Turquoise wrote:
Null vote. A significant portion of the funding of this community center is from Prince Alwaleed bin Talal -- one of the most significant owners of Fox News Corporation.
This particular backer hasn't been that honest, but neither has his media company.
In short, the community center would already be operating shortly if right wing media hadn't generated a big controversy over it. As things currently stand, Talal profits either way. He makes money from the hysteria of Fox News through ratings.
It is still rather humorous to see right wingers jump to anger like the good little pawns they've allowed themselves to become though.
I never see this " hysteria " You talk about ? I see people and hear both sides. When I see a crowd shot from a low angle I assume their trying to make it look bigger. When they say buzz words like " Hate - Fear - Hysteria and
their favorite - Racist " I assume they want to De-legitimize something or some view point. The mass media has lost almost all it's credibility with me on almost any topic save local weather and that ain't so hot either. I don't Consider some one who feels " Chills run up his leg ! " when some one stutters in front of him as a reliable source. You do not feel the same apparently.
Turquoise wrote:
right wing media hadn't generated a big controversy over it.
There is not a lot of Media that couldn't be called left wing.
They had a Political Litmus test here way back. ( it was a bit clunky ) it plotted you on an ordinate and abscissa - Socialist - Conservative - Liberal Etc.
I Feel Very Strongly Right wing but I was only +0.5 +0.5 Jut Right of Dead center. Everyone who Railed against me was - 90 - 95 Way in the lower Left corner of the graph. Maybe Fox News just says things you don't like to hear ?
For example. They reported on the Gulf Oil Spill, But They didn't go on and on about how much obama cares
" it's obviuos that he really cares " like all the other networks I watched. Does that make them Right wing or just not as Far Left as all the others ?
With that thought in mind I'd be care full about accusing people you never really met of being ~
Turquoise wrote:
" - good little pawns they've allowed themselves to become "-
as It might apply elsewhere.
Last edited by Hunter/Jumper (2010-09-06 16:09:22)