John F. Kerry

this is gonna be a quickie, but i had this on my mind today as a perfect example of liberal media bias...and like, unthinking just automatic liberal media bias.



so. a miniseries about the kennedy years was going to be on the history channel a year ago. but since the producer was a %%%%GASP "conservative"... all the liberal douches at history and the other big networks were sure that it was going to be nothing but a hit pieace, nothing but a caricature of kennedy and his family, and would do irreperrable insult to the kennedy family and myth.

so some no name network bought it, thankfully, and played it anyway, but the mainstream totally panned and dropped any talk of it.... apparently without even watching an episode... they just got the thinkprogress memo and didnt need to go any further..."executive producer was a conservative...check ...welll fuck that then"...


fast forward 8 months and the series that was panned and insulted and almost not shown, wins 10 emmy nominations, and people are talking about how proud and happy they were and how the felt it was a vindication for them and that they really were trying to make a good series and make it accurate, not at all a hit piece.

so if the LSM had its way, this series would have never even been seen.

i watched it a few months ago and thought it was fantastic. the costumes and sets were spot on, the acting and accents were great, and im not surprised it was nominated for so many emmys. i highly recommend you check it out if u get a chance.

and the "bad" parts, that liberal main stream media idiots were so afraid of, were pretty much nonexistant. sure they made kennedys dad seem like an ass occasionally. but since when does a story have 100% perfect characters? the series helped me to visualize the kennedy era, and taught me a thing or two, and any idea that they were "imperfect people" simply made them more human and accessible to me.

at this point, you kinda wonder, why did this series almost never see the light of day? and what a shame it would have been, and a waste of good acting talent and hard work, if it had never been seen because it was self-censored by the LSM without even really giving it a chance.


heres an article from back in the day, when they were trying to bury it, and shittalk anybody who wasnt drinking the kool aid

"The Kennedys" miniseries: Why did conservative critics love it? - Celebrity Circuit - CBS News

and heres one from when the writer says what a "wonderful validation" all the emmy nods were.

Barry Pepper Says 'Kennedys' Emmy Nods a 'Wonderful Validation' - Speakeasy - WSJ


.... just a case study in liberal closemindedness and bias, and how they almost kept people from getting a new modern, and ultimately FLATTERING look at their own hero.

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Roach

looking at that picture I'd never have guessed it was supposed to be the kennedys.

but I understand a new version of "Dallas" is in the making.





....and you'd really have to fuck up any story about jfk to not get an award of some kind.


labels like liberal and conservative...they mean nothing.

The Rev

At 3pm, a man boards a plane at Kennedy Airport
At the same time, Congressman Patrick Kennedy planes a board in his workshop.

COINCIDENCE!!



The Rev

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Terry

I don't know if I agree with your police work there John. JFK (the real one ) was a 60's Democrat, meaning he was more in line politically with the Republicans of today than the Dems (for the most part).

I mean let's remember he was willing to go to war with Russia over the Cuban Missile Crisis, he was staunchly anti-Communist and as far as I can remember he never really pushed the "socialist" agenda. In fact he was quite the war hawk, and for the most part his own man.

So while you're right that some liberals probably hold him up as a paragon, I really don't think this Emmy nomination jazz is politically influenced. But that's me.

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mothernature

Ya know, LSD, and things of that sort. are considered mind expanders. I highly recommend them in some cases.

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eldizle

it shouldn't surprise me after all these years, but he's still got it

you really are a wonder, j

stoneric

The media is hardly liberal. They're stenographers for the war party.

stoneric

republicans of the 60's were more liberal than the democrats of today.

Roach

wanting to close the the federal reserve made him liberal , conservative, or dead.

pick one.

DdC

Kerry once again you can't even bullshit right. Hollywood is not "The Media" The Media is corporately controlled along with the messages they choose for you to witness. Don't be an idiot so consistently. I don't see any resemblance of truth about the Ganjawar on any of the corporate cable channels. Nothing about the millions in the states and around the globe protesting wall to wall in the streets against the Iraq scam. Nothing but censorship and programmed news gullible twits like you think is real. Gives you a diversion to whine about. Neocons have no sovereignty in the US. Global markets, World Banks and Multinational Corporations write scripts for the news. Trashing Kennedy is the only interest of Neocon Teabog Ditto's and the Rush and Koch Roaches. If karma was evenly dissipated the Boosh's would have had as many tragedies as Joe Kennedy.

Just think if we convicted Prescott Boosh of war crimes at least equal to what white trash cracker states give pot growers or if George Bush would have done his Patriotic duty and died in the plane crash he bailed out on like so many when he shut down the IND program. America might still be Free and Millions of Americans wouldn't have been tortured and terrorized. A Faux News production, bashing the dead is why it was not considered "History". That's why it ended up on the Gossip Block. A new low for society, a standard practice for the GOPerverted moneyslut leeches. Kill your TV dude, or at least lower the dosage. Junkies, sheeeesh. Kerry are you so low in your opinion of yourself that you can't reason without blecks approval? Jerking them wallmart flags, from chinese plastic from Iraqi crude. Fucking idiots trading with the enemy in the name of Patriotism. Trickle down jobs to India's bottomless pit of disposable workers and whine about spending taxes on Americans. You disgust me. I really can't picture you with arms or legs, just a slimy worm leaving a trail of slime over America and Americans. The world's countries don't have much to wonder how you would treat them if this is how you treat your own. Hate and Fear is what you depend on. Here's your liberal media troll.

Parent Company 1998 revenues
General Electric $100.5 billion
Time Warner $26.8 billion
The Walt Disney Co. $23 billion
Viacom $18.9 billion
News Corporation $13 billion

Who Controls the Media?

History Channel
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The Walt Disney Co. $23 billion 1998 revenues

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General Electric $100.5 billion 1998 revenues



The Fall of Rupert Murdoch's Empire? News of the World Stops Publication!
The News of The World were in big trouble recently when it was discovered they were hacking into the voice mail of high profile celebrities and politicians, and have had to fork out millions in compensation recently. Short jail terms have been served and cases are on going.

Despite several strong lead performances, it turns out that even an eight-part miniseries can’t do justice to the story of one of the country’s most dynamic, if flawed, political families.
April 01, 2011|By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Television Critic

"If someone in the Kennedy family really did pressure the History channel to drop its $25 million miniseries "The Kennedys," they shouldn't have bothered with all the fuss, wrote Tim Goodman in the Hollywood Reporter.

"'Kennedys' is a ham-fisted mess, both slothful in its pacing and leaden in whatever underlying message was meant to be given. It's not the Kennedy family or legacy that suffers here, but the people involved in the project. They had better hope people can't find Reelz on their channel lineup."

"Controversy shouldn't obscure the major flaw in 'The Kennedys': Not mangling history or sullying a famous family, but being painfully shallow and woefully bad," wrote Brian Lowry in Variety.

"All told, the whole thing plays like a bad telenovela filtered through a 'History for Dummies' text."



The Myth of "Liberal Bias" in the Media

This is why I laugh when I here conservatives rail about ``liberal media bias.'' It is one of the deadest horses flogged by the Right. Even people like Pat Buchanan and William Kristol know that it's a myth.

Take a look at the editorial pages of your local newspaper. Check out whose columns appear there. Chances are that you'll find these seven columnists -
George Will, James Kirkpatrick, David Broder, Ellen Goodman, Mike Royko, William Safire and William F. Buckley. They are the top seven syndicated
columnists nationwide, each appearing in over 100 papers.

Now, consider the political leanings of the folks on this list.

You're not likely to find folks like Alexander Cockburn, Bob Herbert, Christopher Hitchens, Molly Ivins, Derek Z. Jackson, Colman McCarthy, Katha Pollitt or Norman Soloman on many op-ed pages.

A Few Buzzwords

If you spend any time watching, reading, or listening to the mainstream media, you'll find yourself immersed in a linguistic culture of political jargon that I call "buzzwords"--these are words that are used to Confuse and obscure meanings and to derail critical thinking. Imagine a warning buzzer sounding off in your head when you see or hear one of these words being used.

The purpose of buzzwords is to communicate editorial bias while appearing objective-to frame thought and discussion to service the needs of the ruling elite. This is an important function of the mainstream media, And they rise to the occasion with considerable zeal.

Interestingly, while they consider themselves objective and unbiased, they consider information from non-approved sources (anything left-of-center of the political spectrum) as highly suspect and questionable. So, they'll run quotes from the Heritage Foundation or the Cato Institute without question, but something from The Nation, orperhaps Z Magazine must be carefully qualified, and always sandwiched between dissenting opinions. The burden of proof is never placed upon right-wing news sources.

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Teddy Kennedy RIP

Cannabis Shrinks Tumors: Government Knew in 74



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Pro Life? Not even anti abortionists...
Tobacco and alcohol use by pregnant women has adverse effects on the fetus. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a leading cause of mental retardation. MSMA "can reasonably be anticipated to cause cancer in humans" and is converted in the environment to inorganic arsenic, a known human carcinogen. About 4 million pounds of MSMA is applied every year to golf courses and cotton fields in the United States to control weeds. Pesticide Exposure in Farm Families Linked to Spontaneous Abortion. The suicide rate among India's farmers from the cotton failures are global news. Monsanto has a sub name to offset the google hits and headlines with criminal charges for contaminations. Switching cotton fields to hemp fields would improve: the quality of our soil, the durability of our clothes, the safety of our ground source water, the quality of our air, and the preservation of forests cut for paper (not to mention saving hundreds of thousands of lives prematurely ended by disease caused by pollution) In 1993, two hundred and fifty thousand tons of pesticides were used to grow cotton world-wide.

Kochaine A.L.E.C. Drug Detention Centers
$72,000.00 a head... Tax paid Teabogs...

Ganjawar: Slave Labor, Rape & Pillage Deterrent
At the same time, the United States blasts China for the the use of prison slave labor, engaging in the same practice itself. Prison labor is a pot of gold. No strikes, union organizing, health benefits, unemployment insurance or workers' compensation to pay.



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Bush Family History with Nazism

Busht: Timeline of Treason

Bushladen and the Terrorists Carlyles Groups

BUSH CRIME FAMILY LINKS

Fellow Conservatives: Our Position Is Hypocritical

Bush/CIA/DEA Drug Smuggling

THE BUSH-CHENEY DRUG EMPIRE

Bush Links

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scumbag conservative:

claims liberal media bias



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So what the fuck man, is it the liberals or the Jews I'm supposed to be hating here?!

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^the establishment

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The Don

This may be my english, but aren't you praising the series? You aren't liberal, couldn't that be why the series is so acclaimed?

Either way thanks, I'm downloading this asap.

kamikazi89

J's funny that way(i believe it was the kennedy family who didn't want this aired...

PS
for the first time in 50 years(that's a guess), there isn't a single kennedy in congress

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EXCLUSIVE: History Channel Pulls 'The Kennedys'; Says Controversial Miniseries 'Not a Fit

“While the film is produced and acted with the highest quality, after viewing the final product in its totality, we have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand.”...

..."the content was not considered historically accurate enough for the network’s rigorous standards."

So, what will be aired is a historical FICTION. Fiction, as in, not real.

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deadhead94

Do they not remember showing Braveheart numerous times? Just for example.

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kamikazi89

i wonder what specifically they disapproved of(considering they bankrolled the project and approved the final script)

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mothernature

Good point about Braveheart.

If it has Marilyn Monroe in it, it could be what they disapproved of!

I have been researching (lightly) the whole thing and it seems The History Channel is now owned by Comcast. Don't know if that means anything, but I'm just trying to follow the money.

I gotta get ready for work.

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