Means to an End

Bill Bennet is a decent man. An honest, decent man. Any person who would actually take the time to listen to his radio show could not, in all honesty, deny this.
However, there are those for whom ‘honesty’ is merely a combination of letters and not (thank you , Bill) a ‘virtue’. Those who believe truth matters little when objectives are considered. Those who believe that the ends always justify the means.
This is the exact idea Mr. Bennet was arguing against, when he stated on his morning show, “I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky."
But his argument was ignored by the MSM, as was the context of his statement. They saw a chance to attack a Conservative and since ‘Conservative’ equals evil in their eyes, they pounced on it.
One could argue that possibly the media outlets who ran with the most base and dishonest of the personal attacks, did so without all the information. Information like the actual words Mr. Bennet used. Or information involving his personal thoughts and feelings on abortion in the first place. But this would be a rather shaky argument. At best, it shows a lack of any journalistic integrity by the authors of these stories as they did not even put in the minimum amount of investigative initiative that this, or any story for that matter, requires. And at worst, it shows a massive liberal slant looming in the hearts of those involved in the acquiring and distributing of what today passes as news.
It is a sad state in which our media now finds itself. Lusting so strongly for a utopian, Progressive America that truth, responsibility, and integrity are tossed to the wayside. The very ‘virtues’ that had delivered the trust of the American people to the news media in the first place are now being simply dismissed. Dismissed in lieu of a desire to implement a Liberal agenda. Should it surprise any of us then, that to the media in this case and many others, the ends surely justify the means.