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rascal · Jun 7, 2005, 11:54 am

I'd like to share an editorial I wrote this week for TvNewsLies.org. It expresses my total frustration at the continuing complicity of the media in giving George Bush a pass at ever turn. The relentless repetition of lies and distortions goes shamefully unchallenged.

IS ANYONE OUT THERE LISTENING?

A DISTURBING INQUIRY
By Contributing Editor - TvNewsLIES.org - June 2005

Maybe that’s the wrong question. Maybe I should ask if anyone out there is SCREAMING! I know I am, and I’m ready to blow.

The corporate media are the common enemy of the American people and they have to be treated as such. They have to be made to feel the anger of the public. They have to be made to feel ashamed of what they are doing.

The man holding the news conference used that phrase again, the one about our winning in Iraq, and they let him get away with it. The pseudo journalists at the White House news conference let him get away with it and I came that close to smashing my TV with a baseball bat. It’s gotten that bad.

The man went on to say, “I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq,” and I had a really wild knee-jerk reaction: I stood up and screamed. ”NO,” I actually yelled out loud, “NO, you liar….it’s not true!” I had screamed those words at a defenseless television screen that was coming closer and closer to annihilation by the moment. But I felt better for having done that.

“We didn't pass sovereignty but about 10 months ago,” the man continued, “and since that time a lot of progress has been made. And we'll continue to make progress for the good of the region and for the good of our country.” Hearing those words, the faux journalists in the room seemed pleased. Iraq was fine and dandy. How nice, they seemed to say, so now let’s talk about the filibuster.

And that’s when I totally lost it.

That’s when I entered my parallel universe – the one in which I believed I could actually make them hear me. The one in which I could vent my disbelief directly at the cadre of ersatz press folks who were seated on the screen. HEY YOU, I shouted at them, HEY YOU….

DIDN’T YOU PEOPLE HEAR WHAT HE JUST SAID? IS THERE NO ONE OUT THERE WHO HEARD WHAT I DID? WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE? WHY ARE YOU LETTING HIM GET AWAY WITH THE LIES? WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? For Heaven’s sake, WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO’S SCREAMING?

I was screaming, all right, and I knew exactly why. I was screaming because I had reached the moment when I simply couldn’t take the lies any more. More than two years had passed, and I was watching the same docile acceptance of the same old propaganda. I was screaming at the surrealist scenario being played out at a meaningless presidential press conference. And most of all I was screaming because I knew what was really happening out there.

For the full article:
http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/is_an...istening_.html

IndieC · Jun 7, 2005, 11:59 am

Now this is a rant....

**Matt W** · Jun 7, 2005, 11:59 am

Just been bounced to Misc.

Gorgo · Jun 7, 2005, 12:01 pm

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Quote by: rascal

I was screaming because I had reached the moment when I simply couldn’t take the lies any more.

Well, it's just amazing that there are still people that support these criminals. It's not just Iraq. People are being slaughtered in Haiti as well. When I can, I'm going to post a thread on that.

IndieC · Jun 7, 2005, 12:11 pm

MattW, why did you move the one on Isreal to the misc section though? As far as i could see, there was actually something to debate about there, and i think it would be quite interesting to send it back to the politics bit...

Nono · Jun 7, 2005, 12:17 pm

This could be debated too. They're both rants.

Actually I agree with the ranting author, but since it's largely written in SCREAMING CAPS, to hell with it.

**Matt W** · Jun 7, 2005, 12:20 pm

That was a rant. Nothing to debate. 'Look at the bad Israelis' was all that was there. Nothing about the Middle East as a whole, no questions, no figures, no thought-provoking statements, no thoughts on Palestinian tactics. Nothing to discuss - civilly, at least. Such one-eyed stuff gets bounced.

Edit:- Ok, mebbe they could be debated...but they were rants. Rants get bounced.

IndieC · Jun 7, 2005, 12:31 pm

Okay, i'll agree with that, there was no question, but it was thought-provoking, for me anyway...

Digital Man · Jun 7, 2005, 12:33 pm

Quote:

A DISTURBING INQUIRY
By Contributing Editor - TvNewsLIES.org - June 2005

And it was published....go figger

BTW.....where was the actual lie?

Jun 7, 2005, 11:54 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
rascal Sedimentary Rock Posts: 11	Is Anyone Out There Listening to the LIES? I'd like to share an editorial I wrote this week for TvNewsLies.org. It expresses my total frustration at the continuing complicity of the media in giving George Bush a pass at ever turn. The relentless repetition of lies and distortions goes shamefully unchallenged. IS ANYONE OUT THERE LISTENING? A DISTURBING INQUIRY By Contributing Editor - TvNewsLIES.org - June 2005 Maybe that’s the wrong question. Maybe I should ask if anyone out there is SCREAMING! I know I am, and I’m ready to blow. The corporate media are the common enemy of the American people and they have to be treated as such. They have to be made to feel the anger of the public. They have to be made to feel ashamed of what they are doing. The man holding the news conference used that phrase again, the one about our winning in Iraq, and they let him get away with it. The pseudo journalists at the White House news conference let him get away with it and I came that close to smashing my TV with a baseball bat. It’s gotten that bad. The man went on to say, “I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq,” and I had a really wild knee-jerk reaction: I stood up and screamed. ”NO,” I actually yelled out loud, “NO, you liar….it’s not true!” I had screamed those words at a defenseless television screen that was coming closer and closer to annihilation by the moment. But I felt better for having done that. “We didn't pass sovereignty but about 10 months ago,” the man continued, “and since that time a lot of progress has been made. And we'll continue to make progress for the good of the region and for the good of our country.” Hearing those words, the faux journalists in the room seemed pleased. Iraq was fine and dandy. How nice, they seemed to say, so now let’s talk about the filibuster. And that’s when I totally lost it. That’s when I entered my parallel universe – the one in which I believed I could actually make them hear me. The one in which I could vent my disbelief directly at the cadre of ersatz press folks who were seated on the screen. HEY YOU, I shouted at them, HEY YOU…. DIDN’T YOU PEOPLE HEAR WHAT HE JUST SAID? IS THERE NO ONE OUT THERE WHO HEARD WHAT I DID? WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE? WHY ARE YOU LETTING HIM GET AWAY WITH THE LIES? WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? For Heaven’s sake, WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO’S SCREAMING? I was screaming, all right, and I knew exactly why. I was screaming because I had reached the moment when I simply couldn’t take the lies any more. More than two years had passed, and I was watching the same docile acceptance of the same old propaganda. I was screaming at the surrealist scenario being played out at a meaningless presidential press conference. And most of all I was screaming because I knew what was really happening out there. For the full article: http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/is_an...istening_.html

Jun 7, 2005, 11:59 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
IndieC Igneous Magma Location: UK Posts: 303	Now this is a rant.... "Never before in the history of warfare had destruction been so indiscriminate and universal" - makes you think of Hiroshima... -H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

Jun 7, 2005, 11:59 am	#3 (permalink) (top)
Matt W Moderator Location: Reading, UK. Posts: 7,212	Just been bounced to Misc. I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. -George Best, on being asked what he did with his footballing fortunes.

Jun 7, 2005, 12:11 pm	#5 (permalink) (top)
IndieC Igneous Magma Location: UK Posts: 303	MattW, why did you move the one on Isreal to the misc section though? As far as i could see, there was actually something to debate about there, and i think it would be quite interesting to send it back to the politics bit... "Never before in the history of warfare had destruction been so indiscriminate and universal" - makes you think of Hiroshima... -H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

Jun 7, 2005, 12:17 pm	#6 (permalink) (top)
Nono Throbbing Member Location: Old Europe Posts: 7,453	This could be debated too. They're both rants. Actually I agree with the ranting author, but since it's largely written in SCREAMING CAPS, to hell with it. "I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything." -- Viscount Melbourne

Jun 7, 2005, 12:20 pm	#7 (permalink) (top)
Matt W Moderator Location: Reading, UK. Posts: 7,212	That was a rant. Nothing to debate. 'Look at the bad Israelis' was all that was there. Nothing about the Middle East as a whole, no questions, no figures, no thought-provoking statements, no thoughts on Palestinian tactics. Nothing to discuss - civilly, at least. Such one-eyed stuff gets bounced. Edit:- Ok, mebbe they could be debated...but they were rants. Rants get bounced. I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. -George Best, on being asked what he did with his footballing fortunes.

Jun 7, 2005, 12:31 pm	#8 (permalink) (top)
IndieC Igneous Magma Location: UK Posts: 303	Okay, i'll agree with that, there was no question, but it was thought-provoking, for me anyway... "Never before in the history of warfare had destruction been so indiscriminate and universal" - makes you think of Hiroshima... -H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds