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POPSUnfair and Unbalanced I listen to talk radio on occasion. It is available, along with sources of opposing view points, as the result of one of America’s greatest freedoms: free speech. I have never subscribed to the idea of following only individuals that I agree with. That kind of dedication, in my opinion, stifles the mind and leads to a myopic and very narrowed view of life. Democrats are talking about ending conservative dominance of the radio dial. They would accomplish this through the Fairness Doctrine. While I don't agree with conservative ideas people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and others espouse, they are experiencing a dominance because they have a following. That in itself doesn’t make what they say valid but we no more have the right to shut them down than we do to shut down liberal media outlets. Taking away freedoms granted by the Constituion is not the action of a free and enlightened society. Doing so will surely negatively affect us all.
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POPSChilling Free Speech And so it begins. The left shows their true colors. Free speech to be shut down on the radio waves.
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POPSHow low can we go? The mavericks using low road Rove tactics to divide country at the worst possible time. I'm sure Bin Ladin is saying "mission accomplished."
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POPSObama kills McCain in "Town-Hall Meetings" All of the polls are saying it's abundantly clear that Obama won the debate on Tuesday night, by a very large margin... well, all of the polls, except for FoxNews. They said McCain won by about 95%. What more blatant evidence do people need to realize that FoxNews is NOT a news network; it is a heavy biased cheerleading squad for the Republican Party. Fair and Balanced, my Aunt Fanny!
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POPSMSNBC Is Buzz Flashes "Media Putz of the Week" I have always preferred MSNBC for cable news coverage, as they seemed to be the least influenced by right-wing threats. Unlike Fox, who claims to be "Fair and Balanced" when in fact they are Republican shills, MSNBC was far more able to claim that mantle. However, it appears that MSNBC is getting nervous because the two hosts they have who are more left than right, have been garnering complaints from the Republican Committee and the McCain campaign. Compared with remarks that O'Reilly or Hannity make on a regular basis, Olbermann et al, are quite mild. And then again, Olbermann has been, up til this week, the only truly lefty commentator, while FOX is ALL Conservative ALL the Time. But MSNBC has demoted Olbermann as well as Chris Matthews because the RNC did not like the fact that they questioned Sarah Palins qualifications for office. My God, is there nowhere fair minded people can turn any longer?
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POPSGorbachev on Georgian conflict Clips from Gorbachev's op-ed piece in NY Times Russia has long been told to simply accept the facts. Here’s the independence of Kosovo for you. Here’s the abrogation of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty, and the American decision to place missile defenses in neighboring countries. Here’s the unending expansion of NATO. All of these moves have been set against the backdrop of sweet talk about partnership. Why would anyone put up with such a charade? There is much talk now in the United States about rethinking relations with Russia. One thing that should definitely be rethought: the habit of talking to Russia in a condescending way, without regard for its positions and interests.
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POPSJohn McCain's Secret Love Affair. Take the pledge to tell Media Corporations, they must stop the liaison between themselves and the rightwing. I did below. --- I am tired of the media's constant attempts at manipulating their viewers political mentality. Even though it has tweaked in recent times to be more balanced and fair they are still tilting much too far to the right. After all, most media outlets are run by Media Conglomerates and benefit excessively ($$$) when republicans are in charge. In a free society facts from all political persuasions should be presented fairly. Let's not waste a single opportunity to tell them so. thinkingblue.blogspot.com Take the pledge at the link below. What the media does, really matters. http://mediamattersaction.org/theyloveme/?src=love0729-3
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POPSCensorship Disguised as Fairness
Now, poor, abused and deprived leftist politicians are demanding the revival of what they call the Fairness Doctrine, created and enacted for a while in the 1980s, aimed supposedly at balanced use of public airwaves. You may remember that, during the life of that regulation, all media had to struggle to provide equal time to virtually any and every political opinion. It wreaked such expensive havoc and confusion on the airwaves that it became difficult to get anything on. The canny Rupert Murdoch encouraged a “fair and balanced,” though admittedly conservative, Fox News Network, and it eventually it out-rated CNN and all other cable offerings, hands down. Why? Because ordinary citizens liked what they were viewing, and collectively applauded the opinions expressed. And they greatly appreciated hearing and seeing news being reported without the obvious filtering of liberal bias. At last, somebody in broadcasting was giving the public what it clearly wanted.
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POPSHush, Rush... Fascists to left of me, Talkers to the right I'm stuck in the middle with you.... Liberals looking to silence what they can not control... Won't the talkers just move to XM and Sirius and continue on as before? Or will the Dems move to disallow that too? Then what happens to Howard Stern?
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POPS$50 a Barrel for OIL!? Court Case Lost by Exxon to Chavez! Two events that were not reported in the US 'fair and balanced' media.The $50 a barrel item was on Monday April 3, 2006. The UK court case that Exxon lost against Venezuela was published on March 25, 2008. The commencement of the case was covered extensively but the outcome and loss was ignored. Wouldn't it be nice now to have a barrel of oil at $50? Pity politics got in the way of business for once.
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POPSFox anchor: Iranian missile could hit US [not!] Alas, fair and balanced, Iran is 6,340 miles away, and the range of Iran's Shahab missile is 1200 miles. Nevermind. How will we be afraid enough if we're careful about the facts? How will we envision impending doom, or cheer for necessary war? I can "only hope the smoking gun is not a mushroom cloud."
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POPSFree will or free won't? A well written (apart from some typos towards the end), balanced and thoughtful piece on Mind/brain and free will/decision making, with a handful of Buddhism thrown in for good measure (which there should be, given the nature of the blog). The only bit which I balked at, but which has a grain of truth, was the comment that the scientists found a particular result because it was the one they wanted to find. Certainly often true, but in this case I am not sure that it is an entirely fair criticism.
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POPSIraq Teachers Told to Re-write History--Propaganda They plan to strike over it. This is typical of all wars and reconstruction, to justify everything done. (E.g. the U.S. established government "free schools", now compulsory, as part of Reconstruction after the Civil War)
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POPSLIBERAL MEDIA ADVOCACY:Stop Giving Liberals A Free Pass! Please take a moment and add your name. It costs nothing, your e-mail address will not be sold or given to anyone else without your permission, and it takes less than five minutes of your time. You must be 18 years of age or older to sign this petition.
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POPS Faux News Exposed [Again] Could it be any more obvious? You are being lied to every day by the media, and specifically Fox News, who claims to be "Fair and Balanced." Disgusting...
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