The Republican "send spin"-to-receptive-media-outlet system is immensely effective. Here is a current example.
1. Every time Defense Secretary Robert Gates is mentioned, there is a comment on how he says "we are not winning in Iraq"(which it seems is the popular thing to say now, thank you polls. everyones saying this nowadays, when they all were for it not long ago (see WTO as well) I love Politicians who change with the polls.), but it is rarely mentioned that he was the #2 man in the CIA through IRAN-CONTRA!!.
GWU book about this:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB208/index.htm
The Final Report from the Independent Counsel Regarding Iran-Contra Affairs has a whole chapter devoted to him, Chapter 16:
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_16.htm
Hmm politizing(v.) intelligence...isn't that what we need more of. Look at what good it has done.
2. CNN hired Glen Beck as a Special Report reporter! The first thing this right-wing talk show host did was, tell the newly elected Muslim Representative Keith Ellison, ""I have been nervous about this interview with you, because what I feel like saying is, 'Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies.' ". No joke.
It's so much more satisfying to bite your nails off instead of clipping them.
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