tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post980030197377149022..comments2024-03-19T15:24:48.864-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: And It's Working Out Just Great For ThemGreen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-84117377953555341362016-09-09T10:26:34.424-07:002016-09-09T10:26:34.424-07:00Take our lies or nothing.
Seems like nothing is a...Take our lies or nothing.<br /><br />Seems like nothing is a pretty good deal in that situation. I can think of plenty of fact-filled ways to fill up the time left open when they determine that they are going to govern without any public access.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-49108638796461469372016-09-07T12:51:16.448-07:002016-09-07T12:51:16.448-07:00(Second Todd statement)
Charles Pierce shows us a...(Second Todd statement)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a32276/the-gobshites-ring-out-the-old/" rel="nofollow">Charles Pierce</a> shows us another Todd classic here, this time during a conversation with a correspondent from <i>The Daily Show.</i><br /><br /><b>LEWIS BLACK:...here's a sense of disenfranchisement now that I think that is seen in the number of people who went and voted. I have just never experienced this in my lifetime. What you and everybody else, when these people come on, you just sit there, and I, uh, I'd be barking at them (guests).<br /><br />TODD: "We all sit there because we know the first time we bark is the last time we do the show..There's something where all of the sudden nobody will come on your show."</b><br /><br />If the mainstream media (as opposed to the GOP propagandist media) were to challenge the GOP lies, the GOP won't speak to them anymore. Then they can't be balanced by providing both sides, which is demanded by the "he said, she said" model. <a href="http://driftglass.blogspot.com/2014/12/sunday-morning-comin-down_28.html" rel="nofollow">Driftglass</a> has some very good commentary on that <i>Meet the Press</i> episode, too.<br /><br />See how easy it is for the GOP to manipulate the media when it isn't already in the tank for them?Zognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-15786736677189288662016-09-07T12:33:38.025-07:002016-09-07T12:33:38.025-07:00I feel it makes more sense to divide the U.S. medi...I feel it makes more sense to divide the U.S. media into two groups:<br /><br />(1) The group that explicitly is in the tank for the GOP (Fox, Newsmax, talk radio, the Washington Times, etc.).<br /><br />(2) The mainstream, which is mired in a combination of "he said, she said" style and "ooh, shiny new story" attention span that is extremely easy for the GOP to exploit. This includes a number of newspapers where the editorial section endorses the Democrat, but the front pages help the Republican.<br /><br /><br />**Simply put, the "he said, she said" style simply reports on what people say, without trying to determine if what they say is actually true. Obviously, if you have one group that comes up with a new (and usually false) talking point every day, and another group which merely repeats the truth, what's going to be lead story? The big new lie, of course.<br /><br />We have Chuck Todd to thank for blurting out the truth. <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chuck-todd-it-s-not-media-s-job-to-correct-gop-s-obamacare-falsehoods-video" rel="nofollow">First</a>,<br /><br /><b>MSNBC host Chuck Todd said Wednesday that when it comes to misinformation about the new federal health care law, don't expect members of the media to correct the record. <br /><br />During a segment on "Morning Joe," former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) speculated that most opponents of the Affordable Care Act have been fed erroneous information about the law. Todd said that Republicans "have successfully messaged against it" but he disagrees with those who argue that the media should educate the public on the law. According to Todd, that's President Barack Obama's job.<br /><br />"But more importantly, it would be stuff that Republicans have successfully messaged against it," Todd told Rendell. "They don't repeat the other stuff because they haven't even heard the Democratic message. What I always love is people say, 'Well, it's you folks' fault in the media.' No, it's the President of the United States' fault for not selling it."</b><br /><br />*If GOP bigwig Howie Boguss says, "Obama has is a secret Satanist who has sold nuclear weapons to Fidel Castro," it's easy for the media to say something that's technically true. How? It writes, "Boguss says Obama worships Satan and provides nukes for Cuba." Well, Boguss did make that statement, so technically, the media hasn't lied. It's just spread one by refusing to refute it.<br /><br /><br />We didn't see a spike in stories about Trump's "alt-right" ties until Clinton made a speech about it. Then, instead of investigating further, the mainstream reported on Trump's reply to the story.<br /><br />[More from the incompetent Chuck Todd below.]Zognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-83376394806227970142016-09-06T20:17:25.142-07:002016-09-06T20:17:25.142-07:00I feel the same sense of powerlessness and dread t...I feel the same sense of powerlessness and dread that I did leading up to the Gore v Bush election. And we know how that turned out.Poll P.noreply@blogger.com