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See why the MSM should be questioned?
This is an example of why the MSM (main stream media) should be
questioned in all time and all places. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/24/duk...oin/index.html Whenever they write or produce a story about something that one really knows about, one finds that the story is always full of errors and/or distortions. oly |
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See why the MSM should be questioned?
oly wrote:
This is an example of why the MSM (main stream media) should be questioned in all time and all places. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/24/duk...oin/index.html Whenever they write or produce a story about something that one really knows about, one finds that the story is always full of errors and/or distortions. Provided that your observation is not just another iteration of the tiresome rightwing bellyache about "liberal" media and leftwing revisionist history, I would agree. It seems that as the necessity to fill up time and column inches expands, the overall quality deteriorates. James |
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"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... oly wrote: This is an example of why the MSM (main stream media) should be questioned in all time and all places. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/24/duk...oin/index.html Whenever they write or produce a story about something that one really knows about, one finds that the story is always full of errors and/or distortions. Provided that your observation is not just another iteration of the tiresome rightwing bellyache about "liberal" media and leftwing revisionist history, I would agree. It seems that as the necessity to fill up time and column inches expands, the overall quality deteriorates. I question the selection of Duke Ellington anyway. Yes, he was a great musician and composer but he was also a racist who refused to hire white musicians for his band until the early 1950s when he hired Louie Belson as a drummer. Louie was married to Pearl Bailey at the time. |
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See why the MSM should be questioned?
On Feb 24, 6:43*am, "RWF" wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... oly wrote: This is an example of why the MSM (main stream media) should be questioned in all time and all places. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/24/duk...oin/index.html Whenever they write or produce a story about something that one really knows about, one finds that the story is always full of errors and/or distortions. Provided that your observation is not just another iteration of the tiresome rightwing bellyache about "liberal" media and leftwing revisionist history, I would agree. *It seems that as the necessity to fill up time and column inches expands, the overall quality deteriorates. I question the selection of Duke Ellington anyway. Yes, he was a great musician and composer but he was also a racist who refused to hire white musicians for his band until the early 1950s when he hired Louie Belson as a drummer. Louie was married to Pearl Bailey at the time.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Whenever one is in the District (I spent three weeks there last March), one is struck by the reverse racism. I have two cousins living there for over a decade now, and they can regale you with stories of the delusional diversities of the District. The fact that they had to place Ellington's name on the coin suggests how little he is known to the general public today. Of course, coins can be used to educate, but the question is what subjects will be chosen. oly |
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"oly" wrote in message ... On Feb 24, 6:43 am, "RWF" wrote: "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... oly wrote: This is an example of why the MSM (main stream media) should be questioned in all time and all places. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/24/duk...oin/index.html Whenever they write or produce a story about something that one really knows about, one finds that the story is always full of errors and/or distortions. Provided that your observation is not just another iteration of the tiresome rightwing bellyache about "liberal" media and leftwing revisionist history, I would agree. It seems that as the necessity to fill up time and column inches expands, the overall quality deteriorates. I question the selection of Duke Ellington anyway. Yes, he was a great musician and composer but he was also a racist who refused to hire white musicians for his band until the early 1950s when he hired Louie Belson as a drummer. Louie was married to Pearl Bailey at the time.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Whenever one is in the District (I spent three weeks there last March), one is struck by the reverse racism. I have two cousins living there for over a decade now, and they can regale you with stories of the delusional diversities of the District. The fact that they had to place Ellington's name on the coin suggests how little he is known to the general public today. Of course, coins can be used to educate, but the question is what subjects will be chosen. _______________ There were few other options other than the tired old national monuments. As soon as Marion Barry dies, I'm sure they'll want to submit a do-over for their quarter. I've lived in the DC suburbs for over 40 years and had worked in the city for the first 25. I would have a hard time coming up with anything better than Ellington, although I never would have thought of him in the first place. Red Auerbach, maybe, and you wouldn't even need his name on the coin-- just that mug and the victory cigar. |
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See why the MSM should be questioned?
oly wrote:
On Feb 24, 6:43 am, "RWF" wrote: "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... oly wrote: This is an example of why the MSM (main stream media) should be questioned in all time and all places. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/24/duk...oin/index.html Whenever they write or produce a story about something that one really knows about, one finds that the story is always full of errors and/or distortions. Provided that your observation is not just another iteration of the tiresome rightwing bellyache about "liberal" media and leftwing revisionist history, I would agree. It seems that as the necessity to fill up time and column inches expands, the overall quality deteriorates. I question the selection of Duke Ellington anyway. Yes, he was a great musician and composer but he was also a racist who refused to hire white musicians for his band until the early 1950s when he hired Louie Belson as a drummer. Louie was married to Pearl Bailey at the time.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Whenever one is in the District (I spent three weeks there last March), one is struck by the reverse racism. I have two cousins living there for over a decade now, and they can regale you with stories of the delusional diversities of the District. The fact that they had to place Ellington's name on the coin suggests how little he is known to the general public today. Of course, coins can be used to educate, but the question is what subjects will be chosen. The Duke's music is delightful both to listen to and to play, but most music lovers of today know him only by ear, not by eyesight, whence the necessity of an ID on the coin. That would be true of most any pre-rock composer, bandleader, or musician. Almost everyone recognizes The Stars and Stripes Forever when they hear it, but I doubt that one in twenty-five would even recognize John Philip Sousa, arguably the premier American musical patriot. James the Saxophonist |
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"oly" wrote in message
... Whenever one is in the District (I spent three weeks there last March), one is struck by the reverse racism. I have two cousins living there for over a decade now, and they can regale you with stories of the delusional diversities of the District. So-called "reverse racism" is rampant throughout the nation. Witness the calls for "diversity" in our colleges and universities yet no one is calling for diversity in the so-called "black" colleges like Grambling, etc. And how about pro basketball teams which are predominately black, where's the outcry for the poor oppressed white players? The black population of the USA seems to want it both ways. But what can you expect when they have "leaders" like Al Sharpton and Jesse "Hymie Town" Jackson? |
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On Feb 24, 5:13*am, oly wrote:
This is an example of why the MSM (main stream media) should be questioned in all time and all places. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/24/duk...oin/index.html Whenever they write or produce a story about something that one really knows about, one finds that the story is always full of errors and/or distortions. oly I see no errors other than failing to mention "first African American on a CIRCULATING coin", as Jackie Robinson, Booker T. Washington, and George Carver have been so honored on commemoratives. Residents of the District have no vote on important issues such as health care, education, Social Security, environmental protection, crime control, public safety, foreign policy, or their children and spouses being sent to war. -- RARE COIN AUCTIONS NO RESERVES www.frankcoins.com http://myworld.ebay.com/frankcoins Texas Auction License 11259, Board member of Texas Coin Dealers Association, Member TNA, ANA, PCGS, NGC - Full Time Since 1991 |
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See why the MSM should be questioned?
Frank wrote:
On Feb 24, 5:13 am, oly wrote: This is an example of why the MSM (main stream media) should be questioned in all time and all places. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/24/duk...oin/index.html Whenever they write or produce a story about something that one really knows about, one finds that the story is always full of errors and/or distortions. oly I see no errors other than failing to mention "first African American on a CIRCULATING coin", as Jackie Robinson, Booker T. Washington, and George Carver have been so honored on commemoratives. Either the writer was entirely ignorant of that fact, or knew that including that fact would negate the entire purpose of the article in the first place. Residents of the District have no vote on important issues such as health care, education, Social Security, environmental protection, crime control, public safety, foreign policy, or their children and spouses being sent to war. All true, but hardly germane to the issue. James |
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See why the MSM should be questioned?
On Feb 24, 6:43*am, "RWF" wrote:
I question the selection of Duke Ellington anyway. The residents of DC voted on it. Unless you have moved, you still live in Nassau County, NY. Yes, he was a great musician and composer but he was also a racist who refused to hire white musicians for his band until the early 1950s Perhaps a practical matter that since before 1955 blacks and whites were kept separate on trains, and generally could not stay at the same hotels, http://books.google.com/books?id=kuiFWCbGLqYC&pg=PA170 -- RARE COIN AUCTIONS NO RESERVES www.frankcoins.com http://myworld.ebay.com/frankcoins Texas Auction License 11259, Board member of Texas Coin Dealers Association, Member TNA, ANA, PCGS, NGC - Full Time Since 1991 |
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