Hokay.

[heidi]

In the past three days, I have explained to someone on the TLC comments zone that Jefferson was not a "Christian", at least not in the way the term is currently used, but a Deist - said someonedid not know what a Deist was.

I explained to someone else that under the Clinton administration, children were not expelled from schools - and in fact, could not be expelled from schnools, for praying privately before lunch or a test. Said someone believed that W had put that into law at the start of 2001.

I have pointed out to yet another person that FOX news presents its staff with daily position papers that mandate how issues are to be covered, and that those position papers iunvariably take the side of the administration.

You know, there are very understandable reasons for someone to vote for George Bush.

If you firmly believe that God talks through him, as he said in a speech to the Amish earlier this month, vote for him. If you agree with his position on abortion, vote for him. If you think that doctors and scientists should be barred from attending conferences because of their political beliefs, vote for him. Vote for him because you'd rather have lower taxes than funding to protect ports from serving as a way for WMDs to enter the country.

Go right ahead. But don't vote for him because you believe things that are not true.

Comments

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Yes, he is.

You might want to look over Fox News Channel Chairman Roger Ailes' prepared remarks to Congress back in 2002 on the 2000 election:

would like to say a few words about John Ellis because I am sure you are all familiar with him and his family connections. Mr. Ellis is the first cousin of President George W. Bush and Governor Jeb Bush.

I am aware that Mr. Ellis was speaking to then Governor George W Bush and Jeb Bush on election night. Obviously, through his family connections, Mr. Ellis has very good sources. I do not see this as a fault or shortcoming of Mr. Ellis.

I do believe that democracy was harmed by my network and others on November 7, 2000. I do believe that the great profession of journalism took many steps backward.

Furthermore, Roger Ailes sent a secret memo offering political advice to George W. Bush after last year's terrorist attacks illustrates one of the fundamental facts of American political life: the utterly dishonest and politically incestuous relationship between the mass media and the government. And you may not know that Ailes was the man who produced the Troop Homecoming shows for Gulf War I,

[1anonymous1.livejournal.com]

I did not know that, and it pisses me off.


Media shall now be on the list, politicians are already on there, as enemies of the RCP.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Weirdly enough, it doesn't piss me off that he works there, or that he's a journalist. What bothers me is that people who watch foxnews each day don't know that he's there, running things behind the scenes.

[peacockharpy.livejournal.com]

I wish we could send everyone who watches Fox a copy of Outfoxed. That wakes ya right up.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Word!

[1anonymous1.livejournal.com]

Yes, that has a large pissing off factor too.

I just wish media and politics could be kept seperate. Just report the facts and not your opinions.