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So I'm in this hotel room in Nashville to work on a job.
I get back to the room, kick off my shoes, turn on the TV.
I find the BBC world news on PBS. Great. I haven't seen any news all day long.
The BBC report is about the UN, and Bush's speech, and Kofi Annan.
The report is deadly for Bush. It showed how his speech fell upon complete stony silence from the people there. Then they talked of the world response to Bush's speech. Then they discussed Kofi Anna's speech.
It was good to see. Very professional, thorough, understated job, as they always do.
So I switch channels to see what else is on. And there's Lou Dobbs.
Now, I never watch Lou Dobbs. But tonight he started talking about the UN. And his report was this:
There's a poll that came out about the UN that is a complete LIE! It's an outrage! The poll was conducted by an organization whose job it is to support the activities of the UN! And what this poll said was this:
82% of Americans say we should support the UN.
This is a LIE! The truth is that other polls have said other things!
He then cuts to a talking head from the HERITAGE FOUNDATION (Oh my god, the fucking HERITAGE FOUNDATION) who is saying that the American people are actually really fed up with the UN! They don't trust the UN!
Okay, it takes a good long while for any actual support to come out. But finally they say there have been some gallup polls that say basically that something like 60% of Americans think that the UN isn't really helping the US out very well.
So this is why the other poll is a complete lie! It's outrageous! There should be some credibility, some accountability for these horrible lies!
It was just so galling to watch this. I mean, the contrast between this propagandistic CRAP and the BBC just was so fucking OBVIOUS.
Lou Dobbs, may you rot in hell. Because someone is paying you. That's right. Someone is paying you to say this shit. If the CIA can pay mullahs in the middle east to pretend to be moderate muslims, you can BET YOUR FAT ASS that they're paying people HERE to spout the administration's line.
There. I feel better now.
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