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2005-07-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-07-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's pretty clear this organization intends to supplant NPR and PBS by offering this product in lieu of CPB news. So my thinking is that once this network is established, the heads will begin pressuring CPB to use their news instead of locally produced news. Which means that were the CPB allowed to exist ( which I do not think it should ) the leftist bias we complain about would be mild compared to the Marxist program these folks have in mind. At this point, I can't be too certain that the blatent bias would be any worse, but it is clear would be far more intense.

I think that by 2007, when the show it s'posed to go on the road, our republican senators will wish to hell they did kill CPB.

Many of the "luminaries" in this project are leftists from the CND days, most notably, Dr. Helen Caldicott, the Aussie doc.

We can sit back and sneer at these folks, but the primary thrust of what they are going to attempt is not funny at all.

Posted by badanov 2005-07-04 00:24|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2005-07-04 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 sweet! ima cant wayten see sweet janeane! hoperin there haff em pursenal item awkshen.

Posted by muck4doo 2005-07-04 01:42|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-04 01:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Made by morons, for morons. With special guest appearances by Noam 'Two Yachts' Chomsky and George 'Villa in Portugal' Galloway.

Posted by Strange Religion 2005-07-04 02:06|| 2005-07-04 02:06|| Front Page Top

#4 IWT? More like IWW.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-04 07:24|| 2005-07-04 07:24|| Front Page Top

#5 I:Idiotarians
W:Wankers
T:Tools

Posted by raptor 2005-07-04 07:37|| 2005-07-04 07:37|| Front Page Top

#6 raptor ..lol! Idiots, wankers and tools! Perfect.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-04 10:17|| 2005-07-04 10:17|| Front Page Top

#7 The campaign will use concerts and media events headlined by socially-conscious celebrities to drive the internet fundraising.

What was the name of that group which 'Alec Baldwin' started in Team America? Useful (and somewhat dangerous) idiots.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-07-04 10:22|| 2005-07-04 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Makes sense - there's a HUGE market for leftist news and commentary. And very little competition. The only other media outlets serving this market are: ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, CNN-I, PBS, Sundance Channel, NPR, Air America, New York Times, Washington, Post, LA Times, Minn. Star Tribune, Philly Inquirer, Seattle PI, Boston Globe, Time Magazine, Newsweek, most Hollywood Movies, and TV Shows (aka "The Left Wing"). They'll just about have the whole market to themselves!

Posted by AJackson 2005-07-04 11:11|| 2005-07-04 11:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Can someone who knows the economics of TV comment on whether 25 M$ is even in the right ballpark for a startup? Says here CBN had an annual budget of 230 M$ back in 86, and that's without hiring lots of reporters to make stuff up. Of course CBN is noncommercial and MoonTV probably wouldn't be. No doubt Pepsi is dying to plant ads in a daily Chomsky rant.

Posted by James">James 2005-07-04 11:34|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-07-04 11:34|| Front Page Top

#10 $25M might get a major market TV News show (two hours daily) off the ground IIRC. That's it.... No ads? No viewers? No revenoooo

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-04 11:46|| 2005-07-04 11:46|| Front Page Top

#11 Wouldn't they be more inclined to use the Anglo-Saxon letter Wynn since it's not W?

Posted by Korora">Korora 2005-07-04 12:26|| http://basementburrow.blogspot.com]">[http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2005-07-04 12:26|| Front Page Top

#12 This is excellent because is takes the covers off of the left. They will spout their true agenda, without reservation. The koolaid drinkers will revel in it. Any normal person who happens to land on this drivel will be repulsed. It is in lockstep with what the Dems are doing with MoveOn, Soros and Moore. Speak their true heart and drive away anyone with a brain.

Posted by Remoteman 2005-07-04 12:43|| 2005-07-04 12:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Even better, Remoteman, any passersby will surely note the affinity and cross-feeding between Moonbat TV and the general media culture, further exposing the latter for what it is. You can't tell if something walks, looks, and quacks like a duck unless you have seen an actual duck.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-07-04 13:34|| 2005-07-04 13:34|| Front Page Top

#14 Maybe you'll finally get a shot at that beach towel Mucki.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-04 15:43|| 2005-07-04 15:43|| Front Page Top

#15 whatever you do, Muck, DO NOT look at it with UV light....Ima thinkr you dreems may be destroyed

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-04 16:15|| 2005-07-04 16:15|| Front Page Top

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