Entries from September 2004
Robert Borosage writes in The American Prospect about what he calls “The Mighty Wurlitzer.” This is a vivid description of the rightwing propaganda and smear machine.
“With all that ideological money, institutional heft, coordination, and credentialing, the right has perfected what the CIA used to call a “mighty Wurlitzer” — a propaganda machine that can hone a fact or a lie, broadcast it, and have it echoed and recycled in Fox News commentary, in Washington Times news stories, in Wall Street Journal editorials, by myriad right-wing pundits, by Heritage seminars and briefing papers, and in congressional hearings and speeches.”
This is exactly what we’re seeing today. Who remembers the “Gore invented the internet” smear? That was a perfect example of how the RNC honed a lie, broadcast it, and got it echoed and recycled. These guys are a serious threat to our democracy, folks.
Categories: corruption · journalistic integrity · smear
Robert Borosage writes in The American Prospect about what he calls “The Mighty Wurlitzer.” This is a vivid description of the rightwing propaganda and smear machine.
“With all that ideological money, institutional heft, coordination, and credentialing, the right has perfected what the CIA used to call a “mighty Wurlitzer” — a propaganda machine that can hone a fact or a lie, broadcast it, and have it echoed and recycled in Fox News commentary, in Washington Times news stories, in Wall Street Journal editorials, by myriad right-wing pundits, by Heritage seminars and briefing papers, and in congressional hearings and speeches.”
This is exactly what we’re seeing today. Who remembers the “Gore invented the internet” smear? That was a perfect example of how the RNC honed a lie, broadcast it, and got it echoed and recycled. These guys are a serious threat to our democracy, folks.
Categories: corruption · journalistic integrity · smear
Categories: WMD · terrorism · troops
Categories: WMD · terrorism · troops
Bush may very well try again to prevent the military ballots from being counted. A report in the Christian Science Monitor indicates some pretty strident animosity toward Bush.
“Nobody I know wants Bush,” says an enlisted soldier in Najaf, adding, “This whole war was based on lies.” Like several others interviewed, his animosity centered on a belief that the war lacked a clear purpose even as it took a tremendous toll on US troops, many of whom are in Iraq involuntarily under “stop loss” orders that keep them in the service for months beyond their scheduled exit in order to keep units together during deployments.
The lack of a clear definition of why we’re in Iraq is causing some serious grumbling among our soldiers. This could spell trouble for Bush come election day.
Categories: Uncategorized
Bush may very well try again to prevent the military ballots from being counted. A report in the Christian Science Monitor indicates some pretty strident animosity toward Bush.
“Nobody I know wants Bush,” says an enlisted soldier in Najaf, adding, “This whole war was based on lies.” Like several others interviewed, his animosity centered on a belief that the war lacked a clear purpose even as it took a tremendous toll on US troops, many of whom are in Iraq involuntarily under “stop loss” orders that keep them in the service for months beyond their scheduled exit in order to keep units together during deployments.
The lack of a clear definition of why we’re in Iraq is causing some serious grumbling among our soldiers. This could spell trouble for Bush come election day.
Categories: Uncategorized
This is from Bush’s “Chronological Listing of Service” which was released by the Bush White House. Notice the raised “th” in the second line.
Categories: awol
This is from Bush’s “Chronological Listing of Service” which was released by the Bush White House. Notice the raised “th” in the second line.
Categories: awol
