Saturday, September 06, 2008

The "Information" You Need

What's this a picture of?

A Clockwork Orange -- Forced Viewing

Correct. It is an artist's rendering of the only way you'd get me to obey this exhortation:

Tune in to a special FOX News documentary Saturday night for an intimate look at the family life of the GOP’s vice presidential nominee.

Where is the line between "free speech" and propaganda produced by a de facto subsidiary of the party controlling the White House?

(h/t: poputonian, on Rumproast | pic. source)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmmm...

Will this be seductive enough?

[i]...for an intimate look at the family life of the GOP’s vice presidential nominee.[/i]

Still not interested?
Me neither...

Anonymous said...

If you didn't catch FAUXNews this Sunday morning, it will be worth your while to look at the evening rebroadcast. My guess is that the McCain campaign reneged on a promise to make Sarah Palin available. Chris Wallace just rips into a visibly surprised McCain campaign honcho Rick Davis for hiding Palin from the press, and then starts demanding Davis explain how McCain's programs are in any way different from those of George Bush.

It was fabulous.

Anonymous said...

Aha. I just read that Palin has agreed to be interviewed by Charles Gibson of ABC News in the upcoming week. No wonder the FAUX boys were in a snit. Trouble in paradise?

bjkeefe said...

I don't think so. I read about this interview with Gibson this morning, and the sense I got was that (a) Gibson is guaranteed to pitch softballs, and (b) Fox will likely get the next interview.

Assuming both of those are true, it makes sense from the McCain camp's point of view. Even they know how many people think of Fox, so letting one of the "liberal media" go first lets them build some credibility in the minds of casual voters. I predict that they'll wave around the Gibson interview every time they get asked afterward why Palin is still not really dealing with the press.

bjkeefe said...

Here is the transcript of the Wallace/Davis show that Don mentioned above.

Here's a video clip of some of that interview.

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