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Tactics of the right-wing noise machine
The right expertly courts and promotes the most hateful, extremist elements with no consequences.
Glenn Greenwald [2008-03-26]

  • Are you listening, mainstream media?

    Glenn, I hope this controversy merits mainstream media coverage. Heck, Mark Halperin suggested these tactics in Time:

    http://thepage.time.com/halperin%E2%80%99s-take-ways-mccain-can-beat-obama-that-clinton-cannot/

    To follow up on one of your previous posts about reforming journalism: I think that those of us with access to Lexis-Nexis should keep a spreadsheet of all mainstream journalists and highlight key stories that illustrate a pattern of pro- or con- certain issues and/or candidates.

    Regular high-information voters keep track in their heads or via blogs. Most of the rest of America is too busy making ends meet. Or they consider themselves high-information voters because they read their local paper, watch MTP on Sunday, and browse CNN while working out (or glancing over the headlines at CNN.com on in-cube sabattical at work).

    Once we have a database of sorts going, we'll have ample *evidence* (as you always do) to back up our claims of bias and misinfromation and metanarratives that others can access freely.

    Just my 2c.

    Thanks for all of your excellent work again.

    -- maniondl
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    Wednesday, March 26, 2008 07:03 AM
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