tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post8616061410127279574..comments2024-03-28T12:52:10.797-04:00Comments on the daily howler: EXPLAINING THE CRAZY: It can’t be us!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-65969162794771772602013-10-05T11:52:15.687-04:002013-10-05T11:52:15.687-04:00Lol. You said that when bullshit is spread by libe...Lol. You said that when bullshit is spread by liberals en masse, it is irrelevant. Really?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316536754667796922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-42881445282309258272013-10-04T23:41:21.510-04:002013-10-04T23:41:21.510-04:00Any Clinton supporter and newswatcher from 2008 si...Any Clinton supporter and newswatcher from 2008 simply knows your theory to be utter bullshite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-3218685630794314972013-10-04T14:07:44.247-04:002013-10-04T14:07:44.247-04:00To Bob and followers.
I do a LOT of research on t...To Bob and followers.<br /><br />I do a LOT of research on the web about absurd or unbelievable comments made by politicians and pundits.<br />There is no equivalency between liberals and conservatives.<br /><br />If I Google an outrageous right wing-nut claim, I find hundreds of blogs repeating it. Sometimes verbatim.<br /><br />This is not the case with liberals. Not only do very few left wing sources spread lies, even fewer challenge the right wing misinformation and lies.<br /><br />To get extreme left wing positions, I need to google "progressives", or "socialists", (or Palestine.)<br /><br />The ratio for talk radio shows and political think-tanks are similarly skewed. Even Bob has told us this.<br /><br />Finally, the barrage of outright lies and hate-mongering by Fox News overwhelms anything presented on MSNBC or Huffington Post, which are the most visible of the left-wing media.<br /><br />Listening to one side exclusively IS a bad idea, but there is NO COMPARISON between the excess of the right and the "feel good" stories on the left.<br /><br />If "reporters" want to be even handed, they need to compare a left wing source to thirty or forty right wing sources.<br /><br />Comparing two for two is misleading in itself.<br /><br /><br />gravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-45998025784456326062013-10-04T11:41:43.166-04:002013-10-04T11:41:43.166-04:00Is comparing FOX to MSNBC a false equivalence?
Is...Is comparing FOX to MSNBC a false equivalence?<br /><br />Is comparing FOX & MSNBC to a news station simply false?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-3891936038934108762013-10-04T10:32:19.224-04:002013-10-04T10:32:19.224-04:00Thanks for the clarification. I believe you, or s...Thanks for the clarification. I believe you, or someone, with a similiar recollection of the correct interpretation of Kael's meaning, posted this exact same message the last time Somerby reprinted this scurrilous charge from Kristof. It reminds me of those who took Al Gore's statement "I took the initiative to create the internet" and boiled it down to "I invented the internet." They, of course, changed "create" to "invent" and deliberately ingnore that he said he did it in Congress which meant of course he should only get credit where credit was due.<br /><br />Somerby, in this post unlike the last, distanced himself<br />from Kristof showing your Howler Commentariat gets results! Comparing a "rarefied milieu" to a "cocoon"<br />is truly logically falacious. <br /><br />BTW, humorous aside, I only knew one person who voted for Nixon too. Who would have guessed he would turn out to be more liberal than Obama, who is just like Bush. <br /><br />KZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-3134872849300260142013-10-04T10:11:24.628-04:002013-10-04T10:11:24.628-04:00Listening to a news station that tells you what yo...Listening to a news station that tells you what you want to hear instead of what is true is a bad idea, no matter what one's political ideology. Is that so hard to understand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-65511480709122181052013-10-04T10:02:03.855-04:002013-10-04T10:02:03.855-04:00Ditto.
Urban Legend Jr.Ditto.<br /><br />Urban Legend Jr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-33147494150113694172013-10-04T02:59:51.356-04:002013-10-04T02:59:51.356-04:00A lot of liberals say the same things. Therefore, ...A lot of liberals say the same things. Therefore, it is tribal behavior. Whether it is accurate or not is irrelevant. It's very important for liberals not to be tribal (for reasons unclear). Therefore, they should not say the same things, whether they are accurate or not.<br /><br />Impeccable logic.urban legendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37193963184518035582013-10-03T23:11:29.303-04:002013-10-03T23:11:29.303-04:00A fair assessment of MSNBC and Salon but the Pauli...A fair assessment of MSNBC and Salon but the Pauline Kael Nixon statement is taken out of context, as it often has been. She was acknowledging that she lived in a somewhat rarefied milieu. She was pointing out that she knew her own perspective had limits. This is really the opposite of what Kristof is criticizing. Kael knew she had to look beyond her friends and fellow writers to understand the range of American life.<br /><br />James Wolcott has a blog post which explains this:<br /><br />http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2012/10/The-Fraudulent-Factoid-That-Refuses-to-Die<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71121129118927203902013-10-03T21:05:54.595-04:002013-10-03T21:05:54.595-04:00Is Jerry Fallwell still dead?
Or is that a "f...Is Jerry Fallwell still dead?<br />Or is that a "false" equivalency?<br /><br />LGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com