Medea Benjamin on C-SPAN Washington Journal now (9:34 am est)

[Mika]

http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=

[Qanisqineq]

1. can't stand to watch Washington Journal anymore

I am sooo tired of hearing that liberals hate America, support Saddam and Osama, and don't want the Iraqis liberated. Ugly Americans rearing their heads.

Off the topic of her appearance this morning: I did watch the other day only to hear some woman from Alabama say that Democrats are against No Child Left Behind (and apparently education in general) because we want to keep people stupid so they will keep voting democrat (I am not making this up). I am still scratching my head about that one since I have a Master's degree, everyone I work with has that or a PhD, I work at a college, and everyone I work with is DEMOCRAT.

Ok, that was my mini-rant.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

2. I swear they only let right-wingers through

or the freepers flood the phone lines. I can never get through...

[Qanisqineq]

4. During the primaries it was a little better

and maybe a little unfair to the right-wing (just trying to be fair myself!) with so many democrats on the air. But now the pendulum has swung the other way.

[librechik]

5. I counted--since I started watching 5 RWers 0 lefties

as usual--it's like watching an artillery attack--and she is answering every volley with aplomb! Bravo Medea!

We should study the transcripts, there are some great responses to annoying RW rhetoric!

[Qanisqineq]

8. Hopefully the lefties

are not calling in because they are too busy preparing for the anti-war march today!

[nostamj]

3. she's only getting wingnut calls

100% so far... or did I miss something? incredible.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. Yup-all wingnuts

that guy from Indiana "it doesn't matter if there were WMDs" :wtf:

[mike_c]

6. wow, I had to stop listening....

Medea is great, but the callers were unbelievably RW, uninformed, and just plain dumb. What planet do these people live?!

[KharmaTrain]

9. Get Used To It...There's More Ahead

Yep...sure looks like the phone lines are being flooded and the wingnuts getting on are going right off the Rove to Rush to Hannity talking points.

I've had a problem with C-SPAN for a while as they go so overboard to cater to their cable and satellite masters...ComCast, AT&T, Charter, NewsCorp, Clear Channel/XM and so on that it is compromising their once unquestioned objectivity. I watch WJ every morning and will continue to do so (what else is there to watch???) but I do so with the expectations that the hosts and the calls will be skewed in favor of the manchild.

It's sickening to see lies now getting codified and accepted as "fact"...and it's this forum, along with others that are part of a massive echo chamber I only hope the majority of voting Americans are not being brainwashed with.

[nostamj]

10. my email to WJ producers

On today's segment with Media Benjamin, EVERY viewer call was from a cookie-cutter right-winger. EVERY call. (Which is not to say that Ms, Benjamin wasn't able to swat these pathetic flies down every time.)

It was the most outrageous example of bias in screening calls that I've ever seen on your program. Shame on you.

Also, I see that you plan to whore for the Bush campaign today by showing his 'rally' in Florida. But NO coverage of the *global* peace marches and rallies.

Perfect record today. Does Mr, Rove give you a cookie when you're a good dog?

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