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June 04, 2006
Unfair... Unbalanced... Un-American
Thanks to Corey for finding this one, and encouraging me to share (as I similarly encourage all of you to share)... Imagine if some commentator for CBS News or CNN or some other outlet of the allegedly "liberal" media (which in itself is a lie perpetrated by conservatives for nearly 40 years now) accused American troops of having committed an atrocity that in fact Saddam's troops had been responsible for. And that when the facts were presented to said commentator, he chose instead to angrily repeat the slander a second time. And then his network covered up the slip by blatantly altering the transcription of the commentator's remarks and removing the troublesome accusation from public view -- so that if you didn't see it on the air, you'd never know it happened. And that when the commentator's own audience called him out on his mistake, he blithely glossed it over and pretended like he'd simply misspoken (twice).
How loudly do you suspect the unthinking conservative sheep (is there is any other kind of conservative?) would have been bleating for said commentator's dismissal and perp walk? How angrily do you think the screeching harpie voices of Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh would be calling for that commentator's resgination, the withdrawal of the network's license, and about the general un-American nature of liberals in general?
Now, change the scene a little -- instead of Saddam's troops, make the perpetrators of the atrocities Nazi war criminals, and make the victims the same American soldiers who the commentator was accusing. Now how loud do you think the cries of righteous anger would be from the right?
Actually, such a scenario did take place last week. To the letter. Only the commentator was Bill O'Reilly from the Republican Propaganda Channel That Masquerades As "News." But he and Fox did everything I just described -- accused American soldiers in World War II of atrocities in Belgium... when in fact it was the Nazis who slaughtered American troops. Fox conveniently altered the transcript of O'Reilly's program to change the location of O'Reilly's allegation. And there hasn't been a damn peep from the self-righteous screechers on the right. Not that anyone should be surprised, really. I mean, as a veteran I am infuriated; and as an American I am appalled. But we've seen way too much from the right in this country over the last 25 years to expect anything different.
Thankfully, at least someone was paying attention, and called that sniveling piece of garbage and his propaganda channel network out over the whole incident. I give you MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, showing you exactly what kind of person Bill O'Reilly is, and what kind of Orwellian network Fox is. The right should be ashamed, except that they know no shame.
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