Journalism school was like many other disciplines. The fundamentals came first. The rules of study. The precepts were black and white. Perhaps not as lofty as the Hippocratic Oath, journalistic covenants nonetheless set towering standards for a noble profession. Those standards rested on principles like Truth, Accuracy, Objectivity, Impartiality, Fairness and Accountability. The American people trusted those standards to preserve the Constitution and defend individual freedom. After radio and television hit the airwaves, the term journalism remained synonymous as The Press, respected and appreciated, even as literary critics pounced from time to time. For one, Oscar Wilde wrote that the press had become the “only estate” that had “eaten up the other three.” In America, the “other three” are the three branches of government. The Fourth Estate term is centuries old and even in its earliest days had almost instant fame. According to ThoughtCo, British historian and satyrical writer Thomas Carlyle wrote that that “there were three Estates in Parliament, but in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a fourth Estate more important (by) far than them all.” No one can argue — America’s press, now called Media — had lived a spirited and honorable life. But now both the spirit and honor are dead. America’s Media is morally, ethically, spiritually and professionally bankrupt. With premeditation, every one of its noble standards have been systematically liquidated. In years past, Hollywood produced movies that lionized America’s heroic reporters, while denouncing the dictatorship-run news media. Hitler’s propaganda machine was absolutely essential to Nazi success. Ditto the Soviet Union’s and China’s genocidal tyrannies. Control the message and you control the peons. Unless you live in la-la land, you get the point. America’s media is owned by the Left, a ruthless and shameless tool of so-called Democratic Socialism. America’s media is in full propaganda mode, with one goal in mind — to bring about citizen compliance. Look around your own backyard — to people you know and those you love. The strategy works. Begin in elementary school. Get rid of God. Belittle the Church. Undermine the Nuclear Family. Create racial animosities with CRT. Cancel America’s Culture. Trash the Flag. Revise America’s history. Federalize the Health System. Push Political Correctness. Sabotage the First Amendment. Debase the Second Amendment. Cripple Law Enforcement. Concoct the Social Injustice straw man. And crush anyone who gets in the way, no matter who. Even a President. Figuratively, Trump was assassinated. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, the Lieutenant Governor has been demonized for daring to suggest that explicit, gay-driven, pornographic filth has no place in the schools. True to form, State media, Governor Cooper and certain Legislators vehemently demand Mark Robinson’s resignation. You see — North Carolina’s first-ever Black Lt. Gov. has a problem — he’s a Republican; he’s an avowed Christian who believes in America’s goodness; he despises communism; and most of all, he detests the indoctrination and brainwashing of children. He is the ultra antithesis of Cancel Culture. So he voluntarily put himself in the crosshairs. And he won’t back down, believing that North Carolina parents and grandparents must have his back. But do they? If they do, where are they? Where are the 10,000 marchers in Raleigh? Where are the thousands of letters asking for Roy Cooper’s resignation? Where are the thousands of letters to Robinson’s office? Instead, what you hear is criticism that he should have more sense than to insult the Gay community. “You can’t say things like that, Mark. Times have changed.” These are the shrinking attitudes, the words of compliance. You won’t hear them coming from individuals who refuse to buckle — airline pilots, nurses, air traffic controllers and thousands of others who risk their careers and say “No” to corporate and government mandates. America still has Her heroes. She had them in 1776 and countless times since. They didn’t comply. And as always, they were the few.

Ed. Note: Heartfelt thanks to those rare media outlets that courageously follow lofty journalistic standards.

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