Comments on: Bill Moyers versus the lapdog media http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/bill-moyers-versus-the-lapdog-media/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Binh http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/bill-moyers-versus-the-lapdog-media/#comment-10825 Binh Tue, 01 May 2007 19:20:42 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/bill-moyers-versus-the-lapdog-media/#comment-10825 Mr Rubard: the main reason for the downfall of Donahue and Rather is that they took a pretty clear stand against some of Bush's policies before his massive unpopularity as expressed at the polls in Nov. 2006. They didn't do anything of the sort during the Reagan era (correct me if I'm wrong here). Mr Rubard: the main reason for the downfall of Donahue and Rather is that they took a pretty clear stand against some of Bush’s policies before his massive unpopularity as expressed at the polls in Nov. 2006. They didn’t do anything of the sort during the Reagan era (correct me if I’m wrong here).

]]> By: Bill Moyers on the Media « The Blog and the Bullet http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/bill-moyers-versus-the-lapdog-media/#comment-10343 Bill Moyers on the Media « The Blog and the Bullet Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:45:28 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/bill-moyers-versus-the-lapdog-media/#comment-10343 [...] by Jack Stephens on April 28th, 2007 Louis Proyect writes: Bill Moyers is an interesting figure. As press secretary to Lyndon Johnson, he turned against the [...] [...] by Jack Stephens on April 28th, 2007 Louis Proyect writes: Bill Moyers is an interesting figure. As press secretary to Lyndon Johnson, he turned against the [...]

]]> By: Jeff Rubard http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/bill-moyers-versus-the-lapdog-media/#comment-10188 Jeff Rubard Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:24:49 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/bill-moyers-versus-the-lapdog-media/#comment-10188 Moyers recently covered some of the same ground in a radio broadcast to a community-media group. In it, he quoted "the Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci" concerning pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will, which I thought really said something about the unenviable cultural contradictions of one strain of left-liberalism. But the thing that really struck me in the TV program was that we were confronted with some "sad sacks" deposed from their positions, Phil Donahue and Dan Rather. These are people one would have thought were untouchable *in the Reagan era*. Compare with the younger generation of "moderate" media personality, personified by slick shithead Peter Beinart, and the depressing shift towards total shilldom is really evident. Moyers recently covered some of the same ground in a radio broadcast to a community-media group. In it, he quoted “the Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci” concerning pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will, which I thought really said something about the unenviable cultural contradictions of one strain of left-liberalism. But the thing that really struck me in the TV program was that we were confronted with some “sad sacks” deposed from their positions, Phil Donahue and Dan Rather. These are people one would have thought were untouchable *in the Reagan era*. Compare with the younger generation of “moderate” media personality, personified by slick shithead Peter Beinart, and the depressing shift towards total shilldom is really evident.

]]> By: Binh http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/bill-moyers-versus-the-lapdog-media/#comment-9976 Binh Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:53:41 +0000 http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/bill-moyers-versus-the-lapdog-media/#comment-9976 I would also recommend checking out "Gangs of Iraq" which details how thoroughly infiltrated the U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces are: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gangsofiraq/view/ I think it's a great picture of why the war is unwinnable, but the conclusion of the documentary seems to be that a combination of American stupidity/incompetence/ignorance/unwillingness to face reality and duplicity by SCIRI is what has produced the tragedy in Iraq, not the invasion and occupation itself (not to mention imperialism). I would also recommend checking out “Gangs of Iraq” which details how thoroughly infiltrated the U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces are:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gangsofiraq/view/

I think it’s a great picture of why the war is unwinnable, but the conclusion of the documentary seems to be that a combination of American stupidity/incompetence/ignorance/unwillingness to face reality and duplicity by SCIRI is what has produced the tragedy in Iraq, not the invasion and occupation itself (not to mention imperialism).

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