I've read several posts where liberals are taken aback by the intensity, volume and sheer audacity of the right wing spin operation concerning the verdict in the Scooter Libby trial....to be honest, so was I....and wouldn't you just know it....it got me thinking.....and I came up with these points....
First....what did we learn?
During the Libby trial, didn't we learn, first hand, under oath, under penalty of law, how this administration "plays" the media....how it uses certain pundits, reporters, think tanks and press agents plant stories, distribute talking points, manipulate sources...on and on and on and on...
We saw it played out...we saw EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS.... and the high powered spin that we're seeing now?
Do we have any reason to believe that
ANY pundit who is defending Libby ...
ANY pundit who is repeating the talking points
ANY reporter who defends Libby
is anything but part of the PROGRAM OF DECEPTION BEING RUN OUT OF THE VPS OFFICE?
This is exactly how we should be countering the noise coming out of the great Right Wing Wurlitzer....it's clear...they have "friends" in the media. ...they USE the media...they coordinate the media....they control the message...and they're doing it again...
They have no credibility. We simply need a clever, eye-catching catch-phrase to present this to the public with....
Point number two:
For the Administration to defend this so vociferously there must be something gigantic at stake....more than just "poor Scooter"....more than just exposing the lies that led us to war(that's already been done to some extent)...more than protecting the Vice President....
They are afraid of something....they're covering something bigger than we can imagine....what is it? They're skilled political pickpockets....they bump you in the chest so you don't notice that they're lifting your wallet.....
To all liberals, Democrats and Progressives out there....
be on notice...
keep your hand on your wallet!
note: blogger images are buggered at the moment (9:15PM)....I'll edit it later.
First....what did we learn?
During the Libby trial, didn't we learn, first hand, under oath, under penalty of law, how this administration "plays" the media....how it uses certain pundits, reporters, think tanks and press agents plant stories, distribute talking points, manipulate sources...on and on and on and on...
We saw it played out...we saw EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS.... and the high powered spin that we're seeing now?
Do we have any reason to believe that
ANY pundit who is defending Libby ...
ANY pundit who is repeating the talking points
ANY reporter who defends Libby
is anything but part of the PROGRAM OF DECEPTION BEING RUN OUT OF THE VPS OFFICE?
This is exactly how we should be countering the noise coming out of the great Right Wing Wurlitzer....it's clear...they have "friends" in the media. ...they USE the media...they coordinate the media....they control the message...and they're doing it again...
They have no credibility. We simply need a clever, eye-catching catch-phrase to present this to the public with....
Point number two:
For the Administration to defend this so vociferously there must be something gigantic at stake....more than just "poor Scooter"....more than just exposing the lies that led us to war(that's already been done to some extent)...more than protecting the Vice President....
They are afraid of something....they're covering something bigger than we can imagine....what is it? They're skilled political pickpockets....they bump you in the chest so you don't notice that they're lifting your wallet.....
To all liberals, Democrats and Progressives out there....
be on notice...
keep your hand on your wallet!
note: blogger images are buggered at the moment (9:15PM)....I'll edit it later.
