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Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com —
... bloggers are pondering why right-wingers are wailing non-stop right now about the Fairness Doctrine, a piece of legislation that does not exist, is not being planned, and will not be presented in any capacity. ...
Some call it Fascism
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... Plus, when the conservative coalition seems threatened, there's no better way to unify the party than scaring up liberal bogeymen. Following Cogan's lead, the echo chamber -- asserting unfounded wingnut paranoia -- popped heads up like a choral version of Whack-a-Mole. [image] Taylor Marsh , Human Events , PoliGazette , Midwest Voices , The Heretik , Newshoggers.com , Washington Monthly , Lawyers, Guns and Money , Matthew Yglesias and The Anonymous Liberal all joined in the fun. Their diminution ...
They just can't stop
Political Animal —
... his "talking points" segment to attacking non-existent Democratic efforts to bring the policy back. (As O'Reilly explains it, Speaker Pelosi wants "total control" over the media. There's that paranoia again.) I've had a few emails from readers on this, many noting that this shouldn't be especially surprising -- far-right leaders mislead their followers about progressive policy ideas all the time. Fair enough. But this does seem a little different than the usual palaver. Yglesias noted yesterday: It's very strange. Political movements mischaracterize the other side's general ...
Far-right rallies against imaginary threat
Political Animal —
... railing against a policy proposal that doesn't exist, it's created an organization committed to fighting a policy proposal that doesn't exist. To help in the endeavor against the imaginary foe, the MRC has roped in Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform, Concerned Women for America, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute, among others, to help. I'm still astounded by all of this. Far-right activists mislead people about progressive policy ideas all the time, but as Yglesias recently noted , "I've never heard of anything like the current conservative mania for blocking ...
Even George Will
Political Animal —
... would make his column appear ridiculous, but let's keep in mind that Barack Obama doesn't want to see the Fairness Doctrine brought back, and both Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have said this isn't going anywhere in either chamber of Congress. We're talking about a liberal campaign that exists only in the overactive imaginations of paranoid conservatives. To reiterate a point from last week, far-right activists mislead people about progressive policy ideas all the time, but as Yglesias recently noted , "I've never heard of anything like the current conservative mania for ...
A solution to a problem that doesn't exist
Political Animal —
... , noting that she couldn't find anyone on the left who was serious about reinstating the policy. Cogan explained, "The prospect of being in the opposition often brings out the worst in conservatives -- paranoia and self-pity." And as Matt Yglesias recent put it , "I've never heard of anything like the current conservative mania for blocking a particular legislative provision that nobody is trying to enact." As for the Democratic response to yesterday's bizarre press conference, a spokesperson for the Senate Majority Leader said, "We have enough real problems facing this ...
It never ends
Political Animal —
... , noting that she couldn't find anyone on the left who was serious about reinstating the policy. Cogan explained, "The prospect of being in the opposition often brings out the worst in conservatives -- paranoia and self-pity." And as Matt Yglesias recent put it , "I've never heard of anything like the current conservative mania for blocking a particular legislative provision that nobody is trying to enact." I suppose it's better to have far-right voices obsessing over a problem that doesn't exist -- as opposed to, say, bothering us with input on actual policy disputes -- but ...
Dear Rush Limbaugh, Why Are You Hell-Bent On Protecting A Radio Market That Limits Free Speech?
Think Progress —
... It found that, of the radio stations owned by the five top commercial station owners, 91 percent of the total weekday talk radio programming on those stations was conservative. Only 9 percent was progressive. The report recommended that increasing ownership diversity of radio stations would lead to more diverse programming.
Since the release of the report, the conservative establishment, led by Rush Limbaugh, have launched a conspiracy-laden campaign to convince the American public that progressives are out to kill free speech through re-imposition ...
