Wednesday
Mar232011
Recognize fascism when you see it
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Issandr El Amrani | Media
Issandr El Amrani | Media A reminder that the media is not only odious in the Middle East from TPM's Josh Marshall:
As you know, we have cable news running in our news room permanently, flipping back and forth between the three biggies. And the percentage flow of obvious falsehoods, outright lies and what frequently verges on or passes for hate speech is just awe-inspiring. In an awful sort of way, but still awe-inspiring. I know it. You know it. But when I actually listen, pay attention to the stuff they're saying, wow. It's amazing that this exists as one of the big sources of news in this country. Just now we were listening to Megyn Kelly interview Mike Gallagher. Okay, I got it off my chest.
Whenever I go to Amreeka, I'm mesmerized by the cable news channels — Fox News most of all, but also CNN US and the rest. At times it's reminiscent of the broadcasts in Starship Troopers.
Reader Comments (3)
Starship Troopers did fascism so well, truly an underappreciated film.
Disgusting.
Fascism is a serious word. Serious people don't throw it around lightly the way so many on the left have for 50 years.
Would that the liberal democrat-ish ones who started the Egyptian revolution were afforded today the freedom enjoyed by every "Amreekan" to say what they want...instead of, well who knows what is going to happen to them, now, right?
And who knows if I can trust a website to tell me the truth about what the Egyptian revolution winds up amounting to when it says hateful (and yes, at another time 9-11 producing) crap like this.
Apologize.
God your political correctness is tiresome.