WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2014
Maddow versus the world: You can read things in the New York Times you won’t likely see on TV.
Yesterday morning, on the front page, a news report carried this headline: “Immigration Has President Altering Stand.”
Michael Spear reported the various times in recent years when Obama has said that he can’t legally go where he now seems to be going on immigration.
What are the merits of this case? We aren’t sure—and you won’t likely see that explored on The One True Liberal Channel.
That was yesterday’s New York Times. In this morning’s New York Times, Ashley Parker performs a twofer.
On page A15, she offers a lengthy report under this headline: “In Immigration Fight, Republicans Explore Alternatives to a Shutdown.”
Parker quotes a string of Republican office-holder and machers who are arguing against a government shutdown in response to Obama’s upcoming moves on immigration. In Liberal Land, we’re still being told, in various ways, that the Fox News Channel is beating the drum in search of a quickie impeachment.
Out on page A1, Parker goes a bit further. She co-authors a lengthy report about yesterday’s vote on the Keystone pipeline.
This is where Maddow comes in.
Last night, for at least the third time, Maddow opened her program with a shrieking segment about the lunacy of allowing yesterday’s vote on the pipeline. She continued to wail and moan about the way the Democrats aren’t going to rush the nomination of Loretta Lynch through the lame-duck session.
Maddow’s angst was exhaustive last night, as was her isolation from the rest of the world. To all appearances, she had interviewed no one about these matters; she had spoken to no one. She gave no indication that anyone on her staff had spoken to anyone about the matters under review.
Instead, Our Own Rhodes Scholar just wailed away, damning the Democrats all to Hell for their wayward conduct.
We would have quoted from this meltdown, except MSNBC hasn’t gotten around to transcribing it yet. Other news channel transcribe in good time. The One True Liberal Channel does nothing in regular fashion.
If you can stand it, go ahead: watch Maddow’s opening segment last night. After that, read Parker’s front-page report.
(Warning! Maddow’s segment has been broken into three parts, the better to make you watch three commercials with. The videotape starts here.)
Increasingly, the Maddow show is a solipsistic banshee scream from a hyperbaric chamber. Increasingly, “the liberal world” is a veil of tears, much as the world of the Fox News Channel has been for these many years.
Increasingly, it’s tribal narrative all the way down; it’s a culture of bumper stickers. We liberals put Maddow on each night to learn the words to ours.
It's vale of tears not veil of tears.
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DeleteYes, it is much better if she is replaced with a Republican who will caucus with the opposition and vote Republican on all issues, including who gets elected to leadership positions in congress.
ReplyDeleteA distinction without a viable difference.
ReplyDeleteThe conservative world of FNC is neither a vale or veil of tears. Of course watching Megyn Kelly, Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle, & Martha Bowes MacCallum might make you believe you have gone to heaven.
ReplyDeleteThe late Daniel Moynihan called it the "Iron Law of Emulation."
ReplyDeleteDefined as: groups in opposition over time begin to resemble one another.
Banshees to my left, solipsists to my right. Stuck in the middle with, er, Bob.
Imagining what heaven may be like could be as close as ye get, young cicero!
ReplyDeleteFlee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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cicero,
ReplyDeleteLucky for you then that this type of television was banned in 1971.
@ CMike
ReplyDeleteSo was this type of commercial in the 70's and it didn't require a surgeon general warning either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ClijtnPkfU
In this way, the Queen of Snark retains her control of a devolving empire.
ReplyDeleteTechnically, Maddow is bright.
And thus far her prediction about the lame duck session is right.
No, it isn't right. There is no evidence that pursuing Lynch's confirmation would be better than using the session for other purposes.
DeleteHer prediction was only that they would try and do the pipeline vote and not confirm the nominee.
DeleteValue judgements have nothing to do with it.
They said that was what they were planning to do, so how is that her prediction?
Delete@Anonymous 4:38
ReplyDeleteNo danger of your palms growing hair watching Maddow.
She's not Yale, but she's Ivy. She might have made 30 but she's still youngish. And she writes for the New York Times.
ReplyDeleteSorry Howler. Not buying a word or twosome from Ashley Parker.
It wasn't too long ago the New York Times proclaimed the end of the world would be OK.
Deletecicero, be advised.
ReplyDeleteHe went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
"Shrieking wail moan exhaustive angst wailed away damning meltdown solipsistic banshee scream from a hyperbaric chamber."
ReplyDeleteAnd don't get Bob started about the Puppy.
Heaven forbid language should be colorful!
DeleteHeaven forbid Bob shriek in his word choice. That would be so Rachel-like.
DeleteYes, Somerby and Maddow are just the same -- NOT
DeleteWe think a compare-and-contrast between Bob and the Queen of Snarkness is in order. Unfortunately, we don't have to time to do it ourselves. But we invite others to do so. Some people might find it most illuminating.
DeleteBefore getting to compare and contrast, which would require a wiring, bolt, and screw diagram for each model, @ 10:24 needs a response for the adult commentary offered.
DeleteTo say Somerby shrieks like Maddow does not constitute saying they are just they same. One allegedly shrieks on television. The other clearly shrieks in writing.
Somerby doesn't shriek.
Deletecicero @ 4:49 PM,
ReplyDeleteTime says tomato, The Huffington Post says tomahto. Me, I'm categorically glad that I stopped smoking thirty years ago but still have mixed feelings about my subsequent decision to go with an electric razor.
The new Mad Men could take a lesson from those catchy smoke commercials. The preponderance of noisome commercials over the last 20 years makes one wonder what did Americans do to Madison Avenue to deserve this inhumane treatment.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bob, for another great post. I agree that we the people are not that smart. It's weird.
ReplyDeleteThank heavens though that Bob is smart enough to notice and bring it to our attention.
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