(2013/02/25) How the main stream media fails us (Media)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 26 February 2013
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Edition #692
How the main stream media fails us
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: On 60 Minutes A Half Hour Is Not Enough Time For Important Q & A - CounterSpin - Air Date 2-8-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Good people - Jack Johnson
Ch. 4: Act 2: Conservative Media Bias - Who Has the Power? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 02-07-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: And we got older - Jim Guthrie
Ch. 6: Act 3: Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh Reassert Role Advising and Influencing GOP - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 01-29-13
Ch. 8: Act 4: Facebook’s New Social Search - On the Media - Air Date: 1-25-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: I won't share you - The Smiths
Ch. 10: Act 5: Do People Understand News vs Opinion Shows? - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 02-11-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: More than this - Hotrod Cadets
Ch. 12: Act 6: CNN's Soledad O'Brien Gets Bumped Out - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-22-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Something so right - Paul Simon
Ch. 14: Act 7: How "Friends of Hamas" Joke Became a Right Wing Reality - Majority Report - Air Date: 02-21-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Satellite - Guster
Ch. 16: Act 8: Facts No Remedy for Anti-Obama Conspiracies - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 2-4-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Ch. 18: Act 9: Good Journalism - The Biggest Mistake of the Debates - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-24-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: Send a message - Nick Driver
Ch. 20: Act 10: CNN: Political Corruption, Michelle Obama's Haircut...What's the Difference?! - Majority Report - Air Date: 02-22-13
Ch. 21: Song 10: Out of my mind - James Blunt
Ch. 22: Act 11: 50% Remember Fabricated News Event in Study - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 02-15-13
Ch. 23: Song 11: Everything to everyone - Everclear
Ch. 24: Act 12: MSNBC: Obama Cheerleaders? - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-24-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 25: In support of drone strikes - Wade from Ft. Worth, TX
Ch. 26: Thoughts on the legality of drone strikes - Ian from Baltimore, MD
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 27: Final comments on the folly of responding to crimes with acts of war
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.6 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestableF.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestableF podcast with group today, from CounterSpin, |
| 0:13.2 | the Young Turks, the Media Matters Minute, on the media, the David Pakman Show, the |
| 0:17.1 | Majority Report, and the Rachel Maddo Show. |
| 0:30.0 | 60 minutes corresponding Steve Kraft got a pretty amazing exclusive on the |
| 0:33.6 | January 27th broadcast, a sit-down interview with Barack Obama and outgoing |
| 0:38.7 | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. |
| 0:41.5 | At the top of the segment, Kraft declared that the 30 minutes the White House offered |
| 0:45.7 | quote, Barely enough time to scratch the surface of their complicated personal and |
| 0:50.4 | professional relationship, let alone discuss their policies on Iran and Israel, Russia |
| 0:56.2 | and China, Egypt and Libya, close quote. |
| 0:59.7 | Apparently, what he meant was, so I didn't ask about any of that. |
| 1:03.9 | Instead, the interview that aired featured questions like, why did you want to do this |
| 1:08.5 | together? |
| 1:09.5 | A joint interview, as she had much influence on this administration, and how would |
| 1:14.0 | you characterize your relationship right now? |
| 1:17.7 | They did approach policy a bit, at one point Kraft asked, quote, this administration, |
| 1:22.6 | I mean, you've generally gotten high marks, particularly from the voters for your handling |
| 1:26.9 | of foreign policy. |
| 1:28.4 | But there's no big singular achievement in the first four years that you can put your |
| 1:32.5 | names on. |
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