ColbyDog's Blog

Jun 3, 2008 | 7:11 PM

Dog, is this an example of DN's fairness?
Let a blatent anti-Semite on to spread invective and lies and then demand that the guy slandered can only come on and debate? Doesn't strike me as very democratic.

Jun 3, 2008 | 10:15 PM

have you ever heard him speak?
Have you read his work?
or did you just google democracy now
and copy the website? ??

Bash, I appreciate your participation but again... 10 minutes, five days... and write your words...

??I know how to do google searches just fine... and I've researched alan douchowitz enough to know he's trailer-park trash... a radical extremist who deserves the same treatment the right gives Iran or Chavez.

??now do you have comments about the headlines?

Jun 3, 2008 | 10:15 PM

How bout the UN conference on the world food crisis? BushCo decided not to send any representatives ...and the clip of the spokesman telling the rest of the UN world members why... is far more telling an truthful than a comment from Lou Dobbs don't you think?

... guess its not the best place to be asked about Bush's whirlwind latin american tour this past winter when he "incentivized" poor nations to stop producing food... and grow GMO corn for stupid ethanol for the US.
?How bout Professer James Hansen, former head of NASA's Goddard Institute with more proof of BushCo and their Energy pals twisting and silencing the science... another "disgruntled employee"???

Did you WATCH the video clip of Cheney saying "so?" in that interview last year? He was smirking... hardly the facial expression of one asking for clarification.... perhaps his lips were "disgruntled".

and lastly, a correction for a factual problem in a previous newscast... unlike right-wing media.. Amy Goodman clearly stated the error and correction... never seen that on FOXnews, have ya?

comeon, bash.... ante up tell me what was wrong with that news? How was it untruthful or misrepresenting the facts?

Jun 4, 2008 | 9:55 AM

Yes I have seen FoxNews state errors and correct them. Often they do it within the news cast, especially when they are live covering stories.

By the way, Eric Shawn of FoxNews has done some incredible investigative reporting on the United Nations, breaking among other things the rampant corrpution in the oil for food program, the UN Peacekeepers active involvement in child porn, and the political gamesmanship of the IAEA. Didn't see any coverage of those stories in DN archives.

Jun 4, 2008 | 10:22 AM

Day One---1 down 4 to go. Thank God that is over. Someone give Amy Goodman a double shot venti cafe mocha. Is there any chance that DN could have found a more boring anchor? Her repetitive rhythm reminds me of why I can't stay awake on a train.

The news content was about what I figured that it, heavily liberal, would be coming from a George Soros financed operation. The broadcast was quite thin in content. I was expecting a lot more detail and sourcing in the stories. It required that a person buy the basic assumptions of the liberal side: UN is a gracious, benevolent, altruistic organization, the Bush administration is evil, and so forth. Is DN supplying news that can only be found here? I suppose. But is it news of consequence? From what I saw today I don't think so. Perhaps it was a slow day in the left wing. But clips of UN leaders griping about this or that is not really news, unless one is the type of person who breathlessly awaits the latest pronouncement from the World Food Bank.

Jun 4, 2008 | 10:29 AM

Day One--cont'd. I get the sense that DN doesn't really know what it wants to be. Do they want to be an alternative news source? Or do they want to spread stories favorable to the left wing? If you are looking for balance in your news, from what I saw today you won't find it on DN. Few, if any, of the stories shared both sides, or even made surface attempts at balance.

Jun 4, 2008 | 10:44 AM

Thanks for joining. I'll try to stay away from bashing... though it would be sooo fun. I see, you'd prefer a spunky Katie Couric type and much more animation and graphics... yes content alone is boring... you need entertainment... what do you consider news? Information or some kind of odd pornography? Is keeping you informed about the events of the world so unimportant? I'm reminded of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane... could you not keep awake for 10 minutes... not able to focus for ten minutes without needing stimulation?

yes its got funding from George Soros... you're sounding like a skipping record again.

So about the content... what was liberal.. the story about the UN food Conference... isn't that actually non-biased... it happenend... hows that liberal? FOX didn't even cover it in their world news... now THAT sounds bias.

It wasn't UN leaders griping about this or that... it was Bush's sec of ag... attempting to tell the leaders of all the nations of the world why he and others were not going to participate in the food crisis conference... VERY DIFFERENT FACT... and Bash... don't FACTS matter?

If this food crisis is half as bad as predicted... YOU WILL be personally engaged in the information... more than half the world's population is currently becoming "engaged"...

but maybe we need Ann Coulter's sexy anorexic faces talking about food shortage... that more appealing?

Jun 4, 2008 | 10:53 AM

but seriously... we've heard endless coverage of Dick Cheney's comment about the overwhelming public objection to the war... he said "So?"

Now at a right-wing conference Q&A following a speech, he's asked again about that answer... and can spin reality to fit his needs... without a response... and thats what the MSM covers... When DN! covered it they had the actual footage of him responding... not his SPIN... and you could see his smirk... THATS NEWS!

Thats the difference between being told the news... and being able to see it for yourself... he lied and his MSM just dumped it down their viewers throats...

AND... notice how Amy Goodman does not give opinion? She figures you're entitled to form your own by getting the facts... from the devils lips! (see, I can't even do that)

I think thats why she seems so uninteresting... she is making a point of not interfereing with the news... no boobs, no makeup and hair, no cute graphics and musical intros.. just the facts.

comeon... tell me you don't think this is good stuff?

Well lets see what today brings... thanks for participating Bash and Dose.

Jun 4, 2008 | 11:04 AM

" Is there any chance that DN could have found a more boring anchor?" well unlike corporate media who invests millions in selling us their views of news...

Amy Goodman IS democracynow... its was her radio show from pacifica radio.. that has grown... little by little because of the donations of listeners... to be what it is today... you think this is boring... you should have seen it a year or two ago... the set from the MacNeilLehrer Report of 10 years ago looked like Disneyland compared to her set.

Its not corporate sponsored... George Soros does not tell her what to report... If you ever met her... no one tells her what to report.. and I don't mean arrogance... she's just a really smart, really compassionate person.

Jun 4, 2008 | 1:11 PM

The above is your definition of courteous? You don't do much entertaiing at your house, do you? ;) TV is a VISUAL medium. Talking heads aren't visual. The most boring shows on TV are the Sunday morning interview shows. That's why they are on then and not on during the week nights. Amy's delivery is, whether you like it or not, poor. Dog, I graduated with honors from UW with a degree in radio/TV. I know what I'm talking about. Her repetitive bouncing delivery detracts from what she is saying. I'd say that if she were doing the news for RNC-TV.

You are correct, she doesn't tell you what to think. But like any other news organization her bias is in what she considers to be news. I'm glad that you don't consider this to be a balanced news program. It most certainly is not. But unless the viewer is a total liberal wonk, I don't think that the program is all that attractive.

Jun 4, 2008 | 1:22 PM

It's not wrong to want a visual medium to be visually interesting. Otherwise you have radio. People always complain that TV doesn't cover municipal budget hearings. But newspapers can do it so much better than TV. Why should TV do it? If all that DN is going to do is cover speeches by UN folks, then they'd be better off losing the TV studio and sticking with radio or even print. TWhat DN is trying to do is publish Life Magazine without the pictures. They may be free of corporate influence. But I seriously doubt that. Perhaps they are free of the influence of conservative corporations, but Soros Inc. is not giving money to have balanced coverage of the news. I'm sure that DN didn't cover his adventures in Rosia Montana, Romania or any of his other corporate shenanagans.

Jun 4, 2008 | 3:56 PM

Thanks again Bash... well, I'll admit I am rebutting your points, but I don't think I'm being malicious to you... disagreements seldom are considered comfort-speak... but attacking? Hardly!
Watch Bill Oreally talk to his GUESTS... thats attacking...

You know, another reason Amy sounds to talkative and on point is that the show is also a radio broadcast and is being transcribed in both english and spanish. The words and written transcripts are harder to "be taken out of context" when no personal flair is added... perhaps they didn't teach that in your honors program.

Clearly her roots are in radio and print, but her program's audience has compelled her to expand into more mediums to answer the demand.

... being not a tool of Corporate Agenda.. DemocracyNow does not have the budget for 24hour news channels, a host of pretty reporters and a phalanx of writers to "pep-up" the news for their consumers to sell more ad time... being in "the biz" you know that too.

Now what about today's 10 minutes? Did you have a chance to watch?

Jun 4, 2008 | 4:24 PM

Day 2

I don't have Real Player, it messes with other software I have, so I can't watch the cast.

So, I have reviewed:

Former US Attorney David Iglesias on “In Justice: Inside the Scandal that Rocked the Bush Administration”
We speak to fired US attorney David Iglesias about the US attorneys scandal, voter suppression, vote caging and the politicization of the Justice Department.

Jun 4, 2008 | 4:32 PM

EVEN IF, I accept that the firings were politically motivated.

SO WHAT????? There are a great many government positions at are political, and change with the change of any administration and do so midstream. Who is in power doesn't matter.

In most positions I have had, as has had my wife, the relationship is considered to "at will" which is defined as:

At-will employment. A type of employment relationship in which there is no contractual agreement and either party may end the employment relationship at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all, without incurring a penalty.

http://employment.findlaw.com/employment/employment-emp
loyee-overview/employment-employee-overview-dictionary.
html

Jun 4, 2008 | 4:35 PM

Bottom line, there was nothing "illegal" about the firings. Fair???? Maybe.........maybe not.

Jun 4, 2008 | 4:38 PM

If this is the "worst" scandals of the Bush Adminstration.........well, it isn't nearly as fun to talk about as the Clinton years now is it? :)

Jun 4, 2008 | 4:41 PM

Welcome Dose, sorry you can't watch the news... but the cool thing is you can either tune into the audio, or read the transcripts... the message is whats important, not the means by which you receive it.

first the headlines... for bash too.

Besides the near-ending of the DNC runoff, there is interesting news from Australia's PM, Canada and China that may not have made it to your talk radio headlines.

And Amy even takes a subtile whack at Obama's views of Iran's WMD program...
just to you don't miss that speaking truth to power doesn't have a party-affiliation.

Jun 4, 2008 | 4:43 PM

So far, I will give you this Mr. Colbydog:

democracynow.org +-= MSNBC

And further add, Keith Olberman makes O'Reilly look like a journalist.