(np) big O, say it isn't so...

[Ian Livingston]

Dare you assert there is ground between the poles? Or are you
suggesting that the poles ought not to be?


On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> NPR, NYT, and a few other major news orgs slant their news.  Democracy Now,
> and Pacifica in general, slant their pieces so far that they fall over and
> only one side is left facing up and visible.  When there's the rare call in
> to question pretty much any of their social/political programs, from their
> anti-vacine medical authority to a woman that I've heard supporting the
> notoriously corrupt former mayor for life of Washington, DC, (life ain't
> easy for an actor or politician named ) Marion Barry, it get's interrupted
> and shouted down just like on Fox "News."  Intolerance for, and willful
> ignorance of, the center is rampant on both sides of pretty much all
> socio-political discussion.
>
>
> AsB4,
> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> Henry Mu
> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Bled Welder <bledWelder at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with you, absolutely. "Democracy Now" is a stupid name, always
>> felt thatway.  Whats fair and balanced about anything? Its a sad democratic
>> minded notion. I do think that Goodman truly believes in democracy in
>> theory. Unlike many of her guests, who will never go further in so admitting
>> it than to backwardsly suggest we dont currently live in a democracy.  Good,
>> so weve got That first step already done for us!
>>
>> An Ode to Noontime Vodka
>> Vodkvodka
>> VO
>> dka
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> From: Henry M
>> Sent: 26 Mar 2012 16:54:37 GMT
>>
>> To: Pynchon Liste
>> Subject: Re: (np) big O, say it isn't so...
>>
>> Fair and balanced, just like Democracy Now.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Scahill
>>
>> AsB4,
>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>> Henry Mu
>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:05 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> Jeremy Scahill is a highly respected investigative journalist, who has
>> testified before Congress and appeared in interviews on every major network
>> (including frequent appearances on the Rachel Maddow show, on the very
>> pro-Obama MSNBC.  He's what every journalist should aspire to be: brave,
>> intelligent and truth-seeking.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Henry M
>> Sent: Mar 26, 2012 9:18 AM
>> To: Pynchon Liste
>> Subject: Re: (np) big O, say it isn't so...
>>
>> Why does one choose to believe Democracy Now and Al Jazeera more than the
>> New York Times, while someone else chooses Fox "News" over the MSNBC?  Who
>> is Jeremy Scahill?  The only thing that Wikileaks provided was a cable from
>> Saleh to Petraeus.  Do you believe everything that Saleh says?  Then why do
>> believe what Saleh says in a cable?
>>
>> The mainstream American press isn't exactly uncritical of Obama and the
>> wars.  What is the current explanation (that does not hammer Occam's Razor
>> into paranoid oblivion) for why they don't have this story?
>>
>> AsB4,
>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>> Henry Mu
>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Michael Bailey
>> <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Henry M wrote:
>> > Ooo, wikileaks and prism magazine!  Now I can be sure of the truth!
>>
>>
>> wikileaks is pretty credible, isn't it?   I mean, the objections on
>> record are for its revelations being problematic for diplomacy, not
>> inaccurate.
>>
>> prism magazine quoted Obama's own record of the conversation.
>>
>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/03/readout-presidents-call-president-saleh-yemen
>>
>> I dunno, seems pretty strong to me.  My president, right or wrong?
>>
>> I suppose we should dismiss any news from al-Jazeera too?
>>
>>
>>
>



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