(2014/02/17) A parody of itself (Media)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 18 February 2014
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Edition #800
A parody of itself
I'm eternally grateful for how ridiculously terrible the mainstream media is. If not for their utter and nearly constant failures I'm quite sure I never would have been inspired to start this show in the first place.
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: New Boss's Past Reflects Future Of CBS News - @greennewsreport - Air Date 1-9-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Failing - The Laryngospasms
Ch. 4: Act 2: CBSs 60 Minutes Loosing Creditability - @CitizenRadio - Air Date 1-8-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Truth - Amos Lee
Ch. 6: Act 3: When the Media Does It's Job, It Looks Something Like This … - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 01-03-2014
Ch. 7: Song 3: Talk to me - Stevie Nicks
Ch. 8: Act 4: There's reason to fight total monopolization - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date: 2-14-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Do the right thing - Beres Hammond
Ch. 10: Act 5: The War On Fox Is Over - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 12-22-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
Ch. 12: Act 6: Brave New Films: The antidote to corporate media - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 14: Act 7: Least Credible Historian Is Expert on Glenn Beck Show - @jimmy_dore Show - Air Date 12-27-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Unsee - Dearly Beloved
Ch. 16: Act 8: MSNBC Interrupts Congresswoman on NSA for Report on Justin Bieber - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 01-27-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: What's up? - 4 Non Blondes
Ch. 18: Act 9: Which media outlets stand up to those in power? - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date: 2-14-14
Ch. 19: Song 9: Hide the truth - Chronicle
Ch. 20: Act 10: The media shrugs, again - @onthemedia - Air Date: 2-14-14
Ch. 21: Song 10: In my arms - Jon Foreman
Ch. 22: Act 11: Wow, Fox News Is SCREWED - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-28-14
Voicemails:
Ch. 23: Life is scientific, personhood is a purely moral distinction - Mara from Pittsburgh
Ch. 24: Drug addicts can't boycott drugs - Jamie in Cincinnati
Leave a message at 202-999-3991
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 25: Final comments on the realities of the arguments needed to win political and issue campaigns
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM:
Brave New Films from Robert Greenwald
Sources/further reading:
"Unmanned: America's Drone Wars” Trailer
”OutFoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism” Trailer
Follow Brave New Films on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for announcements and new video shorts.
"Robert Greenwald Takes on Obama's Out-of-Control Drone Warfare in New Documentary: ‘Unmanned’” from Alternet
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.4 | the membership tab at bestofleft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, looking to the award-winning Best of Left Podcasts with Cups Today from the Rachel |
| 0:12.2 | Maddo Show, the Green News Report, Citizen Radio, Counter-Spend, The Young Turks, Activism |
| 0:16.6 | from Best of Left, The Jimmy Doors Show, The David Pakman Show, and on the media. |
| 0:20.8 | And you can just think of this episode as a quick reminder of why it's so important |
| 0:23.8 | to support independent media. |
| 0:30.0 | It's just your opinion. |
| 0:31.6 | That seems to be what suffices for news. |
| 0:34.2 | Somebody's opinion, and while we expect that from the right-wing loons, we don't really |
| 0:38.6 | expect that from CBS News and 60 Minutes, but I guess maybe now that's what we should |
| 0:43.9 | start expecting. |
| 0:44.9 | I know. |
| 0:45.9 | A very strange, very bizarre report from 60 Minutes. |
| 0:49.0 | On top of recent reporting failures at the Venerable News magazine, including on Benghazi, |
| 0:54.0 | now this 60 Minutes aired what is being described as a hit piece on America's clean energy |
| 0:59.4 | industry with correspondent Leslie Stahl. |
| 1:02.1 | The federal government has allocated a total of $150 billion to clean tech through loans, |
| 1:08.1 | grants, and tax breaks with little to show for it. |
| 1:11.8 | The taxpayers have lost a lot of money in the general clean tech area. |
| 1:16.6 | 60 Minutes only looked at the Department of Energy's loan program, intended to boost |
| 1:21.2 | America's clean energy industry, but strangely, CBS focused only on the 3% of companies |
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