Comments on: Dick Cheney playing noose-dodger http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/05/13/dick-cheney-playing-noose-dodger/ Putting the nerd in comnerdedy Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:09:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dan http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/05/13/dick-cheney-playing-noose-dodger/comment-page-1/#comment-26479 dan Thu, 14 May 2009 15:17:37 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=240#comment-26479 I don't think Media is owned by right-wing (in my opinion). At least not right-wing in the sense of US political dialog. I think they're mostly pragmatic, capitalist centrists. I also don't buy argument number 2. I think the "America is the bad guy" ship has pretty much sailed. The withholding of prisoner torture images is about not making a bad situation worse - what point would they serve? Everyone's aware they exist. It just gives extremists an image to wave around and say "look what they do, now let's do it back! ... again!". I get the feeling Obama's trying to calm the waters and change the tone of dialog. Pictures of torture don't help that. And they're not even newsworthy because we all know it happened. I don’t think Media is owned by right-wing (in my opinion). At least not right-wing in the sense of US political dialog. I think they’re mostly pragmatic, capitalist centrists.

I also don’t buy argument number 2. I think the “America is the bad guy” ship has pretty much sailed. The withholding of prisoner torture images is about not making a bad situation worse – what point would they serve? Everyone’s aware they exist. It just gives extremists an image to wave around and say “look what they do, now let’s do it back! … again!”.

I get the feeling Obama’s trying to calm the waters and change the tone of dialog. Pictures of torture don’t help that. And they’re not even newsworthy because we all know it happened.

]]> By: brent http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/05/13/dick-cheney-playing-noose-dodger/comment-page-1/#comment-26440 brent Thu, 14 May 2009 05:04:23 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=240#comment-26440 1 - media aren't calling him out because media is still owned by right-wing. 2 - obama can't make too big a deal out these war crimes in case he paints his country as the bad guy. they ARE the bad guy, but he can't admit it. same reason as why he's not releasing the prisoner torture images. 1 – media aren’t calling him out because media is still owned by right-wing.

2 – obama can’t make too big a deal out these war crimes in case he paints his country as the bad guy. they ARE the bad guy, but he can’t admit it. same reason as why he’s not releasing the prisoner torture images.

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