Media Allowing Liberals To Have a Voice Again...CBS freeSpeech

[NightOwwl]

Wow. Powerful stuff by Arianna Huffington.

Keep this up CBS, and we might forgive you for what you did to Rather.

Let’s face it: "The sky is falling" or "the nukes are coming" is a frighteningly effective sales pitch. Don’t get me wrong: North Korea testing a nuke is real bad news. But I couldn't help but wonder what political use Karl Rove and the president would put this real bad news to. After all, banging the fear gong and trying to scare the hell out of us has worked like a charm for President Bush and the GOP.

Ever since 9/11, "be afraid" has been their No. 1 talking point. They sold us on invading Iraq with warnings from Condoleezza Rice that the "smoking gun might be a mushroom cloud" and dire predictions from Bush and Cheney about all the ways Saddam could rain death and destruction on us. And it's remarkable how the terror rhetoric always seems to hit Red just before elections.

Whether it's the specter of North Korean nukes or Iraqi insurgents making their way to Main Street USA, fear is a powerful, universal emotion — always there to be exploited. So as Election Day draws near, be on the lookout for those attempting to scare us into voting our fears. To quote FDR, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." And those who use it for their own political purposes.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/24/freespeech/main2117973.shtml

link to video: http://www.crooksandliars.com /

[Bluebear]

1. Owwl, I HATE that segment, with all due respect.

Katie selected Rush himself for her opening week. I do not need another talking head during the evening news giving some blowbag opinion. I'm thrilled that Arianna was allowed on, but more often than not it's yet another loud Republican.

[nam78_two]

2. At least her ratings are plummeting

Which is a positive sign regarding what people like.

I think the people are as sick of annoying shills like Couric and assholes like Limpbaugh and Hannity-sucks-ass :bounce: :bounce:.

At least thats how I choose to read it :).

[hfojvt]

4. Yeah, on Monday

it was Hannity, accusing Democrats of partisanship. :wtf: Republicans push extreme tax cuts. Lie there way into a war. Use terror alerts in a partisan matter. Have surrogates, like Hannity, accuse anyone who criticism them of treason. Put extremists on the courts and SCOTUS. And the Democrats who roll over for them 90% of the time after a token opposition are the partisans?

What a fliar (short for fu$%ing liar).

[NightOwwl]

5. No offense taken. Three months ago...

mainstream media wouldn't have touched this with a 10-foot pole.

I'm not praising the segment, I'm just astonished that CBS is (finally) letting our point of view on the air.

[babylonsister]

3. I don't think so. Their is no room for liberals on CBS now.

Where is this coming from? Because HuffPo says it so doesn't make it so.