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There is no reason to suppose that newspeople are any less vulnerable to these tacts than have been congressmen and women.
hfffff
Media is the message, you might say.
Yeah, but when the executive editors of two of the major US papers admit that they let the government provide them with "the news" the government wants out there, the "times" are out of joint.
Defining issue of our time? No.
a repost from below
I don't think any British newspapers claim to be neutral.
on the centre-right you have the Telegraph and The Times while on the centre-left you have The Guardian and The Independent.
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 10:17 am | #
This speech by Al Gore was given last October, but it certainly applies today...
I for one found the fact that the WSJ was spared criticism because its story was leaked from the Treasury Dept. with Bushco permission rather sweet.
List of left-wing publications in the United Kingdom
Daily
* The Morning Star - now connected to the Communist Party of Britain, formerly the Daily Worker.
* News Line - from the Workers Revolutionary Party.
* The Daily Mirror
* The Guardian
* The Independent
* The Observer
It's Rove.
Send him to jail and the situation will improve dramatically, for everyone the world over, even the R's.
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Since it's treason to let out the news that the US is monitoring financial transactions to detect terrorist activity, the cretin in chief's announcments that we were doing that are treason, hmmmmm?
Libral News has a new look!
Treasonous News!
You think they are going to sit back and let this new characterization stick?
Hmmmm.........
Well, as long as it includes cocktails and a dinner, yeah.
OT: List of right-wing publications in the United Kingdom
Centre-right to just-off-centre-right
* Daily Express
* Daily Mail
* The Daily Telegraph
* The Economist - a monetarist, neoliberal but socially liberal weekly
* The Spectator - a weekly edited by Matthew D'Ancona
* The Sun - owned by Rupert Murdoch, although it supports the Labour Party (UK).
* The Times - owned by Rupert Murdoch
* The Salisbury Review - "the quarterly journal of conservative thought"
Rove IS the Poison Tree.
I think progressives are very much aware of the "defining issue". I don't think the mainstream Democrats are. And they're the ones who are on the teebee, etc.
the Financial Times is normally seen as centre-right/liberal, although to the left of its principal competitor, The Wall Street Journal.
"I for one found the fact that the WSJ was spared criticism because its story was leaked from the Treasury Dept. with Bushco permission rather sweet.
plantsman, lowercase "
I did too. Yesterday morning I said this is yet ANOTHER WSJ "Shit-u-mation".
Seeing Melanie Morgan frothing at the mouth about what "Bill Keller deserves" was pretty rich, too.
I think progressives are very much aware of the "defining issue". I don't think the mainstream Democrats are. And they're the ones who are on the teebee, etc.
watertiger
And the ones who are on the teebee are aware it's the defining issue, but are quite happy to hog the spotlight with their fancy hair plugs and Pretzelnitwit lipstick on their cheeks.
"I think progressives are very much aware of the "defining issue". I don't think the mainstream Democrats are. And they're the ones who are on the teebee, etc.
watertiger"
WORD! Here is the timing problem with elections up in November. However badly they have struggled to get air time in the past, it will be harder now.
It's not a matter of "understanding" the issue, at least from a grassroots perspective. I think most of us understand the issues with the media. It's the media itself that clearly has no grasp on the situation. It's being boiled to death slowly (urban legend or not) by the very people the media feel they have to support, right or wrong, those people being the republicans.
Why do they do this?
I think there are number of reasons, all of which, once again, have been discussed by us regular folks hundreds, maybe thousands of times.
No, we get it. It's the media that doesn't get it.
It is, without question, time to abandon the current paradigm and create a new one. There is no saving the existing structure. Time to start building, supporting and filling in a new one.
"Don't be Cruel" to a Chimp that's true, Tom.
Like this wasn't obvious when they impeached Clinton? I been saying for eight years now the first thing every Dimocrat should do on any show is attack the idiot host for bias, cowardess, laziness, and ignorance.
Push back with a baseball bat should be our motto... 
We hold the media high ground now, and are dug in for the long fight. The internet is a most effective weapon in the right hands.
The media is important, but it isn't "the defining issue of our time" by any stretch of the imagination. For one thing, *the media* isn't an issue...so we'd have to know what issue *about* the media is supposed to be the defining one.
Even many liberals questioned the NYT's judgment in this latest dust-up, so the fact that this became a much-discussed issue for awhile doesn't clearly indicate the kind of conservative nefariousness suggested here.
I'll admit there are interesting questions here, but this seems like a fairly inept effort to address them.
OT: "Eriksson was outflanked by Scolari in 2002 and out-witted in 2004. The second half performance in 2002 was really poor and the tactics were all over the place. The substitution of Darius Vassell for Wayne Rooney in 2004 was one of the worst in international football."
Alan Hansen, BBC Sport TV
Some TV critic has said that "Countdown" is the best show on television and MSNBC is using it in promos. Not far wrong.
Push back with a baseball bat should be our motto...
SSquirrel
I agree. Nicely put, SSquirrel.
TOW, Sister Atom Bomb of Quiet Reflection
from one media to another, from last night's Newshour:
'MARK SHIELDS: That's right. But to single out the New York Times. Richard Clarke, the terrorist chief under both Bill Clinton and George Bush, said there was nothing in this.
I went back and checked that the administration had been bragging about its disruption by monitoring bank accounts and transactions since right after 9/11, the Treasury Department. In the middle of the 2004 campaign, I got a press release from the White House boasting about $142 million in transactions have been interrupted. So, you know, it seems a little bit of an overreaction to me.'
Overreaction = lies
Great post!
"It's not a matter of "understanding" the issue, at least from a grassroots perspective. I think most of us understand the issues with the media. It's the media itself that clearly has no grasp on the situation. It's being boiled to death slowly (urban legend or not) by the very people the media feel they have to support, right or wrong, those people being the republicans.
Why do they do this?"
Iceweasal, True! They have not let it sink in yet that the repugs are a use-em and lose-em crowd. If there has ever been a major attack on media it is now. Will the NY Times, and CNN let this go again? Probably. On the new way to news, Ruth, DWD, myself and others have discussed it at length. It should be done, quickly.
And the ones who are on the teebee are aware it's the defining issue, but are quite happy to hog the spotlight with their fancy hair plugs and Pretzelnitwit lipstick on their cheeks.
Tom - 大肚腩 |
They may see it as the defining issue insofar as their own individual reelections are concerned, and as far as we're talking about (re)electing Dems, they'll listen to us, but we're thinking past that, and that's where they tune us out.
I’ve called myself a feminist for years. I’ve elbowed my way into more boys’ clubs than I care to remember...
Oh, the fuck you have, you stupid fucking cunt.
It's being boiled to death slowly (urban legend or not) by the very people the media
...see themselves as selling to. Conservative audiences walk if they're not pandered to -- outside FOX News, or even including it, has there been a concerted progressive movement to angrily verbally assault FOX News every time some unlikeable reporting is presented?
Talk radio provided exactly the kind of mass-market organization necessary to pull that kind of stunt off with enough people to make it hurt. Having even 1500 people call your station and "talk" to you at the top of their lungs, with regularity, is a powerful motivator to accommodate such viewers in your business plan.
Even many liberals...
Smells of concern troll. Didn't see a single liberal wonder about the NYTimes' judgement. Period.
But did someone say a biiiiiig bomb went off in Iraq? I guess this proves the point the incompetent Ms. Rice was making Foreign Minister Lavrov about Iraq being waaaaay secure.
It is Wayne Rooney Day on the soccer pitch.
and this is the kinda shit we have in austin now-
A Northern, liberal bias
The American-Statesman's liberal, Northern bias really showed on the Voting Rights Act editorial. From the very beginning, the Voting Rights Act was merely a continuation of Reconstruction (and Reconstruction continues even today). When President Lyndon B. Johnson "championed" the Voting Rights Act, Southerners viewed it as a betrayal.
Texas was and is a proud Southern state whose people opposed then and oppose now this mean-spirited law that discriminates against Southern states and a couple of token others. The Statesman mentioned Selma, Ala., "where state troopers beat peaceful black marchers." Peaceful? Blacks only? Hardly! The ranks were filled with Northern agitators who, along with these "peaceful" blacks, destroyed property, screamed obscenities, and threatened innocent whites. Oh, how you Yankee liberals like to distort history. I say, thank you, Rep. John Carter.
STEPHEN BROWN
Georgetown
Which incidentally is what pissed me off about every dumbass blogger I saw on cable TV during yearly Kos. FMTT!
Ooops! Wrong thread...
Where's my coffee???
Yes, 66 dead in Sadr City and climbing. Over 100 others injured.
what century are we living in?
Even many li--
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plantsman yep him and Gerrard are our talismen against Portgual.
Rooney is much more calmer than Gazza, my dad can remeber watching his time with England, complete nutter and always giving heart attacks to the fans which his behaviour.
For one thing, *the media* isn't an issue...
The intentionally selective presentation of information to promote or accommodate a particular set of perspectives, regardless of whether this selective presentation provides its audience with the information that audience would be most interested in knowing overall.
England and Portugal have met 21 times. Overall, England have an overwhelming edge, having won nine and drawn nine, whilst losing only three times. In competitive matches, the sides are evenly matched at two victories apiece, excluding penalty shoot-outs. Four games were all square at the final whistle - one of which was eventually won by Portugal on penalties.
The Voting Rights act a continuation of the Reconstruction? Woo, pretty loony!
I think quite possibly Tweety has lost me forever. He'll sound so fucking reasonable for a while, then he that idiot Morgan on last night and said he agreed with her that the NYTimes shouldn't have printed the story. Asshole.
OT: "The Portuguese like to do things at the last minute and while 30 minutes ago downtown Lisbon was quiet they are beginning to stream out at the big screen here. Scolari calls for passion from them and they have answered his call all coming out with flags."
Alison Roberts, BBC Five Live Sport
I think quite possibly Tweety has lost me forever. He'll sound so fucking reasonable for a while, then he that idiot Morgan on last night and said he agreed with her that the NYTimes shouldn't have printed the story. Asshole.
ql in ny
How many phone calls from Addington in Cheney's office to Tweety were involved in twisting Tweety in to compliance?
Happy B'Day Plantsman.
So far we have:
Res
Halfdan
Plantsman
Someone I forget and
moi
as cancers. We rock.
Happy B'Day Plantsman.
So far we have:
Res
Halfdan
Plantsman
Someone I forget and
moi
as cancers. We rock.
Many Republican party regulars push agenda on behalf of wealthy sponsors. Their aim is to change what kind of talk is appropriate/appreciated in public discourse to suit this agenda.
Many Democratic party regulars make statements on behalf of their own reelection campaign. Their aim is to keep in line with what kind of talk is appropriate/appreciated in public discourse.
I’ve elbowed my way into more boys’ clubs than I care to remember...
I don't think "elbows" were the body part in question.
I loved Morgan's reactions to anything Sharpton said, and how she demeaned him at every opportunity. Rev. Sharton was on point and reasonable, particularly when he skewered Morgan's church's "love" of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never forget RMJ!
I’ve elbowed my way into more boys’ clubs than I care to remember...
I don't think "elbows" were the body part in question.
JR, kerosene and a match
I think it's a garbled transcript of "Hell, I've blowed mt way into more boys' clubs..."
"How many phone calls from Addington in Cheney's office to Tweety were involved in twisting Tweety in to compliance?
Tom - 大肚腩"
I'll guess and say a minimum of 5 per day. Then of course, you have to include more for the personal Delay calls.
on the News Hour last night, Mark Shields was visibly upset over the NYT incident. One would have expected David Brooks to have been the one to defend the NYT, but he seemed to be shrugging off the administrations attact, if not actually defending it.
The emporer's clothes are not the point. It is the treason of the nakedness pointers.
I think it's a garbled transcript of "Hell, I've blowed mt way into more boys' clubs..."
Elmer
Well, my initial response was far less "polite" than that....
But there are ladies present.
Hmm, a question I'm pondering:
Out of Democratic officeholders at the national level, how many of them have taken an absurdly unpopular stance, concertedly and with manipulative use of language to make that stance more palatable, risking potential loss of face or embarrassment?
How many do this, working together as a group, regularly and so frequently that one's brain barely has time to begin processing the previous movement before the next one begins?
Now. How many Republicans?
Bobo's bubble is very restrictive.
Plantsman, your birthday?
dood, why'ncha say so sooner, louder...
felix cumpleanos, y muchos mas...!!!
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Plantsman happy birthday
It is the treason of the nakedness pointers.
Mark B.
Are Nakedness Pointers registered with the AKC?
Because that would be cool.
Wow - that was a fantastic post by Paul Waldman! Thank you, Media Matters! And thank you Atrios and Bob Somerby, too!!
Last nights Hardball was a rude awakening for me, too, ql!
It's clear - the script is in - In spite of everything the Rs have done - they're gonna get a pass and the dems will be demoralized and smeared as ineffective as a result. very depressing to say the least.
plantsman, happy birthday, in lowercase, but with punctuation.
Thank you, gentle people. My joy comes from your wishes!
I'll guess and say a minimum of 5 per day. Then of course, you have to include more for the personal Delay calls.
PeasantParty
Will they be bringing Delay the dailies on Tweety to let him direct the show from jail?
But there are ladies present.
JR, kerosene and a match
Heh.
Have you been listening to some of us "ladies" boyo. 
ql you're quite right.
Nobody would even hear Melanie Morgan's unhinged rantings if people like Tweety didn't put her on the teevee.
Her show is available on 1 station in San Francisco and over the internet (I think), not what I call a wide audience.
You'd think that between Olberman and Jon Stewart someone would notice that there is an audience for anyone wikking to point out that the current Repugnant Party is a coalition of greed, fear, and bigotry using carefully crafted wedge issues.
IF JULY 1 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Good fortune smiles on you in the coming year -- and with caution in just a few areas, you can do no wrong. Long-term relationships and your home life in general will be especially blessed later in the year. If contemplating marriage, this could be the time to move ahead. This summer and fall, take great care in making financial agreements, as hidden molehills could become mountainous problems. In general, your ability to focus on getting the job done ensures success. Vigorous physical activity with friends or teammates can work out any nervous energies that may crop up. Take some time alone this year to rest, relax -- and count your many blessings.
The roof has been closed because it causes disconcerting shadows for television audiences, although Fifa describes the decision as being for "sporting reasons". Doesn't this make it like playing in a sauna? Well you'd think so but apparently not. The roof is a "Teflon-coated fibreglass canvas retractable structure" which actually makes it cooler on the pitch. Teflon - a great invention.
Happy birthday, plantsman!
don't forget Holden, either.
STEPHEN BROWN
Georgetown
mestizO - 10:30 am
next time, i think we otta just let these fuckers secede...
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I'm not even asking for a higher standard for the national press. Just some standard. And while Sharpton has been reasonable for several years now, I resent having him represent the progressive point of view. I still resent him for the whole Twana Brawley todo.
btw, I have NOT retouched this photo.
Delay, Lott, and many more Goopers have had carte blanche from Tweety for quite a while.
Tweety does not like the war, however; and that is why I watch -- I admit to hoping against hope he'll
turn over a new leaf, and doubting he ever will.
He fellates whatever power there is.
Have you been listening to some of us "ladies" boyo.
ql in ny
I know, I was teasing, but my first reflex was in really bad taste (yeah, like that ever stopped me).
OK, are you familiar with GM Heavy Deisel?
Fill in the blanks in re Wonkette.
No, you'll have to get your own brain bleach.
*insert toungue-sticking-out smiley here*
"Will they be bringing Delay the dailies on Tweety to let him direct the show from jail?
Tom - 大肚腩 "
I would not put it past them. They are after all a bunch of snakes in the grass.
Feliz cumpleaños plantsman.
Ain't those Hibiscus rosa-sinensis kids grand!
Happy Birthday all of you...
Eat lot's of cake, jump somebody ya love.
You'd think that between Olberman and Jon Stewart someone would notice that there is an audience for anyone wikking to point out that the current Repugnant Party is a coalition of greed, fear, and bigotry using carefully crafted wedge issues.
SSquirrel
But that would mean losing out on all teh hott butt secks at the Washingtonienne par-tays!
OT:Government hit hard by Old Labour win in Blaenau Gwent
The government was yesterday picking up the pieces after its second defeat at the hands of Old Labour insurgents in Blaenau Gwent.
MPs complained that the party was suffering from a lack of direction and organisation, as the result threatened to exacerbate disagreements over policy and reopen arguments about when Tony Blair should stand down.
Ian McCartney, Labour's former chairman, warned that it was in "choppy waters". Speaking to activists in London, the trade minister said the party had no time to lose in renewing itself. Labour had expected to recapture Blaenau Gwent, left vacant by the death of the veteran activist Peter Law.
He quit in a row over the imposition of an all-women shortlist, standing as an independent and romping home with a 9,121 majority last May.
plantsman, lowercase
Happy Birthday, friend!!
ql, I'm a cancer too. My b-day is later this week. (Let's not discuss age, mmmkay?)
TOW, Sister Atom Bomb of Quiet Reflection
http://articles.news.aol.com/
new...S00010000000001
An AOL story about a Wiccan school opening in Illinois, with poll.
Might want to support our local Wiccans!
And while Sharpton has been reasonable for several years now
No, he hasn't. His partnership with some car-title loanshark was particularly loathsome, and that was pretty recently.
Thanks, watertiger, HBK, and everyone else. If Sallyh shows up, she has pledged Poundcake of Lemonosity with blueberries! Wormholes are wonderful!
Happy Birthday to all. May you have many, many more!
And taken today...
This is what happens when governments start locking journalists up for reporting "state secrets".
Free Ching Cheong
Al Sharpton has hideous baggage, I agree. But pair him with M. Morgan, and he comes off like Ghandi and Einstein's love-child!
Happy cake & candle day, plantsman.
Danke, danke!
Happy Canada Day plantsman!
Teflon - a great invention.
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 10:44 am
well unless it's in your food or your blood-stream...
What is happening today is another media blitz like the one that occured during the build up of shrubs invasion of iraq. Just the same. No one seems to be asking the question of how these miracles have happened. No one seems to wonder how such chaos just days earlier has been turned around by a white house announcement or proclaimation. This regressive conservative media just goes along with the ones in the white house who support their de regulating agenda.
Bitte sehr, GWPDA!
Al Sharpton has hideous baggage, I agree. But pair him with M. Morgan
'course, you could pair Phyllis Schlafly with M. Morgan and get the lovechild of appreciable person X and appreciable person Y by comparison
TOW - to heck with it. I've earned every gray hair and wrinkle. I'm proud of em.
If eggs didn't stick, Teflon would not be needed.
"The events of the past week provide one more demonstration that progressives must begin to fully appreciate the importance of the media in our political life. Look what happened: Conservatives began a coordinated attack on a news organization, and suddenly we weren't talking about Iraq or about anything else, we were actually debating whether The New York Times should be prosecuted for treason."
There were a few of us discussing rape, burning, and killings. You know, I think the folks here are able to think on the whole beyond the tactics.
alright, there's stuff to do.
later, peeps.
For the birthday celebrants; [and whoever has a barthday anytime]
http://www.americangreetings.com...56&
source=ag992
and I'm outahere for a bit.
Progressives do understand the failures of the media. It's those who are neither progressive nor conservative--the majority of the country, as well as most of the Democratic pols in power--that have no idea. Think of that vain twit Joe Biden. He thinks he has the stuff to win 'em over.
M. Morgan makes rabid conservative much too mild. Her crazy.
Al Sharpton has hideous baggage, I agree. But pair him with M. Morgan, and he comes off like Ghandi and Einstein's love-child!
plantsman, lowercase | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 10:50 am | #
I agree. I think we come down too hard on our side. We expect perfection, forgetting we can strive for it, but in the end it is unachievable. I, too, changed my opinion of Rev. Sharpton after hearing him during the debates in the 04 election
Hey, just curious if anyone had any insight into this conundrum: How does "I've not had a day off in two weeks and I plan to sleep forever tonight" translate for my partner into "I should wake him up for no reason at 7 AM on a Saturday"?
One bigger story should have been that Iran rejected Georgie's time table. That leaves our little War Lord on the hinge.
An AOL story about a Wiccan school opening in Illinois, with poll.
Well, 45% of people who vote on AOL polls are complete frackin' morons, at least according to that poll.
Chicken Little is right. Even the people who consider themselves liberal don't have a clue as to just how bad it is. I've been given Glenn Greenwald's book to them, and they come and keep asking is it true?
Re partners and wake-up time: it's love, baby; they wanna talk with you. Try and be nice!
Have we crossed the threshold to a modern Dark Age?
"I agree. I think we come down too hard on our side. We expect perfection, forgetting we can strive for it, but in the end it is unachievable. I, too, changed my opinion of Rev. Sharpton after hearing him during the debates in the 04 election
apres moi"
Agreed! I've changed my mind about Dobbs and Cafferty as well. While I do not agree with all the things they say, they are two on CNN that are busting Bush's balls on a daily basis!
Hey, just curious if anyone had any insight into this conundrum: How does "I've not had a day off in two weeks and I plan to sleep forever tonight" translate for my partner into "I should wake him up for no reason at 7 AM on a Saturday"?
i'm having similar conundrummity. it becomes further conundruming when said partner begins to bug you about hopping on the computer to check your email.
'later, all! this post in all-lowercase in honour of plantsman.
the match is about to start (well the players are comming onto the pitch), so shall bid you adios for now and see you at half time
Ror - isn't she off to Germany today. Give her something to remember you by (great sex) see her off to the airport and then go to sleep.
Ror - isn't she off to Germany today. Give her something to remember you by (great sex) see her off to the airport and then go to sleep.
Sharpton accepted money from repub operatives in 2004, fuck him.
Fuck him twice more for all the bullshit he spouted about Howard Dean during the same time.
Rorschach, it is the forever part that is non-specific and fatal enough to cause misunderstanding.
If one has said that they planned on sleeping till noon or beyond, the situation would have been more clear.
Ror - isn't she off to Germany today. Give her something to remember you by (great sex) see her off to the airport and then go to sleep.
ql in ny | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 10:57 am | #
That is the plan, for Tuesday, her departure day...
Today, however, I'm just pissed off.
Moonbootica, enjoy the match -- and iof you get the urge to live-blog it, I surely won't mind. Take a pic of that cake, please!
The internet is a most effective weapon in the right hands.
Col. Gen. Tim Finnegan |07.01.06 - 10:26 am
Which is exactly why Net Neutrality is so incredibly important--and why its demise is being worked so hard by the right and the corporations.
(What are those governing systems called with combine the might of the government and the corporations...???)
ql, you're a stronger woman than I. Those nasty gray hairs get colored as soon as they pop up.
If one has said that they planned on sleeping till noon or beyond, the situation would have been more clear.
DWD - Blogofascist and proud | Homepage | 07.01.06 - 10:58 am | #
Fuck. And I wrote my own vows and I left that out. I've only myself to blame.
I console myself with "Creature Comforts." Something about a claymation pig in a helmet in a cannon talking in a British accent about her artistic vision as a performer is just very soothing.
Agreed! I've changed my mind about Dobbs and Cafferty as well. While I do not agree with all the things they say, they are two on CNN that are busting Bush's balls on a daily basis!
Good point. Regardless of whether one agrees with the two on the immigration deal, Lou and Jack are two of the few in the media that even mention what the repukes are trying to do to the middle class.
Sharpton is a flawed vessel. So am I. But he's witty and fast on his feet, and he was all that was offered
in opposition to the harridan, and met her well.
(What are those governing systems called with combine the might of the government and the corporations...???)
jawbone
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The nasty "F" word.
Bouncing Owls!
Also I just found out that the first essay that I published is about to be included in an anthology!!
Huzzah!
I got my hair cut a couple of weeks ago and the stylist told me "never dye your hair".
Not that I had any plans to.
I wear my gray as a badge of honor.
G
"God Save the Queen" just sung, with full-throated audience participation. Gave me chills.
I love the great English mass choral tradition. Recently heard a dicussion of Mozart's life and how dramatically, if he had gone to England when invited but deferred to Papa Haydn, his choral cannon most likely would have been increased. He said Haydn, who was older than he, should go. Alas, Mozart died young and Haydn survived him by many years. However, Haydn's output was beautifully affected by his years writing for the wonderful choral singers of England.
Big ant-racism ceremony/pledges at beginning of game.
May the best team win!
How badly is Portugal hurt by that blizzard of red cards?
fresh polling percale
"we become what we behold"
McLuhan wrote about the rise of the advertising man in 1964. Coincidence, probably, but that was the last time the conservatives were seriously defeated. They have turned politics over to the ad men and have succeeded brilliantly at winning elections and poisoning national discourse. Governing, not so much.
For the Conservative there is no truth. Everything is propaganda. The voice of Fox News is the voice of God.
I’ve elbowed my way into more boys’ clubs than I care to remember...
I'm sure she'd be happy to admit that "elbow" is intended as synecdoche here-- you know, a figure of speech in which a part is used for the hole.
Not concern. Amused annoyance.
Conservatives obviously understand this fact. Perhaps soon progressives will come to the same understanding.
The progressive's problem is not in their understanding of media, it's their utter inability to gain any traction in the media.
You know you are in for a rough political ride when the media serves at the pleasure of your opponent while your opponent uses the media to accuse it of serving at the pleasure of you.
This is what can happen with mergers and acquisitions, or is it amalgamation and capital? Good luck changing it now.
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You know you are in for a rough political ride when the media serves at the pleasure of your opponent while your opponent uses the media to accuse it of serving at the pleasure of you.
...and it works.
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This is disgusting. The NY Times and all newspapers should be outraged. Why does outrage always fall to us bloggers only?
Newspapers have a Constitutional obligation to report what is going on in government. I've not read the Constitution in quite some time, but don't remember any mention of blogs.
NY Times, don't let these thugs in power now take away your voice. You have an obligation to inform the voters of what is going on so they can make informed choices. You know this as well as I do. Do your job.
What progressives?
(tongue almost in cheek)
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I'm certain that any day now the radical left-wing punditosphere -- David Broder, Margaret Carlson. Allan Colmes, Joe Klein et al. -- will begin calling for war crimes trials for Bush administration officials leading to mass executions or, alternatively, an enraged citizenry, led by the families of dead servicemen, taking the law into their own hands and carrying out a wave of killings. Hopefully, we can create a system in which political opponents, dissidents, and troublemakers can be executed after each election, in an ongoing reign of terror. Meanwhile, as we move rapidly towards this brave new world, we can count on the opposition party leaders to heroically call for us to allow more religion into the public square, or to amend the constitution to enable prosecution for thought crimes.
Progressives have undrestood this for a long time. Somebody wake up those idiots at the DLC and in the Democratic establishment more generally.
The Republicans have latched onto the media because whoever controls the media controls the discourse and gets to lie. Whoever gets to lie wins. End of story.
Times should be tried for treason just not in this case. However, Judith Miller and her co-conspirators, Rice, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush, Powell are the ones who committed treason.
How could Pretzelcoatl commit treason? It was an inside job.
The NY Times did not itself commit treason. It merely violated the Espionage Act of 1917. The LEAKER of this sensitive, classified information is guilty of treason.
All they have to do is attack a blogger on their word choice; verbiage/procedure and the entire narrative infolds.
Iraq news was the worst it's ever been- the green zone is erupting.
Palestine is being attacked by an israeli army we've funded ib full.
North America's preparedness for terror attacks is negligible and the chance of a major hurricane(or three) is greater than it's ever been.
I have been beating this drum for six long years, and up to now, no one paid attention.
I'm afraid that it may take another loss for Democrats in November to wake up the slumberers.
If you want to help me do something about the media imbalance, read the media strategy I prepared over a year ago for MoveOn.org, which met with a resounding silence,
http://makethemaccountable.com/
c...ia_Strategy.pdf
and read this writeup on one of the proposals from that document.
http://makethemaccountable.com/
c...ion_Service.pdf
Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com
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