Is it elitist to think that most Americans are brainwashed by the "liberal media"?

Question

I would think that a lot of people are really underestimating the intelligence of most Americans.

Answer 1

No, it's a fact that people are brainwashed by the so-called liberal media and the elitists are always the first ones to call others that first--to take the attention off of their elitism!  

Like when regular working people say that more trade with China is good, less corporate and trade regulation is good, unions are bad, raising the minimum wage is bad (even though minimun wage in the 50s was woth TWO minumum wage jobs today)--even though it will hurt them economically--that's brainwashing because they're brainwashed into believing that what's in the best interests of the elitsts that run the media is also in their best interest!

Answer 2

Can you blame them when they see President Bush as a shining example for the intelligence of the american people.

Answer 3

Since when is the press liberal? Pu-leeze!

Answer 4

I think the media are part of the elitists and I also think that most Americans--that is, Mainstream America, can see right through these people. That is why liberals have consistently lost big elections.

Answer 5

The last 5 people that answered my question, learned about Bush on Saturday Night Live and some other comedy news shows.  That's the mentality.

Answer 6

Two years after 9/11, polls showed that 69% of Americans believed that Iraq planned and carried out that attack. By 2007, that number was down to 41%. If anybody is doing the brainwashing, it's not the so-called "liberal media."

Answer 7

"Brainwashed by the liberal media" is Republicanese for "our candidate sucks and we haven't got a chance".

Answer 8

No one is more elitist then those on the Left so speak brother speak.

Answer 9

I not quite sure what Obama has to do with this.

Brainwashed? No Misinformed Yes.  When MSNBC chief blowhard gets his news from the Daily Koz or Huffpo.  When Time Mag has Obama 7 time in one year and McCain 2 who does it look like their supporting.

I don't underestimate the intelligence of most Americans. Why do you think Obama is not leading 80/20 like the coverage?

Answer 10

Brainwashed and hanging out to dry. CNN is the absolute worst!

They drag the liberals around by their nose hairs. They believe everything the media has to say, and its mostly so they have something to talk about around the watering hole.

I noticed most said fox news,,, Guess that means they are going for bama, because CNN surley are.

Answer 11

Nope, Just foolish.

Answer 12

No, that's not true.

Americans  are being brainwashed by FOX NEWS, Hannity and Rush.  That's a fact.  I feel sorry for those people.

Answer 13

I don't think so but we should get a correct answer in November

Answer 14

Liberals tend to think for themselves and examine the facts so I hope so if that is what it is to get people informed.  Gangs are not good and everyone has to follow what the leader wants, its sort of the way I view the cons, and that is not short for contrary.  People are smart, if they allow themselves to think independantly!  

Answer 15

From H. L. Mencken, U.S. author, journalist and editor:  "

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

Remember that part of the movie "Men in Black" when the Tommy L. Jones character wants to find where some of his alien contacts are hiding, and he picks up copies of several different supermarket tabloids?  He says that the tabloids have all the truth, while the other media are just full of government cover ups.  I'm think most people didn't realize that was a joke.  Witness the amount of c**p you see thrown around on this forum that people read on the internet or in an email.

Did you see the movie "Idiocracy" where a dumb guy from the present ends up 500 years in the future, where he is 100 times smarter than everyone else?   I didn't think it was a comedy.  I thought it was a prediction, and an accurate one.

Then there's George Carlin's observation, that went something like this.  Think about how stupid the average person is.  Then realize that half the people out there are stupider than that.

So...brainwashed?  Yes.  By the liberal media?  No.  Underestimating the intelligence of most Americans?  Couldn't happen.

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Ok, Green Pagan SORD JPAS, I can't figure out who you are talking about.  I thought Spiro Agnew first accused the TV networks' news divisions of liberal bias in his 1969 speech, but that can be who you are thinking of.  Are you thinking of Buckley?  He died 6 months ago.  I'm dying to know.  Add please.

Answer 16

If people fall for certain rhetoric--no matter how omnipresent it is--that is still their fault. They are responsible for the implications of their beliefs and voting decisions.

Answer 17

I don't think it's at all possible to underestimate the intelligence of most Americans.

But here's a question... have you ever asked a Republican, "Who invented the liberal media theory"?

It seems that only college educated liberals can accurately answer that question...

Hint: He died 1 year ago...

Answer 18

No but your statement implies that being brainwashed by liberals media makes you smarter by default.  

Answer 19

If the brain was washed then it is no longer dirty like yours!

Go romance a meat clever!

Answer 20

Old H.L.Mencken would probably think people were too stupid to be brainwashed.  His classic quote is,"No politician ever went wrong underestimating the intelligence of the American people."  Some would say Fox News brainwashes people, but I simply think people talk themselves into what they want to believe.  Willful ignorance is our greatest failing as a nation.