(2012/07/16) Peeking out of the cave (Media)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 16 July 2012
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Edition #624
Peeking out of the cave
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Trolling For Gaffes - CounterSpin - Air Date: 6-14-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: The waiting - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ch. 4: Act 2: Are Liberals Ruining America By Not Ignoring Rush Limbaugh & Fox News? - Majority Report - Air Date: 06-11-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: If it is growing - Fanfarlo
Ch. 6: Act 3: Not Two Sides To Everything - David Feldman - Air Date 7-2-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Prettiest tree on the mountain - Ben Sollee
Ch. 8: Act 4: Clarifying the clarifiers - CounterSpin - Air Date 6-28-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: The shining - Badly Drawn Boy
Ch. 10: Act 5: The Shadows Are Taking Over - Lee Camp - Air Date 7-5-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Sunshine goodtime - Minnutes
Ch. 12: Act 6: Rush Limbaugh Throws Tantrum Because You Can't Jail Someone For Free Speech - Majority Report - Air Date: 06-29-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Stop breaking down - The White Stripes
Ch. 14: Act 7: 6 Corporations Control 90% of Media - David Pakman - Air Date 6-25-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Under the Milky Way tonight - The Church
Ch. 16: Act 8: Luke Russert fighting against stating facts - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 7-13-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Time to go home - Michael Franti And Spearhead
Ch. 18: Act 9: The problem with media in foreign countries - CounterSpin - Air Date: 6-21-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: About today - The National
Ch. 20: Act 10: Age Appropriate Right Wing Rhetoric - Real Time With Bill Maher - Air Date 6-22-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Somos Gitanos - The Gipsy Kings
Ch. 22: Act 11: CNN's John King Fired, Who's Taking His Spot - Young Turks - Air Date - 6-13-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 23: Thoughts on how people feel about facts - Nora
Ch. 24: Positive vs negative karma - Todd from LA
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Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 25: Final comments on Jonathan Haidt, morality and false equivalencies
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.9 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestofTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestofTheLeft podcast with Cubsiday from CounterSpin. |
| 0:12.7 | The Majority Report, the David Feldman Show, Lee Camp's Moment of Clarity, the David |
| 0:16.5 | Pacman Show, the Jimmy Dora Show, real-time with Bill Maher and the Young Turks. |
| 0:20.3 | And a note for all listeners, Lee Camp's segment today carries a prerequisite of philosophy |
| 0:24.3 | 101, or for you to have at least read Sofie's World. |
| 0:30.2 | Media are in campaign mode, and that means trolling for gaffes. |
| 0:34.6 | Those unscripted or off-message comments journalists find really important. |
| 0:39.9 | Most recently, of course, all heck broke out when Barack Obama said the private sector |
| 0:44.6 | is doing fine. |
| 0:46.8 | In the context of a comparison to public sector employment, this was actually an accurate |
| 0:51.8 | observation, but Mitt Romney's campaign declared it proved Obama doesn't understand |
| 0:57.2 | business. |
| 0:58.2 | And thus, a gaff was born. |
| 1:00.2 | A major gaff, said the Washington Post. |
| 1:03.2 | The Boston Globe website ran the headline, President Obama's private sector gaff, a possible |
| 1:08.4 | window to soul, like other recent gaffes. |
| 1:12.8 | Some people thought this was all a bit much, which prompted Washington Post reporter Chris |
| 1:16.5 | Salisa to write a piece on June 11th to explain that it really does matter. |
| 1:21.0 | The fact that we're focusing attention on what he acknowledges is a single out of context |
| 1:25.8 | statement misses the point. |
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