Bill Maher and Alec Baldwin complain about the influence of the new media

  Over the weekend two liberals, Bill Maher and Alec Baldwin, complained about the influence the new–or alternative–media has in America today. Here is what they had to say:

Baldwin’s rant–a towering assemblage of name calling and bridge burning–decried TMZ, MSNBC, Breitbart News and gay news commentators to name just a few targets.

The 30 Rock actor is really miffed about having to answer for his serial bad behavior, something that likely would not have happened without New Media. Breitbart News, and other outlets, showcased the hypocrisy of a channel like MSNBC hiring someone who repeatedly tosses hateful word-bombs at anyone with whom he disagrees.

Maher used his signature HBO series Friday to decry how the Internet is changing the way we consume news as well as the potential for personalized news feeds like Facebook’s new Paper product.

‘Paper’ tracks the news you’re interested in and gives you more of that and less of everything else, never burdening you with contradictory information or telling you anything new. That’s what makes it ‘news.’ But only seeing the stuff that already confirms the opinions you already have isn’t news — it’s Fox News. The reason so many Americans, for example, think climate change is a hoax is that their only source for science news is Glenn Beck, Fox and Matt Drudge, the cracker trifecta.

  I think a quote from another liberal, Charlie Sheen, sums this up perfectly…..”winning!”

  They simply do not like the fact that the mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on how people gather their news because it lessens their influence.