I am unaware of to what extent leftists
\nlisten to and engage right wing pundits.
\nI am under the impression that conservative media outlets are mostly
\nconsumed by conservatives. The popularity of the movie Outfoxed,<\/i> a film that does nothing but advances the
\nhypothesis that Fox News is biased, seems to support this assumption. Brock\u2019s
\nfact checking efforts represent a new era of fighting the right. It is critical that the left engage
\nright-wing media, but as active participants and not as passive consumers. On
\nMarch 8, 2005, University of Madison, Wisconsin published a study that showed
\nthat post 9-11 TV watching tended to push liberals in a rightward
\ndirection. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The survey showed that among liberals who
\nwatched little television, about 20 percent favored more government police
\npowers. But about 41 percent of liberals who were heavy viewers of TV news
\nsupported such measures – much closer to the 50 to 60 percent of conservatives
\nwho supported greater police powers, regardless of how much TV news they
\nwatched.<\/p>\n
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\nhttp:\/\/www.news.wisc.edu\/10779.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nleftists are aware that popular and conservative television media is biased and
\ndistorted and so to preserve their sanity, refuse to engage it. I do not watch TV. I follow media through Media Matters
\nand through blogs such as Newshounds (\u201cWe watch Fox so you don\u2019t have to\u201d), the
\nWonkette and Atrios. TV\u2019s constant stream of biased, corporate-produced images
\nis overwhelming to me. My
\nfascination with punditry is as an outsider. My pieces are like tourist photos. I do not know if the locals would consider them trite or
\ncompelling. (My media-obsessed
\nfriends seem to like them, though.)<\/p>\n
\naware of how the far right is changing discourse. I write pieces with the idea that they will help raise
\nthis awareness. I hope that awareness persuades leftists to action or at least
\nto outrage. At the least, one hopes that all of the Alien Others constantly
\nattacked by the right wing would begin to feel solidarity for each other. Arabs and queers are often used almost
\ninterchangeably. Imus in the Morning<\/i> described an Iraqi resistance fighter as \u201can enemy combatant
\nwho had sworn fidelity to some bearded fatwa fairy.\u201d (
\n\u201cproblem.\u201d Bill Cunningham said while discussing classroom discipline on Hannity
\n& Colmes<\/i>, \u201cIn the
\ngood old days, back when AIDS was an appetite suppressant and when gay meant
\nyou were happy, back in those days there was discipline in public schools. But
\nnot today.\u201d
\n(http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/items\/200503040003) Ah yes, back when people
\nknew their place and social norms could be enforced with lynching, in that mythical
\ngolden age, children were well-behaved. <\/p>\n