(2012/04/13) More fruitless yet cathartic complaining about the media (Media)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 13 April 2012
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #595
More fruitless yet cathartic complaining about the media
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: The failures of Howard Kurtz - Jimmy Dore - Air Date: 3-9-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Titanium (feat. Sia) - David Guetta & Sia
Ch. 4: Act 2: Limbaugh Advertiser: Terrorists After Me! - Young Turks - Air Date: 3-27-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Ch. 6: Act 3: Elite Journalists Sipping On Mint Juleps - Counhterspin - Air Date: 3-22-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Puttin' On the Ritz - Taco
Ch. 8: Act 4: Punditry for the Poor charity work - David Feldman Show - Air Date: 1-27-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: The Magnificent Seven - The City of Prague Philharmonic
Ch. 10: Act 5: News Corp: Its Not Just Phone Hacking Anymore! - Majority Report - Air Date: 3-29-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Waltzing Matilda - Ophelia of the Spirits
Ch. 12: Act 6: President Obama Scared of Fox News - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-4-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Running Scared - Roy Orbison
Ch. 14: Act 7: Obama Speaks to The Press - On The Media - Air Date: 4-6-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours - The Smiths
Ch. 16: Act 8: James Murdoch Resigns as BSkyB Chairman - Majority Report - Air Date: 4-5-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Julie-O - Kevin "KO" Olusola
Ch. 18: Act 9: Fox Host to Congresswoman: "Step Away From the Crack Pipe" - Media Matters - Air Date: 2-16-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Julie-O - Kevin "KO" Olusola
Ch. 20: Act 10: Insane New Obama Conspiracy Theory From Fox News Host - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-4-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Just asking - Triangle Shirt Factory
Ch. 22: Act 11: The Star System's Death Grip On Egos - David Feldman - Air Date: 4-2-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 23: Privilege allowed John to start a business - John In Tulsa, OK
Ch. 24: Suggesting "In prison my whole life" - Colby from Portland, Oregon
Ch. 25: Mormon posthumous baptisms extremely offensive - Lara from outside of Philly
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 26: Final comments on posthumous Mormon baptisms and Olbermann's firing from Current TV
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details that |
| 0:06.3 | visit the membership tab at bestableleft.com, and welcome to the award-winning Best of the |
| 0:10.7 | Left Podcast with Cook's Day from the Jimmy Doar Show, The Young Turks, Counter-Spin, |
| 0:14.9 | The David Feldman Show, The Majority Report, On the Media, and Media Matters. |
| 0:19.2 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode contains both good and bad sentiments |
| 0:23.7 | about Keith Oldman, devotees, and sicker fans may wish to have hurt their ears. |
| 0:30.0 | Right now, let's go to Howard Kurtz. |
| 0:31.6 | So Howard Kurtz, if you don't know, he hosts reliable sources of show that critiques the |
| 0:35.5 | media's coverage of the news, kind of a watchdog for the media. |
| 0:39.6 | The problem is that Howard Kurtz is bad at his job. |
| 0:42.6 | He was bad when he was at the Washington Post, and he's bad now. |
| 0:46.6 | He just fails upward, right? |
| 0:48.2 | It's like he's like a watchdog with very bad eyesight. |
| 0:53.7 | He bites whoever knocks at the door, doesn't matter. |
| 0:56.5 | He's a watchdog with rabies. |
| 0:58.2 | Yeah, you know, while your house is getting bergled, he's got his teeth into the ass of the |
| 1:02.3 | mailman. |
| 1:04.6 | That's Howard Kurtz, the media. |
| 1:06.4 | So here he is. |
| 1:07.0 | He has a panel on to discuss the Rush Limbaugh controversy. |
| 1:11.4 | Okay, so here's how he starts it off. |
| 1:13.8 | This is part of what he does. |
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