Chicago Fox Local News goes Propaganda

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Sunday September 07, 2008 · 8:05 PM PDT

2008/09/07 · 20:05

Whoah. Anyone else in Chicago watch the 9PM news on the Fox local channel tonight? Did you catch it? I wasn't paying enough attention until it was deep into it.

I know, I know Fox News, but it slipped on after Family Guy ended. Usually the local affiliates don't pull such things. In fact I've caught a fair amount of their local coverage and I have to say I've never seen anything so blatant since I locked out FNC.

It was a total propaganda piece passed as local news.

I'm recreating this from memory below the fold. If you saw it or know where to find clips, please join me.

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Saudi Arabia - It's the new Iraq

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Monday January 14, 2008 · 10:26 AM PST

2008/01/14 · 10:26

Very short diary. But I thought this was interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration said on Monday it had notified Congress of plans to sell Saudi Arabia a package of advanced arms in what officials have described as an effort to counter growing Iranian military clout.

Pretty much the same reason we put Saddam in power with a few tons of chemical weapons, wasn't it? Just when you thought this administration couldn't get any dumber.

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Tuesday March 27, 2007 · 3:11 PM PDT

2007/03/27 · 15:11

Hello. My name is WiseFool and I'm a Drudgeaholic.

It's been seven hours since my last visit.

Finally this afternoon I've removed the link from my bookmarks bar. If this were a 12-step program, I'd say this is only about step two or three. But it is a great move forward in my recovery.

I've always known how bad 'Drudging' was for me, as I've seen it turn some of my best friends into slobbering, hate-filled idiots who think the Iraq war was a good idea, that Barak Obama is a Muslim or that that Hillary Clinton is evil. It was time for me to say 'enough is enough.' I'm on the road to recovery and I have to say the future looks bright.

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Thursday February 01, 2007 · 10:10 PM PST

2007/02/01 · 22:10

I'm deeply sorry for the shouting headline, but how else can I greet this news:

Landmark Legal Foundation today nominated nationally syndicated radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Limbaugh, whose daily radio show is heard by more than 20 million people on more than 600 radio stations in the United States and around the world, was nominated for the prestigious award for his "nearly two decades of tireless efforts to promote liberty, equality and opportunity for all humankind, regardless of race, creed, economic stratum or national origin. These are the only real cornerstones of just and lasting peace throughout the world," said Landmark President Mark R. Levin.

Emphasis mine.

Soooooo, by any standards, I think my Mom would make a better candidate. How do I recommend her? Hey, at least she'll be able to say she didn't come in last!

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A half-eaten bologna sandwich

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It's a tie, folks!

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Bush building the case for war with Iran

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Tuesday January 30, 2007 · 11:37 AM PST

2007/01/30 · 11:37

Well, he said he wouldn't do it. and it's been thoughly analyzed here too that to pick a war with Iran at this moment would just be plain stupid (sorry I can't find those diaries talking about the Navy buildup in the Gulf, where this was talked about...I'll keep looking and update)

And now it looks as if he's doing it (even moreso)

US officials in Baghdad and Washington are expected to unveil a secret intelligence "dossier" this week detailing evidence of Iran's alleged complicity in attacks on American troops in Iraq. The move, uncomfortably echoing Downing Street's dossier debacle in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, is one more sign that the Bush administration is building a case for war.

sigh...Stupid is as stupid does. More on the flip.

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Gil Amelio: Wingnut & Swiftboater

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Saturday January 27, 2007 · 11:28 AM PST

2007/01/27 · 11:28

Perhaps you remember him from the early 90's when he was picked as CEO of Apple Computer. Where he took a brand that was just treading water, pushed it to all time lows. It was amazing to find out years later that the guy got a 50 million dollar severance package. (Note: that figure could be wrong, but he was paid exorbantly when he left, this isn't about those details.)

But I have no particular beef with him regarding that. I'm a Mac enthusiast, but not a shareholder or 'Mac Evangelist.' No, what gets me is what I read today: It turns out later that Gil decided to invest that money in (Warning: Wingnuttery site) TheVangard.org a group of Silicon Valley corporate wingnuts who are gearing up to 'swiftboat' Hillary Clinton.

And the information comes to us from none other that our dearest friend, (Warning: Wingnut site) Robert Novak...

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 · 10:42 PM PST

2007/01/17 · 22:42

Pot. Kettle. Blackness?

One thing I'm sure we've all been sick and tired of is the right wing accusation that our 'talk' brings support to the terrorist. So while the topic doesn't warrant any glee, I was still happy to see al-Maliki is calling the Bush Administration on their BS

In a sign of the tense relations with Washington, he chided the US for suggesting his Government was living on “borrowed time”. Such criticism boosted Iraq’s extremists, he said, and was more a reflection of “some kind of crisis situation” in Washington after the Republicans’ midterm election losses.

I suddenly like al-Maliki a lot more than I did before. Sounds like someone who actually gives a sh*t about Iraq, unlike the puppets and dictators the right-wing are so found of putting in power.

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Saturday October 07, 2006 · 3:21 PM PDT

2006/10/07 · 15:21

Well more evidence that the recently passed 'torture bill' is doing nothing to curb torture of prisioners at Gitmo. As if any of us were fooled, here's a marine reporting that Beatings are common and bragged about by the marines at the base.

Details on the flip if you can stomach it.

Update: This was already posted by someone else apparently. H/T Peace Voter.

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Tuesday September 26, 2006 · 10:37 PM PDT

2006/09/26 · 22:37

As if I didn't have enough reasons. Read More

A rebuttal to GOPers

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Monday September 25, 2006 · 11:48 PM PDT

2006/09/25 · 23:48

I have a suggestion for a rebuttal to a common Republican sneer I seem to hear more and more often. It's one of those unanswerable questions meant to make Democrats seem clueless:

'...well, what is the Democrat plan for Iraq? Huh? What? Huh? No plan? Huh?' or something along those lines.

This evening it struck me as an epiphany, and I think it makes enough sense for Democrats and liberals to use as a perfectly sound rebuttal...I even test drove it in a conversation tonight when the topic came up, and it sure make this Republican I was talking to STFU right away. Read More

My First Personal Entry - A day at the park

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Saturday July 22, 2006 · 6:36 PM PDT

2006/07/22 · 18:36

Maybe the recent Christian-Fundamentalist attacks on our Democracy, free speech and science are just getting under my skin. Maybe it's just because I'm adamantly pro-God and anti-dogma. Maybe it's because I'm an a**hole. However when I took my 3-year old son to the public playground this afternoon, I didn't expect it to end in an arguement over balloons with people I'd rather just ignore. It probably helps to know I was raised Jewish as well.

If you care to read, it's on the flip. Read More

Clarifying the Specter-White House 'dragnet bill'

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Thursday July 20, 2006 · 1:07 PM PDT

2006/07/20 · 13:07

This was already called a 'no compromise' bill here on Dkos before I saw this on Wired News (To me they are one of the greatest resources on the Net). But this story gets down to the details and explainations of why this is so bad for us.

How do we get Friggin' Specter in check? He's a Sentate leader, so maybe this is just because of the amount of exposure he gets, but I think he's the most two-faced 'moderate' there is in office. His public face is saying he's going to stand up against the WH and then turns around a pulls a Liberman every time (or maybe it's Liberman pulling a Specter) when it comes down to taking action. Of course king George is winning on this illegal spying stuff...all his puppets are in place.

I'm really curious to see if the MSM keeps calling this thing a 'compromise'. For me this is about as scary as it gets. Poll below the fold.

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Chicago Fox Local News goes Propaganda

Saudi Arabia - It's the new Iraq

I'm a recovering Drudgeaholic

WHAT!?! 'Big Fat Idiot' nominated for Nobel Peace Prize?

Bush building the case for war with Iran

Gil Amelio: Wingnut & Swiftboater

al-Maliki: Condi's words boosts the terrorists.

The torture continues at Gitmo

Alright I'm getting freakin paranoid

A rebuttal to GOPers

My First Personal Entry - A day at the park

Clarifying the Specter-White House 'dragnet bill'