Washington Post Writer: Internet Journalism Is "Sort
Of Like Terrorism" In the same breath Pulitzer prize winning dinosaur
decries use of "loaded" rhetoric
Steve
Watson Infowars.net
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
A Washington Post columnist who appeared on CBS' Face the Nation
on Sunday described tea partiers as potentially violent and
decried internet journalism as "sort of like terrorism"
When asked about her views on the Tea Party by host Bob Schieffer,
Kathleen Parker, a Pulitzer Prize winning commentator, declared
it to be dangerous:
"...this heated rhetoric and some of these words...that
are pretty loaded, 'reload,' 'targeting'...there's a danger
there." Parker said.
After describing the movement as dangerous Parker then said
she wasn't saying that it was dangerous:
"I'm not saying the tea party people are violent or racist
or any of that....I'm not saying that the tea partiers are bad
people or dangerous, I just think we have to be very vigilant....and
be extremely careful, because I do think there is a lot of anger
and it could become something else."
Schieffer then injected the talking point of the internet as
a source of such "danger":
"Some of this really nasty rhetoric that shows up on the
Internet....the only vehicle to deliver news that has no editor....And
that is the added factor to the volatility of this stuff and
where it goes."
To which Parker replied "It's, sort of, like terrorism.
You know, we don't know where to aim our bombs, so we can't
go after a country because there are – you know, there's
no one place to focus on it. And it's the same thing with –
with the Internet. You can't really – you don't know who
to go after."
Classic. A mainstream media fixture warning grassroots activists
not to use "loaded" rhetoric before describing the
alternative media as "sort of like terrorism".
Parker, who also often appears as the token "conservative"
pundit on The Chris Matthews Show, then further warned of hate
speech emanating through internet journalism:
"People who are not well-grounded and who may have these
more violent tendencies suddenly find a place where they can
convene and find validation and even find company. And I don't
know where that all leads, but it's – it's, kind of, scary."
she said.
Watch the video:
Later on in the segment, Parker accused the Tea Party of being
associated with "sort of birther attitude" and being
dominated by "sort of fringy elements" - a notion
totally
out of step with reality according to scientific
national surveys of the American people.
She waxes lyrical about how political anger in the current
climate "could escalate into action beyond the ballot box",
seemingly having forgotten that for eight long years under Bush
very pissed off Americans have been marching in their millions
in protest of illegal foreign occupations and the erosion of
domestic freedoms. Nothing has changed, that's why they are
still out there.
Which is precisely what we've "sort of" come to expect
from these "sort of" corporate media mouthpieces.
Parker ends her column with a valuable suggestion:
"When someone spews obscenities, shout them down. When
politicians and pundits use inflammatory language, condemn them.
When you choose to remain silent, consider yourself complicit
in whatever transpires."
A Washington Post columnist who appeared on CBS' Face the Nation
on Sunday described tea partiers as potentially violent and
decried internet journalism as "sort of like terrorism"
