MSM does not mean mainstream media

So many of us are sick and tired of our current media giants being labeled the MSM.  There's simply nothing mainstream about them.  They pander, slander, and are about as unbiased in their news coverage as we would be telling people about our children.

With this in mind, I propose that we no longer refer to them as MSM but rather MMM.  Mealy Mouth Media.

Here's what the urban dictionary has to say about mealy mouth:

MEALY MOUTH

1. Timid and frail of action to the point of being highly irritating. Lacking in action. No back-bone. Passive. Submissive. Perceived as a "sweet" person. A term mostly applied to women (by other women) who will neither engage in straight conversation nor take action. (OK this last reference to women sucks but the part after the (by other women) sure hits it.)

2. Someone who rubs you the wrong way, is being difficult or argumentative out of boredom.

From the Free Dictionary:

meal·y-mouthed (ml-moud, -moutht)
adj.
Unwilling to state facts or opinions simply and directly.

Word History: It seems fitting that Martin Luther, a man noted for the forthright expression of his ideas, may have had a hand in giving us the contemptuous term we apply to those unwilling to state facts or opinions directly. Mealy-mouthed may come from a saying such as German Mehl im Maule behalten, "to carry meal in the mouth, that is, not to be direct in speech," which occurs in Luther's writings. In English we find the terms mealmouth (1546) and meal-mouthed (1576) recorded around the same time that we find mealymouthed (around 1572). Mealy-mouthed is the only form that survived to describe this trait described by Luther, which not only survives but flourishes in our time. (Uh, we know it flourishes in our time; just watch the 6:00 news)

Next reference:  OK, I swear to whatever deity (if any) you all believe in, that this article came up when I googled mealy mouth references:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...

Straight-talking McCain vows to fix world's view of the 'ugly American'

By Philip Sherwell in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 2:37am GMT 19/03/2007
John McCain, formerly the leading Republican presidential contender, has told The Sunday Telegraph that restoring America's sullied reputation abroad will be "a top priority" if he wins the White House.

John McCain, Senator of Arizona
Sen McCain has criticised the handling of the war by the Bush administration

The Arizona senator, an Iraq war hawk, was talking aboard the revived Straight Talk Express - the vehicle that made his name during the 2000 presidential election and that he hopes will revive his faltering fortunes this time round.

I could not find a mention of "mealy mouth" in the article but I'm guessing Google UK has imbedded mealy mouth somewhere in their search engine in concert with searches about John McBush.  

Rolling right along, we find this:

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Mealy-mouth`ness
Meal"y-mouthed`\, a. Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.

Personally, I would rename this reference 'Mealy-mouthiness' & get it to Stephen Colbert.

I'm sick of the MMM.  I'm mad as hell and I can't take it anymore.  They are not my mainstream media, they are my mealy mouth media and I give them all the creds that that name implies.

C'mon guys, let's give em their due by calling it like it is. MMM