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Thom Hartmann Says Broadcasting 'Dumb' Quotes From Wall Street Protesters is 'Media Crime
newsbusters ^ | 10/5/11 | Jack Coleman

Posted on 10/05/2011 6:43:50 PM PDT by Nachum

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And if you laughed at those remarks, you're a criminal too. Or at the very least, a thought criminal. Yes, you.

Liberal radio host Thom Hartmann is peeved that media outlets such as Fox News and CNN are covering the so-called Occupy Wall Street movement and allegedly interviewing only the most "politically unsophisticated" protesters, after searching all of nanoseconds to find them. (audio after page break)

Here's Hartmann complaining about this on his radio show yesterday after opening a segment with the all-too-apropo "Take the Money and Run" from paleo-rocker Steve Miller (audio) --

You know, this to me is like about as grass roots and about as genuine a populist revolution as you can get. I think it's just absolutely great what is going on out in the streets, what's going on in Washington, D.C., what's going on in New York, and what's going on here. (Hartmann broadcasting from the Take Back the American Dream conference in Washington). There's the absolute outside game, people who are just showing up, may not even be politically aware. They're in fact, in fact, Fox News has made a sport of, and now CNN as well, of going down to the, to the, Erin Burnett with her new show, going down to the, to the Occupy Wall Street group and finding people who are politically unsophisticated and asking them simple questions, getting dumb answers, and then portraying the whole movement as stupid. That, in my opinion, that's a media crime.

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KEYWORDS: bloggersandpersonal; broadcasting; dumb; hartmann; mediacrime; occupywallstreet; thom; thomhartmann
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To: Nachum

Well get get used to being a “crime” victim.

Remember when Limbaugh did his rush to excellence and thousands would turn out. The media would seek out four feminists to interview and ignore the thousands.

Then at a gun show, where the majority of customers were dressed in jeans and plaid shirts, the media would only interview show the few guys in camo carrying assault weapons.

Yeah, it’s tough out there.


21 posted on 10/05/2011 8:32:55 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: djrakowski

I’m waiting for Hannity to do his on the spot questions - : like who’s the vice President of the United States? And discovering that liberals can’t answer any of them...


22 posted on 10/05/2011 8:35:14 PM PDT by GOPJ (Bibi would go toe to toe with the devil if it was the only way to save his beloved Israel.)
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To: Nachum

I prefer Lisa Hartman, prettier and smarter.


23 posted on 10/05/2011 9:10:15 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Nachum

Paleo-rocker?? Ouch, that hurts.


24 posted on 10/05/2011 9:22:48 PM PDT by kallisti ("fall mountains, just don't fall on me...")
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To: guido911
Who is Thom Hartmann and why should I give a sh!t what he thinks.

Opinions and a-holes, everybody's got one.

25 posted on 10/05/2011 9:26:36 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: GOPJ
I’m waiting for Hannity to do his on the spot questions

Oh my goodness... I wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry!

26 posted on 10/06/2011 8:31:52 AM PDT by djrakowski
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To: The Antiyuppie

I heard one of the leaders yesterday... it was quite sad, actually.


27 posted on 10/06/2011 8:33:02 AM PDT by djrakowski
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To: djrakowski

We’d be on the floor laughing so hard we’d be crying. Definitely a twofer.


28 posted on 10/06/2011 10:06:43 AM PDT by GOPJ (Bibi would go toe to toe with the devil if it was the only way to save his beloved Israel.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Nachum.

What’s this partisan media shill’s position on portraying all Tea Partiers as racists?

What’s this partisan media shill’s position on portraying all conservatives as racists?

What’s this partisan media shill’s position on portraying all those who opposed Obama as racists?


29 posted on 10/15/2011 8:21:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv; Nachum; arkady_renko; therightliveswithus
*PING* to SunkenCiv and Nachum to Post #12 on another thread.

Thanks arkady_renko and therightliveswithus.

And *PING* to arkady_renko and therightliveswithus for *this* thread.

Is this the party to whom I am pinging?

Cheers!

30 posted on 10/15/2011 10:02:54 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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