Why does every right leaning "pundit" parrot the same talking points

[WCGreen]

no matter what the age, sex or race, they all say the same thing.

What does that tell you about the intellectual level of those on the right?

They are all combative, all say the same thing, always directed the conversation back to fit the message of the day.

Intellectual laziness or total contempt for their audience in the way that they don't trust them to formulate their own opinions is what I see.

And I think this frustrates those of us on the intellectual left.

We want those on the left to be like those on the right, but do we really want our folks to be parroting some left wing Rovian character determining talking for the intellectual left.

For instance, today on MSNBC, they are talking about Solynda being an example of government intervening in the market place but I would answer what the hell is happening with the oil business getting massive tax write offs to write off all their costs of developing an oil field before one hole is drilled...

In 2009, the oil industry paid not one cent in federal tax. Why? Because they had preferential tax treatment. Whether you get your money up front or on the back side, it's all money from the fed.

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Someone behind the scenes is feeding them their lines?

[Warpy]

2. Because they all come from the same place in the middle of the spider web

and it's looking more and more like the middle of that web is inhabited by a tiny handful of ridiculously wealthy old men, with Charles and David Koch fronting the whole thing. They give the orders and their stink tanks come up with the Orwellian language and every blowhard who wants to keep his job repeats it ad infinitum because we all know right wingers are kinda slow.

[hifiguy]

3. Because they all get their daily talking points

from Grover Norquist on most issues. This is no BS, as Norquist's talking points were sent to some lefty journalist or pol a few years back. Can't remember the details or Google it right now.

[LibertyLover]

4. 'cause it's so much easier than having to think for one's self?

I've long maintained that's the reason there are so many fundamentalist Christians. It's easier to have the minister or Reverend tell you what to believe than it is to figure it out for yourself.

[DainBramaged]

5. This guy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luntz

[grasswire]

6. honest truth -- they get a "message" every morning

Used to be sent by FAX, probably now by other means. It has the talking points of the day. Coordinated. Frank Luntz is probably doing the framing.

This is the truth. They get daily talking points.

[Chipper Chat]

10. And Limbaugh and Hannity are the bullhorns.

It's a tight-knit operation. I'm surprised that even many "informed" democrats are ignorant of this (or just do not believe it).

[grasswire]

13. Hillary called it the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

And she was right.

Drudge is involved, too.

[newspeak]

21. and if you repeat the talking point over and over again

on every channel it will finally (like a hypnotic suggestion), become a talking point to the masses. Now repeat after me, "Gore is a liar", "Gore is a liar." "Dean is unstable" "Dean is unstable." "I want to have a beer with little boots," "I want to have a beer with little boots." "Iraq can strike us at any time, be very afraid," "Iraq can strike us at anytime, be very afraid."

[Warren Stupidity]

28. and have been doing this for like 20 years now

and they memorize the points, never go off message, and have gone to 'How to Monopolize the Conversation' training seminars.

They are disciplined and understand that it is a game played to win.

The Democratic Party is full of 'smart' people who can't be bothered to prepare for anything, think they know all the answers, enjoy having intellectual discussions with adversaries who are doing nothing of the sort, politely wait their turn to speak, and generally have no clue what the situation they are in actually is.

[dtexdem]

7. Because they're the right-leaning-pundit talking points.

If a RW pundit said something else, it would sow confusion as to whether the words came from a "true" RW pundit.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. Meanwhile, DU is bitterly fractured over something as commonly agreeable as OWS

The sameness of RW talking points may seem an easy target for ridicule but the fractures in our own camps are the more pronounced detriment.

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[grasswire]

14. true dat

For a couple of decades now I've mourned the fact that Democrats don't seem to have a goddam strategist of note. Message control has helped the right wing misinform America.

[JaneQPublic]

20. The mascots of the GOP and Dems should be changed

from the elephant and donkey to a sheep for the GOPers and a cat for the Dems (e.g., "as difficult as herding cats.")

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. Punditry is an industry and talking points are essential tools like hammers and nails

They're not paid by the commercial networks for originality of thought. They know the corporate media wants two sides to any issue and they want the same back-and-forth, over and over and over and over again. Thinking outside the box isn't something the corporate media pays for, as their primary goal is selling a known entertainment product and the pundits know what is asked of them.

[Rex]

11. The Right hates intellectuals.

The Right does what any good robot army would do...follow its masters programming to the letter.

[kestrel91316]

15. That's what their handler faxes all of them daily.

[RDANGELO]

16. Because what is behind it all has nothing to thinking.

They are the good people we are the bad people. Once they are hooked on that, they believe everything they are told. It's all human instinct.

[No Joe]

17. Party Discipline

Just like the German Nazi Party and the Soviet Communist Party.

[MrScorpio]

18. The Heritage Foundation.

They pretty much coordinate the vast majority of right wing messaging machine.

[FarLeftFist]

19. ECHO ECho Echo echo chamber. They don't put much thought into their thoughts.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. K&R!

:kick:

[pansypoo53219]

23. because it's in the publican bible. and if they doth believe

in the publican economic zombie reagan religion as taught by rush limabugh and fux gnews, then the must preach to the democrat heathens who believe in true fiscal responsibility thru taxes.

[catgirl]

24. Because they're brainwashed n/t

[redqueen]

25. The Mighty Wurlitzer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

[barbtries]

26. i'm pretty sure they're told what to say.

you gotta see this: http://teamcoco.com/video/same-sex-wedding-news

[mod mom]

27. because they can not think for themselves

[demosincebirth]

29. They want to show how impartial they are. If they tell the truth, the truth

will land on the side of the democrats. And they can't let that happen.

[unblock]

30. it's called orchestration.

they aim to have a chorus of voices repeating the same slogans, catch-phrases, sneer-laden mocking epithets, etc., to constantly reinforce their right-wing messages and biases.

they're marketing for the republican brand. they are NOT independent thinkers presenting unique and sometimes quirky perspectives. that's the province of democrats.

[WCGreen]

31. What I was getting at is that there is a clear retort to something like

the Solynda situation and the left doesn't seem to be able to grasp that and march right on.

[FiveGoodMen]

32. While the right wing is too lock-step, the left is not enough

The left in this country (if it even exists at the leadership level) does not seem to think of itself as a team with common goals.

They've spent too many years just saying, "Well, we're not the other guys..."

[WCGreen]

33. Couldn't have said it better myself....

[krispos42]

34. Because their scripts are written by the top 1‰

And they are handsomely paid and rewarded for the damage they do to America.