AW: Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes, Genocide

[Otto Sell]

No, I'm not. But I regard it as a remarkable admission that the "land of the
free & the home of the brave" was and still is based upon genocide, racism
and the destruction of our natural environment.

Otto

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von Meg Larson
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Is anyone else disturbed by this???
M.
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From: "FAIR" <fair at fair.org>
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Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 5:54 PM
Subject: Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes, Genocide


>                                 FAIR-L
>                    Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
>               Media analysis, critiques and activism
>
> http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2569
> ACTION ALERT:
> Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes, Genocide
> Hateful rant shows Disney's double standard on speech
>
> July 1, 2005
>
> Disney/ABC radio personality Paul Harvey, one of the most widely listened 
> to commentators in the United States, presented his listeners on June 23 
> with an endorsement of genocide and racism that would have been right at 
> home on a white supremacist shortwave broadcast.
>
> Harvey's commentary began by lamenting the decline of American wartime 
> aggression.  "We're standing there dying, daring to do nothing decisive 
> because we've declared ourselves to be better than our terrorist 
> enemies--more moral, more civilized," he said.   Drawing a contrast with 
> what he cast as the praiseworthy nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and 
> Nagasaki in World War II, Harvey lamented that "we sent men with rifles 
> into Afghanistan and Iraq and kept our best weapons in their 
> silos"--suggesting that America should have used its nuclear arsenal in 
> its invasions of both countries.
>
> Harvey concluded:
>
> "We didn't come this far because we're made of sugar candy. Once upon a 
> time, we elbowed our way onto and across this continent by giving 
> smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans. That was biological 
> warfare. And we used every other weapon we could get our hands on to grab 
> this land from whomever.
>
> "And we grew prosperous. And yes, we greased the skids with the sweat of 
> slaves. So it goes with most great nation-states, which--feeling guilty 
> about their savage pasts--eventually civilize themselves out of business 
> and wind up invaded and ultimately dominated by the lean, hungry 
> up-and-coming who are not made of sugar candy."
>
> Harvey's evident approval of slavery, genocide and nuclear and biological 
> warfare would seem to put him at odds with Disney's family-friendly image.

> The media conglomerate syndicates Harvey to more than 1,000 radio 
> stations, where he reaches an estimated 18 million listeners.  Disney 
> recently signed a 10-year, $100 million contract with the 86-year-old 
> Harvey.
>
> In 2004, Disney forbid its Miramax subsidiary to distribute Michael 
> Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11, even though Miramax was the principal 
> investor in the film.  A Disney executive told the New York Times (5/5/04)

> that it was declining to distribute the film because, in the paper's 
> words, "Disney caters to families of all political stripes and believes 
> Mr. Moore's film...could alienate many."
>
> One wonders whether Disney executives are worried about alienating 
> families who oppose slavery, nuclear war and Native American genocide.
>
> ACTION:
> Ask Disney why it finds Paul Harvey's nostalgia for slavery and genocide 
> and his calls for nuclear war acceptable, but deemed Michael Moore's film 
> unacceptable.
>
>
> CONTACT:
> ABC Radio Networks
> abcradio at abc.com
> John.E.McConnell at abc.com
> Phone: 212-456-5387
>
> Paul Harvey
> Irma.N.Aviles at abc.com
> Phone: (312) 889-4085
>
> Disney Corporation
> Phone: 818-560-1000

> As always, please remember that your comments have more impact if you 
> maintain a polite tone.
>
> Read a transcript of Harvey's comments (courtesy of the Chicago Tribune's 
> Eric Zorn):
>
>
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ericzorn/weblog/archives/2005/
06/paul_harvey_ah.html
>





	

	
		
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