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Tuesday, April 01, 2003
The MRC lies about lying
This is really Daily Howler material...but what the hell. From the Media Research Center:
Actress/comedienne Janeane Garofalo is back. War coverage may be keeping her, for now, off the cable news channels, but she popped up Friday night on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. [Be advised, this item includes an accurate quotation of a vulgarity.]
Garofalo labeled the U.S. attack on Iraq as “not fair” because it is an “unprovoked strike.” Talking about those denouncing Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks for saying she was “ashamed” to be from the same state as President Bush, Garofalo suggested the attacks on the Dixie Chicks are a “wonderful way for really stupid people to hook up. They meet...they tell stories about who their favorite Fox anchor is...”
When co-panelist Michael Graham, a radio talk show host, recalled seeing a sign at an anti-war march proclaiming, “We Support Our Troops...When They Shoot Their Officers,” Garofalo doubted it ever existed and flew into a rage about how “that's what all you right-wing radio hosts do. You make shit up all the time.”
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Graham recalled seeing this sign at an anti-war march: “We Support Our Troops...When They Shoot Their Officers.”
That set off Garofalo: “That one guy that had that one sign that you'll probably beat into the ground. You're going to use it over and over whether it actually existed or not. That's what all you right-wing radio hosts do. You make shit up all the time.”
As you can see, Garofalo never "doubted it ever existed" (unless the MRC Super Secret Thought Reader was working that day). She instead makes a point about hate radios penchant for grabbing the outrage du jour ( Peter Arnett or Nicholas de Genova, anyone?) and running with it just because Drudge runs a screaming headline about it. She even admits the existence of the sign:
"That one guy that had that one sign that you'll probably beat into the ground."
You know the guy who compiles these for Brent Bozell should probably know better. I'm sure he has a lively social life where he meets people of all persuasions which has given him great insight into how diverse people think and speak. Isn't that right, Brent Baker?
Okay. Maybe not.
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