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'''Liberal Smear Machine''' is an informal term for the [[liberal]] organized tactic of attempting to discredit conservative ideology through the methods of [[media bias]], professor bias, and [[vandalism]] & [[censorship]] of conservative ideas on wikis and blogs. | '''Liberal Smear Machine''' is an informal term for the [[liberal]] organized tactic of attempting to discredit conservative ideology through the methods of [[media bias]], professor bias, and [[vandalism]] & [[censorship]] of conservative ideas on wikis and blogs. | ||
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| + | ==2008 Presidential elections== | ||
| + | :''Main article:''[[Barack_Hussein_Obama_2008_Presidential_campaign#Tone|2008 Presidential election]] | ||
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| + | Th [[JournoList]] functioned as a private email list of liberal journalists, educators, and pundits.<ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/06/on_journolist_and_dave_weigel.html On Journolist, and Dave Weigel], WashingtonPost, June 25, 2010.</ref> Members of the list planned inserting the Democratic [[race card]] in stories attacking critics with reservations or hesitant in support of [[Barack Hussein Obama]] as racist. | ||
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| + | There were also coordinated attacks on [[Sarah Palin]] and her family.<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/22/when-mccain-picked-palin-liberal-journalists-coordinated-the-best-line-of-attack/print/ When McCain picked Palin, liberal journalists coordinated the best line of attack], The Daily Caller, July 22, 2010.</ref> Also, there were postings to the listerv talking gleefully about how one of the listserv members would love to see the death of [[Rush Limbaugh]].<ref>Noel Sheppard. [http://newsbusters.org/node/40226/print Rush Limbaugh Responds to JournoLister Wishing His Death], Newsbusters, July 21, 2010.</ref><ref name=rush>[[Rush Limbaugh]]. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_072110/content/01125108.guest.html Journolisters Want to Shut Down Fox! (and Wish Rush Death, Too)], RushLimbaugh.com, July 21, 2010.</ref> | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
Revision as of 02:51, June 13, 2011
Liberal Smear Machine is an informal term for the liberal organized tactic of attempting to discredit conservative ideology through the methods of media bias, professor bias, and vandalism & censorship of conservative ideas on wikis and blogs.
2008 Presidential elections
- Main article:2008 Presidential election
Th JournoList functioned as a private email list of liberal journalists, educators, and pundits.[1] Members of the list planned inserting the Democratic race card in stories attacking critics with reservations or hesitant in support of Barack Hussein Obama as racist.
There were also coordinated attacks on Sarah Palin and her family.[2] Also, there were postings to the listerv talking gleefully about how one of the listserv members would love to see the death of Rush Limbaugh.[3][4]
Further reading
- Chip Berlet: Leftist Lie Factory, By Chris Arabia, FrontPageMagazine.com October 16, 2003.
See also
- ↑ On Journolist, and Dave Weigel, WashingtonPost, June 25, 2010.
- ↑ When McCain picked Palin, liberal journalists coordinated the best line of attack, The Daily Caller, July 22, 2010.
- ↑ Noel Sheppard. Rush Limbaugh Responds to JournoLister Wishing His Death, Newsbusters, July 21, 2010.
- ↑ Rush Limbaugh. Journolisters Want to Shut Down Fox! (and Wish Rush Death, Too), RushLimbaugh.com, July 21, 2010.