Truly a face made for radio.
Posted on 02/08/2006 5:41:42 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
February 8, 2006 - 20:21.
Hardball's screen graphic "Global Fury" presumably referred to the rioting over the Mohammed cartoons. But it might also have been a subliminally sardonic comment about Chris Matthews' guest, Amy Goodman, host of the far-left radio show "Democracy Now."
If Hillary is an angry woman, perhaps she's taken lessons from Goodman. This is one angry lady. Goodman's explanation by way of a justification of the rioting?
"This is about people feeling marginalized. This has to do with the war in Iraq, this has to do with 'the Occupation' [translation: Israel's claim to a right to exist], this is about hundreds being held at Guantanamo with the Koran being desecrated."
Matthews shot back: "You're eager to assign victimhood [to the rioters]." He then raised the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh who was killed by a radical Islamist two months after his film 'Submission' - about the abuse of Muslim women - was shown on national TV in Holland.
Asked Matthews:
"What about a filmmaker in Northern Europe getting killed because some in the audience don't like the movie. Who's the victim? Those who feel agitated enough to kill a filmmaker or the guy who gets killed? That's easy for me. Somebody kills you, they're the bad guy. Who do you say is the bad guy here?"
Goodman wouldn't condemn the murderer, and quickly changed the subject, saying:
"I think that it is extremely important that we understand what it means when people are just made fun of on the cartoon pages but their voices are not heard on the front pages."
Right. And what better way to debunk the image of being hotheads and fanatics then rioting and burning embassies?
Goodman then indulged the left's penchant for conspiracy theories:
"I think the United States is opportunistically using [the riots] to now vilify countries."
When Matthews asked: "Are we ginning up a war with Iran and Syria?", Goodman didn't hesitate:
"Absolutely. Every excuse to go after these two countries [is being used]," referring to "the tremendous anger that this is generating not only in the Arab world but among 'peace-loving people' all over the world."
Peace-loving people "not only in the Arab world"? You mean, in addition to those peace activists currently sacking embassies and vowing to behead those who insult Islam?
Hardball/NewsBusters ping to the Today Show ping list.
Truly a face made for radio.
So the media knew the Muslim world would be enraged at the Abu Graib pictures and published them anyway since the outrage would be directed at our soldiers.
And now the media won't publish cartoons because the Muslim outrage would be directed at them. The media. Who, collectively, seem to be cowards.
Very interesting point.
Goodman: a true Socialist/Communist, proudly representing the views of 5% of electorate. The MSM should label and attribute her as such.
But as history attests...the islamic world is inertial...if it were only more reactive, we might actually have reason to worry. But, as the President says, islam is a noble faith. It surely isn't capable of such overreaction. Islam must have been hijacked by that tiny crew of zombies.
Go back to your movies and dining. Nothing to see here...please move along...
She is what happens when a crazy cat lady is given a media outlet.
Incredibly, toward the end of the interview, Matthews told her, "Amy, you and I agree on a lot of things."
How, exactly, is the US "using" these riots to gin up a war? Don't just use rhetoric, Crypt Keeper, the media are showing the reactions to the cartoons--period.
Is she saying that the media shouldn't show these reactions? Wouldn't that be more "marginalizing"?
Why do I have a sense this is one of those people who think if we only DIALOGUED with the Islamofascists then we would all live in peace?
And why would any supposed feminist (I'm assuming) be so heavily defending these folks?
Islam and leftism are the two biggest cancers on this planet.
They are cowards...just like the cowards at the lunatic liberal media who demonize Christians because they are afraid to demonize islam. They know that Christians are not going to hunt them down and cut off their heads or firebomb their houses.
If they thought it would help them bring this administration down....they would print them in a heart beat.
There are three....you forgot abortions.
I would have included it but I consider abortions as a symptom of the leftist cancer. In other words, get rid of the leftism and the abortions will go away as well.
this fugly POS was the inspiration for Debbie Downer on SNL...
She's vermin.
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