This morning I came across one of the more delusional articles I’ve read recently. Aside from anything on the Daily Kos, that is. Written by Brent Budowsky, the piece attacked Matt Drudge as being a propagandist and anyone that reads his site as being fed biased opinions.

Here are some of my favorite lines:

Drudge only reports the polls he likes, which gives a warped view of the state of the nation.

It is true that countless lazy individuals in media just read Drudge, patronize his propaganda, and parrot his party line like robots. His influence is unquestioned and immense.

Drudge may not report it, but the healthcare bill passing has put the president on the upswing, Democrats lead Republicans in the Gallup poll, the negatives of the healthcare bill are starting to recede, independents are alienated by right-wing extremism, the jobs picture I predict will soon brighten, and the Democratic base is finally being motivated.

Drudge only reports on the stories he likes, but NBC, CBS, and ABC report on everything, fairly and squarely? Mmm-hmmm. Yup, and they parrot Drudge all the time. Right. (You can’t see me, but I’m rolling my eyes as I write this.) If you believe that major media outlets didn’t (and still do!) have a slobbering love affair with Obama, then I can’t help you. Seriously. Move along. Come back when you start to realize that hard work and integrity built our country, not entitlement and handouts.

As for the passage of the health care bill raising President Obama’s approval rating… all I can say is duh. All the people that were upset with him because he hadn’t passed the bill yet are soothed by his rhetoric once again. That doesn’t mean much. Just because a picture is worth a thousand words:

One more thing. If independents are alienated by right-wing extremism, how does Mr. Budowsky explain Scott Brown? Bob Mcdonnell? Chris Christi? Shall I go on? I’m sure the list will be quite extensive come November.

But who knows? Maybe I’m just a deluded Republican. At least I’m in good company. I’ll take Matt Drudge any day of the week over Keith Olbermann.

Tucker Carlson, the creator of the fun new news site The Daily Caller, gave a talk about media and journalism.  Being a member of this new world of new media, I was interested to hear what he had to say.

He pretty much slammed the main stream media up against the wall.  And then he laughed at it.  And then threw a snowball at it.  And then laughed some more. ”The goal is to produce honest news coverage that reflects reality, not your stupid world view,” he said.  And then for emphasis he added, “really stupid.”

The thing is, people don’t have a moral duty to read your publication.  The media needs to make things interesting for people to continue reading and watching them.  They’re not “mainstream” any more, they’re propaganda, and the need for bailouts by the government is proof that no one is reading them.  No circulation, no hits on websites, no money to run the publication.

Carlson encouraged us to give up the use of the term mainstream media.  The new news, the news of the people and by the people is here to stay.