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In reply to the discussion: The bias of the media has never been more stark [View all]countryjake
(8,554 posts)25. "...speaking from behind bars in The Hague."
"I would have felt more comfortable had they all been speaking from behind bars in The Hague, where they should be."
Watching Farrow's Daily show on MSNBC for the first time today, I was tickled to hear Ambassador Joe Wilson make that statement, when Farrow asked him how he felt about warmongers (my description) such as Dick Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz spewing (again, my description) their crap advice about Iraq on all of the MSM outlets lately. Joe said that what he sees are the same charlatans who sold us the Iraq War coming to the fore again to push again for a US action.
http://www.msnbc.com/ronan-farrow/watch/cheneys-advice-is-not-worth-anything-283770435605
When asked if he thought that the media was being more responsible, this time around, Amb. Wilson said,
"When the media puts on Wolfowitz and Dick Cheney and these other charlatans who took us to war a decade ago, I don't think that's terribly responsible. Their advice is not worth anything. They're the ones who created this mess, they're going on television now simply to blame others for the mess that they created. I don't think that's very helpful to the public's understanding of what is really going on or how we should be reacting."
Watching Farrow's Daily show on MSNBC for the first time today, I was tickled to hear Ambassador Joe Wilson make that statement, when Farrow asked him how he felt about warmongers (my description) such as Dick Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz spewing (again, my description) their crap advice about Iraq on all of the MSM outlets lately. Joe said that what he sees are the same charlatans who sold us the Iraq War coming to the fore again to push again for a US action.
http://www.msnbc.com/ronan-farrow/watch/cheneys-advice-is-not-worth-anything-283770435605
When asked if he thought that the media was being more responsible, this time around, Amb. Wilson said,
"When the media puts on Wolfowitz and Dick Cheney and these other charlatans who took us to war a decade ago, I don't think that's terribly responsible. Their advice is not worth anything. They're the ones who created this mess, they're going on television now simply to blame others for the mess that they created. I don't think that's very helpful to the public's understanding of what is really going on or how we should be reacting."
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America's press is a corrupt institution that turned its back on the Constitution and the People.
Octafish
Jun 2014
#1
Don't know. I do know they print and broadcast news that US mainstream media ignore.
Octafish
Jun 2014
#13
Yesterday, Charlie Rose interviewed a Mr.Gelb from the Foreign Relations Council..
whathehell
Jun 2014
#6
Gelb was one of the people who supported what became Biden's position on partitions
karynnj
Jun 2014
#20
there has never been a 'liberal' media.... file under if you say it enough times, it's true.
spanone
Jun 2014
#12
This is why compromising NET NEUTRALITY would be the death of American democracy.
Enthusiast
Jun 2014
#26