Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Hatred on the Networks
So the news today is that Karl Rove won’t be charged for anything associated with the Valerie Plame Affair. Joe Wilson’s attorney released a letter to the press essentially threatening a civil lawsuit, something John Dean said Joe Wilson should pursue a year ago, as I recall.
International condemnation has followed the comments of Graffy and Harris that I excoriated yesterday. The State Department spokesman was forced to flatly repudiate the comments of those two.
You can make them apologize but that doesn’t mean they’re sorry. Graffy and Harris’ remarks reflect the opinions of the administration.
Michelle Malkin mocks the suicides at Guatanamo Bay today. I might be angry but I have come to expect this kind of arrogance, hatred, and bigotry from Malkin.
NBC continues to invite Ann Coulter as a guest on its shows. The so-called mainstream media apparently is willing to give anyone a platform on its programming as long as they have an audience…unless, of course, that person voices views that are critical of corporate power and American media coverage. In which case, they will be shunned like a leper. I can’t recall the last time that Noam Chomsky got a spot on Hardball or The Today Show, even thought the New York Times regularly praises his writing like this: “Judged in terms of the power, range, novelty and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive.”
But no need to host him on a major TV network. We would rather hear George Will deny global warming or Ann Coulter slander widows. We would rather hear Chris Matthews kissing Tom DeLay’s ass.
# posted by BitterHarvest @ 3:52 PM 
