P2P-Zone - View Single Post - Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' wins Cannes festival

theknife · 22-10-04, 10:02 PM

whether we're talking about Moore, or this guy Knoblick, or Ann Coulter or Limbaugh, Hannity, Franken, O'Reilly et al - at the end of the day, it's a gig for them - and a very well-paying one, at that. certainly some degree of passion had to give them all a shove down the path they have taken in life, but somewhere a little further along the way, they all discovered the same thing: you can get an audience in this country by appealing to the ignorance and fears of a small segment of the population and you can make a pretty decent living by telling them exactly what they want to hear. it's not a new concept - Father Coughlin perfected the schtick back in the 20's and 30's...Joe McCarthy made a career out of it in the 50's. unfortunately, it has come to represent the median for political dialogue in this country, rather than the extreme that it is.

Jon Stewart called it exactly right in his tiff with Carlson and Begala on CossFire...his appearance was, for all intents and purposes, a public service announcement. he had a book to pitch, but instead of playing the game, he kicked the media punditocracy right in the balls. i'll bet Tucker Carlson is still limping.

22-10-04, 10:02 PM	#38
theknife my name is Ranking Fullstop Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Promontorium Tremendum Posts: 4,391	whether we're talking about Moore, or this guy Knoblick, or Ann Coulter or Limbaugh, Hannity, Franken, O'Reilly et al - at the end of the day, it's a gig for them - and a very well-paying one, at that. certainly some degree of passion had to give them all a shove down the path they have taken in life, but somewhere a little further along the way, they all discovered the same thing: you can get an audience in this country by appealing to the ignorance and fears of a small segment of the population and you can make a pretty decent living by telling them exactly what they want to hear. it's not a new concept - Father Coughlin perfected the schtick back in the 20's and 30's...Joe McCarthy made a career out of it in the 50's. unfortunately, it has come to represent the median for political dialogue in this country, rather than the extreme that it is. Jon Stewart called it exactly right in his tiff with Carlson and Begala on CossFire...his appearance was, for all intents and purposes, a public service announcement. he had a book to pitch, but instead of playing the game, he kicked the media punditocracy right in the balls. i'll bet Tucker Carlson is still limping.