Posted on 08/24/2009 7:06:42 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
Here is video from 60 Minutes last night where 90 year-old Andy Rooney paid tribute to Don Hewitt, creator of 60 Minutes, and known as the "Father of Modern TV News." Hewitt died last week at age 86. . . . . (Watch Video)
(Excerpt) Read more at freedomslighthouse.com ...
No.
“I’m Andy Loony. What about my eyebrows? Will they turn into Butterflies?”
With the “60 Mintues” headline I was expecting better comments.
Maybe I’ll check back in an “huor” or so...
;o)
It would be difficult to find anyone in media history as evil and destructive as Don Hewitt and his propaganda creation 60 Minutes.
I agree with your thinking but Norman Lear has easily been as destructive as Hewitt. "All in the Family" and "Maude" stereotyped, distorted and ridiculed conservatives and conservative ideas and even promoted abortion. His advocacy group People for the American Way is Marxist and should be re-named People for the Socialist Way. Maybe worst of all, he unleashed Rob Reiner as a media/political activist, LOL. It's hard to think of a far-Left idea Lear hasn't promoted while disguising himself as a strict Constitutionalist.
You make a good point. I’m thinking that 60minutes and others like them are marginally more dangerous because they are falsely representing commieprop as fact while Lear’s shows are straight commieprop and more recognizable as such. But then Lear’s high output of commieprop would put him on the top ten list of domestic enemies in any case.
I guess they both go to the same circle of hell.
I think Lear's creations probably did as much damage as Hewitt's propaganda. The Left figured out that popular culture-as-Marxist propaganda was very effective many years ago. They had the field pretty much to themselves until Rush came along but they still "own" TV and the music biz. They've brainwashed a couple of generations with destructive stuff from MTV, VH-1, etc.
Nearly every program I try to watch these days, including the History channel, National Geographic, etc., is filled with pure leftist propaganda. Try to find a "science" program that doesn't introduce anthropogenic "global warming" scare tactics along the way.
Good comments and analysis.
I’ve always taken solace with the fact that by the end of All in the Family’s run, most people I know were laughing WITH Archie and not AT him.
Much damage was done, it is true, but my kids today recognize Lear’s heavy-handed dreck for the anti-Christian, anti-white, anti-family propaganda that it always has been.
Hey,you've gotta give Lear credit for *one* thing.
"Meathead"
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