JENNING’S ABSENCE = A PLUS FOR AMERICA
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
I’m sorry that Peter Jennings died. Death is not something about which others rejoice.
However, not talking about his cancer struggle, demise at age 67, and the sadness this brings to his family and friends, but looking at Jennings for what he did as a broadcaster, I conclude it’s a plus for American culture that he no longer carries the influence he once carried.
The same goes for Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw.
Jennings is touted along with those two as the "triumvirate" that controlled network news for years — too many years.
For many of us loyal, patriotic Americans, we could hardly stomach the mainline evening newscasts. They were dominated by the liberal presence of three boasters of what we did not believe in. How often did we consider them enemies to the American Judeo-Christian heritage, family-values and any conservative block, particularly the Bush administration.
Good riddance to the three of them, not just Jennings.
We don’t need that kind of twisted patriarchal neurosis any longer in American newscasting. We who are aligned with the moral and upright, the Judeo-Christian beginnings to our country, had to endure more times than not the snide remarks, that telling liberal smile, and the outright lies coming from those three.
Jennings was at the front of the threesome. Of course, in recent years, Rather showed himself to outrun Jennings on an issue or two. But Jennings, proud and debonair, head cocked and smile crusted for the liberal audience he played up to constantly, was right there as far to the front-left as he could get.
What braggadocio Jennings carried with him every time he managed a broadcast. He was at his crisp, curt "best" when attacking US President George W. Bush. It was very hard for Jennings to keep his anti-Bush comments subtle. He enjoyed broadcasting most when he could undercut whatever Mr. Bush was doing.
No matter what Bush progress had been made in the previous 24-hours, Jennings could always discover a downside to it. His verbal paragraphs ended with that downside remark that blew away any progress just reported. Of course, that became the hallmark for all liberal reporting — on TV or in print.
What Jennings and team did not realize was that the more they championed secularizing America, demonizing the Bush administration and endorsing liberal issues, the more they were slicing and dicing the very country that gave them the freedom of speech to carry on with such mean fare.
I could not understand how Jennings in particular could relish such broadsides against a conservative American base that in fact gave him his liberty air to breathe every morning he awakened. Not only that, that kind of America paid him his lush salary and put him center news stage day after day, year after year.
Of course, what went for Jennings goes for every political and religious liberal in the nation — and every organization they represent. Whether it’s the ACLU, the Episcopal Church or Planned Parenthood, they all enjoy the right to lambaste illogically and unfairly the ethical foundation of this nation while taking full advantage of the human rights acts that permit their carnage.
I am so content to know that Jennings will no longer give another newscast. There is no beneficial need for it. At least not in America.
I’m sorry that Peter Jennings died. Death is not something about which others rejoice.
However, not talking about his cancer struggle, demise at age 67, and the sadness this brings to his family and friends, but looking at Jennings for what he did as a broadcaster, I conclude it’s a plus for American culture that he no longer carries the influence he once carried.
The same goes for Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw.
Jennings is touted along with those two as the "triumvirate" that controlled network news for years — too many years.
For many of us loyal, patriotic Americans, we could hardly stomach the mainline evening newscasts. They were dominated by the liberal presence of three boasters of what we did not believe in. How often did we consider them enemies to the American Judeo-Christian heritage, family-values and any conservative block, particularly the Bush administration.
Good riddance to the three of them, not just Jennings.
We don’t need that kind of twisted patriarchal neurosis any longer in American newscasting. We who are aligned with the moral and upright, the Judeo-Christian beginnings to our country, had to endure more times than not the snide remarks, that telling liberal smile, and the outright lies coming from those three.
Jennings was at the front of the threesome. Of course, in recent years, Rather showed himself to outrun Jennings on an issue or two. But Jennings, proud and debonair, head cocked and smile crusted for the liberal audience he played up to constantly, was right there as far to the front-left as he could get.
What braggadocio Jennings carried with him every time he managed a broadcast. He was at his crisp, curt "best" when attacking US President George W. Bush. It was very hard for Jennings to keep his anti-Bush comments subtle. He enjoyed broadcasting most when he could undercut whatever Mr. Bush was doing.
No matter what Bush progress had been made in the previous 24-hours, Jennings could always discover a downside to it. His verbal paragraphs ended with that downside remark that blew away any progress just reported. Of course, that became the hallmark for all liberal reporting — on TV or in print.
What Jennings and team did not realize was that the more they championed secularizing America, demonizing the Bush administration and endorsing liberal issues, the more they were slicing and dicing the very country that gave them the freedom of speech to carry on with such mean fare.
I could not understand how Jennings in particular could relish such broadsides against a conservative American base that in fact gave him his liberty air to breathe every morning he awakened. Not only that, that kind of America paid him his lush salary and put him center news stage day after day, year after year.
Of course, what went for Jennings goes for every political and religious liberal in the nation — and every organization they represent. Whether it’s the ACLU, the Episcopal Church or Planned Parenthood, they all enjoy the right to lambaste illogically and unfairly the ethical foundation of this nation while taking full advantage of the human rights acts that permit their carnage.
I am so content to know that Jennings will no longer give another newscast. There is no beneficial need for it. At least not in America.
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