The "Liberal Media."
I never want to hear the phrase "liberal media" again. Because, ladies and gentlemen, it does not exist. The media outlets in this country are controlled with an iron fist by a small handful of soulless corporations. And there's no entity more conservative than corporate America.
Case in point?
NBC refuses to air ad for Dixie Chicks documentary (Variety)
The film "Shut Up and Sing," scheduled to be released on November 11th, talks about the fallout the Dixie Chicks received after Natalie Maines' 2003 comment that the Chicks were embarassed that President Bush was, like them, from Texas. (Although, he's actually Connecticut-born, but that's another story...)
The Chicks received death threats, boycotts, yada yada yada, and "Shut Up and Sing" documents the whole story.
In a letter explaining why they will not run the commercial, NBC's ad clearance department said it "cannot accept these spots as they are disparaging to President Bush."
Um. What the fuck??????
A private television network refuses to run ads that disparage the President? Come on, that's what they do in Cuba, or Jordan, or Saudi Arabia -- with state-run television stations. What possible justification can NBC have for this? It's not their job to protect the president's reputation. But apparently, they think it is.
ABC didn't have any problems making the "Path to 9/11" bullshit-umentary that disparaged President Clinton, blatantly contradicting the report of the 9/11 Commission and basically blaming the 3000 deaths from 9/11 on Clinton himself.
So that's OK, but ads for a documentary in which Americans express their freedom of speech are not permitted??
It's total nonsense, and this is how the fascist forces in our society will slowly but surely remove the right to free expression from "little" people like you and I. Sure, we have all the "right to free speech" in the world, but if you just stand on a street corner and scream, how many people will hear you?
If we continue to allow the media outlets in this country to be owned by the same five corporations, aren't they really the only ones who have free speech??
How can the media be "liberal" and still such ardent supports of the Bush Administration? The answer is they can't be, because there hasn't been a "liberal media" in a long time.
Click below to watch the full trailer for "Shut Up and Sing," (or use this link for the 30 second ad) and go see the movie when it opens on November 11.
Case in point?
NBC refuses to air ad for Dixie Chicks documentary (Variety)
The film "Shut Up and Sing," scheduled to be released on November 11th, talks about the fallout the Dixie Chicks received after Natalie Maines' 2003 comment that the Chicks were embarassed that President Bush was, like them, from Texas. (Although, he's actually Connecticut-born, but that's another story...)
The Chicks received death threats, boycotts, yada yada yada, and "Shut Up and Sing" documents the whole story.
In a letter explaining why they will not run the commercial, NBC's ad clearance department said it "cannot accept these spots as they are disparaging to President Bush."
Um. What the fuck??????
A private television network refuses to run ads that disparage the President? Come on, that's what they do in Cuba, or Jordan, or Saudi Arabia -- with state-run television stations. What possible justification can NBC have for this? It's not their job to protect the president's reputation. But apparently, they think it is.
ABC didn't have any problems making the "Path to 9/11" bullshit-umentary that disparaged President Clinton, blatantly contradicting the report of the 9/11 Commission and basically blaming the 3000 deaths from 9/11 on Clinton himself.
So that's OK, but ads for a documentary in which Americans express their freedom of speech are not permitted??
It's total nonsense, and this is how the fascist forces in our society will slowly but surely remove the right to free expression from "little" people like you and I. Sure, we have all the "right to free speech" in the world, but if you just stand on a street corner and scream, how many people will hear you?
If we continue to allow the media outlets in this country to be owned by the same five corporations, aren't they really the only ones who have free speech??
How can the media be "liberal" and still such ardent supports of the Bush Administration? The answer is they can't be, because there hasn't been a "liberal media" in a long time.
Click below to watch the full trailer for "Shut Up and Sing," (or use this link for the 30 second ad) and go see the movie when it opens on November 11.
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