Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted July 24, 2010 Administrators Share Posted July 24, 2010 All hyperbole, histrionics and partisan political poo aside, the only part of the legitimate news commentary and reaction that needs to stay in Townhall is this: Quote: Let me make this utterly clear: What you see on Fox News, what you read on Right Wing websites, is the utter and complete perversion of journalism, and it can have no place in a civilized society. It is words crashed together, never to inform, only to inflame. It is a political guillotine. It is the manipulation of reality to make the racist seem benevolent, and to convict the benevolent as racist — even if her words must be edited, filleted, stripped of all context, rearranged, fabricated, and falsified, to do so. What you see on Fox News, what you read on Right Wing websites… is a manipulation. Not just of a story, not just on behalf of a political philosophy. Manipulation of a society, its intentional redirection from reality and progress, to a paranoid delusion and the fomenting of hatred of Americans by Americans. And nearly every last word of it is never, in any tangible sense, true. Ask Shirley Sherrod. --- Keith Olbermann Those that are sobered and willing to rationally consider the implications for our country without political poo fighting can carefully watch and listen: Keith Oberman on the racist incidences and who bears the brunt of the blame. Racheal Maddow Show This should stay here for public viewing without comment from anyone here since hardly anyone here seems able to rationally discuss such topics without political poo being introduced into the conversation almost immediately. "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted July 24, 2010 Author Administrators Share Posted July 24, 2010 The full speech at the center of all this: "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted July 24, 2010 Author Administrators Share Posted July 24, 2010 And here is the FactCheck report - http://factcheck.org/2010/07/shirley-sherrods-contextual-nightmare/ "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted July 26, 2010 Author Administrators Share Posted July 26, 2010 Media Matters Timeline of Breitbart's Sherrod smear - http://mediamatters.org/research/201007220004 "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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