A Mainstream Media Consensus Means....

[McCamy Taylor]

1. The quest for truth and beauty is finally complete. We have found the truth, and it is beautiful.

2. There is safety in numbers. Remember what they did to Bill Maher?

3. The corporate bosses have spoken.

Here are some memorable mainstream media consensuses of our time.

Gore Is a Liar

For some reason The Rolling Stone has taken down its link to its seminal article "The Press v. Al Gore." Don't know why. Maybe one of the journalists mentioned in the story is now their BFF. But you can find links all over the Internet. Here is one.

http://www.angelfire.com/indie/pearly/htmls/gore-nightmare.html

Iraq Has Weapons of Mass Destruction

Do I really need to supply a link? We all watched NBC and the others play the special theme song and celebrate as the (oil) drums of war sounded. Ok, ok, here is a link.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402577/

"Weapons of Mass Deception" is a brilliant documentary that Americans don't like very much, because it shows just how gullible they are. I saw this one first in November, 2004 in Amsterdam, where the audience loved it. Just loved it. But then, they were not the ones who bought the song and dance that ended up costing our nation trillions of dollars and thousands of lives.

So please, don't tell me that John Edwards is a no good, cheating liar that no one would ever possibly want as their president because the mainstream media all agrees that it is true . The MSM was out to get the man from before day one of the 2008 presidential election. If you don't believe me, here is a link to my own Press V. John Edwards for all of those who think that they formulated the opinion That John Edwards sure is a phony! all on their own.

http://election.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4306897&mesg_id=4306897

Yeah, yeah. I know. You never read John Solomon, and you know that the usual right wing media shills tell nothing but lies, and you would never ever believe anything that they say. Ever. Period. That is why the nation's Democrats stood up en masse in 2003 to declare "Hell no! We won't go!" when Bush and Co. decided that they needed to get them some of that Iraqi crude. That's why no Democrats fell for the slick line "Gore is the same as Bush" in 2000. That is why no Democrat would ever explain their disdain for John Edwards by saying "The press hate him, and therefore, I know he is no good."

I mean, its just different if a Democrat cheats on his wife. You saw how the party turned its back on Bill Clinton and JFK, right? And how they rewarded Jimmy Carter for keeping his lust in his heart and his you know what in his pants. Things like adultery matter way more to us than healthcare for all and food for the poor...

What? You say that healthcare for all and food for the poor matters more than the marital fidelity of your politicians? Maybe that is why they say "Republicans slime with sex and Democrats slime with money." But, it that is true, which party slimed John Edwards? And why are so many Democrats buying their line? And why was Spy magazine the only media outlet to report on Papa Bush's marital infidelities at a time when Gennifer Flowers' name was a household word?

[The Wizard]

1. Pravda, TAAS. Izvestia (NT)

[Overseas]

2. Sad K&R.

So much deception.

I remember the trashing of Al Gore who actually did help open up the internet to civilian use.

Even just the main TV news anchors not asking Republicans who get so many more TV invites just why they prefer to take from the poor instead of taxing the rich a bit more, especially since the Bush tax cuts resulted in waves of job losses.

[alp227]

3. RollingStone.com wiped out its pre-2009 articles in its redesign

but the wayback machine has the old stuff including the Al Gore article http://replay.web.archive.org/20090412093407/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5920188/the_press_vs_al_gore

[certainot]

4. MSM consensus is largely determined by 1000 coordinated radio stations used to create a buzz that

makes mad avenue look like amateurs.

and the only reason it works, the only reason the RW think tanks that feed the limbaughs and hannitys and local wannabes can create their made to order constituencies (often now called teabaggers), manage and threaten pols and media, and determine what is and isn't acceptable in america, and completely undermine democracy, is because there is no organized response from the left to the most important weapon the right has had for the last 20 years.

it is invisible to them as they whine about obama's and dem's shortcomings, as they listen to their music and ipods while the loudest radio stations in the country get a free speech free ride to call liberals and dems liars and thieves all day long with no one in their face. as they react AFTER the RW propaganda has already been pounded into the earholes of 50 mil every week, over and over and over, as they let their universities give these lying racist sexist corporate blowhards credibility by broadcasting sports on them.

the MSM TV and print's owners and producers and editors can't sell the propaganda like that coordinated radio soapbox can. they can leave important stuff out but they, not even fox, can't create the alternate reality we're stuck in now. radio did , and only could because the left, even it's most venerable and talented analysts, ignored RW radio because, after all, who the fuck can listen to it?

[Fumesucker]

5. How many DUers do you think don't know about the ubiquity of right wing talk radio?

Very damn few in my opinion.

A lot of us feel like we're fighting not only the Republicans to get liberal/progressive policies instituted, we also feel like we're fighting a great many Democrats.

[certainot]

6. the right sets up soapboxes on every corner and stump in the country and calls their mothers whores

and their fathers thieves and liars (or the equivalent) and the left just plugs in the ipod and walks on by. AM, what's that?

a lot of new voters complain naively now, judging dem performance in this talk radio-stupid vacuum, analyzing politics as if rove's political 2x4 didn't exist.

they complain obama ignores torture while the local giant RW stations that broadcast their favorite sports make excuses for torture all day and help limbaugh sell CLUB GITMO t-shirts.

they complain obama let ACORN and van jones down etc with no clue as to the years their local RW stations spent trashing and lying about acorn specifically, months for van jones, until it shows up later on fox--- and on and on.

[Fumesucker]

7. It's been my experience that those on the left don't need their beliefs constantly validated..

At least nowhere near the level that right wingers seem to need.

Talk radio is really more about making you angry than anything else, both the left and the right are made angry when they listen to right wing talk radio. I've heard right-wing talker Neal Boortz say this explicitly back when I used to listen to him when he was just a local host, when he went national he stopped telling that truth.

Anger can be addictive, right wing radio feeds that addiction, angry people keep listening for that next fix of anger.

[certainot]

8. but it is significant mostly in that there are no alts for political talk in most parts of the count

try when working or driving, and it is coordinated well planned and often repeated propaganda.

the anger and hate triggers emotion to help them internalize the propaganda and deflect blame from billionaires to neighbors.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. It seems objectively factual that Edwards did some sleazy shit.

The lesson is, don't trot your family story out there like a big selling point if its based on lies.

The American people WILL vote for the ideas--- but then run on the ideas.... don't present yourself as something you're not.