tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post6434967670204384699..comments2024-03-17T20:04:18.872-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: The "Knockout Game" and the Myth of the "Liberal Media"Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-32184380120622439862013-12-03T19:10:07.663-06:002013-12-03T19:10:07.663-06:00Don Lemon making that paper..... http://thinkpr...Don Lemon making that paper..... http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/12/03/3016571/cnn-compares-knockout-game-animal-kingdom/Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-69297894432535798822013-12-03T15:39:16.501-06:002013-12-03T15:39:16.501-06:00I saw O'Reilly once admit Iraq was a mistake.
...I saw O'Reilly once admit Iraq was a mistake.<br /><br />He literally shrugged and said, Iraq was a mistake... nothing else. No remorse for the many innocent people killed. The debt, our own citizens' sacrifices.<br /><br />If it was a mistake, it was a good mistake.Bryan Orteznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-68570291582413959262013-12-03T15:10:28.816-06:002013-12-03T15:10:28.816-06:00Anyone who thought there was a liberal bias in the...Anyone who thought there was a liberal bias in the media should have been disabused of this delusion during the W Bush administration. During these years, the media turned into the W's cheer-leading section for the run-up to the Iraq War. After the dust of the initial invasion settled, it became clear that all of W's fanciful reasons for the invasion, from the supposed WMD programs to the supposed links to Al Qaida, were not even remotely true. Yet, the media never sought to question the administration at that time to explain why. Neither was Bush ever questioned about why he decided to talk about his anguished decision to invade Iraq but that we had to because "we'd been attacked on 9/11" during his speech at the 2004 RNC, By that point, it was clear Saddam had absolutely nothing to do with either 9/11 or Al Qaida and linking the two in his address to the RNC is a lie by implication. Instead, they jumped on Kerry during the foreign policy presidential debate for suggesting that Bush had lied us into a war. <br /><br /><br /><br />It wasn't until 2006 that a reporter in the White House briefing room finally had the temerity to question Bush on the real reason for invading Iraq. Bush gave the same "we'd been attacked on 9/11", repeating the same lie by implication. No follow up questions, such as "but Saddam had nothing to do with it" were allowed nor did any other reporter dare to try to pose it. This reporter, Helen Thomas, soon found herself the target of conservative shrieks of indignation and was soon removed from her choice seat in the White House briefing room. They made an example out of her. <br /><br /><br />Other examples of American media bias to the corporate agenda can be easily found since the year 2000. When Republicans win an election, even by the 51/49 margin of 2004, you hear the word "mandate" bandied around. When Democrats win an election, even by a landslide, you hear the words "voters clearly want biparisanship". <br /><br /><br />The "both sides are to blame" narrative, the Tu Quoque rationalization that gives cover to Republican abuse and incompetence, is the dominant message. A glitchy website is magically transformed into "Obama's Katrina". Afghanistan has strangely morphed into "Obama's War". A mistake about "keeping your healthcare plan" prompts shrieks of "he lied" and "how can the public ever trust him again?", yet anyone who would suggest Bush lied us into a war in Iraq was quickly pooh-poohed as being "shrill" (perhaps still is to this day, I haven't checked lately). <br /><br /><br />Keith Olbermann was fired. Glenn Beck still has a job. Baldwin was fired for an anti-gay profanity off air. Conservative commentators can call the president "a dick" on air and only serve 30 days in the penalty box. A hilarious gaffe in fact checking on 60 minutes regarding "Benghaizgate" requires only a brief apology. Dan Rather ran a true story with a faulty source on W Bush and was fired. Phil Donahue was fired for questioning the Iraq War run-up in 2003 (no apology has ever been extended to him since he was right all along). The Neo-cons that lied us into the war are still welcomed on air to offer their pearls of wisdom, never mind that many of them have never been right on anything. <br /><br /><br />But then again, reality doesn't matter to conservatives. They create their own reality and their own history.DeistPaladinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-48683241560969019052013-12-03T14:48:33.013-06:002013-12-03T14:48:33.013-06:00I've never seen or read Confessions, nor the f...I've never seen or read Confessions, nor the film A Day Without A Mexican...<br /><br />I've heard of Confession.. I also thought there was another confessional from a Marine in the 1910's about securing political economies in Central America for American corporations. Wikipedia calls that time period the Banana Wars.<br /><br />I wonder if at this same time when science is studying the coca plant for its analgesic effects and as a stimulant/intoxicant just who was involved in setting those farms up and maintaining them...Bryan Orteznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-88160197223745526872013-12-03T10:12:39.522-06:002013-12-03T10:12:39.522-06:00Confessions of an Economic Hitman much, the book a...Confessions of an Economic Hitman much, the book and/or documentary?<br /><br />I think of the film A Day w/o A Mexican. It makes satire out of cleaning 'this' nations mess. We rely heavily on crime (the most profitable kind). Dope is this nations main (side) hustle. <br /><br /><br />http://www.globalresearch.ca/drug-war-american-troops-are-protecting-afghan-opium-u-s-occupation-leads-to-all-time-high-heroin-production/5358053Learning is Eternalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-5552613771638865632013-12-03T06:56:33.972-06:002013-12-03T06:56:33.972-06:00that double murder in Joliet, Illinois is disgusti...that double murder in Joliet, Illinois is disgusting!<br /><br /><br />I tend to view this tendency toward crime, evil violence, apathetic treacherous sociopathy as a very American cultural phenomena. As it is, criminality among black Americans is viewed through the lens of a racial/cultural frame, while criminality among white Americans is an individual psycho/social pathology.<br /><br />I think regardless of where they are from, inner Chicago or Baltimore, suburbs like Joliet or rural areas it is an American social phenomenon. <br /><br />Gangsterism is an American underground institution. It is supported by nefarious American institutions in various ways. I am assured that the majority of the money made off the drug trade goes into the hands of probably mostly white intermediaries whohave had the advantage of travel and money to secure poppy fields and coca plantations, shipping and transport, storage, money laundering as well as chemical labs for pharmaceuticals and production of products..Bryan Orteznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-13932180690448689202013-12-03T06:46:42.403-06:002013-12-03T06:46:42.403-06:00I always felt the 'liberal media' ploy was...I always felt the 'liberal media' ploy was way off mark.<br /><br />I do feel that major news outlets have become very polarized, perhaps trying to woo sets of viewers. When I had cable I watched CNN for the basic outline of current events, but I still didn't care for much of their story telling.<br /><br /><br />The concentration of power into private or even state sponsored media is a dangerous game. I thank history studies for providing me with enough context to cut through the hype.<br /><br /><br />Do you feel the Democrats do have some influence with some of the major networks? I feel they do try to manipulate info if they can... I strongly got the impression from Fox during Bush's years that any criticism of the president was just liberal blathering which they could take no part in.<br /><br /><br />I tell conservatives that they are actually liberals. They don't seem to like it... I came across this concept in studying Latin American politics, the left often refers to the state sponsored corporate charity as neoliberalism. I just like getting into the craw of some of these conservative folks. Their vision is so damn narrow. if it happened more than a few months ago it's ancient history, unless it somehow directly or indirectly effects them, either as an idea or actually touching their lives.Bryan Orteznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-54066186124888813772013-12-03T02:02:39.557-06:002013-12-03T02:02:39.557-06:00I do actually have Winants' World is a Ghetto ...I do actually have Winants' World is a Ghetto (and love it), but I will check out Theo Goldberg; cheers for that!Black Romulannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-12780583844284293442013-12-03T01:55:32.435-06:002013-12-03T01:55:32.435-06:00I am going to do a post on some of your good yeoma...I am going to do a post on some of your good yeoman's butt kicking of those trolls over at Alternet. Very efficient and appreciated. S. Africa, Israel, and the U.S. as well as Australia were founded as racial dictatorships and Racial States.<br /><br /><br />You may already know the work but check out Theo Goldberg and also Howard Winants book The World is a Ghetto.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-52870299271034521402013-12-03T01:53:42.018-06:002013-12-03T01:53:42.018-06:00What America has been for at least the last three ...What America has been for at least the last three or four decades will just drop the mask. America has never been a true democracy; the facade will just keep being revealed. As long as the proles have their cell phones, internet, and tv the system will sustain itself.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-67272109908807408982013-12-03T01:49:00.332-06:002013-12-03T01:49:00.332-06:00Is it possible that the US could end up looking a ...Is it possible that the US could end up looking a lot like Apartheid South Africa circa 1980s, closer to racialized illiberal democracy than full-blown dictatorship? It seems to me the two countries share a lot of the same racial ticks and have played off of each other's racial regimes in the past, so it might be if the US regresses politically that it would devolution would most model the state that modeled so much racially from it?Black Romulannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-23927140094116807912013-12-02T23:03:39.989-06:002013-12-02T23:03:39.989-06:00So on top of inverted totalitarianism and the medi...So on top of inverted totalitarianism and the media monopoly swiftly shrinking down to one (owner/corp.) do you think this nation will start to resemble a dictatorship or sovereign rule like the many nations we've slung venomous agitprop toward for not accepting our version of christia... **cough** democracy? My bad.<br />Can you imagine telecommunications/radio consisting of ONLY hitler-type speeches or Castro & Che propaganda (en route to overthrow Batista)?<br />This could be the end of free thinking and independent action? Yeah, that was a bit rancorous, my feeble attempt @sarcasm.<br />If so, this KO game will seem like a compliment in comparison to what has already been imagined and sensationalized.Learning is Eternalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-16290059339532137442013-12-02T18:30:55.715-06:002013-12-02T18:30:55.715-06:00Black and president--or even black and confident--...Black and president--or even black and confident--is a threat to white supremacy. President Obama is being subjected to overt racism via macro and micro-aggressions by the Tea Party GOP. As I said a few years back if they can treat Obama this way, imagine the amount of hostility and disrespect the average person of color goes through.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-59742392344097279462013-12-02T18:29:22.361-06:002013-12-02T18:29:22.361-06:00I think it is 3 companies now. The laws governing ...I think it is 3 companies now. The laws governing telecommunications have been systematically dismantled. In theory, one would think that there would be consequences for lying via the news. There are not. And, what if the public likes those lies? <br /><br /><br /><br />Back to one of my favorite pearls of wisdom from Star Wars--great empires rot from within like a great old tree. We are seeing that now with the United States and the rise of inverted totalitarianism.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-90796742034961216432013-12-02T17:47:50.455-06:002013-12-02T17:47:50.455-06:00The NFL, The NBA, non-athletic organizations, etc....The NFL, The NBA, non-athletic organizations, etc., have regulations to ensure the safety of their employees as well as the integrity of their company. it just doesn't seem that way in media.<br /><br /> I know there are penalties/discipline for plagiarism, slander, etc. that jeopardize journalistic integrity of such outlets but we tune in daily to the likes of faux news & the like, that violate the aforementioned daily.<br /><br />When over 90% of audio & visuals are controlled by 6 corporations who sometimes own competing interest I doubt their telling one outlet stop reporting "he's from Kenya" if the opposite & truth (or something close to it) is being reported elsewhere. Just a loose example.<br /><br />Maybe I'm speaking too soon, out of turn, before researching all developments and that's cool. Please correct me if I'm wrong, remember, learning (from mistakes) is eternal.<br /><br /> It can be overwhelming for those who don't seek the truth independently & rely on media for facts as most do. <br /><br />This is a key reason I frequent WARN & the like because thoughts, information comes across freely as opposed to the filter of deadlines & bosses & advertising & investors & everything else that beat the game down.<br /><br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/who-owns-the-media-the-6-monolithic-corporations-that-control-almost-everything-we-watch-hear-and-readLearning is Eternal...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-8784225878535962172013-12-02T17:33:24.819-06:002013-12-02T17:33:24.819-06:00The media is "liberal" only if it doesn&...The media is "liberal" only if it doesn't overtly support white supremacy. Supporting the status quo inadvertently, due to deep brainwashing, is unacceptable to the white right. It must be deliberate or else it is seen as cowardice and a concession to people of color. It's the same way they treat President Obama even though he is the" scold in chief" as I've heard him called here.KissedByTheSunnoreply@blogger.com