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White Fear And Loathing In America

Matthew Wright — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:44:51 +0000

The sheer number of manufactured controversies by the media this year has been nothing short of astonishing. Rachel Maddow manages to shed light on them as part of a bigger narrative– The white fear meme:

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Glenn Beck Gives A Lesson In Black History

Matthew Wright — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:23:28 +0000

As Glenn Beck claims the mantle of 21st century shaman of black America, I must pause to give a little background on this farcical new display. The majority of Beck’s audience probably has no clue whatsoever about the black American struggle inherent in the fabric of American history. It is nice to know that Mr. Beck can fill them in on the minute details.

Beck’s performance here can be summed up best as specious, arrogant, factual inaccurate, and borne of a propagandist bent. He doesn’t seek to enlighten anyone. Instead, he chooses to encourage the wrong type of debate. For reasons I cannot explain (probably ratings), Beck has become proficient at painting himself as the clown prince of historical moralizing. I weep for his audience. Then again, those people get what they deserve. Watch the inanity below:

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Fox News’ Fear-Driven Narrative Has A Credibility Problem

Matthew Wright — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:05:18 +0000

The past two years have resulted in the most bizarre incongruities and hypocritical stances by leading conservatives (deficit reduction, stimulus spending, preserving the constitution, religious tolerance), and their media mouth piece Fox News. This, in a nutshell, sums all of them up. John Stewart:

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Why Is Fox News’ Audience One Percent Black? One Enlightened Viewer Gives His Take

Matthew Wright — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:19:17 +0000

Rather than postulate that it has anything to do with Fox’s overt political agenda, or black folks’ support for President Obama –I would venture to guess it’s because Fox’s target audience may be slightly hostile to black thought, and black folks in general. That may be a blanket statement, but the pattern of race-baiting stories pimped by Fox has increased exponentially the past few years (ACORN, Van Jones, New Black Panther Party, Shirley Sherrod). By pushing stories that are either patently false– (ACORN, Shirley Sherrod), or devoid of facts (NBPP, Sherrod)– loyal Fox viewers are inundated with negatively hype imagery, and skewed angles of part of the black experience. That in turn, leads to vitriolic rhetoric like this:

rlavallee

I am proud to be smeared and libeled by liberal racists. The illegitimate government of the United States has branded me as the Great Satan because of the color of my skin, and I could not be happier about it. It is a badge of honor to be worn proudly. It proves that I am a member of the most tolerant, generous, peaceful, and loving people in human history – European-Americans. I know that the reason blacks hate us is because they did not have the guts to free themselves – they needed us to do it for them. After 150 years, no gratitude, just whining and hate from them. I curse the Jews and the Muslims and the blacks who sold their own brothers into slavery, but I will not wear for one second any guilt associated with their crimes. Make my day – call me a racist.

Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM

Believe me, I’m not naive enough to not know the difference between an idiot faux-tough guy– ranting incoherently in the comments section of a story–and an actual forward-thinking conservative, who knows better than to indulge in racist propaganda speech. That quote is indicative of the polemical climate we’re facing in the battle to engage on race. Folks like rlavallee have ratcheted up the hate, possibly in hopes of forever pushing real, substantive dialogue off the table.

But Fox does themselves a disservice by pushing inflammatory, untruths to the general public. Real journalism has a responsibility to the truth, not to pimping a divisive agenda.

h/t: brown man thinking hard

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Tim Lahaye Tells Fox News Obama Is ‘Bringing Us Closer To The Apocalypse’

Matthew Wright — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:14:59 +0000

Evangelical Christian minister and best selling author Tim Lahaye, tells Mike Huckabee on Fox News that President Barack Obama’s policies are “raw socialism,” and he is “bringing us closer to the apocalypse.” Watch.

I’m starting to feel like I would welcome the Apocalypse. Maybe then all of these idiots will finally shut the hell up.

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Bill O’Reilly Thinks Glenn Beck Is A Lunatic

Matthew Wright — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:35:42 +0000

Pretty good clip here of Bill O’Reilly on the Jay Leno Show last night. In it O’Reilly dishes everything Glenn Beck, and says Beck “thinks rats are invading the White House sent by Satan.” Look, we all know Beck is bat-shit crazy. O’Reilly’s assertions just belabor that thinking in a more playful manner. In fact, I’m willing to bet Bill likes having Beck at Fox to deflect from his own ego-maniacal arrogance. They’re made for one another. Check out the clip.

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How To Argue With Andrew Breitbart

Matthew Wright — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:51:07 +0000

Absolutely perfect and spot on. h/t: TrueSlant

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Why Is Brian Kilmeade On Fox News?

Matthew Wright — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:44:26 +0000

To elevate the collective intelligence of the other anchors of course. Here’s a prime example of the sheer volume of his intellect:

Yes Brian! Why hasn’t the president put on his damn wetsuit, and raced to the bottom of the gulf to cap that hole? Surely it must take no time at all, since his firing of General McChrystal took only a few hours. It’s a question we’ve all pondered. I’ve also asked myself why you haven’t been struck by lightening, and why we can’t use monopoly money to buy things. Damn! Where do these people come from? (Okay, that’s another question)