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dawg

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88. I applaud Rachel for this.

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 02:25 PM

Aug 2013

Sadly, I suspect it is just a momentary burst of outrage that will pass as quickly as it came. MSNBC has clearly demonstrated that you have to go along to get along if you want to hang around on *their* payroll. Ratings be damned - they have no compunction at all about giving you the axe if you buck the powers that be.

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Rachel Maddow: "Journalism is NOT terrorism." She is supporting Greenwald. "It's an outrage." [View all] chimpymustgo Aug 2013 OP

The tide is turning Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #1

This is a defining civil rights issue of our time. Are you for civil rights for blacks, for gays? chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #4

I support 100% civil rights and civil liberties Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #9

Oh doncha know it because its OLD!!111! From Bush days and we KNEW about it riderinthestorm Aug 2013 #11

Yet Snowden and Manning need to be drawn and quartered because they hurt national security! backscatter712 Aug 2013 #61

Oh, yeah, we suspected all this stuff Warpy Aug 2013 #86

Because it's not really spying. tazkcmo Aug 2013 #24

You need to keep up nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #36

I think that person was being sarcastic. Fawke Em Aug 2013 #59

It is so easy to miss it these days nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #74

You can do a lot with metadata. A good mathematician teamed with a good lawyer can JDPriestly Aug 2013 #40

the sarcasm wasn't dripping in red, but I believe it was there ;) nt magical thyme Aug 2013 #68

Yes... dennis4868 Aug 2013 #77

But you don't own your meta data, didn't you hear about that? Your meta data belongs sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #96

it was actually a supreme court case dennis4868 Aug 2013 #107

So was Bush V Gore and Citizen's United where Corporations became people and a loser sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #110

Okay... dennis4868 Aug 2013 #116

Please, answer the question. xfundy Aug 2013 #104

knr Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #2

That damn Paulbot. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #3

Black Helicopter Leftess! n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #5

LOL burnodo Aug 2013 #44

But the swooners all swear he deserved it because Greenwald is a hack or crook or something!!11!1!! PSPS Aug 2013 #6

And Snowden's ex girl friend is a pole dancer. RC Aug 2013 #14

Gasp! tazkcmo Aug 2013 #25

How will we ever erase that image from our brains, ya know? RC Aug 2013 #27

Dances With Poles tblue Aug 2013 #56

It was the boxes in the garage Aerows Aug 2013 #65

I'm enjoying "didn't pay his bar fees" currently DirkGently Aug 2013 #19

Maddow is an UNSerious, Libertarian, racist, Republican, Paulbot, who never loved him... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #7

Run, Rachel, run! East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #18

It's crowded down here nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #37

Just wait, there'll be a rumor she's a **lesbian**!!!!!!! Scuba Aug 2013 #22

Say it aint so!!! nt Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #23

And I hear she drinks Ravens.Ransom Aug 2013 #33

She makes cocktails on her show! Clearly she is not to be taken seriously. n/t cui bono Aug 2013 #39

You forgot to mention that she fears black helicopters. Bonobo Aug 2013 #50

Good for her. Some things are more important than party politics and it's sad that there those sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #8

I honestly think the intelligence agency cabal is bigger than the President. rhett o rick Aug 2013 #99

I wouldn't worry what a few people who dither around DU with not much to contribute sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #111

I dont pay mind to those that S-lither about DU trying to PPR anyone that remotely rhett o rick Aug 2013 #112

Lol, me neither. sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #115

Rachel is obviously a "bad journalist" for not letting all the "facts" come out yet riderinthestorm Aug 2013 #10

K&R!!!!!! felix_numinous Aug 2013 #12

Wouldn't that be great? Maybe Rachel will help some of the blind see the error of their ways. chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #43

yes when you have lost rachel questionseverything Aug 2013 #54

The Pauls got to her! WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2013 #13

Lies! All Lies! Rand got to her! She has boxes in her garage! neverforget Aug 2013 #15

''She has boxes in her garage!'' DeSwiss Aug 2013 #31

Rachel Maddow never really loved him! QC Aug 2013 #16

And under the bus she goes! NealK Aug 2013 #17

Regardless of how you feel about Greenwald, morningfog Aug 2013 #20

Damn, now Obama's going to kill another kitten mindwalker_i Aug 2013 #21

I respectfully disagree with Rachel's take on what happened. AppetiteForApathy Aug 2013 #26

+1. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #28

Face it. Our NSA and CIA got caught with their hands in the cookie jars of the world. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #42

+1 Little Star Aug 2013 #48

Why such hamfisted reponses? Are they panicking, pissed off, stupid - all of the above? chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #97

All plus proud and dependent on the program for their livelihoods. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #100

Obama doesn't seem to have a problem sayind no to his BASE. chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #101

True. We need to organize as Progressive Democrats -- a the grassroots level. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #114

Ouch! DeSwiss Aug 2013 #29

K&R midnight Aug 2013 #30

an outrage indeed. it's time for the party to get on the right side of this. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #32

Go for it polynomial Aug 2013 #34

What is this? Aerows Aug 2013 #67

We have a second bus coming by...can we pencil you in for a 8am Rex Aug 2013 #35

Well at least one mainstream journalist gets it... ljm2002 Aug 2013 #38

Awesome! eom.. ut oh Aug 2013 #41

The usual suspects are conspicuously absent from this thread burnodo Aug 2013 #45

Their strategy is to ignore it Enthusiast Aug 2013 #49

I guess Rachel is a bridge too far tblue Aug 2013 #57

They're still putting the new batch through focus group testing. backscatter712 Aug 2013 #62

Link to the video: 'Journalism is not terrorism' flpoljunkie Aug 2013 #46

Thanks for posting the video! chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #52

Knee jerks defend every government action, without thinking. morningfog Aug 2013 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Sunlei Aug 2013 #51

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #53

Soooooo Cryptoad Aug 2013 #55

Yes, Rachel is clearly a terrorist! Civilization2 Aug 2013 #63

why you think that? Cryptoad Aug 2013 #71

The corporate-military kills "terrorists" all the time, using drones to murder them, right? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #91

I've seen plenty of wrong headed statements on DU Aerows Aug 2013 #69

I have seen plenty of posters who Cryptoad Aug 2013 #72

internet posters can be terrorists, but just by posting on the internet you are not a terrorist. nt La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #75

I didnt ask Cryptoad Aug 2013 #76

so is comprehension. i used an analogy to explain what rachel said La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #80

Oh,,, i understand what you wrote Cryptoad Aug 2013 #81

no journalism cannot be terrorism. some surgeons can be terrorists, but medicine is not terrorism. La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #92

again,,, Cryptoad Aug 2013 #98

i think to have logic you need to be at the very least capable of La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #109

And this might redeem Rachel in my eyes. I know that for me, the homophobic streak in the Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #58

+1 n/t Aerows Aug 2013 #70

The homophobic undertones have been evident to me since early on. The Link Aug 2013 #84

Is she still insisting snowden prove his self Jesus Malverde Aug 2013 #60

It's 'prove himself'. And do you have any support for your assertion as to Maddow's position? Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #64

Points of view change over time Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #66

sadly, it often takes an event like this.. frylock Aug 2013 #78

We should all be outraged. nt DLevine Aug 2013 #73

Some are conspicuously absent from this thread. Curious. NorthCarolina Aug 2013 #79

The silence from some quarters is deafening. JEB Aug 2013 #82

A brilliant, "uppity" woman with a national tv show who just happens to be a lesbian. libdem4life Aug 2013 #83

Maddow appreciates the words you put into her mouth, I'm sure. nt uhnope Aug 2013 #85

K&R n/t myrna minx Aug 2013 #87

I applaud Rachel for this. dawg Aug 2013 #88

Rachael gets it. Jasana Aug 2013 #89

Why do many refer to al-Jazeera journalists as terrorists? kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #90

actually if the people did something worth exposing it does give a journalist La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #93

"People" call AJ journalists terrorists because that's how Bushco wanted them portrayed. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #105

Because those people are stupid and uninformed. Next question? LeftyMom Aug 2013 #113

Good on Rachel!! K&R Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #94

I love Rachel! warrprayer Aug 2013 #95

She might also be concerned that her partner could Cleita Aug 2013 #102

Very good point. Clearly that spectre has been raised. chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #103

It IS possible for "journalists" to be, or act in, xfundy Aug 2013 #106

Who knew that would be a controversial statement DirkGently Aug 2013 #108