Passing judgment without even being able to watch the video is patently ridiculous. Don't judge it without seeing the content. And yes, it does matter; how can there ever be any hope for a better situation if all intellectual and constructive discourse is drowned out by the attack of angry mobs?

You're right that both sides are using questionable tactics -- but there's enough of a conservative slant on this forum that I figured we all need a good dose of reality check from the other side.

The difference with this video is that Maddow provides her sources and points you in the direction of being able to confirm her report. She literally says "Open up a web browser and go to..." and walks you through it. Whether you like her or not (and I don't, for the record), that is honest reporting, and denying the information is only denying yourself the opportunity of growth and knowledge.

Don't be so ****ing closed minded, people.

 

Irony, yes. Hypocrisy, certainly. Discrediting? Nope.

Politics in this country (I can't speak for other countries) is abysmal and corrupt. You know how I feel about both the major parties: they're equal offenders on all fronts. Bush is a criminal for misleading us into a war we didn't need to go into, and Obama allows airstrikes that for every 1 member of Taliban killed, kills off 49 innocent civilians -- he's a ****ing murderer.

 

Maddow fell of my radar a long time ago. She is one of the biggest liberal fanboys/girls on that network.

I'm not saying she's lying in that video, I'm saying I've just written her off.

 

I don't have speakers at work. I watched it at home. My response "consider the source". MSNBC can suck it.

 

I don't think you watched it. The source is public record, corporations, lobbyists and former Bush administration officials. Maddow shows you the sources.

Enjoy your blinders.

 

I guess my blinders keep me from being " enlightend." My bad. If it were a report from any of the "main stream" media outlets my response would be the same. FOX MSNBC CNN each one has an agenda trying to appeal to a certain base. Any "news" that is presented from those sources has been chopped, edited, skewed and spun so much, it pointless to assume any of it to be accurate. I'd rather get my "news" from Extra or TMZ

 

I think it's funny that the politicians against health care reform have been found out to be flat out lying about the statistics they quote. They are like little ****ing children that can't actually form a thought against the idea, so they just make up bull ****.

 

Unfortunately there really is no unbiased news source. If you want to get news without it being prepackaged with someone else's theories, you have to look at what they are reporting on for yourself.

 

It's not about you being enlightened, it's about you refusing to see the validity of anything that clashes with your beliefs.

Ignore Maddow and look at the information she provides, and then fact-check it for yourself, for ****'s sake.

 

Keep in mind that the politicians pushing for the health care bills also quote bull**** statistics, like the "50 million Americans uninsured" phrase that keeps popping up.

 

I'm glad someone else here gets it. The video shows you where you can look at this information for yourself.