Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Our Wonderful Media, Spinning Wins as Losses and Delusions As Facts Welcome to The Planet, FJB! So true, with the way the press has deteriorated and been co-opted and owned by big money corporations, one must always take what they see in the media with a grain of salt and seek out confirmation on their own. I can’t remember such an ongoing stream of false information being promoted by the media, the latest example being 60 Minutes now-admitted bogus report about Benghazi. Much as we’d like to trust our press, if we want to know what’s true, we just can’t blindly do so now. » Posted By AdLib On November 11, 2013 @ 1:46 am Kalima, when CBS wanted the Telecommunication Bill to go through under Bush, they fired Dan Rather and made massive public apologies when they reported a falsehood (Rather wasn’t even the one who worked up that report but he still got fired to please the Bush Overlords). Yet when 60 Minutes promotes an obvious and admitted liar to attack Obama and pour gasoline on the Bagger’s fire to burn Obama, they first ignore and deflect before grudgingly admitting their broadcasting lies. Will anyone at 60 Minutes get fired for pushing a false anti-Obama attack? Looks doubtful however…when you speak an undesirable truth to RW gun nuts, you DO get fired: Guns & Ammo editor Jim Bequette resigns amid gun control column uproar The editor of Guns & Ammo magazine apologized to readers and resigned immediately, earlier than planned, after he published a column advocating gun control, enraging his readers. Bequette also fired Dick Metcalf, a gun writer who had written the Firearms Law column for the magazine’s sister publication, Shooting Times. In his recent commentary, Metcalf wrote about how “way too many gun owners still seem to believe that any regulation of the right to keep and bear arms is an infringement” prohibited by the Second Amendment. “The fact is, all constitutional rights are regulated, always have been, and need to be,” Metcalf wrote. After a readership uproar, Bequette said his magazine has an “unwavering” commitment to the Second Amendment. “In publishing Metcalf’s column, I was untrue to that tradition, and for that I apologize,” Bequette wrote in a column dated Wednesday. http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/07/us/guns–ammo-editor-resigns-after-gun-control-column/index.html Even though we’ve made some progress, this country is still really messed up. » Posted By AdLib On November 8, 2013 @ 3:57 pm Thanks KT! The MSM is all about making what’s happening in the short term appear like life or death in the long term, that’s the game to get people whipped up. If they said, “As upset as many are now, Obamacare is following in the path of Medicare, Social Security and the Prescription Drug Plan, all had bumpy launches that needed tweaking but eventually have all proven to work and become invaluable.” But when you sell “Head Extinguishers” like the MSM, you better be in the business of whipping up people to set their hair on fire. And BTW, heard a follow up to that cat story in the MSM, they are now suggesting that cars may be luring cats to run in front of them by hanging catnip on their front bumpers just to run them down so cat owners should be panicking that their cat could be next! And stay glued to the MSM for updates!!! » Posted By AdLib On November 8, 2013 @ 2:56 pm Pretty much, you do hear him say Sandy like he has a unique NJ version of Tourette’s. » Posted By AdLib On November 8, 2013 @ 10:18 am jj, I really think that Christie’s popularity and chances are…well…very over-inflated. The MSM is slobbering all over and humping the leg of Christie because they so desperately want that “neck and neck” Clash of the Titans between him and Hillary but the more the public learns about Christie’s policies, the less they will like him. The more they see how vicious and heartless he can be, the less they will like him. This reminds me so much of the MSM’s love affair with Rudy Giuliani. Just like Rudy, Christie rides on the back of a major catastrophe to validate his “greatness” and the MSM swallows that whole. However, for those of us who don’t live in NJ, it doesn’t have the same impact. Are Dems and indies really going to vote for an obnoxious, classless elitist to be their president? Christie shows only spite towards the poor and middle class and puts on this charade of being a good guy that the MSM and NJ citizens may eat up but it is unfounded. Think about it, what is his main accomplishment as NJ Governor, other than gutting public education, programs for the poor and giving tax cuts to the wealthy? He kissed up to Obama to get money from the Federal government to pump billions into his bad economy and damaged state. That’s it, that’s why he’s so “liked”. He brown nosed the President to get billions of dollars and that is the mark of a great leader? Just that? This “legend” of Christie won’t endure through the GOP primaries and if he was to win, through a GE. He won’t be able to ride that BS forever anymore than Giuliani could chant “9/11!” to get elected. Christie will fall of his own weight (joke intended) as time goes by and I for one will be very pleased to see that. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2013 @ 1:05 pm Kes, thanks for this. It always makes me shake my head when the Baggers call it “The Liberal Media” because such observations only underline how the media is so biased against liberalism. Reich is on target about this, DeBlasio won bigger across all demographics than Christie and by bigger margins but because his policies support the majority of Americans (who aren’t wealthy), he’s a lefty. Christie meanwhile pursues policies that hammer the majority (who aren’t wealthy) and he’s a moderate. Huh? So crushing the poor and handing out tax cuts to the wealthy is moderate but trying to reverse that kind of class warfare is “Left”? We really can never forget that the wealthy own our major news outlets and from their perspective, this is the only way to see things. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2013 @ 12:51 pm agrippa, no question that all news outlets have slashed their budgets and staffs for real reporting. The corporate bosses looked at that and said, “Why waste money on that when we can just get our news from the web and news feeds that other people report?” So, little investigative reporting anymore. “News” has just been “Walmarted”, using cheap sources and making garbage “special” so that bigger profits can be turned. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2013 @ 12:46 pm Kes, I’m very humbled by such a kind compliment, thank you so much! It means a lot to me. Indeed, gerrymandering and the corrupt media are two sides of the evil, anti-democratic triad we’re faced with in this country. The third is of course unregulated money in elections. Gerrymandering is so anti-democratic, it should be federally outlawed. We’re stuck with the corporately owned, propagandizing media but a renewal of the Equal Time rule could help cut down on all networks providing one-sided coverage/BS. And publicly funded elections would cleanse our democracy overnight. The problem of course is that Congress would have to pass such legislation and since they are currently dominated by the wealthy, it’s hard to imagine them doing so. There are solutions, if only we could pass them as the people, like national initiatives, we could get things back on track. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2013 @ 12:42 pm Kalima, don’t forget that CNN partnered with the Tea Party on 2012 GOP Debates! They were frightened of looking partisan by airing a non-partisan documentary on Hillary…but were in bed with the Tea Party??? How utterly hypocritical and credibility-destroying can they get? So of course they don’t express outrage at the Tea Party, they’re BFFs. And you’re right, God has mentioned that he does not look kindly on the Tea Party…which is why he gave them Ted Cruz. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2013 @ 12:30 pm People may be waking up to that fact now, i expect there to be strong turnout for an off year election next year. » Posted By AdLib On November 6, 2013 @ 6:03 pm I speak of Hillary not as someone who thinks her positions and sensibilities are ideal for Progressives but as a matter of probability. If she runs, she would be favored to win. That said, I will be looking to other candidates too for what they bring to the table in 2016. As for the Repubs, I see an inflamed conflict between the GOP Elite and the Tea Party as inevitable in the GOP’s 2016 primary. That will really beat up the eventual nominee and take any shine off of them (especially Christie). Not that Dems won’t have their conflicts but there isn’t such a huge chasm between Dems as there is between Repubs and Tea Partiers. So, the hostility and wars will be bloodier for Repubs which is a good thing for Dems. » Posted By AdLib On November 6, 2013 @ 6:02 pm Nirek, it is completely to the corporate news industry’s benefit to make people apathetic about voting because that power can be usurped by them. I don’t know that the primary goal is that though, I do think it is keeping the public divided against each other and agitated because it’s good for business and weakens the power of the people to determine the agenda and politicians in their democracy for themselves. » Posted By AdLib On November 6, 2013 @ 1:39 pm Hey Dbos, nice to see you! Indeed, politics today are so distorted by the corporately-owned media industry, it takes a lot of independent investigation to find out what’s really going on. Fox News did start this but the corporations that own the other news networks are happy to play the same game. It’s all about manipulation, both manipulating people to keep watching their channels and manipulating them into being strongly divided…which gives their and other corporations more power over our country. » Posted By AdLib On November 6, 2013 @ 1:36 pm Greta42, great point! When only 24% of voters show up, how can the results be held up as meaningful? The MSM is touting the “high percentage” of Dem, black and women voters for Christie but when dealing with such a small turnout, those numbers are totally distorted. Not that they would let you know that. And NJ voters should be outraged at the sham of an election this was, as you describe, wasting $24 million dollars of taxpayer money just so he could separate Booker’s election from his and claim a bigger margin of victory. All of NJ was just ripped off, Christie robbed them of $24 million to use for his own Presidential campaign! They got zero benefit from that. It should be a massive scandal but the media just yawned at it because they don’t care about our democracy, they just want a fight. The media is biased towards their own profits, that’s what comes first over everything else, including the truth. So I’m with you, I don’t ever accept media memes (“news”) at face value. » Posted By AdLib On November 6, 2013 @ 1:29 pm Sue, agreed, the uninformed are always the enemies of a constructive democracy. I do think though that the preponderance of anti-Christie attacks in the GOP Primary and if he somehow was to win, in a GE would take the shine right off of Christie with most voters. And as you say, imagine how he’ll be so prime for a blow up at being attacked (which he never is in NJ) when he’s sleep-deprived on the campaign trail. He will lose it and get nasty and that will sober up those on the fence about him. This is all a PR manipulation, Christie isn’t as bad as Baggers like Ted Cruz but he is as bad as Mitt Romney and that will have to be made clear. He is wrong on just about every issue most Americans support, from Gay marriage to Obamacare to public education to taxing the wealthy and helping the poor, Christie’s policies are pretty much Romney’s and if he was to win the GOP Primary, Hillary or whoever the Dem nominee is would simply need to hammer him on policy AND how he would represent a green light for all the tea bagger insanity. The bottom line for voters has to be, “What will he support and do as President?” not, “Do I like what a character he is?” When you get down to issues with him, he will be on the wrong side. He wants to repeal Obamacare (he and every Repub has to) and by next year, when it is all running pretty smoothly and millions have got insurance they didn’t have before, that will be a big losing argument that most won’t vote for. No matter who wins the 2016 GOP primary, a Republican President would represent the reach of Baggers into the White House and that thought alone should scare off voters. » Posted By AdLib On November 6, 2013 @ 1:21 pm Kes, how unChristian such rabid self-described “Christians” can be. They are okay with the “least among us” being attacked and harassed and somehow think that fits alongside being a Christian? As for the submissiveness of children and women, that’s what you see when a community allows bullies to control their society. You see it in the Middle East and sadly, you see it by the Muslim-hating RW Christians who aspire to the same kind of domination they howl about in the Middle East. I do think the majority has been catching on to these “Family Values” hypocrites but those communities where they are the most embedded will likely and unfortunately be the last to change. » Posted By AdLib On November 6, 2013 @ 5:52 pm Kes, I am just appalled at the idea of such a monster having power over children and education in OH. How can parents just stand by? I can’t believe that even the more right wing parents would be okay with this hostility and cruelty. When is this guy up for re-election and do you think he will be voted out? BTW, one of the quotes says “Oregon School Board President”, is that correct? As for the previous parts of your article, it is affirming that Toledo and other cities remembered the damage that these RWs have done and have sent them packing. There could be a lot more of this trend continuing if GOTV is revved up in 2014. I do think that nothing will be more helpful for spurring heavier Dem turnout than Repubs campaigning in 2014 and acting as they will continue to do in Congress. Despite what pundits might conjecture, just because it is an off year election, I think the threat of Baggers in power will change the typical dynamics, Dems and Indies know now how much is at stake with allowing any Baggers to have power and how much better things could be with responsible Dems in control locally and nationally. » Posted By AdLib On November 6, 2013 @ 2:26 pm NSA to Launch New Cable Channel: “ICU TV” UB12, Nirek! Thanks pal! » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2013 @ 8:53 am CL, the irony is that we have this ongoing outrage at the NSA spying on us while people voluntarily spy on themselves via Facebook and revel in reality shows spying on the lives, talents and failings of their fellow citizens. America can’t decide if it hates losing its privacy more than it loves getting attention. Then of course there is the weakness of people to be dominated by their fear and be willing to give up one freedom after another if they think it it will make them safer. Sadly, I think such a network as ICU would flourish especially with younger people who have grown up in the texting/Facebook/Twitter generation (I know they have been moving away lately from Facebook to Twitter). Many of them simply don’t get the concept of privacy as a valuable thing, the message of reality TV and society is just the opposite, it is something disposable and more valuable to give away because it can sometimes earn you celebrity or money. Hope the NSA adds another show to their lineup, a candid camera type program that shows what fools people can be when they don’t have any respect for personal privacy, especially their own. » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2013 @ 8:51 am The Weekend Music Thread-Be Your Own DJ KT – I think that the movie, “Tree of Life” is one of the most underrated films in recent times. It explores with such an incisive, earnest way and with such a wonderful texture, human life, psychology and family. And the incredible segment showing the creation of existence and life is groundbreaking. Saw it again last month, just amazing. Thanks for the video to remind me! » Posted By AdLib On November 3, 2013 @ 10:29 am Truly remarkable and haunting, Kes! Thanks! » Posted By AdLib On November 3, 2013 @ 10:19 am KT, great pick!!! » Posted By AdLib On November 3, 2013 @ 10:03 am Trick or Trick – Republican Halloween Theme Songs fjb, feel free to share, it’s not plagiarism, just credit and link to The Planet and we’re happy! » Posted By AdLib On November 11, 2013 @ 1:50 am Oh no worries fjb, this isn’t our graphic, it goes back to Obama’s 2008 campaign. And if it drives the GOTP’s crazier…excellent! » Posted By AdLib On November 11, 2013 @ 1:48 am jj, I think we’d need most of the Justice League to take them down. After all, on their side they have two Lex Luthors (The Koch Brothers), Darkseid (Jim DeMint) and The Joker (Ted Cruz). Fortunately, on our side, we have… [img]http://sciencenotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/super-obama.gif[/img] » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2013 @ 9:28 pm Very cool, Sue! Boy George would still be a fun costume today. We saw a guy in his 20’s in a funny Richard Simmons costume tonight, that’s pretty funny. I went as The Republican House tonight, it was a simple costume, I just wore a diaper and kept punching myself in the face. » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2013 @ 9:15 pm Kes, I thought Ryan was the rotten egg? Thanks for thinking of her, Little Lib was Supergirl and needed her super strength to lift the boulder-sized bag of candy she gathered tonight. BTW, speaking of Eddie Munster, remember this graphic from last year? [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Romney-munsters.jpg[/img] » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2013 @ 9:09 pm And they go well with my spotty posts! » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2013 @ 9:02 pm Thanks so much, Sue! And a Happy Halloween to you (what are you dressing up as???). » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2013 @ 5:02 pm Heh! Perfect, Kes! Now however, kids have all the permission they need to TP his house! Happy Halloween! » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2013 @ 3:52 pmComments Posted By AdLib
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