In a recent report Media Matters again does an excellent job of deconstructing right-wing spin on the anti-Bush Protest songs released by Neil Young and Pink.
Summary: John Gibson alleged that Neil Young, whose latest album is critical of President Bush and the war in Iraq, is "forgetful" and has "amnesia," and that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are "a distant memory" for him. Gibson suggested Young go see the new movie, United 93. But far from "forget[ing]" about Flight 93, Young wrote a song in 2001, "[i]nspired by a Newsweek story recounting the fatal flight."
Let me just be blunt, John Gibson is a Fucking Lunatic! Far more than the average Faux-ite, this guy is over the right field wall and far away. Bully O'Leily gets a lot of press via Olbermann, and by being lampooned by Stephen Colbert - but Gibson's is a truly genocidal asshole.
From his Book "Hating America: The New Sport"
As America defends its security in the ongoing war on terror, Gibson argues, we must be prepared to face this growing tide of resentment abroad, which will only result in serious consequences for the haters themselves. For the anti-Americans, he argues, would "like us to forget that those who hate us may eventually try to kill us -- because they now know that we will never allow that to happen without exacting a price on those who would attempt it."
Serious consequences like a storm of Bunker-Buster Nukes one wonders?
Leaving aside Iran for the moment, it appears that Gibson currently has that aging neo-terrorist Neil Young in his sights.
On the April 28 edition of Fox News' The Big Story, host John Gibson alleged that singer/songwriter Neil Young's latest album, Living With War (Reprise, May 2006), which is critical of President Bush and the war in Iraq, indicates that Young is "forgetful" and has "amnesia," and that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are "a distant memory" for him. Gibson suggested Young go see the newly released movie, United 93 (Universal, April 2006), a fictionalized account of events aboard United Airlines Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Gibson even questioned whether Young "would accept free tickets from me" to see the movie. But far from "forget[ing]" about Flight 93, Young wrote a song in 2001 titled "Let's Roll," "[i]nspired by a Newsweek story recounting the fatal flight," as The Washington Post noted at the time.
On Pink Gibson said.
Gibson also criticized singer Pink for her song, "Dear Mr. President." Referring to recent video and audio tapes released by Osama bin Laden, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, and Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, Gibson said: "I wonder if they listen to Neil Young and Pink. I doubt it. Do you think they would spare Neil Young and Pink while they killed the rest of us because, after all, Neil Young and Pink are against the war, and they want peace?" Gibson then added: "If Zarqawi and bin Laden are against Bush, they must be against war, right? You might think so if ... all you listen to was Neil Young and Pink."
You mean would they spare them like released hostage and journalist Jill Carrol, that traitorous bitch who "was carrying Zarqawi's Baby", according to guests on Imus?
This is classic Right-wingnuttery, just as Glenn Greenwald has documented.
I recently documented how this self-justifying, fantasyland mindset is constant and applicable to every issue. Insurgency in Iraq? Can't be; it just doesn't exist. Reports of civil war? Not true - the media is just biased and dishonest. Poll after poll showing the President is reaching historic levels of unpopularity? The polls are just biased and corrupt because the President is really beloved. Secret torture gulags in Eastern Europe? They don't exist either - that was all just a masterful set-up to find the CIA leakers (a fantasy in which Strata indulges for the Plame disclosure, too: "I think this was a canary trap"). The CIA agent outed by the administration was working on Iran's nuclear program? False - the reporter is an idiot, her husband is a liar, it's just one CIA agent, and the President is too good and smart to do that, no matter what facts emerge.The denial is so steadfast, immediate and shrill because the notion that perhaps it's true never occurs to them. They begin with the premise that any fact that reflects poorly on the Leader is false, and then set out in search for rationale to prove that.
This is the way the game has to be played for them. Constant denial, convenient re-arrangment of reality to suit the latest administration position and argument.
1994 - "We're the party of fiscal restraint". 2004 - "Well, ok - maybe were' not".
1994 - "We're the party of accountability". 2004 - "Er, Not so much anymore".
Any arguement can be used, any rationale suggested and summarily dismissed as soon it becomes expedient for those who don't care about factiness.
Reality is indeed a Liberal Bias, Liberals live in real world, the Neo-con Cabal that currently runs the Executive, Congress, most of the Courts and Media don't live in that world. They live in a world of Devout Faith and Fealty to Greed, mixed with a generous dose of Xenobia and a more than a dash of Self-delusion.
In their world, dissent is a crime. Stephen Colbert embarrising the President by throwing his own bullshit back in his face was a 'disgrace'. How dare he - he - get so truthy on us?
But of course, although we all know this already - it's still a fascinating phenomon to observe, much like watcing some species of animals devour their young.
Fascinating and frightening. Very frightening.
Vyan
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