At the nexus of news, entertainment, technology, propaganda, big business, and special interests we find biopics created to act as political ads.
Let's not forget that before his first presidential election,Obama had an actual channel running 24/7 campaign pieces. It was unprecedented, and as we can see now, the new normal.NBC's plan to air a miniseries focused on Clinton has received major backlash from the GOP and from network journalists. NBC News White House correspondent Chuck Todd declared Thursday, "This miniseries is a total nightmare for NBC News."Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus threatened Monday not partner with the network if it goes through with its plan.Fox Television Studios spokesman Leslie Oren told the Times that while no deal is in place, NBC is in early discussions to have Fox studios produce and distribute the film internationally.
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The Republicans should refuse to have any main stream journalists involved in their debates in the first place. They get screwed every time.
They have to take it to the enemy. Get regular Americans to be the moderators or the questioners. Not these phony journalists who are wing men for the Democratic party.
This propaganda film is just the tip of the iceberg. The Republicans need to follow Obama's example and take it to entertainment venues instead of the news division. Of course the candidates have to be able to intimidate the likes of Leno or Letterman or the View Bitches into not savaging them because they will never get the gentle tongue bath that Democrats get from the entertainment industry. They have to talk over their heads right to the people.
Yes, but who will go? It takes someone witty and quick on his feet to do this without coming across hostile.
Well I think Ted Cruz might be good. Or Rand Paul. They are strong and confident candidates who can hold their own and are not afraid like Mitt.
Certainly not Christie. Or it could be somebody that is not really on our radar like Nikki Haley. The key is not to back down to their bullshit.
Agreed. It would be refreshing to change the current dynamic.
I think Jindal could be self-effacing, humorous, and on point, but don't know him that well.
These days it's shaman-time all the time. Discussion really doesn't cut it, only "star" quality does.
The only Republicans I see right now who have a chance at projecting that are Rubio and Christie.
NBC is now using this excuse:
'The Clinton puff piece is all OK because of the difference between our Propaganda News Division and our Propaganda Entertainment Division.'
Sure.
NBC - the network that doctors 9/11 tapes for mass disinformation.
I wish they would stop TV debates altogether, but if they are to have face to face debates let them give each candidate a lectern and let them have at each other.
Just have a couple of sheriff's deputies standing by in case someone starts to get rowdy. But no moderators of any kind, and certainly not "journalists" or network anchors allowed.
Oh, and that is after each party has come up with a nominee.
I hope all the pro-democrat media/entertainment outlets will provide their very own pro-Clinton! bio-pic.
Let's shower the nation in propaganda.
I sure hope these same pro-democrat media/entertainment mega-corporations can create some negative bio-pics on all those evil republicans.
There used to be a party in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s who would be proud.
I think Reince Priebus made a mistake with threatening to boycott the networks unless they abandon the Hillary! puff pieces. Priebus may be an earnest good guy and a hard worker, but he is no politician. With this he only made the Republican Party as well as himself look small and petty.
If they are going to participate in TV debates, they need to find a way to combat the bias and a candidate that can stand up under it out in the open.
And on this particular issue, I think they are wrong to start with; Hillary! is a red herring, she is not going to run in 2016. Just ignore her, and hit on the issues, of which we have plenty.
I don't see ANY moderators in this debate.
Democrat needs propaganda to win.
Democrats need cheat sheets, cliff notes, Candy Crowley, crutches and kick stands.
Remember this?
Fox News has canceled a debate of Democratic presidential candidates next month after several candidates dropped out because they said the cable news network would not provide a fair forum, the Associated Press reports. Organizers hope to reschedule the debate.
The top three Democrats seeking the nomination -- Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards -- already indicated they would not participate in the debate, which is being cosponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus
CNN Doesn't remember.
Typical of the Republicans to screw the message of a given situation.
This is only a "boycott" if CNN, NBC, etc. have an automatic natural right to broadcast these debates in the first place. And, as usual, the GOP accepts the false premise before the argument has even begun.
Same with the "defunding" of ObamaCare, as if the funding of ObamaCare is automatic and set in stone, rather than having to be appropriated like every other aspect of government spending. Refusal to fund ObamaCare in the first place, which is what Lee, et al. are insisting upon, is not a defunding. Yet, once again, what we will see is Boehner, et al. leading the charge to demand that Republicans vote for ObamaCare spending, in the form of a CR and/or increase in the national debt, before they vote against it.
And while we are at it, no, the Commission on Presidential Debates does NOT have an automatic claim to the presidential debates. A nominee is NOT required to automatically accept whatever crap they shove on him or her.
Conditions of any debate, including the forum and the moderators, is entirely within the purview of the candidates themselves.
There was a poll (YMMV) out that said a lot of Demos don't want Hillary!, so this is obviously necessary if they want to sell her as any kind of a human being.
Even to Democrats.
Trooper York said...
Well I think Ted Cruz might be good. Or Rand Paul. They are strong and confident candidates who can hold their own and are not afraid like Mitt.
No, the Romster wasn't afraid. He did well enough they had to rev up the vote fraud machine (not to mention the spying and intimidation machines) to beat him.
However, for a moderator to tell an unmitigated lie in the middle of a debate to favor one candidate, was a new high in low
Mamie said...
These days it's shaman-time all the time. Discussion really doesn't cut it, only "star" quality does.
The only Republicans I see right now who have a chance at projecting that are Rubio and Christie.
You must be joking.
They aren't Republicans, they're Whigs.
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