An Almost Teenage Fascination With Fashionable Causes

Bias at the Beeb - official-Comment-Leading Article-TimesOnline

But what emerges from the report is a picture of an organisation with a liberal, anti-American bias and an almost teenage fascination with fashionable causes.

Yes, the BBC is biased. And it turns out, water is wet.

But the title I chose for this post says it all. That's the chewy center of this story. Not just because it's true for the BBC, but also because it's true for all American media and political organizations.

Since the mid '70's, humanity has been looking for a "cause" to champion. Something to fight for or give meaning to our lives. They call it "progress"--a term for which an entire part of the political spectrum gets it's current politically correct name: progressives. But there is no cause to champion. Racism is down, women are up. The real causes are too uncomfortable to fight for (I'll stop driving my SUV as soon as you do). So, now the fight is the cause, it is the mission.

And the name "progressive" says it all. They stand for progress, not of any particular type, you see. "We will overcome" has turned into "We will make progress on overcoming so that we never are left without something to overcome". Maybe that's why they like sayings like, "It's the journey, not the destination that matters." Yeah, especially if your journey is designed to be never-ending.

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