Reply #222: Citizens don't have power to confront the Corporate Owned Media anymore...

[KoKo]

If that was so the thousands of us who have been e-mailing and phone calling to complain since the old action alerts by the sadly missed "Media Whores Online" way back in 2002 (before Media Matters) would have gotten some action. Since that time no matter how massive our campaigns have been...nothing changes. There was even a website up around the PlameGate hearings devoted to trying to get Matthews to change his own air trashing of Democrats, Females and his constant sexual innuendo about both Repug and Dem Men. It was started by FireDog Lake folks and helped by others like Diby's website. It cataloged all of Matthews worst statements and we all made a special effort to contact him. I can't count how many times in the last 7 years I've sent "polite" e-mails to MSNBC about Carlson's and Tweety's comments. Nothing has changed...and its' gotten worse.

What recourse to citizens have other than to peitition our representatives? So this is why I can't understand why you think that government doesn't have a role in this? It's "Hate Speech" which debases our society. The Civil Rights and Womens movement understood how words can harm and inflame situations.
I think that's the bigger issue, here, aside from the fact that Hillary and Bill's daughter was signaled out over other Candidate children for the vile comment. I was glad to see Hillary stand up and hope that other politicians will stand up as Obama did when CNN was still using Hillary advisors Begalla and Carville for political commentary.