(2012/08/18) Live to deceive (Media)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 18 August 2012
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #634
Live to deceive
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: CNN's Flawed Coverage of Iran Threat - Young Turks - Air Date 7-16-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Good people - Jack Johnson
Ch. 4: Act 2: Interviewee Has Final Approval - Counterspin - Air Date 7-19-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Mile End - Pulp
Ch. 6: Act 3: Study: Liberals & Moderates Distrust TV News More Than Conservatives - Majority Report - Air Date: 07-18-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: The scientist - Willie Nelson
Ch. 8: Act 4: Shrinking the news… and our democracy - Jim Hightower - Air Date: 6-20-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Cable TV - Fol Chen
Ch. 10: Act 5: Why Can't War Be Fun For The Whole Family?! - Lee Camp - Air Date: 8-9-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: The importance of being idle - Oasis
Ch. 12: Act 6: Syria Leaks - Assad's PR Firm Manipulates American Media - Young Turks - Air Date - 07-25-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Wave of mutilation - Pixies
Ch. 14: Act 7: Peaceful Resistance Unnoticed - Counterspin - Air Date 7-19-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Love will come through - Travis
Ch. 16: Act 8: Journalism? Reporters Let Campaign Officials Edit Their Quotes - Majority Report - Air Date: 07-18-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Little embarrassing - Rosemary's Sons
Ch. 18: Act 9: AP Owes Apology for Legitimizing Doctor's Murder - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 8-9-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Cemetery gates - The Smiths
Ch. 20: Act 10: Did We All Really Just Spend This Much Time on a Daniel Tosh Joke? - Majority Report - Air Date: 07-23-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica
Ch. 22: Act 11: MOST DECEPTIVE Fox News Graph - David Pakman - Air Date 8-2-12
Ch. 23: Song 11: The Secret Agent: The Secret Agent Ending - Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico & Elias Arizcuren
Ch. 24: Act 12: Fox News Latest Attack on Obama - The Young Turks - Air Date: 07-20-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 25: Report back on Occupy Wall St. - Dan from New York
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Ch. 26: Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on 'Under African Skies' doc about Paul Simon and apartheid South Africa
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show for details and visit |
| 0:06.1 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.1 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the young Turks, |
| 0:12.5 | Counter-Spend, the Majority Report, Jim Hightower, comedian Lee Kamp, The Rachel Maddo |
| 0:16.4 | Show, and The David Pakman Show. |
| 0:18.6 | And note for our more sensitive listeners, the last clip of this episode may make you |
| 0:21.9 | physically ill, and that's not even a joke, it made me queasy. |
| 0:30.1 | Media in this country, the establishment media, is basically willing to be a stenographer |
| 0:34.8 | for our government, and especially a Pentagon. |
| 0:37.4 | Maybe they're a group that they should be most skeptical about, they're the least skeptical |
| 0:40.3 | about it, and they just take whatever they say and they present it as news. |
| 0:43.9 | We have a great example of that when it comes to the reporting on Iran. |
| 0:47.8 | Apparently, the Pentagon wants to fear monger on it, scare people so that apparently |
| 0:52.6 | we're more ready to go to war with Iran. |
| 0:54.8 | So CNN is, of course, here to do their bidding. |
| 0:57.3 | Both blisters are going to be talking to Chris Lawrence, their CNN, Pentagon Correspondent. |
| 1:01.5 | Let's watch. |
| 1:02.5 | It's a missile test showed off their capabilities, and a new report from the Pentagon confirms |
| 1:07.4 | it. |
| 1:08.4 | Iran's ballistic missiles are more accurate, more versatile, and more deadly than ever. |
| 1:13.3 | The report finds that Iran may be technically capable of flight testing an intercontinental |
| 1:18.2 | ballistic missile by 2015, the type of missile that could hit the U.S. if it works. |
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