A liberal's view of the Conservative media and Van Jones.

President Obama’s green jobs Czar, Van Jones resigned in the midst of outrage over his past inflammatory statements. He was linked to a fringe group called the ‘truthers’, which promoted a conspiracy theory that the Bush administration had prior knowledge of the September 11 attacks. The ‘truthers’ group wanted the congress to investigate that theory. He claims that he wanted it investigated, so it can put an end to the rumors going around that the Bush administration had any previous knowledge of the attack. He later apologized for his involvement.

The coverage given to Van Jones previous speeches is a perfect example of the conservative media’s obsession with a mythical liberal media. Foxnews reporter, Glen Beck gave the Van Jones story more coverage than the death of Edward Kennedy. Drudge Report complained that ABC, CBS, CNN and some other media outlets are not giving it enough coverage. The conservative media seem to be more ratings oriented; they rarely or never put any emphasis on poor Americans, problems in urban areas, people without health-care, war coverage and soldiers dying in the war. They are more likely to focus on speeches made by controversial figures, birthers, promoting racial fears, and people calling the President names such as Racist, socialist, un-American and communist.

The so-called liberal media outlets did report on the story, but in contrast to the conservative media, they did not set aside a whole segment of their news coverage towards the story. Foxnews took out snippets of the speeches and report it as news, which reminds me of their obsession over Reverend Wright. Conservative media rarely ever report news in a context, they spun the speeches of Van Jones and Wright to make it seem like they have some hidden hatred for white people, they are pro-socialist, and they are anti-Israel or basically un-American. Not long ago, one of those conservative pundits called a fist jab by the President and his wife, a terrorist fist jab. It’s sad when the only way to promote your agenda is to pick or destroy people’s character and name.

What the conservative media understands is that African Americans often have different experiences in America, experiences which give them a different point of view and outlook on life. However, they use those different points of views as a political tool to get White audiences, promote racial fears and to promote their conservative views. I know many southerners that call themselves conservatives but do not even support the ideology. The point is, conservatism as promoted by the media to often mean pro-white, maybe anti-abortion and pro-guns.

My view of the conservative media will probably be different from someone that supports their agenda, but the fact remains that conservative media make news of stories that are irrelevant to the average American. Van Jones has done more for ordinary people in his short time working for the white house that any of the Foxnews hate mongers has ever even think of doing. They bank in millions off disgruntled audiences while promoting agendas that make more and more ordinary American’s life more miserable.

Some of the statements made by Van Jones and Wright are beyond pathetic, they don’t reflect the thinking of most African Americans, and the conservative media continue to do a disservice to the people by putting so much emphasis on news like this and creating an atmosphere where race plays a dominant role in politics and issues that really matter to average Americans are put on hold.