June 24, 2013 Hour 1

In [DEAD] Main Show, Membership, The Young Turks Hour 1 - On Demand by Elderrune8 Comments

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Global journey of Edward Snowden. Clip of Chuck Schumer’s comments. Russia laughs off plea for cooperation with US. Clip of John Kerry expressing disapproval over Snowden. The US has lost the moral high-ground with regard to chiding China over lack of civil liberties. Remember when America used to be the leader of the free world? Ecuador is in a bloc that’s “awesome”. Meet the Press, David Gregory and Glenn Greenwald. Mainstream reporting only propagates the established power structure and the government is trying to criminalize true journalism. Espionage act has been used 7 times under the Obama administration. Clip of Russel Tice testimony before congress. Why aren’t Clapper et al. being charged with perjury and being subjected to the same scrutiny as Snowden? ‘Leaks to the media are equated with espionage.’ Are we on the road to East Germany? Government employers are being encouraged to police employees with regard to insider threat possibilities. All of these methods and programs didn’t work with Snowden and others, so why is it continuing? How do you reason with a robot? Once it’s locked in, what are you gonna do? Cenk talks about his impromptu dinner with David Petraeus. IRS and the BOLO program. Tea Party scandal is debunked as the IRS agent in charge is a Republican. BOLO included Progressive and Occupy groups as well. IRS agents testified under oath that Obama administration had nothing to do with it. Mitch McConnell has backed off the story. Pelosi speaks at Netroots convention and is booed while expressing her opinion that the administration is in the right by persecuting whistleblowers. Nelson Mandela is in critical condition. Audio Clip of George W. Bush – “Mandela’s dead.”

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  1. I do not know if anyone replies to very old old episodes but watching this episode 4 years later puts an interesting spin on this story! Looking back at how bad the media had gotten and how you wouldn’t have believed it five years before, if you used that comparison again today how would it rate againt your realization in that video? About the same or would or would you have thought you were even crazier?

  6. I used to be an MSNBC watcher–3 weeks ago! I share most opinions that Cenk. Gregory and that tool Chuck Todd did not surprise me. They are Cream of the crop Beltway/Politico insiders. Such heavy handed character assassination of snowden!! Much much worse is the complete disregard for the stuff that Snowden brought to light. Yes Snowden might indeed be a really bad guy. But we are smart enough to distinguish between the two!!! Lawrwnce o’donnell was so bad I took him of my DVR and will never watch him again. Joy Reid actually seems infatuated with Snowden. When she guest hosted a serious panel of real journalists, she basically repeated the montra, “. . . .Yeah but lets go back to discussing what a bad boy Snowden must be!” Regarding the leak story, she ONLY opined about bad-boy snowden”–despite 3 panelists trying repeatedly to open up the conversation about importance of the actual leaks. Maybe I will watch chris hayes and maddow from time to time. Really ugly and over the top. disappointing.

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