Moyers was 100% correct when

[malaise]

he mentioned
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"Mein Kampf" in a cautionary note about the Pentagon's use of deception and disinformation against enemies, real or imagined, abroad. Piety is one of the sins most common to those on the political left, and Moyers's career has hardly been devoid of it. In the grand scheme of things -- if there is a grand scheme of things -- it wasn't much of a character flaw.

After the preliminaries and the listing of what sounded like 75 underwriting foundations, Moyers last night introduced the first report, "A Matter of Opinion," by recalling a car trip he and wife Judith Davidson Moyers (a partner in his business) took and how shocked they were when they started scanning the radio dial. What he heard, Moyers said, was "a freak show of political pornography" on a scale he found "malignant."

The report, produced by Kathleen Hughes, documented conservative excesses on the "public" airwaves. Sean Hannity, a bullying buffoon on the "fair and balanced" Fox News network, spent much of his time this year campaigning for George W. Bush, telling an audience in one city that a vote for Democrat John Kerry would help "Osama get his way."
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[krkaufman]

1. What a perfect description of Right Wing radio.

"a freak show of political pornography"

[malaise]

2. I loved it n/t

[NJCher]

3. his show last night was similar

He interviewed Kathleen Hall Jamieson, one of the most knowledgeable academic commentators on politics and communication.

I was horrified at the examples Kathleen showed last night. The misogynist attacks on Hillary were enough to turn anyone's stomach. Kathleen's examples were from the Web and there were short videos that contrasted Hillary/Reagan: showed Reagan like a cowboy good-ole-guy but Hillary like a witch. In fact, Kathleen connected the "cackle" controversy with an effort to build a negative image for Hillary. There was another one she showed that used the most awful, unflattering photos. Hillary is incredibly photogenic so I imagine they had to search high and low for these shots and they did find some.

The hate! It boggles my mind how anyone could hate her so much.

Kathleen has a first-rate web site that skewers media lies and propaganda:

http://www.factcheck.org/

This latest show is a must-see. I knew it was going to be good so I recorded it. I will use it in classes to show students how the U.S. media propagandizes.

Also, if anyone's interested, Kathleen's latest book is "Unspun." There's a write-up on it at Google Books.



Cher

[malaise]

5. Thanks

I'll watch on line tomorrow morning.

[spanone]

4. "a freak show of political pornography" Recommended

[malaise]

6. Even better

""a malignant freak show of political pornography".

What a great description.