Posted on 12/15/2007 8:00:52 AM PST by shoptalk
FReeper Scott Swett will join Loud & Clear (Central Jersey 1450 AM WCTC) to discuss his new book, "To Set The Record Straight" today (Saturday, December 15th).
Mr. Swett will be the guest of Keith Rasmussen and Maggie Glynn who host Loud & Clear on Central Jersey 1450 - 1 pm to 4 pm Eastern. He will join Loud & Clear at 3:30 pm (Eastern).
Scott Swett created and managed the web sites SwiftVets.com and WinterSoldier.com during the 2004 campaign, working closely with Swift boat veterans, former POWs and other Vietnam veterans to help bring their experiences to the public.
Read more here: http://www.tosettherecordstraight.com/ . "To Set The Record Straight - How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry" by Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler may be ordered at this website.
Listen live on WCTC (April 21 at 4:15 pm Eastern): http://www.wctcam.com/
Call in toll free at 888 545-9282 (888 545-WCTC).
Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential bid became the catalyst for an unprecedented political movement by Vietnam veterans who had long resented his false 1971 testimony that U.S. troops were routinely committing war crimes.
Despite the best efforts of the Democratic Party and its media affiliates, they succeeded in reaching out to the public and turning the presidential campaign upside down.
Here, for the first time, is the complete story of how - and why - they did it.
During the Vietnam War, the original television networks and the leading liberal newspapers were near the peak of their formidable persuasive powers, able to dominate public opinion to an extent difficult to imagine today. In an age without cable news networks, popular conservative radio shows or the Internet, they were the only game in town. What these organizations chose to cover became news, and what they ignored did not. They used that power to instill Kerry's false portrait of American veterans as misfits, drug addicts and baby killers into the popular culture.
When John Kerry made his service in Vietnam the cornerstone of his presidential campaign in 2004, the wounds he had inflicted on millions of Vietnam veterans were re-opened. Many veterans decided they could no longer be silent while a man who had repeated the propaganda of America's enemies rose to the position of Commander-in-Chief.
Kerry and his advisors believed that their old media allies would suppress any challenge to their version of what Kerry had done during his time in Vietnam and in the antiwar movement. It didn't work out that way.
To Set the Record Straight is the inside story of how an ad hoc collection of veterans and activists overcame their opponents' efforts to silence and marginalize them, and delivered the explosive truth about John Kerry's past to the public. It is a story of justice and vindication long delayed, of an insurgent assault on the old media by a new wave of online reporters, and of the long struggle of America's Vietnam veterans to make their way home.
You were great. Thank you.
I wasn’t following Ms. Glynn when she was mining for info on SwiftVet contributor, Sam Fox. She often uses *Mr. Fox* to disparage Rupert Murdoch, so I was a little slow on the uptake.
I guess a contribution to the Swiftees somehow disqualifies one from being appointed an ambassador to Belgium (hardly the point of the interview).
Again, thanks for your time and I hope “To Set the Record Straight” sells a million copies.
~ shoptalk
On Air America?
Good luck.
Thanks. I knew who Fox was, but his $50K contribution to the Swift Vets was just a drop in the bucket - they raised more than $26 million overall. What made it possible for the Swift Vets to continue their ad campaign was massive support from ordinary people who believed in them.
It’s okay... I’ll Lysol the phone before and after the interview.
I totally understand...LOL and good luck.
Oh my goodness. I definitely want a ping to that.
Is there audio available somewhere to your previous interviews? So far I’ve missed all of them. :-(
No, I’m afraid they just went out across the ether and are gone...
Announcer: “Ladies and gentlemen, that repetitive thud you hear is Mr. Swett banging his head on our console.”
;o)
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