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"VIDEO: 'Liberal Media?' Brad on the Gregory Mantell Show..."

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COMMENT #1 [Permalink]

... Larry Bergan said on 11/30/2008 @ 12:36 pm PT...





I have to hand it to anybody who will go on with Brad, except for John Fund who thinks he is so smart that he can lie his way through any conversation and get away with it. I wrote him off years ago after an interview with Amy Goodman where he called five hundred thousand people protesting the 2004 Republican convention, "a bunch of people", who didn't deserve to be covered. There is an unwritten law in this country that no corporation will attack another corporation. It's sort of like a scull and bones pact, and you had better follow it if you know what's good for your future financial well being. That's why PBS was created, but the radical right even got their fingers into that during the wasted Bush years. Take as much time off as you need Brad. You've done more then anybody could have expected you to and our country has one more chance because of your efforts.

COMMENT #2 [Permalink]

... Larry Bergan said on 11/30/2008 @ 12:50 pm PT...





As for the "just because you read it on the internet doesn't mean it's true" mantra: there isn't any left wing blog I've been to in the last 8 years that hasn't been proven right on nearly everything they printed, or who didn't post a correction afterwords. That cannot be said about any corporate television news program. The coverage of the voting machines is a sin of omission at best; usually blatant lies about their reliability. It has caused untold damage to our society. There is no other way to put it.

COMMENT #3 [Permalink]

... Crallspace said on 11/30/2008 @ 2:46 pm PT...





Great appearance, Brad. You had some good things to say.

COMMENT #4 [Permalink]

... Agent 99 said on 11/30/2008 @ 8:30 pm PT...





If that show had been watched by a few million people, progress would ensue....

COMMENT #5 [Permalink]

... Phil said on 12/1/2008 @ 7:19 am PT...





I love your suit bro! Awesome! BEST DRESSED! The only thing I probably would have done is ask Lou how many investigative reports they have done in the past eight years on electronic vote tabulation devices. Bless Gregory Mantell, for keeping it real! There is bias. There always be bias. Even I (a Music TV show producer) have bias. I can't play every band, well... I could chop it all up and run 20 seconds of each band, (you wouldn't like that show) but really I choose. Nobody tells me what to play. The same thing goes for big media. They choose. Maybe it's what pisses people off the least, or what advertises the most, still they choose. Lou isn't going to cover scanner problems in depth. Lou isn't going to investigate DRE's. He chooses not to. Anyway that's my opinion. And yeah, Brad even beat Patty for best dressed! (A thing I been kinda bitching about here lately)

COMMENT #6 [Permalink]

... Floridiot said on 12/1/2008 @ 8:03 am PT...





"Censorship by omission" within the stories to achieve "balance" is the proper term...Right? Very good job B.

COMMENT #7 [Permalink]

... Shannon Williford said on 12/1/2008 @ 8:25 am PT...





6 or 7 of us remember when Brad couldn't get on TV...

We're making progress bit by bit.

Nice work, Brad, and I'm glad you manage to fit in an election reform angle... shw

COMMENT #8 [Permalink]

... theduck6 said on 12/1/2008 @ 8:33 am PT...





can't help but notice that the lefties here are identical to most of the liberal sites I have choked down in my quest to see both sides of issues. Lots of accusations, platitudes, bumper stickers and no support for your positions. Polls show that even the sheep who voted in th elast election without any idea who they were voting for (read that lefty sycophants) saw an overwhelming bias in the media. Liberal pundits are (convieniently after the election) saying shame on the media for it's lack of objectivity and that conservative bastion of academia, UCLA, has researched and found that the main 3 nets ARE as slanted as the are accused of being and Fox and CNN are fair and balanced. Yes Virginia, the mainstream media is and was in the tank for Obama and anything that fits their agenda regardless of the truth omitted or reported.

COMMENT #9 [Permalink]

... Floridiot said on 12/1/2008 @ 1:59 pm PT...





Yeah that UCLA study sub-authored by right wing nut Jeff Milyo, who Brad mentions in the video above that will write anything for a buck??? LOL, what do you think we are...Morans???

COMMENT #10 [Permalink]

... Floridiot said on 12/1/2008 @ 2:17 pm PT...



COMMENT #11 [Permalink]

... SillyGit said on 12/1/2008 @ 4:12 pm PT...





Well done FLO, thanks. The reich wingers continue to demonstrate their very casual relationship with reality.

COMMENT #12 [Permalink]

... Floridiot said on 12/2/2008 @ 4:45 am PT...





There is a hell of a lot more on Groseclose and Milyo (the two authors of the UCLA junk) if interested.

Don't let yer head splode there Ducky #8. Link

COMMENT #13 [Permalink]

... Floridiot said on 12/2/2008 @ 5:04 am PT...





Weird , that link will not go hyper. Lemme try this: http://mediamatters.org/items/200512220003 Seems to work only if you copy and paste to the header for some reason.

COMMENT #14 [Permalink]

... Linda said on 12/2/2008 @ 10:50 am PT...

