So much for the "liberal media"

From the article:

"Remember the first stirrings of what came to be termed as the "Tea Party" uprising? Never mind that it was created by powerful conservative corporate entities like the Koch Brothers. Never mind that the "Tea Party" was nothing more or less than the GOP base with a new coat of paint. Never mind that virtually everything they were yelling about was based on lies and deliberate misinformation. Never mind that most of them really didn't know what they were talking about, and couldn't spell to save their lives.

"Three blivets wreathed in American flags and automatic weapons could stand on a streetcorner with signs reading "Keep Your Damn Government Hands Off My Medicare," and they would find themselves surrounded by camera crews from CNN, MSNBC and, of course, Fox News. But put 50,000 people a day out on the streets of Madison, put tens of thousands more on the streets in every state in the union, and those same news cameras are suddenly too busy covering the Oscars and Lindsey Lohan's ongoing crime spree to make an effort at coverage."

His point is they are ignoring what is really happening in Wisconsin. And he claims it is due to the corporate ownership of the media.

So much for the so-called liberal media.

http://www.truth-out.org/the-liberal-media-strikes-again68115

What Wisconsin is really all about

So if you are following the news, and I know you are, you know that many states are in serious financial trouble. One of them is Wisconsin, where state employees are being asked to sacrifice not only raises and pay, but also health and retirement benefits, plus give up their right to collective bargaining.

The Governor says it is necessary to solve the budget crisis.

Critics say it is just politics (because the unions are heavily Democratic and the Governor is Republican).

Now we know who is right.

A billionaire funder of politics around the country--one of the Koch brothers--called and got through to the Governor. This is the same guy who funds one of the national Tea Party groups and who hosts secret meetings of powerful people around the country to suggest strategies to impact policy. He talked to the Governor for 20 minutes.

And we only know about it because it was not really Mr. Koch but instead was a man described as a "liberal blogger." So the truth has come out what this is really all about.

It's just politics.

(now imagine if you lived in Wisconsin and wanted to talk to the Governor. Could you get through and talk to him for 20 minutes? Shows you the power of money in this country when a person living outside the state can get through and capture 20 minutes of the Governor's time.) As noted in the article: "So! A Koch brother can call up a nationally prominent Republican elected official and get an audience whenever he likes, basically. That is not particularly surprising, I guess."

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/02/23/koch_walker_call