| By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio - Oct 27, 2009 11:24:41 AM ET |
From Media Matters: The Right-wing Media Spin Cycle: Lie, Terrify, Win, Repeat
Media Matters releases new video showing right-wing media's leading role in driving movement
Washington, DC - Today, Media Matters for America released a new video demonstrating how the conservative echo chamber operates in the age of President Obama. Conservative activists - aided by Fox News, a political organization disguised as a news network - use distortions, lies, and smear tactics to shape public opinion and influence national policy.
"Unlike the Clinton and Bush years, the right-wing echo chamber is now aided by a network that has thrown any remaining shred of journalistic credibility out the window, " said Eric Burns, President of Media Matters. "The modern conservative movement has gained an enormous megaphone in Fox News that they are using to impact legislation and shape public opinion."
Burns added: "People need to decide how long they will allow the policies of their country to be dictated by a media outlet accountable not to voters or constituents but to ratings."
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This is no grass roots anything - this is deliberately engineered paranoia, budgeted by deep pockets that are desperate to terminate Democracy in this country.
This is no Alex Jones tin foil hat conspiracy talk - this is more along the lines of what Charlie Manson meant by Helter Skelter. And son of a bitch, we are closer to it than ever.