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In reply to the discussion: I will tell you why Maddow's "Hubris" aired NOW and not back then. And you won't like it. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)179. Letting it air now allows MSNBC to make the claim the media are ''liberal.''
Keeping it off air in 2003 makes it clear the media are nothing but Corporate McPravda.
What Glenn Greenwald said:
MSNBC Boldly Moves to Plug Its One Remaining Hole
By hiring long-time Obama spokesmen Robert Gibbs and David Axelrod, the cable news network clarifies its function
by Glenn Greenwald
Published on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 by The Guardian
Last month, MSNBC's Al Sharpton conducted a spirited debate about whether Obama belongs on Mount Rushmore or instead deserves a separate monument to his greatness (just weeks before replacing frequent Obama critic Cenk Uygur as MSNBC host, Sharpton publicly vowed never to criticize Barack Obama under any circumstances: a vow he has faithfully maintained). Earlier that day on the same network, a solemn discussion was held, in response to complaints from MSNBC viewers, about whether it is permissible to ever allow Barack Obama's name to pass through one's lips without prefacing it with an honorific such as "President" or "the Honorable" or perhaps "His Excellency" (that really did happen).
SNIP...
MSNBC is far from aberrational. The overriding attribute defining the relationship of the US media to those in power is servitude (recall how even George Bush's own Press Secretary wrote a book mocking the media for extreme deference to the Bush White House). Politico today has a long article voicing the complaints of the White House press corps about a lack of access to the president. Revealingly, these complaints exploded into public view this weekend when Obama played golf with Tiger Woods and didn't let the angry journalists even see the match or take pictures of Tiger!
CONTINUED...
Corporate McPravda: On Bended Knee Since November 22, 1963
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I will tell you why Maddow's "Hubris" aired NOW and not back then. And you won't like it. [View all]
CoffeeCat
Feb 2013
OP
You wanna talk 9/11? The neocons admitted they needed a "Pearl Harbor-type event" to invade Iraq.
chimpymustgo
Feb 2013
#165
If you really study how they did it, all they have to do is nothing. It doesn't even have to be on
leveymg
Feb 2013
#177
When a well-known influential 3rd-Wayer participated in the promotion of Republican principles
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2013
#175
Correct-aside from Keith and Air America - there was no public outcry of the outrage
KaryninMiami
Feb 2013
#15
keith & air america didn't exist when the war started. there was basically no one in the msm
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#153
Google "Operation Mockingbird." They say that it has been discontinued. n/t
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2013
#11
Charlie Pierce just made a GREAT point about "Hubris" on Steph Miller's show this A.M.
bullwinkle428
Feb 2013
#14
Wow!!! When I Read That Quote By Rove - It Makes The Hair On The Back Of My Neck Stand Out....
global1
Feb 2013
#26
Agreed. And an important part of the implementation of the whole thing has been the recognition
patrice
Feb 2013
#33
I'm not sure they did. There were some people around OWS who were close to others who
patrice
Feb 2013
#98
General usage: intolerant views or practices; strong demogogic approach; obedience to strong leader
patrice
Feb 2013
#154
CoffeeCat may be referring to the fact that ALL of the necessary information was publicly
patrice
Feb 2013
#50
So shouldn't this mean that aggressive behavior against "history's actors" is pretty much necessary?
AZ Progressive
Feb 2013
#93
I think another thing that is affecting our ability to respond is how we compartmentalize our ISSUES
patrice
Feb 2013
#46
Yes, Chris "we're all Neocons now" Matthews and his fawning over Bush's Mission Accomplished moment
maddiemom
Feb 2013
#168
You knew they were all lying when Phil Donague tried to tell the truth and they
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#52
ICAM. So where do you think Obama fits in? To what degree is he complicit?
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#57
There are a couple of possibilities. The CT version is that he made a deal with the devil
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#147
Maybe it's a combination of the two. If it's the latter, I think his legacy is already tarnished
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#172
You make some good points. Bottom line for me is I have seen no evidence Obama is even fighting it.
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#171
We knew what we were headed for by the caliber of the man...Where was the careful vetting by the...
Tikki
Feb 2013
#65
Too late to do anything about it. The only justice will come when these people burn in hell!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2013
#71
Just a point of fact: Rachael's show didn't start until 2008, Keith's in 2003, Cooper Sept 2003.
Fla Dem
Feb 2013
#75
Right. It prevents NOTHING. Whoever controls the anthrax controls the world. nt
valerief
Feb 2013
#76
Thanks for the full quote. Its always good to get to the source. Welcome to DU! nt
riderinthestorm
Feb 2013
#88
Forget Ayn Rand.It's always seemed that Rove and his ilk read Huxley and Welles
maddiemom
Feb 2013
#173
Media control has weakened, thankfully. Control of politics and media matters. Boycott $$$ Media.
Coyotl
Feb 2013
#85
K&R. Too little, too late. You've certainly nailed that head, but make no mistake, it is still
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#91
and meanwhile new crimes are being committed that we are not allowed to talk about, are called
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#101
So when are we the people going to get really pissed and do something about those fuckers???????
Hotler
Feb 2013
#113
Not that it really matters; she got her first show in mid-2005, long after the run-up and invasion.
George II
Feb 2013
#144
The point of the OP is not so much about Rachel but about why a program like HUBRIS
Uncle Joe
Feb 2013
#128
K n R One of the best summaries I've seen here in a while. There is actually...
mojowork_n
Feb 2013
#141
Here, here. Well said. Hopefully you are not preaching to the choir and some of the lurkers
MichaelSoE
Feb 2013
#146
The traitors are so arrogant, they know if they break the law, they won't be punished.
Octafish
Feb 2013
#183