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

[Henry M]

Kind of elitist to test someone's vocabulary as a gate to considering their
opinion on the television news that they watch, dontcha think?

AsB4,
٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
Henry Mu
http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20


On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

> You have hit on a major part of the Straussian Neo-Con Strategic
> Tautology. If you continually brand the respected press as biased to
> the left, you can then disparage or dismiss any criticism,
> fact-checking, or straight up negative reporting. This has the added
> benefit of forcing the mainstream to the right in order to appear
> balanced.
>
> Try this little game: The next time someone tells you "The mainstream
> media is biased to the left", ask them "Shouldn't that be 'are biased
> to the left?'". This will result in a brief discussion of the
> definition of "media". You can end the discussion with the following
> observation: "If you don't know that the word is a plural, you don't
> know what it means. How can you comment on something that you don't
> know the meaning of? You must be parroting  something that you heard
> on the mainstream radio. I have to dismiss all of your opinions on the
> matter." This will be followed by sputtering and gasping. Be prepared
> to duck.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> > How can the NYT, NPR, Washington Post, MSNBC, et al thought of as
> slanting
> > right when everyone who admits to being conservative/right-wing insists
> that
> > those news outlets are leftwing commie finks?  Apparently both sides
> think
> > that if you give any voice to the people that they oppose, then you're
> one
> > of the people that they oppose.  I've always detested that "if you ain't
> > with us, you're against us" bully-talk BS.
> >
> >
> > AsB4,
> > ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> > Henry Mu
> > http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Bled Welder <bledWelder at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Even as a lad ive never been able to listen to npr. God save us from
> that
> >> saccharine neutral democratic mildew. NYT, well shit, how do you not
> love
> >> the Times. Sure we know in advance it will Always support anykind of
> foreign
> >> US military aggression as long as the Admin says its for the sake of
> freedom
> >> and democracy. Pacifica is not comparable. Franlky i think npr and nyt
> >> slants Right, which is to say, corporate and military.
> >> I may not agree with much Pacifica since eight years ago. On this
> blessed
> >> holy elite list i can (very very drunk now) remind people that pure
> >> democracy is an obvious stupidity+-on Pacigica radio i would have beem
> >> canceled.
> >> But im curious why you bring Goodman et al, Pacifica, into Fair and
> >> Balanced.  Do they claim that¿ Thayre not commercial based¡ Whats fair
> and
> >> balanced in our battle against right wing american corporate fascism¿
> Which
> >> is to say
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >> From: Henry M
> >> Sent: 26 Mar 2012 17:22:47 GMT
> >>
> >> To: Pynchon Liste
> >> Subject: Re: (np) big O, say it isn't so...
> >>
> >> 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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