Jackpine Radical
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:13 PM
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In Defense of Lou Dobbs and the Birthers: |
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Edited on Fri Jul-24-09 07:31 PM by Jackpine Radical
July 24, 2009
Jonathan Klein President CNN/U.S. 1 Time Warner Center New York, N.Y. 10019-6038
Dear Mr. Klein:
Please do not give in to the demands of the Left that Lou Dobbs be censored on the topic of Obama’s birth documentation. Doesn’t the political Right deserve fair treatment? If, as Stephen Colbert once observed, “The truth has a well-known liberal bias,” then isn’t the Right entitled to present a counterbalance of disinformation and deception? As your rival Fox News has so effectively demonstrated, there is ample room for half-truths, deceit, and outright lies in American journalism. Story fabrication in order to advance conservative causes has a long history in the American press, and there is no good reason why you should surrender this viable and even lucrative market to the likes of Hannity and O’Reilly. Put simply, if we don’t have Lou to lie to us, we will have to turn elsewhere to find the fuel to sustain our bigotry and otherwise indefensible hatred, and your viewership can only suffer if you shortsightedly deny a voice to the opinions of the batshit-crazy segment of the population.
Sincerely, <Jackpine Radical>
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:14 PM
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1. Stewart didn't say reality has a well-known bias, Dr. Colbert did! n/t |
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:16 PM
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4. Thank you. The correction will be made. |
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:19 PM
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You can stick my name on there, too.
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:15 PM
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:16 PM
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3. Clean up the Stewart/Colbert quote, |
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and send it. It's wonderful...................
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Jackpine Radical
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:20 PM
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:21 PM
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And K&R, by the way...........
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:17 PM
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:19 PM
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7. Just vote with your remote. If you're sitting in front of your tee vee shaking your fist |
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at assholes whose opinions you can't bear, you're wasting your life.
Turn that shit off. Go do something fun.
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:21 PM
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10. Actually, I never watch TV. This was based on a letter from the |
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Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:27 PM
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One small suggestion for editing this sentence:
"As your rival Fox News has amply demonstrated, there is ample room for half-truths, deceit, and outright lies in American journalism."
Perhaps you should remove the word "amply" because "ample" is used again in same sentence.
SEND IT!
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:30 PM
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Sat Jul-25-09 02:13 PM
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25. And maybe a query musing "P. S. Incidentally, who got to you Mr. Klein? |
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:32 PM
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Well done, VERY well done!
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:34 PM
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16. Well-played, Mr. Radical. |
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:37 PM
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but you scared crap out of me because I thought you meant it until nearly the end.:rofl:
A perfect gem of a post.
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Fri Jul-24-09 07:58 PM
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18. You owe me a new monitor and keyboard! |
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Perfect! Send it!:yourock:
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Sat Jul-25-09 12:47 AM
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20. *sniff* It's so beautiful! n/t |
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Sat Jul-25-09 12:54 PM
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23. I sent a version of this letter, with a brief introductory paragraph, |
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as an "Open Letter" to my local paper.
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