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The Latest Proof that the Karl Rove Playbook Has Become the MSM's Bible
Real Clear Politics ^ | April 22nd, 2008 | Arianna Huffington

Posted on 04/22/2008 1:49:18 PM PDT by The_Republican

One of the main themes of my new book, Right Is Wrong, is the role the media have played in allowing the lunatic fringe now in control of the Republican Party -- the people who believe in torture but don't believe in evolution -- to hijack our democracy. I document how the real problem comes not from Fox News or the likes of Limbaugh and O'Reilly, but from a mainstream media that has so internalized the Right's framing and messages they have now become a part of its DNA.

And the media seem intent on confirming this point again and again and again.

The first of the latest round of exhibits proving that the Karl Rove playbook has become the MSM's bible was offered into evidence during last week's ABC debate. The uproar that followed made it seem as if this kind of behavior was an aberration but, in fact, this has been going on for years -- only in a less concentrated form.

Next came a double-whammy in Sunday's New York Times. First up was David Barstow's epic revelation of the unseemly complicity between the Pentagon and the mainstream media in delivering the Bush administration's talking points on Iraq via "a kind of Trojan media horse" -- Pentagon-approved, prepped, and financially-enriched "military analysts" dutifully parroting the Bush party line, with nary a raised eyebrow from the TV stations and newspapers offering these highly-decorated sock puppets their prestigious platforms.

It was -- and, indeed, continues to be -- a propagandists' field day. And while the moral bankruptcy of the "military analysts" -- many of whom now admit to promoting "facts" they knew to be untrue -- is astounding, it is more than matched by the bankrupt behavior of the media mavens who enabled the Pentagon disinformation campaign.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arianna; ariannahuffington; hangins2good4her; hillary; huffington; magnificentbastard; msm; rove; rymb; zsazsa
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1 posted on 04/22/2008 1:49:19 PM PDT by The_Republican
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To: The_Republican

This just in from Bizarro World ...


2 posted on 04/22/2008 1:51:56 PM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: The_Republican

Arianna is one of those people that does make you believe that torture can have a place in American society. It’s also pretty clear she’s not evolved a second.


3 posted on 04/22/2008 1:52:34 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: The_Republican

Arianna is one of those people that does make you believe that torture can have a place in American society. It’s also pretty clear she’s not evolved a second.


4 posted on 04/22/2008 1:52:34 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: The_Republican

What a God-awful, brainless, dingbat goose!


5 posted on 04/22/2008 1:52:44 PM PDT by McBuff
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To: The_Republican
This started reading like some idiot wrote it and went downhill from there.

Other than marrying a fudgepacker and having a cute Greek accent, what has Arianna Huffington actually accomplished in her life?

6 posted on 04/22/2008 1:52:55 PM PDT by Vigilanteman ((Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud))
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To: The_Republican
Poor little Arianna Huffington, she can't have things 'her' way

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7 posted on 04/22/2008 1:53:11 PM PDT by geo40xyz (McCain, Obama or Hillarybeast possibility of 4 Supreme Court Justices, Gore @UN. The WINNER is?)
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To: The_Republican

If you want to know Obama’s inner female, read Huffington.

;^)


8 posted on 04/22/2008 1:53:37 PM PDT by Mrs.Z ("...you're a Democrat. You're expected to complain and offer no solutions." Denny Crane)
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To: The_Republican

is there anything or anyone more unpleasant than huffianna ?


9 posted on 04/22/2008 1:53:55 PM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: bassmaner
This just in from Bizarro World ...

Wonder what color the sky is over there? She should write about that, it would make as much sense.

10 posted on 04/22/2008 1:57:04 PM PDT by ladtx ( "Never miss a good chance to shut up." - - Will Rogers)
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To: The_Republican

Hard to take seriously anyone obsessed with Karl Rove.


11 posted on 04/22/2008 2:01:28 PM PDT by Shermy (These are the waffles we have been waiting for)
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To: The_Republican

Hey Arianna! You can EXHALE now.


12 posted on 04/22/2008 2:04:42 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: The_Republican

Not one of the sharpest tools in the drawer, is she?


13 posted on 04/22/2008 2:04:49 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: The_Republican
Folk with faint hearts can't risk the real thing, so here's a stand in:-()

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14 posted on 04/22/2008 2:05:24 PM PDT by geo40xyz (McCain, Obama or Hillarybeast possibility of 4 Supreme Court Justices, Gore @UN. The WINNER is?)
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To: The_Republican

At least her book title is spot-on.

Freaking nut bar.


15 posted on 04/22/2008 2:05:48 PM PDT by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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To: muawiyah

Listening to Ariana’s voice for more than 2 minutes...now THAT’S what I call torture.


16 posted on 04/22/2008 2:06:02 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: muawiyah

Arianna is one of those people that does make you believe that torture can have a place in American society.

Have you heard her voice? She is walking torture! Just imagine playing Arianna’s voice over loudspeakers all day long - make you want to beat your head against a brick wall!


17 posted on 04/22/2008 2:07:12 PM PDT by Bitsy
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To: The_Republican

I listen when the third Gabor sister talks about a lunatic fringe.


18 posted on 04/22/2008 2:07:19 PM PDT by gogeo (Democrats want to support the troops by accusing them of war crimes.)
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To: McBuff
Her husband left her and ran off with another man!
19 posted on 04/22/2008 2:09:20 PM PDT by mallardx
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To: The_Republican
This is not even worth reading past the following:

...the people who believe in torture but don't believe in evolution -- to hijack our democracy.

The word democracy doesn't appear once in the Constituiton (but Republican does). Why is it always those on the mega, ultra, hyper, fringe, far, socialist left who insist on being so demonstrably wrong about our government?

20 posted on 04/22/2008 2:10:49 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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