The Left Controls the Media

[NYcarbineer]

If the Left did in fact control the Media,

wouldn't that more than anything be a measure of the Right's impotence?

 

[jillian]

If the left controls the media, where does PC get all of her cut and paste hack jobs?

 

[PoliticalChic]

Conservatives claiming to be victims of media bias is one of the oldest examples of victimology in the modern era.

Claiming their victims are suffering from some kind of paranoid delusion is the oldest technique of totalitarian propaganda in the book. The USSR put anyone who criticized the ruling class in insane asylums.

Are you referring to the OP's penchant for personal attacks on anyone who disagrees with her?

Who else would I 'personally attack' ya' big dummy???

I'd have to have your degree of dementia to 'personally attack' folks who agree with me.

Duuh.

All of you Lefty public-school-graduates still believe that in real life folks are going to pat you on the head and look fascinated by the stupid prattle that comes out of your mouth...or keyboard.
And your 'witttle' feelings are hurt by a dose of honesty.

Until you wise up, learn to live by this rule:
Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver.

 

[PoliticalChic]

If the left controls the media, where does PC get all of her cut and paste hack jobs?

I'll bet that's not the only thing you're puzzled about.

 

[Trajan]

Can someone provide information on something, anything in MSM that is leftist? Concrete examples, not vague accusations or presumptive nonsense. Since it is so obvious, please provide a few specific examples. Should be easy.

Ok, easy one- why is there such a preponderance of labeling, as in using the term conservative for just about any goper? And a huge lack of reciprocity, as in naming or introducing 'democrats' as liberals?

 

[Trajan]

If the left controls the media, where does PC get all of her cut and paste hack jobs?

I am curious, are you inferring that the 'media' or whats commonly termed as the MSM, does not have a left slant?

 

[Trajan]

If the Left did in fact control the Media,

wouldn't that more than anything be a measure of the Right's impotence?

when the average news org. or network newsroom is over 80% ideologically predisposed to the left, what would you expect? They don't call Will or Brooks 'house republicans' for nothing.

 

[PoliticalChic]

If the Left did in fact control the Media,

wouldn't that more than anything be a measure of the Right's impotence?

Ya' know...that's a pretty good analysis.
Who wrote it for you???
No, really...if I were a Lefty, I'd have used it.

OK...now for the pretty good answer.

1. The 60's, fueled by the economic ebullience of families as a result of the post-WWII boom, gave us the arrogant, self-absorbed, violent, anti-American savages known as the 'counter-culture.'

2. One member gave this prescription: “four-square against anti-Communism, eight-square against American-culture, twelve-square against sell-out unions, one hundred and twenty against an interpretation of the Cold War that saw it as a Soviet plot and identified American policy fondly.” Todd Gitlin, “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage,” p. 109-110

3. The unrest was born in June of 1962 at the AFL-CIO camp at Port Huron, Michigan. A draft of the meeting can be found at Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society, 1962.
It sets forth an agenda for changing human nature, the nation, and the world. In it, one can hear the ignorance and arrogance so inherent in adolescents.

a. Tom Hayden writes in the draft of men as “infinitely perfectible.” Here is the ominous echo and common view of all totalitarian movements: human nature is infinitely malleable and the simple rearrangement of various institutions a better, and even perfect nature.

4. The radicals of the sixties did not remain within the universities…They realized that the apocalypse never materialized. “…they were dropping off into environmentalism and consumerism and fatalism…I watched many of my old comrades apply to graduate school in universities they had failed to burn down, so they could get advanced degrees and spread the ideas that had been discredited in the streets under an academic cover.” Collier and Horowitz, “Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About The Sixties,” p. 294-295.

Oops! There I go....starting to write the kind of long piece that you're so afraid to read.
OK....here's the 'money shot:'

5. “The radicals were not likely to go into business or the conventional practice of the professions. They were part of the chattering class, talkers interested in policy, politics, culture. They went into politics, print and electronic journalism, church bureaucracies, foundation staffs, Hollywood careers, public interest organizations, anywhere attitudes and opinions could be influenced. And they are exerting influence.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 51


See...they took over areas of dissemination of information...while the rest of Americans went to work in real jobs....you know, those 'evil' corporations.


Good thing I have self-discipline...or I'd go off into a discussion of how Bernie Sanders formed the most powerful caucus in Congress, the Marxist-socialist Progressive Caucus.

But..stay tuned.

 

[midcan5]

They have all their napkins monogrammed with the following:

"Income equality, economic central planning, global governance under worldwide socialism."

Want one?

Not an answer. So far you are proving my point? I'll wait for the specifics, should be a piece of cake.

How about you ask for specifics as to why the sky is blue....
...not worth answering since casual glance prove the point.

You've proved my point. You - no one else either - can present a single example of the left leaning MSM that supports your necessary fantasy. You only believe and repeat because it is easier to point fingers than to examine and be honest about the complex issues that face America.

"Unions, organizations formerly steeped in the doctrine of class struggle and filled with members who sought broad social and political rights for the working class, have been transformed into domesticated negotiators with the capitalist class. Cars rolling off the Ford plants in Michigan were said to be made by UAW Ford. But where unions still exist, they have been reduced to simple bartering tools, if that. The social demands of unions in the early twentieth century that gave the working class weekends off, the right to strike, the eight-hour workday, and Social Security, have been abandoned. Universities, especially in political science and economics departments, parrot the discredited ideology of unregulated capitalism and have no new ideas.The arts, just as hungry as the media or the academy for corporate money and sponsorship, refuse to address the social and economic disparities that create suffering for tens of millions of citizens. Commercial artists peddle the mythical narrative, one propagated by corporations, self-help gurus, Oprah and the Christian Right, that if we dig deep enough within ourselves, focus on happiness, find our inner strength, or believe in miracles, we can have everything we desire. Such magical thinking, a staple of the entertainment industry, blinds citizens to corporate structures that have made it impossible for families to lift themselves out of poverty or live with dignity." Chris Hedges 'Death of the Liberal Class'

 

[NYcarbineer]

If the Left did in fact control the Media,

wouldn't that more than anything be a measure of the Right's impotence?

when the average news org. or network newsroom is over 80% ideologically predisposed to the left, what would you expect? They don't call Will or Brooks 'house republicans' for nothing.

Where do networks come from? The Network Tree? Solely owned by leeeeeeberals?

Conservatives want a conservative network, then start one. Buy one. Didn't GE buy NBC?

Why didn't some conservatives make a better offer?

Where did Foxnews channel come from? Conservatives want more Fox news channels, start them.

 

[NoNukes]

Ohhhh....you don't like having your errors pointed out?

And that's 'spelling police,' dummy.

Make it Ms. Spelllng Police.

So, you claim to be a college teacher, as well educated as Dr. Thomas Sowell...but you write poorly, and can't spell.
Makes sense.

BTW....did you look up my first childish insult, identifying you as Morbus gallicus?
I thought that was one of my best!

Oh my god, you were trying to be funny. Sorry, did not get that from what you wrote .

Not to worry, Morbus!

It was clear from the start that there were tons of thing that you "did not get."

Most prominent among same was an education....dunce.

Let's set the record straight: you know that I was hardly trying to be 'funny.' I mean everything I said.

Rather than funny, it's pathetic that you pretend to have an education....claiming that you 'teach'...that you compare yourself to Dr. Sowell...when your posts contain errors and are written as though by a child.

Pathetic.

I almost feel guilty of poking one of such limited ablity....

Almost.
I get that warm, fuzzy feeling that only cruelty to the stupid can provide.


What’s that you’re muttering? “Must-defend-self…”

You are a pathetic little person attempting to sound like an intellectual. As I said before, I run into your kind in the academic world often. Attempting to impress people on a message board is such a sign of insecurity and is quite pathetic. I have people come and hear me lecture once a week, and I am also invited to lecture in museums and at other universities. Your dependence on a message board is quite the shame. But, you are not totally devoid of humor, you are half witty.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Oh my god, you were trying to be funny. Sorry, did not get that from what you wrote .

Not to worry, Morbus!

It was clear from the start that there were tons of thing that you "did not get."

Most prominent among same was an education....dunce.

Let's set the record straight: you know that I was hardly trying to be 'funny.' I mean everything I said.

Rather than funny, it's pathetic that you pretend to have an education....claiming that you 'teach'...that you compare yourself to Dr. Sowell...when your posts contain errors and are written as though by a child.

Pathetic.

I almost feel guilty of poking one of such limited ablity....

Almost.
I get that warm, fuzzy feeling that only cruelty to the stupid can provide.


What’s that you’re muttering? “Must-defend-self…”

You are a pathetic little person attempting to sound like an intellectual. As I said before, I run into your kind in the academic world often. Attempting to impress people on a message board is such a sign of insecurity and is quite pathetic. I have people come and hear me lecture once a week, and I am also invited to lecture in museums and at other universities. Your dependence on a message board is quite the shame. But, you are not totally devoid of humor, you are half witty.

More dodge from the dunce,

malarkey from the Morbus.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Not an answer. So far you are proving my point? I'll wait for the specifics, should be a piece of cake.

How about you ask for specifics as to why the sky is blue....
...not worth answering since casual glance prove the point.

You've proved my point. You - no one else either - can present a single example of the left leaning MSM that supports your necessary fantasy. You only believe and repeat because it is easier to point fingers than to examine and be honest about the complex issues that face America.

"Unions, organizations formerly steeped in the doctrine of class struggle and filled with members who sought broad social and political rights for the working class, have been transformed into domesticated negotiators with the capitalist class. Cars rolling off the Ford plants in Michigan were said to be made by UAW Ford. But where unions still exist, they have been reduced to simple bartering tools, if that. The social demands of unions in the early twentieth century that gave the working class weekends off, the right to strike, the eight-hour workday, and Social Security, have been abandoned. Universities, especially in political science and economics departments, parrot the discredited ideology of unregulated capitalism and have no new ideas.The arts, just as hungry as the media or the academy for corporate money and sponsorship, refuse to address the social and economic disparities that create suffering for tens of millions of citizens. Commercial artists peddle the mythical narrative, one propagated by corporations, self-help gurus, Oprah and the Christian Right, that if we dig deep enough within ourselves, focus on happiness, find our inner strength, or believe in miracles, we can have everything we desire. Such magical thinking, a staple of the entertainment industry, blinds citizens to corporate structures that have made it impossible for families to lift themselves out of poverty or live with dignity." Chris Hedges 'Death of the Liberal Class'

Yeah, you're right...they're right-wingers top to bottom.

Next election:

A. Income equality, economic central planning, global governance under worldwide socialism.

B. Equality before the law, free market capitalism, the United States Constitution.


Can I guess your choice?

 

[NoNukes]

Not to worry, Morbus!

It was clear from the start that there were tons of thing that you "did not get."

Most prominent among same was an education....dunce.

Let's set the record straight: you know that I was hardly trying to be 'funny.' I mean everything I said.

Rather than funny, it's pathetic that you pretend to have an education....claiming that you 'teach'...that you compare yourself to Dr. Sowell...when your posts contain errors and are written as though by a child.

Pathetic.

I almost feel guilty of poking one of such limited ablity....

Almost.
I get that warm, fuzzy feeling that only cruelty to the stupid can provide.


What’s that you’re muttering? “Must-defend-self…”

You are a pathetic little person attempting to sound like an intellectual. As I said before, I run into your kind in the academic world often. Attempting to impress people on a message board is such a sign of insecurity and is quite pathetic. I have people come and hear me lecture once a week, and I am also invited to lecture in museums and at other universities. Your dependence on a message board is quite the shame. But, you are not totally devoid of humor, you are half witty.

More dodge from the dunce,

malarkey from the Morbus.

You have spent 3 or 4 days calling me names from behind your computer instead of challenging my expertise, so you are obviously afraid of me. I will leave you alone now, you pathetic little thing.

 

[PoliticalChic]

You are a pathetic little person attempting to sound like an intellectual. As I said before, I run into your kind in the academic world often. Attempting to impress people on a message board is such a sign of insecurity and is quite pathetic. I have people come and hear me lecture once a week, and I am also invited to lecture in museums and at other universities. Your dependence on a message board is quite the shame. But, you are not totally devoid of humor, you are half witty.

More dodge from the dunce,

malarkey from the Morbus.

You have spent 3 or 4 days calling me names from behind your computer instead of challenging my expertise, so you are obviously afraid of me. I will leave you alone now, you pathetic little thing.

I've seen your posts, dunce.

You have no expertise.
Just fantasies.

There's medication that might be helpful.
See your doctor...I'm sure he's just down the corridor.


Now, step off.

 

[NYcarbineer]

If the Left did in fact control the Media,

wouldn't that more than anything be a measure of the Right's impotence?

Ya' know...that's a pretty good analysis.
Who wrote it for you???
No, really...if I were a Lefty, I'd have used it.

OK...now for the pretty good answer.

1. The 60's, fueled by the economic ebullience of families as a result of the post-WWII boom, gave us the arrogant, self-absorbed, violent, anti-American savages known as the 'counter-culture.'

2. One member gave this prescription: “four-square against anti-Communism, eight-square against American-culture, twelve-square against sell-out unions, one hundred and twenty against an interpretation of the Cold War that saw it as a Soviet plot and identified American policy fondly.” Todd Gitlin, “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage,” p. 109-110

3. The unrest was born in June of 1962 at the AFL-CIO camp at Port Huron, Michigan. A draft of the meeting can be found at Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society, 1962.
It sets forth an agenda for changing human nature, the nation, and the world. In it, one can hear the ignorance and arrogance so inherent in adolescents.

a. Tom Hayden writes in the draft of men as “infinitely perfectible.” Here is the ominous echo and common view of all totalitarian movements: human nature is infinitely malleable and the simple rearrangement of various institutions a better, and even perfect nature.

4. The radicals of the sixties did not remain within the universities…They realized that the apocalypse never materialized. “…they were dropping off into environmentalism and consumerism and fatalism…I watched many of my old comrades apply to graduate school in universities they had failed to burn down, so they could get advanced degrees and spread the ideas that had been discredited in the streets under an academic cover.” Collier and Horowitz, “Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About The Sixties,” p. 294-295.

Oops! There I go....starting to write the kind of long piece that you're so afraid to read.
OK....here's the 'money shot:'

5. “The radicals were not likely to go into business or the conventional practice of the professions. They were part of the chattering class, talkers interested in policy, politics, culture. They went into politics, print and electronic journalism, church bureaucracies, foundation staffs, Hollywood careers, public interest organizations, anywhere attitudes and opinions could be influenced. And they are exerting influence.” Robert H. Bork, “Slouching Toward Gomorrah,” p. 51


See...they took over areas of dissemination of information...while the rest of Americans went to work in real jobs....you know, those 'evil' corporations.


Good thing I have self-discipline...or I'd go off into a discussion of how Bernie Sanders formed the most powerful caucus in Congress, the Marxist-socialist Progressive Caucus.

But..stay tuned.

The word 'media' is plural. When you refer to 'media', you are referring to, among others, radio,

where the rightwing overwhelmingly dominates.

For starters.

 

[Trajan]

Not an answer. So far you are proving my point? I'll wait for the specifics, should be a piece of cake.

How about you ask for specifics as to why the sky is blue....
...not worth answering since casual glance prove the point.

You've proved my point. You - no one else either - can present a single example of the left leaning MSM that supports your necessary fantasy. You only believe and repeat because it is easier to point fingers than to examine and be honest about the complex issues that face America.

"Unions, organizations formerly steeped in the doctrine of class struggle and filled with members who sought broad social and political rights for the working class, have been transformed into domesticated negotiators with the capitalist class. Cars rolling off the Ford plants in Michigan were said to be made by UAW Ford. But where unions still exist, they have been reduced to simple bartering tools, if that. The social demands of unions in the early twentieth century that gave the working class weekends off, the right to strike, the eight-hour workday, and Social Security, have been abandoned. Universities, especially in political science and economics departments, parrot the discredited ideology of unregulated capitalism and have no new ideas.The arts, just as hungry as the media or the academy for corporate money and sponsorship, refuse to address the social and economic disparities that create suffering for tens of millions of citizens. Commercial artists peddle the mythical narrative, one propagated by corporations, self-help gurus, Oprah and the Christian Right, that if we dig deep enough within ourselves, focus on happiness, find our inner strength, or believe in miracles, we can have everything we desire. Such magical thinking, a staple of the entertainment industry, blinds citizens to corporate structures that have made it impossible for families to lift themselves out of poverty or live with dignity." Chris Hedges 'Death of the Liberal Class'

You've proved my point. You - no one else either - can present a single example of the left leaning MSM that supports your necessary fantasy. You only believe and repeat because it is easier to point fingers than to examine and be honest about the complex issues that face America.

hello.....you asked the question, see post 65, I answered,....was it to tough for you?

 

[Trajan]

If the Left did in fact control the Media,

wouldn't that more than anything be a measure of the Right's impotence?

when the average news org. or network newsroom is over 80% ideologically predisposed to the left, what would you expect? They don't call Will or Brooks 'house republicans' for nothing.

Where do networks come from? The Network Tree? Solely owned by leeeeeeberals?

Conservatives want a conservative network, then start one. Buy one. Didn't GE buy NBC?

Why didn't some conservatives make a better offer?

Where did Foxnews channel come from? Conservatives want more Fox news channels, start them.

so your answer is; to buy networks or stations etc. and stack them with ideologically predisposed stooges to counter act the media as is stands?well yes of course that's your answer.

Nice, thx for the admission. god you're such a great foil. gimme a hug man...

 

[Trajan]

Oh my god, you were trying to be funny. Sorry, did not get that from what you wrote .

Not to worry, Morbus!

It was clear from the start that there were tons of thing that you "did not get."

Most prominent among same was an education....dunce.

Let's set the record straight: you know that I was hardly trying to be 'funny.' I mean everything I said.

Rather than funny, it's pathetic that you pretend to have an education....claiming that you 'teach'...that you compare yourself to Dr. Sowell...when your posts contain errors and are written as though by a child.

Pathetic.

I almost feel guilty of poking one of such limited ablity....

Almost.
I get that warm, fuzzy feeling that only cruelty to the stupid can provide.


What’s that you’re muttering? “Must-defend-self…”

You are a pathetic little person attempting to sound like an intellectual. As I said before, I run into your kind in the academic world often. Attempting to impress people on a message board is such a sign of insecurity and is quite pathetic. I have people come and hear me lecture once a week, and I am also invited to lecture in museums and at other universities. Your dependence on a message board is quite the shame. But, you are not totally devoid of humor, you are half witty.

As I said before, I run into your kind in the academic world often.

yea well, emptying their waste baskets doesn't count, ok?

 

[NYcarbineer]

when the average news org. or network newsroom is over 80% ideologically predisposed to the left, what would you expect? They don't call Will or Brooks 'house republicans' for nothing.

Where do networks come from? The Network Tree? Solely owned by leeeeeeberals?

Conservatives want a conservative network, then start one. Buy one. Didn't GE buy NBC?

Why didn't some conservatives make a better offer?

Where did Foxnews channel come from? Conservatives want more Fox news channels, start them.

so your answer is; to buy networks or stations etc. and stack them with ideologically predisposed stooges to counter act the media as is stands?well yes of course that's your answer.

Nice, thx for the admission. god you're such a great foil. gimme a hug man...

That doesn't remotely resemble what I said.