Comments on: Responding To The Critics

By: Brian Partridge

Brian Partridge — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:47:45 +0000

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By: Dimsdale

Dimsdale — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:47:14 +0000

A real test, in light of the threat of the so called “fairness” doctrine, would be to poll people that a) watch broadcast or cable media, and b) people that read blogs such as this.

Separate them into the two obvious political leanings, and see who is better informed.

I think it would be both revealing and instructive. (I know who I am betting on!).

By: Dimsdale

Dimsdale — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:41:07 +0000

Not only Machiavelli and Marx, but that great propagandist, Josef Goebbels. Jim hit the nail on the head (as always!) when he said “Thus Obama voters were kept grossly underinformed as to the role Democrats played in the financial meltdown as well as helping shape negative views of Palin and messiah like view of Obama.”

The money phrases are “grossly uninformed” and “helping shape negative views etc…” It is not the job of the media to “shape views” or worse, keep the public “grossly uninformed.” Quite the opposite. Their job is to report, inform and update, not shape, promote or influence the news. Compare the media during WWII and the current Iraq war. The media was on our side then. At the beginning of the war, the embedded reporters actually had a favorable view of the war and the soldiers, but after the home desk got ahold of it, the story changed, and not subtly.

This last election’s coverage was as appalling as it was blatantly pro-Obama. If it wasn’t pap, it was propaganda. Nauseating.

I hope that if the so called “fairness” doctrine passes, we all take the opportunity to put the liberal media on the hotseat just as they plan to do to conservative broadcasters.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:54:48 +0000

In the last election, the mass media proved that a lie, repeated enough times, is perceived as truth. Machiavelli and Marx would both be proud.

By: Robert Carlson

Robert Carlson — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:37:01 +0000

Hi Jim, You continue to have a fantastic show. This bailout has me freaked. If the big 3 wants the help… then they need to revisit their business model. I feel they need to revamp the way you buy a car. No more of this negotiation crap. Buyers go into the “Factory Store” greeted by an associated (paid by the hour) and pick the one you want! JUST LIKE WAL MART. No horse trading-just the price. Same price in all stores. I feel the big 3 don’t need money-they need to sell cars. Can’t the government offer folks a substantial tax rebate as an incentive to buy American. Let’s say $10,000 per car? At least this would start to fill the pipeline and we consumers would actually get something out of the deal.
Thanks again for a great show and your continued support of our troops.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:11:00 +0000

Remember that there was what you could call a “control” built right in to the survey. They asked about Sara Palin, and somehow every one of them knew that the RNC spent $150k on her wardrobe.

Ask them what Joe the Plumbers question to Obama was and they would have no idea.

Ask them where Obama worked (and got a paycheck) before he was elected into public office and they would have no idea.

Ask them where he went to college.

Like Brokaw and Rose said, we really do not know this guy and the media failed.