Comments on: I Got Yer Sincerity Right Here…

By: Margot

Margot — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:37:06 +0000

Katymine—Iagreewithyou,Ican’ttellyouhowmuch.

By: jurismark

jurismark — Sun, 28 May 2006 19:42:31 +0000

My first posting on this wonderful site.

One approach is to do something where influence of the blogosphere can have immediate effect.

I see a lot of well-deserved criticism of Tucker Carlson. Don’t you find it galling that Rachel Maddow goes on his show regularly to engage in friendly banter with him, and makes him appear a lot more credible than he is? Well, why not call Rachel Maddow on her show, email her, and say, hey, what’s the deal? Why don’t you get off that horrible Tucker Carlson show?

Same goes for every so-called liberal who appears on any of these punditfests on any network. No liberal or progressive should ever appear on Hardball, for example. And forget about Fox News. Appeal to their sense of principle and force them to make a choice: either you’re with us, or against us, and act accordingly. It should be an article of faith.

By: chharriett

chharriett — Sun, 28 May 2006 15:31:28 +0000

Could we POSSIBLY start a progressive newspaper??? I would be willing to give as much as I could possibly afford (and even go beyond that, if necessary). Perhaps that has already been tried, but maybe we could find one already in existence, and give all of our netroots support to it.

By: John

John — Sun, 28 May 2006 02:47:36 +0000

We need a whole new way forward

By George, I think she’s got it.

By: John K

John K — Sun, 28 May 2006 00:39:19 +0000

This is way EPU’d as I post it. Just wanted to say Thanks to Redd for directing us to the Jamison Foster piece. Very coherently documents the issue. Before we can combat the problem, we have to bring it to light, exactly what he’s doing.

Sent the link to all my liberal friends.

Also recommended, relating the the issue of media bias:

“Orwell Rolls in his Grave” a documentary on the media. Netflix has it. Depressing, but excellent.

While I’m handing out kudos, your piece this morning on West Virginia folk as an example of the importance of regional subcultures was superb. I’m a writer myself (a technical writer) and I’m quite impressed with how well you thought through that and dashed it off for us. Thanks again for all your work.

By: Jacqrat

Jacqrat — Sat, 27 May 2006 21:14:03 +0000

I found this posted in the comments section of the Jamison Foser article in Media Matters:

Contact the Sunday Talk Shows TODAY

Here’s something specific that we can do today about the issues this excellent essay raises: Contact the Sunday talk shows that are going to discuss the Clinton marriage tomorrow. According to the TV schedule today in the “Washington Post,” two of them plan to do that. The shows, and the on-line Web comment forms for them, are:

Chris Matthews show: [link to www.thechrismatthewsshow.com]

CNN Reliable Sources show: [link to www.cnn.com]

Please send them an e-mail and politely and firmly suggest they read this essay as they are planning the content of tomorrow’s shows.

- bb10 / Saturday May 27, 2006 03:02:11 PM EST

Sounds like a good use of five minutes of my Saturday blog-o-rama time.

By: bridgehome

bridgehome — Sat, 27 May 2006 21:12:41 +0000

Surely with Bushit’s poll numbers being so low now, people are just tuning him out. I wonder how many people watch when he makes a t.v. appearance. Whenever he does, my husband and I make a dash for the mute button. He’ll probably be smirking his way through once the the Haditha story gets legs.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 27 May 2006 20:14:44 +0000

It is unfair to the progessive movement to suggest that we not engage in the politics of personal destruction in order to rid the country of the hypocrites on the right.
1. It’s the only thing that will get the attention of the “rubes” who still watch FOX and love the preznit.
2. The shoe has been on the other foot for too long. When the NYT puts an above-the -fold story about Bill and Hillary’s marriage on the front page, while the death toll in Iraq and New Orleans rises everyday and the titans of Wall Street are back-dating stock options for themselves, it’s time to kick some serious ass.
and, 3. It will be fun and just might energize the dems. I agree, though, that it’s useless to go after the MSM. They aren’t important enough to matter, anymore.

By: nan

nan — Sat, 27 May 2006 19:44:13 +0000

There is only one answer to this problem. Liberals must build their own media institutions. Their own FOX, WSJ, NY Post, Moonie Times, 800 radio stations. The rest is just empty whining.

The GOP has succeeded in taking over the MSM by building a massive Right Wing Noise Machine. They have used this Machine to intimidate and bend the MSM to their own will.

Liberals don’t have anything comparable. Untill they do it won’t matter who they nominate in 2008. The corporate media will portray the Dem nominee as “soft on terror”, “weak”, “flip flopping”, “phony”, “inauthentic”, “uncomfortable in his(her) own skin”. They will portray the GOP nominee as “authentic”, “real”, “straight talking”, “resolute”, “strong”…………I can go on and on. It won’t matter who the nominees are. The narrative is already in place.

By: OutsideObserver

OutsideObserver — Sat, 27 May 2006 19:41:44 +0000

Orwell was so fucking clairvoyant.

No, we are so ignorant.