SassyLady
10-28-2010, 11:35 PM
Unbelievable!! Because Sarah Palin refused to side with MediaMatters and the George Soros machine, she is now accused of supporting terrorism. Soros is now engaged in a no-holds barred fight. I hope he gets his a$$ handed to him on Tuesday. Wake up people, we need to get rid of this "spooky dude". Vote out the progressives.
David Brock and Michael Keegan call for Sarah Palin to "Refudiate" Glenn Beck
October 26, 2010 10:27 am ET by Media Matters staff
Journalist John Hamilton recently documented that the gunman who plotted the assassination of leaders at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU said he saw Fox News' Glenn Beck as "a schoolteacher" and that "it was the things exposed that blew my mind." Indeed, the gunman, Byron Williams, was driven by belief in conspiracy theories that have been pushed by Beck. In response, the Tides Foundation has called for (http://mediamatters.org/action/dropfox/) an advertiser boycott of Fox News.
Now, David Brock, founder and CEO of Media Matters for America and Michael B. Keegan, president of People for the American Way are urging (http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fdavid% 2Fa-peaceloving-sarah-palin_b_773730.html) Sarah Palin -- who has (http://mediamatters.org/research/201010110020) promoted, praised and appeared with Beck -- to condemn his dangerous and extremist rhetoric:
[B]We all know the showman Glenn Beck and his Fox News bosses have no incentive to call a halt to this dangerous rhetoric and demonizing of enemies on their own. Recently addressing a NewsCorp shareholder who questioned whether Murdoch was comfortable with what Beck is doing on behalf of shareholders, Murdoch said that he does not agree with everything said on Fox, and called the channel "simply unstoppable." It appears, as suggested in various media reports in recent weeks about what a divisive figure Beck has become even within the company, that Beck can't be controlled either by Murdoch or Roger Ailes, who recruited Beck as part of his strategy to declare war on the Obama administration.
However, as one of Beck's biggest boosters, is a respected leader in the GOP and conservative movement, and Fox's own star contributor, we think Palin is well positioned to pull Beck back from his current course, to hold him accountable for his reckless words. Palin's credibility as a leader relies on more than just endorsing candidates and an uncanny knack for making headlines. It requires a moral compass she repeatedly says she possesses to make this country a better, safer place to live for all Americans.
This moment is an important test for Sarah Palin. Various conservative leaders, from William F. Buckley to Nixon, Reagan and Barry Goldwater at the end of his life all drew lines at crucial moments in history to separate their party and their movement from the extremists. Buckley drew a line and stood up for principle, calling the extremists of his day "idiotic" and "paranoid." Does Palin have the courage and foresight to exhibit the strength and wisdom exhibited by these American leaders and join a growing bipartisan group - including Rep. Peter King of New York, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee who recently warned that "words have consequences" --in condemning Beck? Or will she choose to say nothing, and continue on her path of succumbing to the momentary partisan political temptations of stoking fear and suspicions and seeking political power against the national interest - even when we now have incontrovertible evidence that this path endangers the lives of innocent Americans?
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010260009
Palin went on to deride Media Matters’ “pathetic” and “desperate” attempts to silence Beck.
<B>By Thursday afternoon, Media Matters was condemning Palin’s remarks, go so far as to claim she supports violence and acts of domestic terrorism. Media Matters’ founder and CEO David Brock released the following statement (http://mediamatters.org/press/releases/201010280031):
On Tuesday, I asked Sarah Palin to use her influential voice to stop attempted incidents of domestic terrorism incited by right-wing extremists like Glenn Beck. By telling Beck, ‘I stand with you,’ Palin — Fox News’ star contributor — now associates herself with acts of violence and the insane conspiracy theories and hate speech behind them.
</B>
Rather than seize the opportunity to act in the national interest and do her part to prevent a major tragedy like the Oklahoma City bombing, Palin called into Beck‘s show to call me ’pathetic.‘ While Palin and I don’t agree on much, I honestly believed we shared the view that the incitement to violence by a powerful media outlet was a national crisis that transcends the partisan divide. Sadly, I was wrong.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/for-standing-with-beck-media-matters-claims-palin-supports-terrorism/
David Brock and Michael Keegan call for Sarah Palin to "Refudiate" Glenn Beck
October 26, 2010 10:27 am ET by Media Matters staff
Journalist John Hamilton recently documented that the gunman who plotted the assassination of leaders at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU said he saw Fox News' Glenn Beck as "a schoolteacher" and that "it was the things exposed that blew my mind." Indeed, the gunman, Byron Williams, was driven by belief in conspiracy theories that have been pushed by Beck. In response, the Tides Foundation has called for (http://mediamatters.org/action/dropfox/) an advertiser boycott of Fox News.
Now, David Brock, founder and CEO of Media Matters for America and Michael B. Keegan, president of People for the American Way are urging (http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fdavid% 2Fa-peaceloving-sarah-palin_b_773730.html) Sarah Palin -- who has (http://mediamatters.org/research/201010110020) promoted, praised and appeared with Beck -- to condemn his dangerous and extremist rhetoric:
[B]We all know the showman Glenn Beck and his Fox News bosses have no incentive to call a halt to this dangerous rhetoric and demonizing of enemies on their own. Recently addressing a NewsCorp shareholder who questioned whether Murdoch was comfortable with what Beck is doing on behalf of shareholders, Murdoch said that he does not agree with everything said on Fox, and called the channel "simply unstoppable." It appears, as suggested in various media reports in recent weeks about what a divisive figure Beck has become even within the company, that Beck can't be controlled either by Murdoch or Roger Ailes, who recruited Beck as part of his strategy to declare war on the Obama administration.
However, as one of Beck's biggest boosters, is a respected leader in the GOP and conservative movement, and Fox's own star contributor, we think Palin is well positioned to pull Beck back from his current course, to hold him accountable for his reckless words. Palin's credibility as a leader relies on more than just endorsing candidates and an uncanny knack for making headlines. It requires a moral compass she repeatedly says she possesses to make this country a better, safer place to live for all Americans.
This moment is an important test for Sarah Palin. Various conservative leaders, from William F. Buckley to Nixon, Reagan and Barry Goldwater at the end of his life all drew lines at crucial moments in history to separate their party and their movement from the extremists. Buckley drew a line and stood up for principle, calling the extremists of his day "idiotic" and "paranoid." Does Palin have the courage and foresight to exhibit the strength and wisdom exhibited by these American leaders and join a growing bipartisan group - including Rep. Peter King of New York, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee who recently warned that "words have consequences" --in condemning Beck? Or will she choose to say nothing, and continue on her path of succumbing to the momentary partisan political temptations of stoking fear and suspicions and seeking political power against the national interest - even when we now have incontrovertible evidence that this path endangers the lives of innocent Americans?
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010260009
Palin went on to deride Media Matters’ “pathetic” and “desperate” attempts to silence Beck.
<B>By Thursday afternoon, Media Matters was condemning Palin’s remarks, go so far as to claim she supports violence and acts of domestic terrorism. Media Matters’ founder and CEO David Brock released the following statement (http://mediamatters.org/press/releases/201010280031):
On Tuesday, I asked Sarah Palin to use her influential voice to stop attempted incidents of domestic terrorism incited by right-wing extremists like Glenn Beck. By telling Beck, ‘I stand with you,’ Palin — Fox News’ star contributor — now associates herself with acts of violence and the insane conspiracy theories and hate speech behind them.
</B>
Rather than seize the opportunity to act in the national interest and do her part to prevent a major tragedy like the Oklahoma City bombing, Palin called into Beck‘s show to call me ’pathetic.‘ While Palin and I don’t agree on much, I honestly believed we shared the view that the incitement to violence by a powerful media outlet was a national crisis that transcends the partisan divide. Sadly, I was wrong.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/for-standing-with-beck-media-matters-claims-palin-supports-terrorism/