(2013/07/16) When they fail, we all lose (Media)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 16 July 2013
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Edition #736
When they fail, we all lose
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: New Sounds Of Change While Everything Remains The Same - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 5-31-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: We are nowhere and it's now - Bright Eyes
Ch. 4: Act 2: CNN Debate: Edward Snowden: Traitor or Idiot? - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 06-11-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Myth of Myself (A Ruse to Exploit Our Weaknesses) - Fanfarlo
Ch. 6: Act 3: Is There A Right Way To Report On Terror? - On the Media - Air Date: 5-31-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Late November - Beacon
Ch. 8: Act 4: Buying advertising is for suckers - CounterSpin - Air Date: 7-12-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Take a minute - K'naan
Ch. 10: Act 5: Marty Kaplan on the Weapons of Mass Distraction Part 1 - Moyers and Company - Air Date: 7-12-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Always mean it - Emilyn Brodsky
Ch. 12: Act 6: Head of Fox News is Certifiably Insane - The Young Turks - Air Date: 06-08-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Crazy - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Ch. 14: Act 7: Marty Kaplan on the Weapons of Mass Distraction Part 2 - Moyers and Company - Air Date: 7-12-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 15: Stand up to the bros, think twice about rape jokes - Chris from Colorado Springs
Ch. 16: Anti-domestic violence and sexual assault conference - www.nomas.org/conferences/mm32 - Alan
Ch. 17: A black, male perspective on the Zimmerman verdict - Q from Minneapolis, MN
Ch. 18: Trayvon wouldn't have been shot if he'd been white - Jay in Atlantic City
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 19: Final comments on the injustice of the justice system
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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 BestOfAlef.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfAlef podcast with clips today from the Jimmy Dor show, |
| 0:13.3 | Citizen Radio, on the media, Counter-Spend, Moyers & Company, and the Young Turks. |
| 0:17.8 | And a note to all that if you find this episode depressing, just think of it as a positive |
| 0:22.0 | reminder of why you listen to shows like this instead of the corporate media. |
| 0:30.0 | So now let's pick up our conversation in the studio with Jim Earl Steve Rosenfield, |
| 0:34.1 | Katie Lazarith, and Steps Samarano. |
| 0:36.4 | And we're talking about Barack Obama's pretend shift to more liberty in the war on terror. |
| 0:43.0 | And the big speech he gave last Thursday and the Benjamin from Code Pink heckled him and |
| 0:48.6 | was thrown out because she gave him a little bit of dose of reality of what is drone policy |
| 0:53.5 | and it's Guantanamo policy and his other horrible war policies are really doing. |
| 0:58.2 | Let's get back to our conversation. |
| 1:02.0 | Now, what I just went away and because when I remember when President Obama was running |
| 1:07.2 | for office and he had the mantra about yes, we can. |
| 1:10.1 | And I didn't know yes, we can use drones was what he was leading. |
| 1:15.4 | Yes, yes, we can. |
| 1:16.8 | And I want to say that the whole idea that Medea Benjamin has this courage to be in this room |
| 1:24.1 | and to begin to question the United States president in a room full of journalists who are |
| 1:31.0 | letting her get corralled out of the room when she was making an important point for our country. |
| 1:38.0 | Yes, and she's not a heckler. |
| 1:40.0 | That's not the definition. |
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