.
But
Dr. Carson could not have risen from poverty to the pinnacle of a
very select profession, much less become a serious contender for the
presidency, if he didn’t possess a pugnacious streak. Thus, last
Friday, he took the fight to the media at the National Press Club.
And, in a refreshing change from the usual pusillanimous Republican
approach to the press, he didn’t equivocate. Using the way his own
words have been repeatedly distorted as an example, he told the
scribblers that they are destroying their own credibility: “I got
to tell you guys, that’s why people don’t trust you anymore. I
mean you're down there with used car salesmen.”
He
also reminded them of the “sacred obligation that they have to the
people to be honest,” pointing out that journalism is the only
business explicitly protected by the Constitution and why: “It was
because the press was supposed to be an ally of the people. And they
were supposed to expose and inform the people in a nonpartisan way.
When they become partisan, which they are, they distort the system as
it was supposed to work.” He went on to say that the American
people increasingly resent partisan journalists: “I mean the good
thing is that a lot of the people in America are onto them and…
that’s one of the reasons we’re doing well.”
In
other words, the more the media pile on, the more favorably Carson is
viewed by voters. But the geniuses of the press have no intention of
taking advice from a mere brain surgeon. In fact, they have responded
to Carson’s speech as if he had launched an unprovoked attack on
them. The event was reported in the Hill, for example, under the
following Orwellian headline: “Carson Declares War on the Press.”
And the article goes on to suggest that Carson’s remarks, which
were calmly delivered in his usual circumspect style, amounted to
little more than paranoia: “Carson lashed out at the press… he
believes his views have been misrepresented.”
And
the beat goes on. Saturday, the Boston Globe ran a piece titled,
“Carson proves daft, disturbing—and darling of the GOP,” which
offered this brilliant insight: “If not for his amazing,
up-from-nothing story, his career as a neurosurgeon, and his race…
Carson would be dismissed as a crackpot.” This is the kind of
stupidity that sometimes causes him to chuckle when talking to
reporters. Only a media dunce could fail to see that his “amazing”
success story is what makes it obvious that he isn’t “daft.”
That Carson, whose IQ is probably twice that of the average
journalist, exhibits such patience with these people is added proof
that he’s no crackpot.
Nonetheless,
that’s the party line, and the media will continue to push it hard.
These people are worried. They know that, if Carson gets the GOP
presidential nomination, he will almost certainly beat Hillary
Clinton in the general election. So, they will try to keep Donald
Trump afloat until the primaries with lots of free media and softball
questions, while continuing to crank out the “Carson is Crazy”
stories. But, as Carson pointed out at the National Press Club, the
voters are onto them. This time, they’re not going to let the media
pick our next President.
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