I just referred to the Washington Times as a fascist newspaper

[question everything]

in another message board. Is this an accurate description or is it too much?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. well,

I'd call it a paper run by a cult leader who has proclaimed himself the Messiah. That is accurate, I think.

[theresistance]

2. Honestly, I think its going overboard

it just doesn't help arguments by the use of such phrases. Having said that, I don't necessarily disagree with your sentiments and sometimes it feels good to vent frustrations. It might be okay for message boards (then you get unwanted attention like the NYT), but not for any serious forum...

[blm]

4. You don't know much about Moon, do you?

He believes in fascism.

[question everything]

8. Yeah, but it felt soooo good n/t

[blm]

3. Moon is a theo-fascist. That's why he fits in with the GOP.

Amazing that the media lets the Republicans get away with claiming Democrats want to get rid of Jesus when Bush's best buddy, Moon, has 135 ministers dump their crosses and replace them with Moon's crown.

Man, Bush supporters are bigtime DUPES.

[ananda]

6. sounds about right to me...

The Washington Times, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today.. these are all neofascist newspapers, imnsvho.

And why not call a fascist spade a fascist spade. Are we supposed to play nice and try to figure out how to make appropriate Reeptile language now in order to remodel ourselves into a more totalitarian-acceptable conversant?

-They- don't play nice... -they- use bad language and then justify it by saying they were just so provoked by those mean, nasty, unjust libruls.. -they- put on that groomed, normal, conservative look when they use coded language in order to promote policies that are nothing short of inhuman, horror-making, and which result in what should be unthinkable, unconscionable, and criminal death-and-destruction.

Does the truth hurt little GOP diddums? Do you feel you should get a break because your mommy and daddy have a lot of money and power that makes sure you never have to take the consequences for your psychopathic, criminally irresponsible behavior?

Too fukking bad!

Beauty is truth and truth, beauty...

Sue

[CatholicEdHead]

11. WSJ and USA Today

The WSJ is mostly the editorial page that is horrible. The same goes with the USA Today, but that is often just a watered down version of the news. They suffer from sins of omission than anything.

[peacetalksforall]

5. I would call it a cult and hybrid right wing mouthpiece.

Cult because it is owned by Reverend Moon, a cultist who has a devotion to or partnership with the Bushes and the right wing cabal. He plans to take over the world. So are the Bushes working for him or with him? That is the question.

As to fascist - you are right, in a way - since the cabal is all about militaristic capitalism.

#1. A cult newspaper
#2. A right wing propaganda rag.
#3. A fascist, totalitarian, imperialistic, colonialist, evangelical mouthpiece.

Regrettably - C-Span quotes from it every day and WT employees are guests on cpn's every day.

cpn's = corporate propaganda networks cnn fox nbc cbs abc

[question everything]

7. Wow! Did not know it is owned by Moon but just judging by the stories

that this RWer chooses to post on a supposedly apolitical message board is enough.

His most recent one was about that Kuwaiti student who was flunked by his professor and who was upset that, supposedly, the professor told him that he need psychological help for being "pro-America."

[peacetalksforall]

10. ?

?

[reprehensor]

9. Then there is the Wall Street Journal...

Which Gore Vidal referred to as 'cheerily fascist'.

:)

Some certainly think that there is something to Moon having fascist ties. Check out Dave Emory's archived shows about Moon for more information on that...

Once in a while a decent article does appear in the Washington Times, but most of the time it's shill-ville.

Dave Emory, anti-fascist researcher.

[Cell Whitman]

12. It's a tool of Moon's

which is worse than being fascist imho.

Behind the Times: Who Pulls The Strings at Washington's No. 2 Daily? By Fred Clarkson

http://www.fair.org/extra/best-of-extra/washington-times.html

Three NWC (News World Communications) executives are not only top Unification Church officials, but have also had high-ranking posts in the Korean CIA (KCIA). Sang Kook Han, a "personal assistant" to the KCIA director in the early 1960s, later served as South Korea's ambassador to Norway and Panama. In 1984, Han was installed at the Washington Times, precipitating the resignation of editor James Whelan. Currently senior vice president of New World Communications, Han is described by Whelan as the "de facto publisher" and "inspector general" of the Times.

Moon's speeches are riddled with contempt for "American-style democracy," which he denigrates as "a good nursery for the growth of Communism." "We must have an automatic theocracy to rule the world," Moon has declared. Former top UC official Steve Hassan believes that the Washington Times is a "Trojan horse" within the conservative movement. Hassan told EXTRA!, "Conservative politics is glad to have a voice through the Times, but ultimately it has nothing to do with conservatism. It has to do with fascism."

I compiled some notes on the Washington Times here:
http://cellwhitman.blogspot.com/2004/10/independent-washington-times.html

[question everything]

13. Thank you! n/t