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Amanda and Jerad Miller, right-wing terrorists
This week on CounterSpin: Confederate flags may be coming down in Southern states, but it’s still an open question how much the white supremacist murders in Charleston will re-orient media discourse. One part of a conversation with many parts has to do with when journalists choose to unleash the weaponized language of “terrorism”—and the effect that has on public opinion and policy. There’s research to illustrate media patterns on the issue, including a report out of the University of Illinois. We’ll speak with lead author, Travis Dixon, associate professor of communication at the University of Illinois/Urbana.
Also on the show: When an uprising broke out at a Texas prison earlier this year, media accounts said complaints about medical care turned violent at the facility, which overwhelmingly housed immigrants charged with “illegal reentry.” Investigation suggests media didn’t get the story right, though—not too surprising, given the general lack of attention to US prisons and the people in them. We’ll talk about the Texas story, and the bigger story of using prison to address immigration, with journalist Seth Freed Wessler.
LINKS:
- “Study: Media Quicker to Label Muslims Than Whites as Terrorists,” by Julie Wurth (News-Gazette, 6/23/15)
- “The Changing Misrepresentation of Race and Crime on Network and Cable News,” by Travis L. Dixon and Charlotte L. Williams (Journal of Communication, 2/15)
- The True Story of a Texas Prison Riot, by Seth Freed Wessler (The Nation, 6/23/15)
The whole government is a Ponzi scheme!
In year 2011, the biggest international swindler-Ex CEO of NASDAQ Mr. Madoff told his side story to media and had a fantastic comment “The whole government is a Ponzi scheme.” However, compared to Singapore government and America government, I would say his scheme is “a piece of cake”. Mr. Madoff blasted SEC only. By contrast, I criticize Singapore government and America government which have conspired together to plot the “Ponzi scheme, soft dictatorship and death installment plan” to force me on the death row.
I came here to seek justice and protection. Let’s quote the greatest judge in America history named John Marshall’s statement: “The right of every individual to claim protection of the laws, wherever he receives the injury. One of the first duties of government of the America is to afford its residents the protection of the laws.” Exactly, I have reported my incidents to DHS, FDA and Police but they have failed to keep me from harm and mistreatment. So, I have sued OBAMA’s failure and asked him to hold accountable for his bad judgment, wrong decision and intentional torts. Unfortunately, OBAMA sees himself about the law and the America courts and judges cover up for him. Let’s see the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures and FRAP, both say “You have the rights…” But OBAMA has appointed his political appointees, such as, Dale Drozd, Troy Nunley and Jacqueline Nguyen to deprive of my constitutional right (First Amendment) to file grievances. And from Rules of Supreme Court, it says “Review on a writ of certiorari is not a matter of right, but of judicial discretion.” In essence, America judges have “Unlimited discretion” to do whatever they want. That’s not the intent of the framers of America Constitution. I filed the “Extraordinary Writ” to Supreme Court on Apr/23/2015, but the clerk of the Supreme Court named Michael Dogan (??) deceived me again. So, from Trial Court to Court of Appeals and finally to Supreme Court, all is helping to cover up for the ugliest Constitutional crisis. Therefore, America government can write off its debt to me.
The chief framer of “Ponzi scheme, soft dictatorship and death installment plan”-Lee K.Y died with karma in Singapore on Mar/23/2015. His son-Lee Hsien Loong and his co-conspirator-OBAMA have been framing second generation of “Ponzi scheme, soft dictatorship and death installment plan”. Should we defeat them or let them be?
Prejudice will swallow anything. My ordeals are nothing to do with sex/love. Two evil governments have abused this term to obfuscate political persecution with sex/love. Using sex/love to compensate my 279 days unconstitutional jail and more than 750 days inhuman tortures and persecutions, I ask Lee Hsien Loong/OBAMA go to hell. The outrage is: they often force me to date some *ssholes arranged by them. Save those to Lee Hsien Loong/OBAMA. Again, Lee Hsien Loong/OBAMA: Your Ponzi scheme go to hell!
“Give me liberty or give me death”? As my anticipation, I am a homeless from May/04/2015 plotted by Lee Hsien Loong/OBAMA. Unlike Lee Hsien Loong/OBAMA-cheap and dirty, I die in clean and clear with personal dignity. However, it grieves me because Lee’s influence is still so egregious that many, very many will adopt his opinions, however unsound they may be. Lee is fun to damage the reputation of America government to cover up for Singapore government.
I am speechless right now…
Podcast above talks about unconscious biases and even money as a cause of biased coverage in the mainstream media. However there are also deliberate efforts to mislead. Various organizations create talking points and even provide biased materials which journalists then use out of their loyalty to the cause.