Conservative Media In U.S. Still Fueling Hate & Violence

"...If O'Reilly had been a serious journalist or broadcaster instead of a sclerotic, chronically-aggravated right-wing rage pimp, he might have had the professional self-awareness or ethical sense to realize that he was putting George Tiller's life in danger over the more than 28 broadcasts in which he used Tiller's name. But O'Reilly, like, for Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and indeed Coulter herself (to name only the gratin of that particular food chain) is neither of those things.

As a group, they are the pop culture equivalent of necrotic carrion beetles, crawling with insectile determination from one infected open wound in the American psyche to another. The wounds include fear of race, fear of foreigners, fear of sexuality, fear of difference, hysterical religious fundamentalism, violent nationalism, and paranoia. They lay their eggs in the infected abrasion, then scuttle away. When the eggs hatch, disgorging rage and discontent, they start counting money.

...There was a time when decency, even honor, was an essential part of the American dialogue in its most ideal form, and part of its very identity. There was a time when our culture would have recoiled in horror at the vituperation flowing unchecked from radios, televisions, and the Internet, instead of applauding it as "common sense," "free speech," or "mavericky," or "a spin-free zone."

There was a time when intellectual honesty was not considered unpatriotic; when compassion for, and understanding of, your fellow man was a sign of strength, not weakness. There was a time when the phrase Have you no shame? meant something, and the First Amendment was not used as toilet paper to wipe up the excremental verbal degradation of vulnerable segments of the American population. A time when it was expected that citizens would understand the difference between free speech and irresponsible speech. Somewhere along the line, a cancerous segment of American popular culture and media cunningly exploited the long-standing, honorable American "cowboy" motif and mentality. They grafted cruelty, divisiveness, and ignorance to it, making the two appear indistinguishable, and natural allies. And they are neither, or at least ought not to be."

Above quote from: " Death at the Holocaust Museum and the Degradation of the American Dialogue " by Michael Rowe, At Huffington Post,June 11,2009


Anyway let's begin with the sort of Fear Mongering which not just the Far Right but also the so called mainstream Conservatives & Republicans & their Media echo-chamber are engaged.

Here we have someone playing the role of Thomas Paine & what a conservative believed Paine would think of Obama's policies.

He attacks the evils of Multiculturalism, Tolerance & diversity-
He argues in favor of one Nation One Culture , One Language-
He is anti-government & claims America is being invaded by unwanted Immigrants-
He is against so-called activist judges who want to remove God from America
This speech may appear radical yet much of it is touted & promulgated by Media conservative commentators & pundits on Fox News & CNN as if this were all obvious & a matter of Common Sense.

The Second American Revolution





Another Crazy Right-Winger Shoots Someone- FoX News was wrong
Cenk talks about the shooting at the Holocaust Museum by a white Supremacist anti-Semite & anti-Government extremist who has been involved with Extremist groups for decades & has published articles & books on the "Jewish Conspiracy".
Cenk then points to the Department of Homeland Security Report on the possible rise of violence on the right which was attacked by conservatives as a way to try to silence them.

The report said that given the economic crisis & the fact of a black president that the FBI & police agencies should be concerned about specific individuals or groups especially those who are anti-government , who are anti-Semitic or against other ethnic groups & those involved with single issues such as abortion who appear extremists & who are ex-military -



Here's an extended HQ version of Shepard Smith on the Holocaust Memorial Museum Shooting.
Shepard Smith interview a person at the Southern Poverty Law Center which monitors Hate groups but the oddity is that Fox News has often demonized the Center-see Hannity , Beck, O'Reilly- as have Lou Dobbs & Michael Savage & Alex Jones

Shep also talks about all those crazy conspiracies about Jews or others ethnic groups and conspiracies about President Obama. Does Shep not watch Fox News ???

" DC Holocaust Museum Terrorism Coverage

Fox News's Shepard Smith may be in the process of losing his job. Fox's coverage of the terrorist act by James Von Brunn at the DC Holocaust Museum on 6/10/09 was outstanding.

While gathering information for the live report on the shooting, Smith directly addressed the rise of right-wing terrorism in America. Referring too "the crazies" who refuse to believe Obama is a U.S. citizen, militia groups, and those who screamed about the recent Homeland Security Report ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04... )...etc.

Smith also interviews the Southern Poverty Law Center's Heidi Beirich. I wonder if he realizes he works for the main propaganda stream for these so-called "crazies"?"



In response to government report on the possibility of a rise in Right Wing Extremist violence The American Center For Law & Justice which is conservative think tank had this response in which they attack the Obama administration

Homeland Security New Low In U S part 1-
American Center for Law & Justice



Hannity claims Obama is ripping apart America. Hannity erroneously claims Obama said America is a Muslim nation.
More Of Hannity's Tabloid Hackery



Extremist Evangelical Fundamentalists no better than Osama Bin Laden
Let the poor starve. " Death is better than compromise." Christians should be willing to give their lives in order to save America from the "Godless Liberals" & Socialists & Collectivists who want to remake America & who deny America's Christian values & identity.Ishe suggesting even violence might be necessary to get the job done.

Clips From Hagee's Sermons - Scary Stuff- Cenk Uygur The Young Turks



Given the extremists statements & sentiments of Sean Hannity he begins to sound like one of the so-called Far Right extremists who are anti-Government, anti-Tolerance and anti-Immigration especially immigration of the wrong sort ie non-European or non-white ? Like Lou Dobbs, Bill O'Reilley, Michael Savage ,Glenn Beck Hannity engages in fear mongering & Hate Speech on a daily basis claiming that Real Americans like him ( worth a couple of hundred million ) are being oppressed & marginalized by the tyranny of special interest groups by Feminists, Gays, Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims & all those other Faux Americans.

Racist Hal Turner the KKK & Hannity & Fox News



"Keith Olberman "Outs" Sean Hannity!

On his show last night, Keith Olberman "outted" Sean Hannity's relationship with Hal Turner.

Meanwhile, The Right Perspective did this 8 months ago."



In this next video from the Anti-Defamation League in which spokesperson Stacy Burdett analyzes the ways in which speech combined with misinformation , exaggerations, negative stereotypes & images etc. are used to dehumanize a particular group of people in this case illegal-Immigrants.

The big concern is that this sort of rhetoric which was once just part of the more extreme groups such as White Supremacist is now moving into the mainstream media creating fear, hysteria & hate which is then translated into violence & prejudice & is no longer up for discussion or part of a civil discourse.

So the purveyors of Hate speak about illegal-Immigrants as Invaders, as animal like, as carriers of disease , as criminals and drug users -who are a threat to public safety, health & security - and these Media personalities push some form of conspiracy theory ie the Reconquesta that the illegals want to reconquer part of the U.S. for Mexico.

ADL-Code Words of Hate



And a couple more examples of the over the top conservative Hate & Fear Mongering rhetorical style of Mainstream American Conservatives who have audiences totaling over 20 million or more . If the figures are correct if these Hate mongers could stir up a small percentage of their base into violent & criminal actions this would be a rather disturbing time ahead for America.

Bill O'Reilly Explodes Over Illegal Immigration. Bill O'Reilly makes a cheap political point
From WWW.Foxnewshounds

Bill-o does it again... just because you have a loud voice doesn't mean you are right. If this doesn't prove he is a loose cannon I don't know what will...



Bill O'Reilly: The White, Christian, male power structure is threatened by the Obama Presidency




Michael Savage attacks Southern Poverty Law Center
calls its director a piece of human trash, a slimebag, a piece of garbage
Far left communists have become part of the Obama administration
then he goes on a rant against non-white Americans




For more opinions check out these articles:


" How Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories and Fearmongering Led to the Holocaust Memorial Shooting "

By Chip Berlet, The Public Eye. June 10, 2009. The broadcast of hatred and paranoia have led to perfect storm of mobilized resentment threatening to rain violent bigotry across the US.


" Scarborough Country: Where Anti-Choice Extremism Is Swept Under the Rug" By Sarah Seltzer, Women's Media Center. June 11, 2009.MSNBC's Joe Scarborough gave scant attention to Dr. Tiller's tragic murder. Is it tied to his past as pro-bono lawyer to another anti-choice killer?

" GAFFNEY: America's first Muslim president?"
Obama aligns with the policies of Shariah-adherents By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. at Washington Times, June 9, 2009


Death at the Holocaust Museum and the Degradation of the American Dialogue by Michael Rowe, At Huffington Post,June 11,2009

...I am remembering an October 2007 segment of the Donny Deutsch Show where Coulter asserted that America would be better off if everyone was Christian and that "the Jews" merely needed to be "perfected" through conversion.

Coulter has made her fortune by generating, fanning, and nurturing hatred and contempt for a variety of people, including liberals, Democrats, gays, foreign nationals, 9/11 widows, feminists, single mothers, Muslims, and any other group she could throw to her disenfranchised readership as shark bait.

...If O'Reilly had been a serious journalist or broadcaster instead of a sclerotic, chronically-aggravated right-wing rage pimp, he might have had the professional self-awareness or ethical sense to realize that he was putting George Tiller's life in danger over the more than 28 broadcasts in which he used Tiller's name. But O'Reilly, like, for Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and indeed Coulter herself (to name only the gratin of that particular food chain) is neither of those things.

As a group, they are the pop culture equivalent of necrotic carrion beetles, crawling with insectile determination from one infected open wound in the American psyche to another. The wounds include fear of race, fear of foreigners, fear of sexuality, fear of difference, hysterical religious fundamentalism, violent nationalism, and paranoia. They lay their eggs in the infected abrasion, then scuttle away. When the eggs hatch, disgorging rage and discontent, they start counting money.

...There was a time when decency, even honor, was an essential part of the American dialogue in its most ideal form, and part of its very identity. There was a time when our culture would have recoiled in horror at the vituperation flowing unchecked from radios, televisions, and the Internet, instead of applauding it as "common sense," "free speech," or "mavericky," or "a spin-free zone."

There was a time when intellectual honesty was not considered unpatriotic; when compassion for, and understanding of, your fellow man was a sign of strength, not weakness. There was a time when the phrase Have you no shame? meant something, and the First Amendment was not used as toilet paper to wipe up the excremental verbal degradation of vulnerable segments of the American population. A time when it was expected that citizens would understand the difference between free speech and irresponsible speech. Somewhere along the line, a cancerous segment of American popular culture and media cunningly exploited the long-standing, honorable American "cowboy" motif and mentality. They grafted cruelty, divisiveness, and ignorance to it, making the two appear indistinguishable, and natural allies. And they are neither, or at least ought not to be.

and : EDITORIAL: "Sotomayor's abortion ties
Don't believe disinformation that she's pro-life" at Washinton Times, June 10, 2009
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and so it goes,
GORD.