C-SPAN’S SUBLIMINAL SEDUCTION

[Catherine Vincent]

I am posting this for a new poster that couldn't start a thread:


George W. Bush has divided this country. That’s a given. But what is NOT a given is that the political division that exists in this country is straight down the middle. There seems to be a concerted effort by many in the corporate media to suggest that America is now separated into two equal camps: those who support George Bush, and those who oppose him. We are, in short, a nation equally divided in our political views, and equally in support of, or opposed to George W. Bush and company. It sounds good, but is it true?

TvNewsLIES.org strongly disagrees with this conclusion. Ours is NOT an equally divided nation. Not by a long shot. Never before in history have so many groups representing so many independent factions and interests opposed an administration so vehemently. There is no way that fully half the nation approves of the disastrous policies of this administration. But in their calculated attempts to influence the electorate, the media would have us believe otherwise.

Case in point: Washington Journal, a daily morning feature on C-SPAN. This highly respected and popular political program is a patent example of how the media can subtly and masterfully manipulate public perception. Washington Journal enjoys a long reputation of political neutrality. Sadly, they have abandoned their commitment to fairness by instituting a format designed to suggest far greater support of George Bush than exists among their listeners. They, too, suggest that America is a nation divided in half. Not so, but so it would seem.

more....
http://tvnewslies.org/html/c-span_deception.html

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I do remember when Clinton was president, they had the lines divided by party but now that chimpy is in the White House, there's a support Bush* line and support Kerry (or Democrats) line.

Hmmm.....

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2. I once wrote a letter of complaint...

...to CSPAN questioning their use of separate call in lines for those who supported Bush*, supported Democrats and 'other'. This was the first time they had a call-in 'support' line for a president*. It was obvious that they were setting up a scenario where you either supported Bush* or was a Bush*-hating Democrat.

- In doing this...CSPAN chose a side and became just another tool for the Bushies to use to spread disinformation and for their rabid supporters to accuse Dems of hating their 'great' leader.

[Mike Nelson]

3. C-SPAN SPEW

I liked it when they let the callers decide what to talk about. They don't do that very often anymore. I also liked it when they had two or three people sit down and debate... now they mostly have one guest spew their spittle. They also show subtle signs they think callers commenting on voter fraud are not quite sane.