Government Media Exposed~!

[amicus]

I have long pointed out the content of most films, sitcoms, written by left wing liberal artists/writers, have been banging the free market, big business, industry, pollution, et cetera, for years...if you ever had a doubt, here is proof of the pudding...bon apetit!

102 tv shows feature 'volunteerism (keyword search)

Thursday, October 15, 2009

An insidious brainwashing program set to be launched next week will “organically” weave the government’s political propaganda into prime time network television shows, with positive talking points about Obama’s environmental, bailout, health care and “servitude” agenda being seamlessly integrated into the content of dramas, reality shows and comedies.

Under the auspices of a program run by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), network TV shows will be used to promote “service and volunteerism” on behalf of the public as part of a “week-long of television programming on all four leading broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and all affiliated broadcast and cable properties as well, and other networks, beginning October 19.”

According to the EIF press release, “Network shows that will feature volunteerism in some way during the week of Oct 19th,” include the following.

ABC
All My Children, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Brothers and Sisters, Castle, Cougar Town, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Flash Forward, General Hospital, Good Morning America, Grey’s Anatomy, Hank, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Modern Family, One Life To Live, Private Practice, The Forgotten, The Middle, The View, Ugly Betty

CBS
Cold Case, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Gary Unmarried, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs

FOX
America’s Most Wanted, Bones, Brothers, COPS, So You Think You Can Dance, Til Death

NBC
30 Rock, Access Hollywood, Community, Days of Our Lives, Heroes, Parks and Recreation, The Biggest Loser, The Office, Today Show

Despite the fact that this was announced back in September, a new investigation by John Nolte has revealed all kinds of surreptitious connections that give a solid indication of what we can expect to be promoted by the TV shows that will effectively be under government control from Monday onwards.

Not only will program makers prostrate themselves to push Obama’s lies about health care, banker bailouts, global warming and creepy public service programs that border on mandatory volunteerism, but they will also lead unsuspecting victims of their brainwashing into the arms of groups like Planned Parenthood.

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Mao & Mother Teresa?

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/55665

This is also on the news, but only on Fox, the rest of the Media is in the tank, but I thought you might enjoy this....

Der Amicus

 

[Huckleman2000]

Sounds like they're taking their cue from Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" drug campaign from the 80s. And we know how great that turned out.

 

[cloudy]

And volunteerism is a bad thing because....?

 

[amicus]

My first Media appearance was back in the late 1950's and very small time at that. However, I developed an appreciation for objective journalism that has stayed with me.

I detested the FCC's Fairness Doctrine and the requirement that all Federally Licensed Radio and Television outlets devote an amount of free air time for 'Public Service' items.

I also remember even before that, of watching Newsreels in Movie Theatre's that propagandized World War Two and engendered hatred of Germans and Japanese.

All of this is based on the concept that a 'free press', is essential in a free society and must remain free of government manipulation.

thanks...

amicus

 

[cloudy]

My first Media appearance was back in the late 1950's and very small time at that. However, I developed an appreciation for objective journalism that has stayed with me.

I detested the FCC's Fairness Doctrine and the requirement that all Federally Licensed Radio and Television outlets devote an amount of free air time for 'Public Service' items.

I also remember even before that, of watching Newsreels in Movie Theatre's that propagandized World War Two and engendered hatred of Germans and Japanese.

All of this is based on the concept that a 'free press', is essential in a free society and must remain free of government manipulation.

thanks...

amicus

Those you listed are paid for television shows, not "free press."

Please try again.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

...“service and volunteerism” on behalf of the public...

What a hideous, underhanded, un-American idea! This could only come from the very depths of the evil and nefarious Obamunist Regime! It turns my stomach to think of people actually helping each other and volunteering for things.

What will they be brain-washing us with next? To be nice to each other? Help the elderly? Etiquette and manners?

One shudders to think...

 

[Liar]

I'm just curious how drama shows with set story lines, not to mention being written and shot often months ago, are going to incorporate any specific message in a coordinated effort right now.

 

[amicus]

And volunteerism is a bad thing because....?[/QUOTE]

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A fair question from your perspective, Cloudy, perhaps...

To 'volunteer', is to freely offer to do something without monetary or any other form of compensation.

It reflects upon an individual's character and is a value, an honorable one, when freely given.

When one is coerced to perform service without pay, it loses all value and becomes a social issue. I know many people who give a day to clean beaches, people and organizations that 'sponsor' a stretch of highway and keep it clean.

There is something sordid about government coercion of a free press and if you don't see that all by yourself then I will never be able to explain it to you.

Amicus

 

[Zeb_Carter]

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What will they be brain-washing us with next? To be nice to each other? Help the elderly? Etiquette and manners?

One shudders to think...

You know I learned all those things when I was a youth but, not from TV or the Government. I learned them from someone, who in todays world is mostly absent from or ignores the child's life, parents.

I'll tell you what happened to me if I didn't address the neighbors as Mrs. Jones or Mr. Jones, I'd get my ass paddled. So I learned my lessons well. I was also taught to respect your elders, something that is totally lacking in today's society.

I only learned how not to be nice to people who were not well known to me by coming here and being called names and watching the fools in Washington.

 

[amicus]

[I]...“service and volunteerism” on behalf of the public...

What a hideous, underhanded, un-American idea! This could only come from the very depths of the evil and nefarious Obamunist Regime! It turns my stomach to think of people actually helping each other and volunteering for things.

What will they be brain-washing us with next? To be nice to each other? Help the elderly? Etiquette and manners?

One shudders to think...[/[/I]QUOTE]

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Your usual snarky little sarcasm that completely misses the point; you must practice obfuscation as it comes so easily to you.

I watched a post Katrina documentary a few evening ago and got all choked up at the generosity of people all over America donating time and money and material goods to the people on the Gulf Coast.

People are good-hearted by nature, Mab, et al, they need not be coerced to be kind, it is part of the human spirit.

Amicus

 

[amicus]

Those you listed are paid for television shows, not "free press."

Please try again.

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PBS is government television and radio, Cloudy, they can't make a profit and depend on tax money and begging the audience to exist.

The Media, the 'free press', is a profit making venture and depends upon advertising to exist.

When the 'product' of the free press, be it news/commentary or sitcoms, becomes infected with government intentions, as this thread proves, bad things happen.

Can you really imagine anything outside a real news event or government coercion that would force any Network to add a social imperative to over 100 programs on all Networks?

Think about it...

ami

 

[cloudy]

A fair question from your perspective, Cloudy, perhaps...

To 'volunteer', is to freely offer to do something without monetary or any other form of compensation.

It reflects upon an individual's character and is a value, an honorable one, when freely given.

When one is coerced to perform service without pay, it loses all value and becomes a social issue. I know many people who give a day to clean beaches, people and organizations that 'sponsor' a stretch of highway and keep it clean.

There is something sordid about government coercion of a free press and if you don't see that all by yourself then I will never be able to explain it to you.

Amicus

1) How is anyone being "coerced" exactly?

co⋅er⋅cion
   [koh-ur-shuhn]
–noun
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.

2) Soap Operas and "America's Funniest Videos" can hardly be classified as "free press," so your argument makes little sense (as usual).

3) PBS is not in your list.

4) How many years have you been here, and when the fuck will you learn how to use the quote function?

 

[JamesSD]

There is a MASSIVE difference between the government suggesting people do things vs. force them do to things. One good example is public health issues relating to obesity. Although various "fat taxes" have been floated, to my knowledge no state actually charges a premium directly on obesity. However, many states do spend a decent chunk of change reminding their populace to essentially "Eat some fucking fruit and vegetables and stop eating so much shit". There is a lot of money to be made marketing fatty, sugary food to children and adults, as opposed to say, carrots. So we have a case where the government spending money to nudge the populace in a certain direction should have a long term benefit to society (assuming the nudge works).

Encouraging people to volunteer isn't exactly a new idea. GW Bush did it, mostly funneling cash to faith-based initiatives and non-profits. But many of those same non-profits rely on volunteers to function.

Using the media and "hollywood" to promote a message is pretty damn cheap for the government (assuming there aren't a lot of under the table payouts).

There is no interference in liberty or free market principles going on here. Everyone is free to say no to volunteering if they choose to. As long as the programs are voluntary and cheap, who can complain about them?

 

[amicus]

JamesSD, aside from the philosophical argument I presented about the necessity of a free press, since you flew on over that, consider this: every five years, every Broadcast Television and Radio Station in the US is required to renew their licenses via the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C.. The Administrator of that Commission is a political appointee.

Now do you get it?

No Broadcaster and his lawyer in DC will oppose a coercive request from the President. Even Fox Network went along, OMG!

Amicus

 

[TxRad]

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4) How many years have you been here, and when the fuck will you learn how to use the quote function?

Funny thing, Scouries can't use the quote function either.

 

[amicus]

Funny thing, Scouries can't use the quote function either.

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And the 'quote function' has what to do with the issue?

When faced with the task of actually thinking, you revert to snide little asides?

Par for da course, I guess, when you have no other bullets in your popsickle.

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ami

 

[TxRad]

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And the 'quote function' has what to do with the issue?

When faced with the task of actually thinking, you revert to snide little asides?

Par for da course, I guess, when you have no other bullets in your popsickle.

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ami

First you need something to shoot at. So far all I see here from you is rhetoric and bullshit. If the government want to use tv to control the masses then why did they outlaw subliminal messaging? That worked a lot better than inserting messages in the actual TV show.

Get real.

 

[amicus]

JamesSD, I want to revisit a portion of your post:

There is a MASSIVE difference between the government suggesting people do things vs. force them do to things. One good example is public health issues relating to obesity. Although various "fat taxes" have been floated, to my knowledge no state actually charges a premium directly on obesity. However, many states do spend a decent chunk of change reminding their populace to essentially "Eat some fucking fruit and vegetables and stop eating so much shit". There is a lot of money to be made marketing fatty, sugary food to children and adults, as opposed to say, carrots. So we have a case where the government spending money to nudge the populace in a certain direction should have a long term benefit to society (assuming the nudge works).

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Part of government propaganda in the schools as recently exposed in a news item, was that government exists to 'take care' of us, the people.

It is obscene to me that government exerts pressure on its citizens to 'eat healthy', 'don't smoke', exercise regularly, et cetera. The entire anti McDonald's flap about, 'supersize me', with the government limiting school menu's and even food dispensing machines all for Pigouvian reasons, to manipulate the public.

You may feel it is properly in the province of government to, 'nudge' the populace to some particular beneficial goal and I feel it necessary to remind you that this is America.

We have a government with limited powers, limited by law, that prevents government from doing just what you recommend, 'nudging' us in any direction.

Our Founding Laws, knowing the corruption possible in an all powerful government body, purposely limited that government to specific powers and relegated other powers to the State, with most power vested in the individual.

Suppose your government came out against the gay and lesbian lifestyle and sex education in public schools? Would you then see the danger of government pushing for certain objectives that may not please all the people?

This effort by the Obama administration to influence mass media is the proverbial step down a slippery slope. Add to that the open criticism of a major media outlet, Fox News, because the White House does not respect their opinions and reportage.

This is dangerous ground and even a few well found Liberals in the media are exercising caution in approving this latest White House power grab.

Amicus

 

[xssve]

My god, the horror. It's a lonely battle you fight there amicus.

Yer doin' a fine job and we're proud of ya'.

 

[unregistered]

 

[amicus]

Hello Industrial Bondage, and welcome....see there xssve, not so lonely after all...

Lonely, was behind the microphone in a studio overlooking a city with only a distant engineer in my earpiece and the unending screaming Liberals that jammed the phone lines.

"How do you put up with all the idiots out there?" Was the question my engineer asked at 6am each morning...



Amicus

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

And volunteerism is a bad thing because....?

Volunteers steal jobs.

 

[cloudy]

Volunteerism is great; mandatory (forced) volunteerism (as at least one bill seems to call for in far more polite terms) is a whole different matter.

A bill that has never passed.

Dear God, y'all are fucking dense.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Volunteers steal jobs.

This strikes a new nadir in utter inanity.

Obama's talking about people volunteering in community service and humanitarian capacities. He's not suggesting they volunteer at Caterpillar or pick lettuce or work at McDonald's.

These are social positions, the kind of things that would have to be paid for out of public funds if they weren't staffed by volunteers. In other words, the idea's to save you money. The people who man soup kitchens and visit the elderly at home can keep their prestigious and high-paying jobs.

 

[Stella_Omega]

another thread to be flushed down the toilet. Thank you, Firefox!