Posted on 02/15/2005 9:21:13 AM PST by MisterRepublican
Washington, D.C. (CNSNews.com) - David Brock, a former investigative reporter for conservative publications before flipping his political ideology and writing a book titled, "Blinded by the Right," said Monday that the best way for liberals to expose the current conservative influence in the media is to show how conservatives are "simply willing to lie."
Brock is currently the president and CEO of Media Matters for America, a liberal media watchdog that takes on some of the biggest names in conservative media. In authoring the 2002 book, "Blinded by the Right, The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative," Brock not only distanced himself from the conservative movement, he disclosed his homosexuality.
Monday, he noted examples of how the "professional" or "mainstream media" are influenced by conservative talk radio, the Internet and think tanks. That influence, Brock said, will diminish as the conservative "lies" are exposed.
"The conservatives seem to be particularly vulnerable because the quality of their research is particularly low. There is typically self-interested money behind it and of course they are simply willing to lie," Brock told a group of interns at a luncheon at the Center for American Progress headquarters in Washington D.C.
Brock urged the young media activists to challenge what he views as the conservative media bias.
"I think that all of that has to be confronted in a systemic way. If you shine light on propaganda over time, it does cease to have an effect," Brock said. "Their words can be used against them. The fact that the claims that they make are often dubious can also be brought up in a very effective way," he added.
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This man is REALLY a certifiable loon
DAVID BROCK WAS COMMITTED TO MENTAL WARD
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"David Brock and Andrew Sullivan exist for one purpose: to remind real conservatives that there is no such thing as a conservative faggot."
Did you have to resort to name-calling to make that point?
David Brock is just another member of the far leftwing media.
Blah...blah...blah...blah...blah.
If I want to list Democrat lies, I could rattle them off quite quickly: Clinton and Lewinksy, Kerry and Vietnam, Bush and the National Guard, Bush reinstating the Draft, no Social Security Crisis, worst economy since Hoover.
And one further lie from the Democrats: "Conservatives are willing to lie in order to influence the media."
Be honest, aren't you really, really surprised God doesn't strike people like this dead when they lie with wild abandon?
Just for the irony of it...
They are all, per Jonah Goldberg, chipmunks compared to Rather's implosion or Jordan's immolation. When only small liars who happen to be unknown conservatives are "exposed", and that's all that's been exposed by Media Matters, either MM can't find BIG liars in the conservative press, or it is incompetent (why did Al Franken leap into my mind when I wrote that?). This is getting good when a lib says conservatives do poor research. The libs research only what supports an ideology, and THAT's poor research. They just don't get it: the truth will out eventually, even if it means the collapse of a government like the USSR!
but what about the reporter with two names who might kinda be gay or just a gay escort? freepers seem to dig him.
He writes an article titled " Conservatives Willing To Lie" and provides not one single example.
Davey is projecting (again).
"...he disclosed his homosexuality."
"I thought he was outed by the Washington Post."
I've always suspected he was 'outed' by the Clintons. The way I remembered it was he WAS writing conservative stuff against them, then 'fell in love' with some guy in the Clinton White House, and he suddenly turned liberal. My memory's not that great; maybe I'm wrong on this.
LOL!! I read that piece too.. excellent analogy!!
"Brock's financiers include George Soros."
That's about all that needs to be said.
My God, what is the buffoon smoking? Apparently slick willie, hildebeast, michael moore, boxer, gigilo, et al are all saints, never lied in their whole life, un-freakin-believeable!
Wait a minute... are you saying he is a 'super-girly man?'
:)) is this true?
LOL.
He'll have another nervous breakdown before it's over.
Oh jeesh. He's got it backwards. The internet is exposing exact quotes from liberals.
Can't hide 'em anymore. Too bad so sad.
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