1420 WMAR's host and webmaster of his self named website is perpetually heard espousing the virtues of an open and vibrant exchange of ideas. However, reality is a little different, where a radio studio is stacked with several ideological partisans for every caller, the frames of every national news debate are set by verbal cut and pastes from News Max or other far right web sites, and ( even when the terminate button is held in check) the last word or wrap up always goes the triumvirate of spin.
One would expect that the first and last of these tactics would be held in check online. Indeed, I have participated in several discussions on our esteemed host's website; invariably having factual arguments met with usual insults ( anti-America, terrorist etc. etc.)
A nadir was finally reached with the culmination of a discussion with host blogger Bob Grant. In my refuting his claim that "victory" against the gargantuan Muslim enemy can ignore sufferings that motivate many of our enemies and damage our reputation, it turns out that Mr. Grant or the esteemed webmaster himself were compelled to edit and rework my posts in a manner befitting a middle schooler.
Insult was recently added to injury when Mr Grant went on to respond to my post that he himself had reworked!!! If your ears can not tell you what this enterprise is all about, go see it with your own eyes ( the site could use the traffic).
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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