Donald Hank
MSNBC massages poll, calls national TV show "private"
By Donald Hank
Censorship has always happened in one form or another, since the beginning of time. However, the censorship in the US has usually been more or less muted, based on the assumption that a certain percentage of us are sentient.
That assumption seems to have eroded considerably lately, and precisely at a time when Americans are more awake perhaps than ever before. Never has the emperor looked more naked.
Recently, MSNBC ran a poll asking whether people thought Sara Palin's and other political rhetoric (implication: conservative speech) may have contributed to the Tucson shootings. The poll numbers posted beneath the poll showed that only 35% thought there was no link between political "rhetoric" and massacres like that one. 60.5% fell obediently into line behind the Left and agreed there is a link. The rest weren't sure.
On January 14 I sent the poll out to thousands of conservatives guaranteed to vote the other way.
The next day the poll results were unchanged, down to the last decimal! Incredibly, the poll is still up at this writing and there is no indication from MSNBC that the poll is closed.
A few of the recipients told me days later that the poll numbers were still unchanged. At least 3 days later, as more and more recipients notified me of the anomaly, I went to the poll and personally noted that the nos. were unchanged.
Of course, the Left, long noted for revisionism, invents its own truth. But this was so crass, it was mind boggling.
Then a few days later I sent to my short list a link to an MSNBC commentary by their own Rachel Maddow, not noted for her sympathy with the right. Incredibly, she was scathingly, blisteringly attacking Obama for a recent speech he made endorsing indefinite detention based on a "new legal regime." She compared him favorably with GW Bush.
One of the recipients just today asked for another link. I thought "that's strange. The link worked for me." Sure enough, when I clicked, I got a message saying "this video is private." Another link I found to the video said that due to "third party infringements," they had to take it down. But yet, the video was originally put up by MSNBC for the general public to view, so that precludes any "third party" infringements. No one can infringe on a copyright if the material is intended for the public at large. Who do they think they are kidding? As for the other excuse, a video of a commentary made on national TV is "private"? Come on!
After looking on about a dozen sites, I finally found one that is a live link.
Please listen while you still can. Also, if you know how to make a copy, please do because this must not be lost. It is valuable evidence that even the Left cannot support Obama's blatant violation of the Constitution:
http://dotsub.com/view/cfad3ce8-8b80-4981-ba6b-f48f184d6712
Another live link from a reader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Z2ac34RDI
© Donald Hank
January 22, 2011
Censorship has always happened in one form or another, since the beginning of time. However, the censorship in the US has usually been more or less muted, based on the assumption that a certain percentage of us are sentient.
That assumption seems to have eroded considerably lately, and precisely at a time when Americans are more awake perhaps than ever before. Never has the emperor looked more naked.
Recently, MSNBC ran a poll asking whether people thought Sara Palin's and other political rhetoric (implication: conservative speech) may have contributed to the Tucson shootings. The poll numbers posted beneath the poll showed that only 35% thought there was no link between political "rhetoric" and massacres like that one. 60.5% fell obediently into line behind the Left and agreed there is a link. The rest weren't sure.
On January 14 I sent the poll out to thousands of conservatives guaranteed to vote the other way.
The next day the poll results were unchanged, down to the last decimal! Incredibly, the poll is still up at this writing and there is no indication from MSNBC that the poll is closed.
A few of the recipients told me days later that the poll numbers were still unchanged. At least 3 days later, as more and more recipients notified me of the anomaly, I went to the poll and personally noted that the nos. were unchanged.
Of course, the Left, long noted for revisionism, invents its own truth. But this was so crass, it was mind boggling.
Then a few days later I sent to my short list a link to an MSNBC commentary by their own Rachel Maddow, not noted for her sympathy with the right. Incredibly, she was scathingly, blisteringly attacking Obama for a recent speech he made endorsing indefinite detention based on a "new legal regime." She compared him favorably with GW Bush.
One of the recipients just today asked for another link. I thought "that's strange. The link worked for me." Sure enough, when I clicked, I got a message saying "this video is private." Another link I found to the video said that due to "third party infringements," they had to take it down. But yet, the video was originally put up by MSNBC for the general public to view, so that precludes any "third party" infringements. No one can infringe on a copyright if the material is intended for the public at large. Who do they think they are kidding? As for the other excuse, a video of a commentary made on national TV is "private"? Come on!
After looking on about a dozen sites, I finally found one that is a live link.
Please listen while you still can. Also, if you know how to make a copy, please do because this must not be lost. It is valuable evidence that even the Left cannot support Obama's blatant violation of the Constitution:
http://dotsub.com/view/cfad3ce8-8b80-4981-ba6b-f48f184d6712
Another live link from a reader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Z2ac34RDI
© Donald Hank
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