Re: [Marxism] The low point of the CNN-YouTube debate

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Lause wrote:
> I appreciate this review.
> 
> Just a reminder, the choice of the Citadel for this showmanship almost
> predetermined the outcome.  Remember how that institution and its students
> mobilized to give such crap to the first woman who enrolled there.  That
> wasn't that long ago.  This is one of the most pro-imperialist and
> reactionary institutions they could have picked.
> 
> Guess the Dumbocrats were selecting the audience they were courting.

It is interesting how the big 3 cable news networks correspond to the 
broad division in American ruling class politics:

1. Fox TV: Republican Party

2. CNN: Hillary Clinton DLC centrism (although they do provide a forum 
for Glenn Beck, an obnoxious reactionary asshole.)

3. MSNBC: Liberal Democrats (except for Tucker Carlson, a Glenn Beck type.)

The only alternative to this crap is faux news on Jon Stewart and 
Stephen Colbert on the Comedy Network.

Since I have been watching cable almost exclusively nowadays, I don't 
bother with PBS, which is half-way between Fox and CNN. Out of curiosity 
the other night, I turned on the Lehrer news hour to catch "experts" 
discussing the latest National Intelligence Estimate that--guess 
what--warned that Al Qaeda was ready to come over and get yo momma. Both 
experts were former CIA officials and concurred with the report. 
Surprise, surprise. I was so ticked off by this that I sent email to PBS 
News Hour complaining, which is a little bit like writing Santa Claus a 
letter asking for lotsa new toys.

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