Left-wing media critic Jeff Cohen has been all over cable news as a contributor, but for a time he worked as a senior producer for MSNBC. Monday, in the wake of the NSA spying scandal, Cohen lashed out at his former employer as the “official network of the Obama White House.”
This isn't exactly news to the most of us, but MSNBC's water carrying for Obama's massive surveillance state apparently woke Mr. Cohen up:
When it comes to issues of U.S. militarism and spying, the allegedly “progressive” MSNBC often seems closer to the “official network of the Obama White House” than anything resembling an independent channel. With a few exceptions (especially Chris Hayes [10]), MSNBC has usually reacted to expanded militarism and surveillance by downplaying the abuses or defending them.
Had McCain or Romney defeated Obama and implemented the exact same policies, treating whistleblowers like Manning and Snowden as foreign espionage agents, one would expect MSNBC hosts to be loudly denouncing the Republican abuses of authority.
Cohen then names names:
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pmsnbc may be the worst but the entire main frame network news systems are all in Obama's corner. They cover up most of the news and slant what they actually decide to report.
ReplyDeleteIt's become similar to Russia and it leaves the average Joe not knowing what to believe.
Looks like someone woke up. One less sheep is better then none.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the new owner Comcast is lighting a fire under some asses.
ReplyDelete1:33... "leaves the average Joe not knowing what to believe."
ReplyDeleteno, the average joe believes them...alas.