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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 04:44 AM Mar 2014

Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart Rip Wrong on Iraq Republicans For Wanting War With Russia

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The reason why there has been no accountability is that the mainstream media played a big part is selling the Bush administration’s lies about the invasion of Iraq. In order for the media to hold Republicans accountable, they would first have to hold themselves accountable. It is much easier for the media to pretend that John McCain was never wrong, and to have him as a guest on various programs 11 times in seven days.

Telling John McCain that he is wrong about Iraq, would require the media to admit that they were wrong to have never challenged the previous administration’s war propaganda. Since the corporate media will never as an institution admit that they were wrong, Republicans who got everything totally wrong, not only get a free pass, but they have been promoted to exalted high guests on foreign policy issues.

The people who lied the nation into war and their media accomplices should be banished and never asked their opinion on these issues again. On matters of war and peace, John McCain, Dick Cheney, Lindsey Graham, and other Bush foreign policy acolytes in the Republican Party and the media should never be asked for their opinions on these issues again.

Maddow and Stewart are two of the few media figures that keep reminding the American people of the deadly follies in the recent Republican led past. By trying to bury their mistakes Republicans are not only trying to whitewash their slate clean, but they are also setting the stage for a future repeat of their own unlearned lessons.

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/03/06/rachel-maddow-john-stewart-rip-wrong-iraq-republicans-wanting-war-russia.html

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Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart Rip Wrong on Iraq Republicans For Wanting War With Russia (Original Post) jakeXT Mar 2014 OP
It is an abysmal commentary on the state BlueMTexpat Mar 2014 #1
Failure of the media to challenge on Iraq is not even close. merrily Mar 2014 #2
Yes and yes oldandhappy Mar 2014 #3

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
1. It is an abysmal commentary on the state
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 05:07 AM
Mar 2014

of US journalism when one gets the clearest, most cogent - and best - summary of the "faux warriorism" of the GOP in a short segment from a comedy show.

The fact that ANY of the faux GOP "instant experts on any crisis anywhere" being recalled over and over again on MSM media outlets as if they had any credibility at all is totally unacceptable. Shame on those outlets indeed!

That said, Rachel is, without a doubt, one of the BEST journalists in the business anywhere!

Thanks for posting.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
2. Failure of the media to challenge on Iraq is not even close.
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 06:42 AM
Mar 2014

The media affirmatively assisted Bushco.

We no longer have journalists on TV. We have propagandists.

Republican propagandists, Democratic propagandists, establishment propagandists, Wall Street propagandists, 1% propagandists, etc.

Some lie more than others. Some are less intelligent than others. Some do their job better than others. Some are less obvious than others.

But, be wary of all of them.

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