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03-21-2008, 02:58 PM
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| MoveOn's take on the Barama news Well, it's raining down here in Panama, so I thought I'd stir the pot a little and let Army and Highway get their flamethrowers ignited. And yes I do realize MoveOn is a "left-leaning" organization out to kick the pee out of the GOP. notyoubob It happens over and over: FOX airs a right-wing smear, and other media repeat it. A new short video shows that the controversy over Obama's pastor is only the latest example. We're launching a petition demanding the media stop parroting FOX. Click here to see the video and add your name: See and sign the petition Powerful Iraq vigils On Wednesday night, MoveOn members organized 888 powerful vigils around the country to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq. After you sign the FOX petition, click here to see local media coverage and photos. Dear MoveOn member, This week, Barack Obama gave one of the most honest and inspiring speeches on race in American history after weathering days of the media's relentless, divisive, and racially charged attacks. But have you wondered where these attacks came from and why they dominated the news? Reporters like NBC's Tim Russert focused on the "Reverend Wright controversy" only after FOX and other right-wing media did. It happens over and over: FOX airs a right-wing smear and the mass media repeat it. Film director Robert Greenwald just released a short video called FOX Attacks Obama: Part 2 which shows how it happens. We are launching a petition demanding the big networks stop parroting FOX and distracting Americans from real issues. We'll hand-deliver your signatures to major media outlets next week. Watch the video, and sign the petition, here: (cut and paste the below website if you've read this far) My add. http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3495&id=12...6-PaNdLX&t=454 The petition, which we're launching with Greenwald's Brave New Films, says: "FOX is a Republican mouthpiece, not a legitimate news organization. Real news organizations must reject FOX's smears of Barack Obama, not parrot them and distract Americans from the pressing issues of the day." The more signatures we deliver, the bigger the impact—so please tell your friends. Media watchdog group Media Matters has chronicled how FOX spent months trying to smear Obama by associating him with Reverend Wright's words.1 Greenwald's new video shows how the attacks successfully migrated to the mass media—Tim Russert repeated Sean Hannity's smears virtually word-for-word! Meanwhile, the big networks all but ignored Pastor John Hagee, whose endorsement John McCain was "honored" and "proud" to receive. Hagee says Katrina was God's punishment for homosexuality, Jews are to blame for anti-Semitism, and Catholicism is the "Whore of Babylon" and "a cult."2 It gets worse. At the same time they relentlessly reported on Obama's pastor, most network journalists also ignored Rick Parsley, a televangelist who McCain called his "spiritual guide" when accepting his endorsement last month. Parsley has said: I do not believe our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose until we understand our historical conflict with Islam. I know that this statement sounds extreme, but I do not shrink from its implications. The fact is that America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed...3 Ignoring McCain's spiritual advisers while going after Obama's is what we expect from FOX, which is more a Republican mouthpiece than a real news organization. But when real news outlets follow FOX's lead, we have to hold them accountable. Otherwise, FOX will continue to elevate smear after smear against Democrats into the mass media in 2008. Click here to see the new video and sign the petition. http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3495&id=12...6-PaNdLX&t=455 Thanks for all you do. –Adam G., Noah, Justin, Karin, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team Friday, March 21st, 2008 Sources: 1. "Hannity selectively excerpted interview with Obama's pastor in order to paint him as 'separatist,'" Media Matters, March 22, 2007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703220005 "Hannity again selectively excerpted interview with Obama's pastor to claim church has 'black-separatist agenda,'" Media Matters, June 26, 2007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706260011 "Fox's Hannity again smeared pastor of Barack Obama's church as 'black separatist,'" Media Matters, June 28, 2007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706280002 "Hannity on Obama's pastor: 'It seems like he's supporting a segregated church,'" Media Matters, December 20, 2007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200712200007 2. "Will MSNBC devote as much coverage to McCain's embrace of Hagee's support as it did to Obama's rejection of Farrakhan?" Media Matters, February 28, 2008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200802280018 "'Repulsive, insulting, and heartbreaking'" Jews have brought on their own anti-Semitism, says McCain supporter Pastor John Hagee," John Aravosis at AmericaBlog, March 2, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3524&id=12...6-PaNdLX&t=457 "McCain 'Proud' of Endorsement From John Hagee Who Calls Catholics 'The Great Whore.' Where's Tim Russert Now?" Jane Hamsher at HuffingtonPost, February 29, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3525&id=12...6-PaNdLX&t=458 3."McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam," Mother Jones, March 12, 2008 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3519&id=12...6-PaNdLX&t=459 Support our member-driven organization: MoveOn.org Political Action is entirely funded by our 3.2 million members. We have no corporate contributors, no foundation grants, no money from unions. Our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. If you'd like to support our work, you can give now at: http://political.moveon.org/donate/e...6-PaNdLX&t=460 PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/ Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.     |
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03-21-2008, 06:38 PM
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| Why is it a smear if they just report the news. They didn't make the video up they just reported it. The rest of the liberal media was probably going to bury it (don't want to make their boy BO look bad) but once Fox sacked up and reported it the rest had to follow. It got plenty of air time elsewhere also. I watch msnbc a lot and some fox. It was obviously something America was interested in enough to have BO address the issue. I think he still has some other things that are going to come out about him. It's not over.
__________________ LIBERALISM The haunting fear someone, somewhere can help themselves. "Over the last fifteen months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states..." Barack Obama |
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03-21-2008, 06:39 PM
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| Was the Drudge Report a right wing smear website when it broke the story about Clinton and "the blue dress"?
__________________ LIBERALISM The haunting fear someone, somewhere can help themselves. "Over the last fifteen months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states..." Barack Obama |
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03-21-2008, 06:41 PM
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| Yawn…. Not worth striking a match Bob. Quote:
BTW, those MoveOn links require a member sign on. When I go there it doesn’t display the page, it just asks if it’s you Robert.
__________________  ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, and politicians. All three need supervision. —DICK ARMEY Click here to view Democrat’s comments on Iraq and WMD’s |
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03-21-2008, 08:08 PM
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03-22-2008, 03:18 PM
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__________________ "When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down. When a government enterprise fails, it is expanded." ----Milton Friedman 1912-2006 |
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03-22-2008, 03:41 PM
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I'm not therefore I will speak out against BO. I don't care what his race is...the fact that he is a FAR LEFT LIBERAL is what bothers me.
__________________ LIBERALISM The haunting fear someone, somewhere can help themselves. "Over the last fifteen months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states..." Barack Obama |
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03-22-2008, 03:42 PM
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| What I'm wondering is where are all his supporters? Texcan, Sherri, Wordy...what do you all have to say about Obama? Are you still behind him 100% or has that momentum shifted to Satan?
__________________ LIBERALISM The haunting fear someone, somewhere can help themselves. "Over the last fifteen months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states..." Barack Obama |
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03-22-2008, 04:26 PM
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| I am behind him and Satan lives at FOX. I just don't have to explain to the far right on here why I am - just know that my vote will take care of yours. Something really monumental will have to happen to change the core of who he is and why he appeals to so many.
__________________ Kicked back in Texas - still payin those Kansas taxes...... The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything......... Oscar Wilde |
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03-23-2008, 02:25 AM
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"BOY, BOY, Who you callin' BOY"? You musta said LeRoy or Almond Joy, cuz I ain't no boy--------------  |
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