(2013/05/12) Television media is bad at their jobs (Media)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 12 May 2013
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Edition #716
Television media is bad at their jobs
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Sycophancy and denial from Chris Matthews - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 4-5-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Paint a vulgar picture - The Smiths
Ch. 4: Act 2: Fox News Supports Fired Rutgers Basketball Coach - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-05-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Coach - Jim Bizer
Ch. 6: Act 3: Pretending there were no attacks after 9/11 - CounterSpin - Air Date: 4-19-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Strong animals - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
Ch. 8: Act 4: Fox's John Bolton Is Now Praying for a Benghazi Cover Up - Media Matters - Air Date: 05-07-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Strong animals - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
Ch. 10: Act 5: CNN Completely Botched Boston Attack Report - Majority Report - Air Date: 04-19-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Meaningless - The Nighty Nite
Ch. 12: Act 6: CNN Split Screen Interview in SAME Parking Lot - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 05-10-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: I'm a pilot - Fanfarlo
Ch. 14: Act 7: CNN is terrible at their jobs - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 4-26-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Don't do me like that - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ch. 16: Act 8: Militant center insists both sides are extremists - CounterSpin - Air Date: 5-10-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica
Ch. 18: Act 9: Media Push Claim That "The Left" Ignored Gosnell Trial - Media Matters - Air Date: 04-15-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica
Ch. 20: Act 10: Fox News Basks in its Own Ignorance - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-24-13
Ch. 21: Song 10: The idiots are taking over - NOFX
Ch. 22: Act 11: Koch's seek to buy media outlets - CounterSpin - Air Date: 4-26-13
Ch. 23: Song 11: Behind the curtain - Dan Potthast
Ch. 24: Act 12: Koch Brothers' Clever Strategy - The Progressive - Air Date: 4-26-13
Ch. 25: Song 12: Battle hymn of the republic - Fiddle Fiddle Fiddle
Ch. 26: Act 13: Is Rush Limbaugh Finished? - Majority Report - Air Date: 05-09-13
Ch. 27: Song 13: Jump, jive an' wail - Brian Setzer Orchestra
Ch. 28: Act 14: Sick madness in response to the Boston Bombing - CounterSpin - Air Date: 5-3-13
Ch. 29: Song 14: Mad world - Gary Jules
Ch. 30: Act 15: Press Gets Cozy at White House Correspondents Dinner - Young Turks - Air Date: 04-30-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 31: Defining WMD - Chris from Colorado Springs
Ch. 32: We should interpret based on intent rather than actions - Eyal from San Diego, CA
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 33: Final comments on working our way toward a global, multicultural society
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.8 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfAleft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfAleft podcast with lipstick stay from the Jimmy |
| 0:12.2 | Door Show, the Young Turks, Counter-Spin, the Media Matters Minute, the Majority Report, |
| 0:16.4 | David Pakman Show, and the Progressive. |
| 0:30.0 | I just want to catch up because last week we did a whole about 42 minutes on Chris Matthews |
| 0:35.1 | and you remember, he likes to couch himself as a vehement war critic of the Iraq War, which |
| 0:41.6 | he was not. |
| 0:43.1 | He was against the war, but then when anybody else spoke out against the war, he tried |
| 0:48.5 | to shout them down. |
| 0:49.5 | He called Phil Donahue, he said he didn't like America, he basically did exactly what |
| 0:54.3 | McCarthy would do. |
| 0:55.3 | You don't like, oh, you're against the war, you don't like America. |
| 0:57.6 | So he did that, we played the clips, and I'm just going to play you one more because I found |
| 1:01.8 | some more clips. |
| 1:02.8 | Remember, I said how Chris Matthews had scrubbed the internet somehow of all the video clips |
| 1:06.8 | of him cheerleading the Iraq War, which he did because I watched his show in 2003 and 2004 |
| 1:13.5 | and 2005, and he was the biggest cheerleader. |
| 1:16.5 | But worse than that, he tried to impune the character of the people who were standing |
| 1:21.0 | up against this illegal war. |
| 1:23.5 | And well, first of all, here's what he said to Phil Donahue, Phil Donahue said, Phil |
| 1:26.9 | Donahue said, you know what, Chris, I think you're a little too cozy with the people you're |
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