(2011/08/20) If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine (Media)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 20 August 2011
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Edition #520
If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine
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Act 1: CNN Asks Psychics to Predict Economic Future. Does it Make Sense? - David Pakman Air Date: 06-28-11
Song 1: Close to me - The Cure
Act 2: 'Cult Of Centrism', Paul Krugman Nails It - Young Turks
Song 2: Naive - The Kooks
Act 3: When Media Is Master - Mumia Abu-Jamal Air Date: 07-18-11
Song 3: Hey, soul sister - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 4: Fox Business: "I Don't Remember Any Terrorist Attacks on American Soil" 2000-2008 - Media Matters
Act 5: CNN Anchor Don Lemon Appears Not To Care For CNN - Daily Show - Air Date: 07-26-11
Song 5: Island in the sum - Weezer
Act 6: Local News = Uninformed Americans - Jimmy Dore on TYT
Song 6: Dance music - The Mountain Goats
Act 7: Data Mining for Individual Online Media Trends - On the Media Air Date: 06-17-11
Song 7: Legend of Zelda, Main Theme - Apocalyptica
Act 8: What Won't Fox News Politicize? - Media Matters Air Date: 8-10-11
Act 9: Online Algorithms, Individual Agency vs Passivity - On the Media Air Date: 06-17-11
Song 9: No easy way out - Robert Tepper
Act 10: Stop Giving Equal Time to Every Absurd Notion Anyone Proposes - David Pakman Air Date: 08-09-11
Song 10: Nothing is good enough - Aimee Mann
Act 11: After Lying All Week, Limbaugh Surprised People Complain - Media Matters Air Date: 8-16-11
Act 12: Why Cenk Uygur left MSNBC - Young Turks
Voicemails:
There's no ethical way to eat meat - Jose from Miami
Comments on Jose's voicemail
It's not ethical to eat anything - Bobby from Mesa, AZ
Comments on a pathetically asinine voicemail
We evolved to eat meat - Chuck in Salt Lake City
Comments on the evolution of eating meat
Meat-eating is like child, sweatshop labor - Patrick from Dallas
Final comments on changing morality
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
Ghostwriter - RjD2
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Why Cenk Uygur Left MSNBC - Part 2 - Young Turks
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, where details visit |
| 0:06.3 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Coups today from the David |
| 0:12.4 | Pacman show, The Young Turks, Media Matters, Moumi Abu Jammal, The Daily Show, and on |
| 0:16.9 | the media with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from The Young |
| 0:21.3 | Turks. |
| 0:30.1 | It's reached a new low in terms of stories related to the economy on CNN. |
| 0:35.3 | CNN is bringing on psychics to tell us what the economy will be like. |
| 0:42.6 | You curious about this, Lewis? |
| 0:44.3 | Very. |
| 0:45.3 | Take a listen to this. |
| 0:46.3 | Let's see about what's going to happen in USA, USA. |
| 0:49.6 | Frank Andrews uses tarot cards, Karen Forne, a crystal ball. |
| 0:54.4 | When I look at the crystal ball, I get symbols. |
| 0:58.3 | And Serena Stanley, a money pot, and brings anyone who holds it prosperity. |
| 1:03.4 | Three tools they say bring comfort and clarity to their clients during this scary time for |
| 1:08.0 | the global economy. |
| 1:09.2 | As the experts debate and uncertainty remains, there's only one profession that claims to |
| 1:13.9 | be able to predict into the future. |
| 1:16.2 | You can find them all over New York City. |
| 1:18.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:19.8 | Our first stop, Karen Forne, she has one of the best charts. |
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