ABC has joined NBC as official state media by planning to broadcast an unopposed Obama Healthcare “Infomercial” on June 24 to help Obama take over our health care system. ABC\/Obama (one and the same) has rejected any Republican\/oppostion response. Obamas speech will be broadcast directly from the Whitehouse. This is a new low for America. We must take a stand to help stop the slide toward communism\/fascism.<\/p>\n
If our health care system falls to the communist\/fascist threat as well, then many believe it’s game over. Let us not go quietly in the night; we won’t give up our free market without a fight! Let’s get the calls going to our local ABC affiliate now and follow up with a protest on June 24!! What do you think?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n- Remember the days when there was no question that when the president was going to give a speech it was automatically covered, live, by all the networks? That’s not “official state media,” that’s newsworthiness, plus respect for the office.<\/li>\n
- Were Dubya’s speeches about Iraq “infomercials” for the war? (I’m sure some think yes, but I suspect the senders of this email would disagree.)<\/li>\n
- I’m not aware of any particular constitutional right for the Republicans (or, when they are in that seat, the Democrats) to have their “response” broadcast. In fact, I find it annoying no matter who’s in the White House, as it turns the whole thing into a he-said-they-said equivalence, usually not adding any signal to the noise.<\/li>\n
- ABC and Obama are one and the same? Wow! Hey, Mr. President, can I make some complaints about your Tuesday evening line-up?<\/li>\n
- Obama is giving his speech “directly from the Whitehouse” [sic]? Why doesn’t he go out and rent a hall the way every other US President does? The nerve!<\/li>\n
- Um … “communism\/fascism”? Why not throw in “papalism \/ dadaism \/ antidisestablishmentarianism” while you’re at it, as that would be nearly as coherent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
A nice chuckle for the afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The ranting and raving showing up in the Right’s hinterlands over TV network coverage of a speech by the President is reaching new frenetic heights. Take this email I just got (no idea why I’m on the list, but it’s usually entertaining) from ABIP, sent either by “Kathryn” (in the email) or “Sara” (the email … Continue reading “State Run Media! 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