More proof of the demonization of the media

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towards certain groups they wish to marginalize or discredit, whereby they
have created a deliberate LIE of bigotry, towards muslims and Islam.
And that's NOT what The Oath Keepers are about; rather they vow to uphold
the Constitution and hold politicians accountable to do the same.  They weren't
even present at this event.  According to the latest Gallup polls, journalists rate
just a bit higher than lawyers in regards to professional integrity/honesty and this
was as of 2012.  I would imagine that the figures are just about the same by now.

www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/10/open-carry_group_to_protest_mu.html#incart_most-read_news_article

Dearborn, a Detroit suburb with a large Muslim population, has drawn radical protests in the past
and is one of more than a dozen cities where anti-Muslim rallies are planned across the nation Saturday.

The Oath Keepers, an activist organization that vows to uphold the Constitution and whose members
often openly carry firearms, are believed to be behind the effort called the Global Rally for Humanity.

And here are a couple of the responses in the comment section of that piece.

Mark1injector
Mark1injector
5 days ago

Yes we have spoken out about all of this publicly.

This was not our event, nor did we attend. This was a hit piece
 or at a minimum the author did not research his sources. We would not have an event like this
because we are not an anti-Muslim organization. Our mission is to hold politicians to the constitution.

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Mark1injector
Mark1injector
5 days ago

The author basically admitted to not actually knowing if we were there. He wrote:

[The Oath Keepers, an activist organization that vows to uphold the Constitution
and whose members often openly carry firearms, are believed to be behind the
effort called the Global Rally for Humanity.]

"Believed to be behind the rally", so basically he is saying he doesn't know who who organized it,
but decided to pin it on the Oath Keepers. Then he takes a picture off the internet from the Ferguson
protest to attempt to link us to this event. NO JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY!

[themotherhen]

I think that journalistic integrity went the way of corsets and hoop skirts. It certainly has been missing for awhile.

[Ozarks Tom]

What, no mention of global warming causing all this? Maybe they couldn't find a way to blame George Bush.

I've said it before, when they ask journalism students why they want to be journalists the most common answer is "to make a difference". Anyone with that attitude should be flunked out of school.

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Oct 19, 2015 13:25:09 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

What, no mention of global warming causing all this? Maybe they couldn't find a way to blame George Bush.

I've said it before, when they ask journalism students why they want to be journalists the most common answer is "to make a difference". Anyone with that attitude should be flunked out of school.

I think they need to be more specific about the difference they want to make. If it's a kind of hopey-changey kind of difference, well, then, we know that their difference probably includes the final gutting of the Constitutional Republic.

I think things started going downhill with Woodward and Bernstein.