(2012/06/03) Corrupt, feckless and deceptive (Media)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 3 June 2012
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #611
Corrupt, feckless and deceptive
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Relying On Something Quaint And Out Of Date - Jimmy Dore Show Air Date: 4-12-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Timeless - Kate Havnevik
Ch. 4: Act 2: TV, The Biggest Beneficiary of Our Corrupt Politics - Majority Report - Air Date: 4-27-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Video killed the radio star - The Buggles
Ch. 6: Act 3: It's The Perception Of Control - CounterSpin - Air Date: 5-3-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Nothing left to lose - Mat Kearney
Ch. 8: Act 4: Fox News Lying about Obama Enemies List - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 5-15-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Your biggest mistake - Ellie Goulding
Ch. 10: Act 5: Fox Hosts Can't Believe Americans Trust Obama on the Economy, Despite Their Efforts - Media Matters - Air Date: 5-23-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Shoes watch - An Horse
Ch. 12: Act 6: Chris Matthews cluelessness on cable news and war - CounterSpin - Air Date: 5-25-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Don't you remember - ADELE
Ch. 14: Act 7: Poll Results: America Fundamentally Progressive - Young Turks
Ch. 15: Song 7: New slang - The Shins
Ch. 16: Act 8: David Gregory, Status Quo Barometer - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 4-12-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: You're a disaster - Dragonette
Ch. 18: Act 9: Fox News Cultivates Obama "Socialist" Smear, Then Reports On It As "Some People" - Media Matters - Air Date: 5-24-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Naive - The Kooks
Ch. 20: Act 10: Here's to hoping newspapers believe in fact checking - CounterSpin - Air Date: 5-25-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Devil's spoke - Laura Marling
Ch. 22: Act 11: Is Chris Hayes Right About Heroes? - Young Turks - Air Date: 5-30-12
Ch. 23: Song 11: Hero of war - Rise Against
Ch. 24: Act 12: Study Watching NO NEWS Better Than Watching FOX NEWS - David Pakman - Air Date: 5-24-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 25: Singer of "Against me" comes outs as transgendered - Abby from Vermont
Ch. 26: Response to Dan's voicemail and thoughts on same-sex marriage - Jamie from Atlanta, GA
Ch. 27: Reorganize the US first, then the world - Max from Davis, CA
Ch. 28: The global 1% are in conflict with the workers of the world - Brett from Omaha
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Loud Pipes - Ratatat
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors of the show, where details visit |
| 0:06.8 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLuck.com. |
| 0:09.2 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLuck podcast with Kupseh, from the Jimmy Doar |
| 0:12.8 | show, The Majority Report, Counter-Spin, The Rachel Maddo Show, Media Matters, The Young |
| 0:17.2 | Turks, and The David Pakman Show. |
| 0:19.3 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode about the media, like an immunization |
| 0:23.6 | against disease may cause physical illness in some listeners. |
| 0:30.2 | Over this past weekend, we marked the passing of CBS Newsman, Mike Wallace. |
| 0:34.5 | It was truly the end of an era, when television news relied on something now quaint and out |
| 0:38.5 | of date. |
| 0:39.5 | News. |
| 0:40.5 | 60 minutes was a top-rated show for decades, but it had a fatal flaw. |
| 0:46.4 | The show expected its audience to be smart and want to learn about something. |
| 0:49.6 | Hey, that's why we have PBS, and they're always broke. |
| 0:52.8 | Since Mike Wallace left TV, his accomplishments have become irrelevant. |
| 0:56.8 | We always used to watch him interview bad guys and root for him to find the truth, especially |
| 1:00.3 | when it was somebody we really hated, like Iatolikomani or Barbara Streisand. |
| 1:06.5 | Now we're all rooting for ourselves. |
| 1:08.7 | Everybody's opinion cancels out everybody else's opinion, which requires increasing levels |
| 1:13.0 | of cruelty. |
| 1:14.3 | To prove this, you only have to go on YouTube, pick any clip, and read the fourth person's |
| 1:18.4 | comment. |
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