Comments on: Media Deference to the Extreme Right

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:39:05 +0000

Inventing, covering and legitimizing right-wing rage serves a useful function for the corporate media. They portray themselves as the "safe" alternative and their very conservative, pro-corporate agenda as the only rational alternative. The purpose is to frighten middle class sorts away from ANY criticism of the status quo, and thus away from any prospects for liberal reform, which are thoroughly ignored. Alas, the time is long past when one could still read or hear from journalists who were themselves hungry.

By: David Kaib

David Kaib — Wed, 19 May 2010 03:09:35 +0000

I think the biggest cause is that elite Republicans rally behind these people, while elite Democrats get the vapors over anyone more than two steps to the left of Ben Nelson. Republicans support these people, while plenty of Dems legitimate them. If we want to see the media portray these dynamics differently, we need to demand that Democrats behave differently.

By: Dave Grossman

Dave Grossman — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:05:55 +0000

You can almost hear the chanting of the crowd, smell the blood in the sand and feel the sun baking down on the arena. Americans don't want to think or question. They want action and gore. And when democracy stumbles and corporate greed raises its blade for the killing blow, all eyes turn to Fox Newz and cheer when the thumb dips and the blade drops.