[EagleUSA]

If you wonder how it came to be generally acknowledged "fact," accepted by all men of good will, that Joe McCarthy was a monster, that Alger Hiss was innocent, that mankind is causing global warming and that we're losing the war in Iraq, try watching the rewriting of history nightly on MSNBC. Don't forget to bring your time machine.
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Well put, as always. She has the libs nailed --- don't we all?? They are too easy now.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

Fortunatley I don't get PMSNBC on my cable. With Comcast I would have to buy 2ns tier digital cable to get MSNBC.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

Fortunatley I don't get PMSNBC on my cable. With Comcast I would have to buy 2nd tier digital cable to get MSNBC.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

If you wonder how it came to be generally acknowledged "fact," accepted by all men of good will, that Joe McCarthy was a monster, that Alger Hiss was innocent, that mankind is causing global warming and that we're losing the war in Iraq, try watching the rewriting of history nightly on MSNBC. Don't forget to bring your time machine.

Well put, as always. She has the libs nailed --- don't we all?? They are too easy now.

For many FReepers, yes - but by no means all. You still see FReepers taking for granted that Edward R. Murrow was the straight shooter he claimed (and was acclaimed by all of journalism, not just CBS News) to be. And yet he was leading the pack on putting the hit on the reputation of Joe McCarthy. Who, as Ann so ably pointed out in Treason, was far from being the ruthless demagogue portrayed by "objective" journalism. If I say, "McCarthy was a reasonable man" you recoil - because you have been conditioned to head for the tall grass when his name is mentioned.

The claim that McCarthy was a dangerous demagogue is of a piece with the claim that the US is forced to accept defeat in Iraq because we have lost, not 50,000 men as in Vietnam but 3000 - including accidents. We lose far more people to auto accidents in a year - but no one seriously suggests banning the automobile. Absurdities are accepted as unassailable facts if they are repeated often enough and not disputed vigorously. And when I say "vigorously," I mean as in "suing the socks off of someone."