(2011/03/19) Media under attack from all angles (Media)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2011
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Edition #467
Media under attack from all angles
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Act 1: USA Today infographic sells out - Colbert Report
Song 1: Naive - The Kooks
Act 2: Netflix and the net - Majority Report
Song 2: Knock yourself out - Jon Brion
Act 3: Tim Wu on the history of information technology - On the Media
Song 3: Miss Misery - Elliott Smith
Act 4: HuffPo posts about the Colbuffington Re-Post - Colbert Report
Song 4: Across the Universe - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 5: Beck uses memory of MLK to promote his own book - Media Matters
Act 6: Murdock he wrote - Colbert Report
Song 6: Breathe me - Sia
Act 7: NPR smeared, funding cut - Young Turks
Song 7: Ghosts - Fanfarlo
Act 8: NPR executive resigns - Daily Show
Song 8: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight - R.E.M.
Act 9: Juan Williams of Fox News Rips Former Employer - Young Turks
Song 9: Viva la Vida - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 10: Beck is no stranger to Nazi comparisons - Media Matters
Act 10: Obama denies accusations he does not love his dog - The Onion
Song 9: Dog days are over - Glee Cast
Act 10: NPR board 'A bunch of pussies'
Voicemails:
In defense of Olbermann - Shane from Chicago
Interesting comments on Mumia - Michael From Glenn Bernie
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final Comments on Mumia Abu-Jamal being played on the show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Behind The Scenes at TYT - Young Turks
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| 0:00.0 | This program is brought to you by the members and donors for the show for details visit |
| 0:06.0 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Colbert Report, |
| 0:13.0 | the majority report on the media, media matters, the young Turks, the daily show and the onion |
| 0:18.0 | radio news with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from the young Turks. |
| 0:30.0 | Nation, there are so few things left in the world to believe in. |
| 0:35.0 | And now there was one thing less. Thanks to yesterday's the USA Today, folks, |
| 0:42.0 | check out this infographic down here, okay? It says, which is sexier? |
| 0:48.0 | A man who dresses well, 85%, a man who has a lot of money, 15%. |
| 0:57.0 | Immediately, I didn't buy it. I mean, all women are naturally attracted to a man holding a picture of a dollar sign. |
| 1:06.0 | That's how I go into a bar. |
| 1:09.0 | And my suspicions were right, folks. Take a look at the source of this poll. |
| 1:14.0 | A men's warehouse survey of 558 women. Men's warehouse. |
| 1:20.0 | The infographic has sold out. It is now in the pocket of big suit. |
| 1:26.0 | And not that weird little one for the handkerchief. |
| 1:30.0 | Folks, I am 87% stunned with a margin of error of plus or minus heartbroken. |
| 1:37.0 | I mean, what other multi-colored propaganda have you been feeding us the USA Today? |
| 1:43.0 | Is the most common candy-based street name in America really peppermint? |
| 1:48.0 | Or did you take a kick back from the people at York? |
| 1:52.0 | And don't apologize to me. You apologize to those poor people on Licorice Avenue. |
| 1:57.0 | I don't know what's real anymore. |
| 2:00.0 | I guess if I want unbiased reporting, I'll have to go back to getting my news from Snapplecaps. |
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