RW talking point on Williams, Gallagher payola scandal

[Hello_Kitty]

"Well the liberals have PBS and NPR and they're funded by the government!" :argh: :argh: :argh:

I've read it in LTTEs and heard it from Rush drones in conversation. For one thing, on NPR and PBS if someone is of a particular ideology it is disclosed. And there is no shortage of conservative views on either of those outlets.

Why are wingnuts so stupid?

[Jackpine Radical]

1. It's not stupidity. It's lies and distortions.

There's a big and important difference. As long as we continue to think they're stupid rather than actively malignant, we misjudge the situation.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Oh, I've heard that NPR and PBS have been slanting right recently.

[Shopaholic]

4. You've heard that because it's true.

They have been turning to the right and that's why I no longer watch/listen to either of them. I got good and fed up and disgusted with them quite some time ago.

You know damn well that if they'd found out that Clinton had media on the official government payroll (if only we had), that there would have been sheer hell to pay. Now do we get why these people were so vehment in trying to destroy the Clintons? They were getting paid to do so.

And where's the outrage from the public? Where's the investigations that should be going on into this from the government? And most importantly, where's the outrage from the press who should be offended and outraged that this is ruining their good name?? Oh yeah, that's right-the public are sheeple who believe anything they're told; the government is GOP led, so therefore if they do it, it's perfectly alright, and the media are literally whores, taking money to shill stories for this crooked administration.

God bless America.

[baldguy]

3. Their funding isn't a secret.

And they get more funding from right-wing corporations than from the pittance they get from the gov't.

[Shopaholic]

5. Ah, but all we can hear is how awful it is that George Soros funds

progressive causes as they try to claim he made his money via drug dealing!!! But conservative billionaires funding conservative/right-wingnut causes--NOT a problem.

[underpants]

6. NPR and PBS aren't liberal they just aren't FAR RIGHT

as with the rest of the media

[gumby]

7. "actively malignant" sounds about 'right' to me.

That's about how I feel about PBS and NPR too. Under the guise of neutral intellectualism, PBS and NPR have been mainstreaming right-wing extremism for years. They present topics in a right-wing frame and host right-wing guests as 'one side' of the conversation. On the 'other side' is an 'academic' or a 'radical' (not) like Mark Shields.

This is a two-fer. They mainstream the extreme right while marginalizing other voices -- especially from the left.

I seldom listen to either any more.