Standard issue state dept hair product.
Posted on 12/29/2005 9:44:11 AM PST by RepublicNewbie
The liberal media have been screaming about federal departments or agencies sponsoring or buying news here and abroad. But they were strangely silent when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced on December 13 that the State Department would launch an Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program to influence foreign journalists. It seems that a federal program honoring an icon of the liberal media is considered an acceptable mix of journalism and state.
The Rice announcement buys into the myth perpetuated by the George Clooney movie, "Good Night and Good Luck," that Murrow, a CBS journalist who became director of the U.S. Information Agency in the Kennedy Administration, had put anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy in his place. As journalist Wes Vernon notes in a forthcoming AIM Report on this matter, the facts were on the side of Senator McCarthy but he didn't come across well on television. Murrow, on the other hand, was smooth, polished and had a large audience. He was largely a showboat. In fact, he was oblivious to the sinister problem?communist influence in government?that McCarthy dared to uncover and expose.
The State Department decision to sponsor a journalism program in the name of Edward R. Murrow, in association with the Aspen Institute and U.S. journalism schools, reflects extremely poor judgment on Secretary Rice's part and a disregard for the lessons of history. But it's a big hit with the media elite and the Hollywood glitterati.
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The real question is does he use Dapper Dan?
Looneys not Clooneys..........
ROFLMAO!!!!!!
George was on Terry Gross's Fresh Air program on NPR the other day. He sees himself and all Liberals as being ahead of history. That's why people (stupid conservatives), dislike them. Not to worry, he says, life is catching up and soon the world will admit Liberal thinking is perfect. He also says he has some conservative friends. Sounds like that dreadful, "I have a few Jewish friends." Or "I have a few Catholic friends." He's a fool.
LoL... George C. Looney.. (let me make a note of that)...
BAWAHAHAHAHAHA ... he is a 100% Loon!
Good thing that I HATE mushrooms..unlike "Foolsih" George there.
He couldn't even get the citizens of Kentucky to think liberal and send his Daddy to Washington. Good luck with the rest of the world George.
I don't sell Dapper Dan, I sell Fop. Dapper Dan'll take two weeks.
He sees himself and all Liberals as being ahead of history.........
Yep, the Instatruth Gang. They learned in their teenage years what all of civilization has not. To join this exclusive club, all you have to do is memorize all the left wing slogans (about ten in all), go to events and cry for humanity, etc.
You're in now, a true intellectual!
You've learned the (false compassion) GAME!
Oh, and don't forget to shout down all those who actually do for those around them, those who do not pine for others far away.
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