{"id":1633,"date":"2012-04-22T11:30:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T17:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orderofephors.com\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2012-04-24T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T20:09:56","slug":"journalism-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orderofephors.com\/?p=1633","title":{"rendered":"Journalism is Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all know what physicians do, we all know what teachers do, we all know what scientists and engineers do, and we all know what lawyers do.\u00a0 But do we understand what it is that journalists do?\u00a0 We are told by those in the profession that the journalist is one who searches for truth so that the truth can be communicated to the masses.\u00a0 But is that really the case?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>If one were to believe the hype that is circulated in the media on behalf of one of their own, the recently departed Mike Wallace, it would require what Hillary Clinton might describe as a \u201cwilling suspension of disbelief.\u201d\u00a0 One does not have to be a \u201cnews junkie\u201d to understand that the mainstream media is governed by left wing political bias and that it is just as important to know which stories they fail to report as it is to recognize the bias in the stories they do.<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, tells us that, \u201cDepending on the context, the term <em>journalist<\/em> may include various types of <a title=\"Editing\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Editing\">editors<\/a>, editorial writers, <a title=\"Columnist\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columnist\">columnists<\/a>, and visual journalists, such as <a title=\"Photojournalist\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photojournalist\">photojournalists<\/a>&#8230;\u00a0 Journalism has developed a variety of <a title=\"Journalism ethics and standards\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Journalism_ethics_and_standards\">ethics and standards<\/a>. \u00a0While <a title=\"Objectivity (journalism)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Objectivity_%28journalism%29\">objectivity<\/a> and a lack of <a title=\"Media bias\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Media_bias\">bias<\/a> are often considered important, some types of journalism, such as <a title=\"Advocacy journalism\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Advocacy_journalism\">advocacy journalism<\/a>, intentionally adopt a non-objective viewpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not once is the word <em>truth<\/em> mentioned.\u00a0 That part of the conventional wisdom about the journalism profession\u2026 the notion that the journalist engages in a search for truth\u2026 is a fiction that has been created by \u201cjournalists\u201d in order to enhance their standing as professionals.<\/p>\n<p>So the question arises, is it possible to have a free nation without a free press?\u00a0 The answer to that question is\u2026 perhaps, but only for a brief period of time.<\/p>\n<p>What causes us to consider this question now is the growing body of evidence surrounding the eligibility of Barack Hussein Obama to be president of the United States.\u00a0 From the day that he announced his candidacy, it was widely known that he lacked status as a \u201cnatural born Citizen,\u201d one of the three principal qualifications for the office. \u00a0Yet, the men and women of the media totally ignored that critical shortcoming.<\/p>\n<p>Then, throughout the 2008 presidential primaries, when Obama\u2019s principal opponent was Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), hundreds of bloggers and freelance writers of the \u201calternative media\u201d researched his background, producing thousands of authoritative articles and editorials for print media and the Internet.\u00a0 The \u201cjournalists\u201d of the mainstream media, captivated by the notion of helping to elect the first black president, ignored the story.<\/p>\n<p>As powerful as the Clinton political machine might have been, they were no match for the fraud, violence, and intimidation practiced by the Obama forces.\u00a0 Hollywood producer Bettina Viviano, produced a documentary titled <em>We Will Not Be Silenced<\/em>, which told the story of the criminal misdeeds committed by the Obama campaign against Clinton supporters.\u00a0 The men and women of the mainstream media ignored the documentary evidence and Obama was nominated by the delegates to the Democratic National Convention, 3,188.5 votes to Clinton\u2019s 1,010.5.<\/p>\n<p>At the close of the convention, it was the responsibility of the convention chairman, Nancy Pelosi, and convention secretary Alice Travis Germond, to certify the names, home addresses, and constitutional eligibility of the party\u2019s nominees to the 50 state election boards so that ballots could be printed.\u00a0 Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes \u00a711-113, the certification sent only to the State of Hawaii contained the following affirmation:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTHIS IS TO CERTIFY that at the National Convention of the Democrat Party of the United States of America, held in Denver, Colorado on August 25 though <\/em>(sic)<em> 28, 2008, the following were duly nominated candidates of said Party for President and Vice President of the United States respectively and that the following candidates for President and Vice President of the United States are legally qualified to serve under the provisions of the United States Constitution.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The remaining forty-nine states received the following certification:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;THIS IS TO CERTIFY that at the National Convention of the Democrat Party of the United States of America, held in Denver, Colorado on August 25 though <\/em>(sic)<em> 28, 2008, the following were duly nominated as candidates of said Party for President and Vice President of the United States respectively:\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Affixed were the names and home addresses of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.\u00a0 However, the phrase, \u201c\u2026 <em>and that the following candidates for President and Vice President of the United States are legally qualified to serve under the provisions of the United States Constitution\u201d <\/em>was omitted from certifications sent to those 49 states.\u00a0 Other than that, the documents were exactly the same\u2026 even to the misspelling of the word \u201cthrough\u201d in the second line of the certifications.\u00a0 Hawaii is the only state with a law requiring the certification of constitutional eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, Nancy Pelosi and Alice Travis Germond\u2026 and presumably other senior Democratic officials\u2026 were aware when they nominated him that Obama was ineligible to serve as president of the United States.\u00a0 But if the top leaders of the Democratic Party knew, then so did the men and women of the mainstream media.\u00a0 Yet, they looked the other way, knowing that the Democrats had nominated a man who was ineligible to hold the office of president.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 2008 General Election campaign, writers and bloggers of the \u201calternative media\u201d continued to publish details of Obama\u2019s lack of qualifications, but the men and women of the mainstream media continued to look the other way.<\/p>\n<p>In the three and one-half years that Obama has been in office, numerous lawsuits have been brought against Obama, charging that he is ineligible to serve in the office he occupies. \u00a0A number of cases were examined by the members of the Supreme Court for grant of <em>certiorari<\/em>, but all were denied for \u201clack of standing,\u201d taking the position that the people of the United States had no right to demand that their president be eligible to hold that office.\u00a0 The men and women of the mainstream media were fully aware of those efforts but, again, they looked the other way.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, during the month of April 2011, billionaire developer Donald Trump took an interest in the issue and openly questioned the circumstances of Obama\u2019s birth.\u00a0 With the added attention brought by Trump\u2019s inquiries, Obama caused what appeared to be an authentic long form birth certificate to be uploaded to the White House website on April 27, 2011.\u00a0 Within days, dozens of the nation\u2019s most knowledgeable forensics experts examined the document and found it to be a poorly crafted forgery.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, on Thursday morning, August 18, 2011, the leaders of the Surprise, Arizona Tea Party presented Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio with a petition bearing the signatures of 242 county residents.\u00a0 The petition questioned whether or not a fake birth certificate could be used to document Barack Obama\u2019s eligibility to have his name appear on the Maricopa County ballot in the November 2012 General Election.\u00a0 The petition requested that Sheriff Arpaio conduct a criminal investigation of the alleged forgery.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Arpaio assigned the task to a five-member team of retired attorneys and law enforcement professionals, known as the Maricopa County Cold Case Posse.\u00a0 Following a six month intensive investigation, Sheriff Arpaio and the Cold Case Posse presented their findings on March 1, 2012 at a nationally televised press conference.\u00a0 Their findings provided conclusive evidence that the Obama birth certificate\u2026 and the Obama draft registration card\u2026 were, in fact, forgeries.<\/p>\n<p>Inasmuch as Obama himself testified to the authenticity of his birth document, the findings of Sheriff Arpaio\u2019s Cold Case Posse represent a felony crime by Barack Obama.\u00a0 But, again, the men and women of the mainstream media refused to report the story.<\/p>\n<p>Barack Obama\u2019s usurpation of the office of the presidency is the greatest crime ever committed against the people of the United States\u2026 a crime greater than the attack on Pearl Harbor, a crime greater than the 9\/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.\u00a0 \u00a0But what is most shameful and most unforgivable about the crime is that the men and women of the mainstream media, those who are supposed to be the eyes and ears of the people, the ever-watchful guardians of our precious freedoms, stood idly by and allowed it to happen.\u00a0 They are as complicit in the crime as if they themselves had planned it.<\/p>\n<p>When the terrible national nightmare of the Obama presidency is finally behind us, Obama must be called to answer for his crimes.\u00a0 He deserves to spend the rest of his days behind bars.\u00a0 But those who were his principal enablers: the leaders of the Democrat Party, the men and women of the Congress who refused to properly vet him, and the men and women of the mainstream media who failed to properly vet him, must also be held accountable.\u00a0 Until that work is done, we must conclude that journalism is dead in America.<\/p>\n<p>We the People will have to find a way to insure that future generations will have all the benefits of a free press\u2026 a press for which the search for truth and justice is the paramount purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know what physicians do, we all know what teachers do, we all know what scientists and engineers do, and we all know what lawyers do.\u00a0 But do we understand what it is that journalists do?\u00a0 We are told &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orderofephors.com\/?p=1633\">Continue reading <span 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