Posted on 06/16/2004 7:56:43 AM PDT by Hildy
I know this is a vanity and it will probably be pulled, but I'M MAD AS HELL AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT ANYMORE! It's like it open season on Republicans and Conservatives on any kind of media and we can't respond and it's only going to get worse. Sometimes it's overt like Michael Moore, and other times it's subtle and that is far more dangerous.
I was watching the Country Music Television's Top 100 Love Songs. (Yes, you read correctly). You know these kinds of shows. They count down the top songs with celebrity comments. You'd think it would be pretty benign, wouldn't ya? Number 90 was Gene Autry's "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" They had different people talk about the song when a woman who was identified as a Writer for Elle Magazine come up. She acted all furious that they put Gene Autry on the list, but not Roy Rogers, OK..harmless...she went on acting all upset for a few minutes then this...She looked into the camera and said: "Take Toby Keith off the list and put Roy Rogers in his place." Now, you may think I'm overreacting, after all, she's a writer for a Woman's Magazine. But this is CMT. They edited this program and it stayed in. This is a show solely there to promote Country Music. Have you ever heard a performer dissed on any kind of tribute show like this? It was obvious what it meant. To me, these subtle digs by a CORPORATION like CMT is the most dangerous of all.
Switch to decaf and Bach. :)
It's good to know that Toby is bugging them. :-)
NO...that's my point. We're so damn nice. I want the gloves off and us to start fighting back.
Toby Keith is a registered Democrat. Why get upset if someone disses him?
It doesn't matter what he's registered as. Unless you read that in TV Guide you would never have known that. His songs are unabashadly Pro-America.
And the minute I find which side of the fence an entertainer is on, that is when I decide if I want to continue supporting them. If they diss our President, then I will put them on my list to boycott them.
It's gotten way out of hand.
best thing to do is to become knowledgeable and be able to argue calmly and rationally... facts facts facts
That's what I think. They think they run this Country. I'm so sick of it. If we don't do something now, it's going to get worse and every show will be a platform for these idiot to talk about their issues and candidates.
cmt is owned by mtv. turn it off.
Toby Keith is also supporting Pres Bush and the War in Iraq. A lot of Oklahomans are still registered Democrats that support Republican candidates. This used to be a total Democrat state and the House and Senate are still Democrat controlled but hopefully not for long after November.
I understand the frustration of living among them.
Look, I'm not worried about educated people, their minds are made up either way and that's that. But kids have been brought up up with the cult of celebrity. I'm talking about the next generation and those who have never read a newspaper in their lives. You can huff and puff that it's insignificant, but when Snoop Dogg tells them he'll give them free tickets to a concert if they register and then feed them all the liberal crap, you should start feeling very afraid.
OK. Elle magazine. Liberal media. Dixie Chicks fan. Hollywood connections galore. What would you expect? And CMT, trying so hard to be fair and balanced. Believe me when I say that country music fans are decidedly pro-America and take this woman with a grain of salt. She just shot herself in the foot with those comments, IMO.
FAIR AND BALANCED???? During a tribute show??? Please. We are so nice that we cannot even face the facts that the media will do anything for the Dems to win this election.
If President Bush and his administration don't think media bias is a problem, why should Freepers care about it?
But then I remembered that the company that owns CMT also owns the Style Channel, E.,Travel Channel, Nick., MTV,VH1 and heaven only knows what else. So it's pretty much bye-bye Bob Wills and hello fashion editor from Elle.
(By the way, what was CMT's #1 romantic song?)
whatever
I don't know. I was so mad I turned it off. I TIVO'd it a few nights ago, so I can just skip over all the comemntary and hear the song. When I find out what #1 is I'll let you know. Any guesses?
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