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The Plan To Rein In Free Speech
IBD ^ | October 11, 2007

Posted on 10/11/2007 6:33:18 PM PDT by Kaslin

Media: A manufactured flap over Rush Limbaugh has stirred talk of new "fairness doctrine" hearings in Congress. That's just what Media Matters, the flacks behind it, were after. Their agenda is worse than it looks.


Media Matters, a left-wing nuisance group, recently sought headlines by distorting a Sept. 26 conversation between conservative radio commentator Limbaugh and a listener about a soldier who misrepresented his military record.

Media Matters screamed that Limbaugh, whose record of supporting U.S. troops is long and real, was insulting anti-war soldiers as "phony."

The claim was as silly as the one Media Matters made a week earlier about Fox News host Bill O'Reilly being a racist — a distortion so egregious it drew a smack-down from liberal commentator Juan Williams in Time magazine.

(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 110th; davidbrock; fairnessdoctrine; henrywaxman; littletoads; mediamatters; nostrils; talkradio

1 posted on 10/11/2007 6:33:22 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
We're seeing Media Matters censorship start up kit in process right now with this smear of Ann Coulter as an anti-Semite.

Maybe they thought they struck paydirt with their smear of Rush Limbaugh and now they're moving to another Conservative.

Soros made a lot of money denigrating the english pound and now he's trying to get cultural hegenomy by talking down/smearing Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter with his vile organizations.

2 posted on 10/11/2007 6:41:36 PM PDT by Stepan12 ( "We are all girlymen now." Conservative reaction to Ann Coulter's anti PC joke)
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To: Stepan12

Ann was on TV last week, fawning over the coverage that Rush was getting, and her none. She said ‘and hey I wrote a book, it’s just not fair. Got to do something to get some of that attention.’

So she did ... LOL. It’s what Ann does.


3 posted on 10/11/2007 6:44:47 PM PDT by Tarpon
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To: Kaslin

Media Matters is worse than just a left-wing nuisance, with its connections to Hillary Clinton and the Democrats in Congress.

The real nuisance is the Democrats, and their fellow leftists who can’t stand other opinions.


4 posted on 10/11/2007 6:45:07 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: Kaslin

My feeling is that, if left-wing cranks can say anything they want, we ought to be able to have a few right-wing cranks. And no, I’m not putting Coulter in that category.


5 posted on 10/11/2007 6:47:26 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: Kaslin

And this is the same freakin’ crowd that screams “FREE SPEECH” when they jeopardize military missions and provide comfort to the enemy.


6 posted on 10/11/2007 6:51:29 PM PDT by groanup (Why do the shrill and shrieking SQL's accuse the opposition of shrieking shrilly?)
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To: popdonnelly

This is the first taste of Marxist Hitlery power. It will only get worse and continue until Liberals take away all our freedoms and destroy our country as we know it.


7 posted on 10/11/2007 6:52:55 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Kaslin

This is one editorial that needs to be read by every news outlet across this country.

I’m going to send it to some of the ones in my state, as well as to my senators and representatives in D.C..

Thanks for posting it.


8 posted on 10/11/2007 7:02:18 PM PDT by LucyJo
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To: Stepan12
We're seeing Media Matters censorship start up kit in process right now with this smear of Ann Coulter as an anti-Semite.

Savage said tonight shes on the rocks

9 posted on 10/11/2007 7:05:05 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (In everyday life there is more than meets the eye to reach the depths of truth we must DRAGTHEWATERS)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Hmmm... It seems, as a practicing Christian, I am also a offender of other's beliefs. If a Christian doesn't believe the Jewish or any other religious beliefs are in error then they don't believe in the New Testament commands, teachings of the Christ, or the "Great Commision" to spread the "Good News"..

Personally, I put Savage's hateful remarks of Ann to be in par with the filth coming from "Media Matters" and the rest of the Democraftic evil toons.

I have liked to hear Savage's abrasive take on things.. Ann has a long way to go to surpass HIS coarse demeanor. I may think twice about spending time listening to an obvious anti-Christian closet bigot like Michael.. :(

God bless you Ann.. Keep your humor.. You have a lot of friends.

10 posted on 10/11/2007 8:10:49 PM PDT by glowworm ( Liberal thot is truly a mental condition... Seek help!)
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To: Kaslin
about a soldier who misrepresented his military record

This is getting annoying. Jesse Macbeth failed out of Basic Training. You are not a soldier until you complete your training (including AIT). Until you are awarded your primary MOS, you are called a "Soldier in Training".

If this is confusing for the media, think of it this way. A guy who applies for American Idol and is booed off the stage before ever making it on T.V. is not "an American Idol". And if he tells all of his friends that he is a rock star, you don't call him "an American Idol who misrepresented his stardom".

11 posted on 10/11/2007 8:18:31 PM PDT by douginthearmy
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
"Savage said tonight shes on the rocks"

They were saying the same thing 3 million books ago.

12 posted on 10/11/2007 8:20:34 PM PDT by joebuck
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To: Kaslin

So the plan is for Media Matters to keep pounding away with these manufactured incidents until the Democrats have sufficient political ammo to bring back the fairness doctrine.


13 posted on 10/11/2007 8:26:31 PM PDT by Mr J (All IMHO.)
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To: Kaslin
"Media Matters"

Is the media version of "MoveOn.org"

They aint goin away unless the conservative movement exposes their intent and screams with a very very loud voice.

America will be asleep until they are woken up.

14 posted on 10/11/2007 8:33:15 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("Please insert witty tag-line here")
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To: Kaslin

http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003657345

Like Donny is a real Jew.


15 posted on 10/11/2007 8:38:52 PM PDT by khnyny (It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it..Aristotle)
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To: Kaslin

I agree with the premise of the article. There appears to be a coordinated effort by the Left to silence conservative voices, and it is gathering momentum.

Here’s my fear. We have this law called “The Patriot Act.” I can easily see President Hillary using the provisions of that act to target conservatives; I can also see President Hillary using hate crime laws to target evangelicals. Of course, we may never see President Hillary. We might see President Gore. God help us.


16 posted on 10/11/2007 9:00:31 PM PDT by redpoll (redpoll)
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