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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Griper Blade: FOX News, Catapulting the Propaganda Since 1996

There are snippets of video that can explain a lot. George W. Bush explaining that it's his job to "catapult the propaganda" was one example of the revealing slip and this video of Nevada GOP senatorial candidate Sharron Angle on FOX News is another. In it, she explains her campaign's decision to hide from the mainstream press, limiting her interviews to wingnut TV and rightwing talk radio.



Transcript from Political Correction [emphasis theirs]:

Angle: We needed to have the press be our friend.

Cameron: Wait a minute. Hold on a second. To be your friend?

Angle: Well, truly—

Cameron: That sounds naive.

Angle: Well, no. We wanted them to ask the questions we want to answer so that they report the news the way we want it to be reported, and when I get on a show and I say, 'Send money to Sharron Angle Dot Com,' so that your listeners will know that if they wanna support me, they need to go to Sharron Angle Dot Com.

Cameron: Alright, alright...[CLICK TO READ FULL POST]

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