Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Taking Lessons from Hugo Chavez

It appears the Obama administration has taken a page out of Chavez's playbook by demonizing Fox News and Chamber of Commerce.
Posted by Common Sense Joe at 6:17 PM

7 comments:

Dan said...

Check out this stunt on the chamber of commerce by the Yes Men...really great too bad us they aren't really in charge, they'd probably do a better job.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/20/yes_men_pull_off_prank_claiming

October 21, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Dan said...

Sorry here's link cut in two

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/20/

yes_men_pull_off_prank_claiming

October 21, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Common Sense Joe said...

I saw it on Fox.

October 21, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Dan said...

You saw Fox getting fooled by the Yes Men too, just like the Chamber, that is what you saw. Just like all the other corporate networks only Democracy Now knew the truth and reported the truth and got a Yes man on their show to explain the stunt.

October 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Common Sense Joe said...

What I saw on Fox was that the AP issued a statement relaying what the hoax group said, being incredulous and trying to reach the Chamber of Commerce for a statement, and then confirming it was hoax.

October 21, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Dan said...

The reality is the Yes Men duped Fox, which is easy to do since Fox doesn't fact check anything, Fox is not news but right wing brainwashing mixed with entertainment for the ignorant masses.

October 25, 2009 at 5:27 AM
Common Sense Joe said...

"within minutes it was being reported on the websites of outlets including the New York Times and Washington Post. "

So they get an alert from AP and go with and then within minutes say it was hoax. That is live news. That doesn't really say anything more than it does about the Post and Times.

October 25, 2009 at 4:49 PM

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