Healthcare Mini-Mobs -- The Tyranny of the Tantrum of the Right Wing Minority

[steven johnson]

The "myth of the liberal media" has long ago been shot down. But it continues to be banged like a drum by the Right Wing Noise Machine. It has been propogated by the far right who consider anyone who does not adhere to the Neocon Gospel to be a liberal. John McCain was too liberal for them. Olympia Snowe is an RINO.

"Beyond the 2000 Election, this conservative media tilt has become a dominant reality in modern U.S. politics. The imbalance also was not an accident. It resulted from a conscious, expensive and well-conceived plan by conservatives to build what amounts to a rapid-response media machine. This machine closely coordinates with Republican leaders and can strongly influence - if not dictate - what is considered news."

http://www.webpan.com/dsinclair/myths.html

When the liberal anti-war candidate ran for the White House in 2003 and 2004, the Beltway press was uniformly clear that Dean had an "anger" issue. When Dean launched his campaign and gave voice to the hundreds of thousands of activists who had marched and protested against the Iraq war, the media elites did not approve.

But oh my, how times have changed! Suddenly this summer, as right-wing mini-mobs turn health care forums into free-for-alls, as unhinged political rage flows in the streets, and as the Nazi and Hitler rhetoric flies, anger is in. Suddenly anger is good. It's authentic. It's newsworthy. Reading and watching the mini-mob news coverage, the media message seems clear: Angry speaks to the masses.

That glaring double standard is part of a long-running Beltway press trend in which media elites lash out at angry liberals, regardless of whether they're right or wrong.

In truth, right-wing "gut hatred" has become the news story of the summer. It's being celebrated and rebroadcast all season long. That deranged "gut hatred" of a new president barely halfway through his first year doesn't delegitimize the protesters in the eyes of the Beltway press in the way the same press corps seemed to write off anti-war protesters as being fringe radicals. (Too angry!) The "gut hatred" of Obama is what makes the mini-mob news.
Media: Angry right-wingers are important; angry libs are annoying

[Uben]

1. But they ARE the minority......

....and insignificant. Fuck em, let em cry. I like to watch them whine and moan!


It gives me joy!