Janeane Garofalo Interview on NOW, Friday May 6
Did any of you see Janeane Garofalo on NOW last Friday? I think she did a good job, but it was mostly stuff I had heard before. Dave Brancaccio set her up with a number of "But what about..." questions that conservative have often thrown at her. One issue that struck me as fascinating was that whenever the TV wanted an anti-war voice they went to actors and actresses instead of former military or ambassadors or intellectuals. She says imagine if you had a pentagon official or a senior fellow on the anti-war side and on the pro-war side, Kurt Russell. This "fair and balanced" selection of "experts" was rigged from the beginning. They got star power on a "boring" topic but they also marginalized the voice against the war by not having on experts of equal statue.
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Janeane Garofalo on Now, May 6, 2005
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4 Comments:
Is there someone intellectual that's anti-war? To be clear there seem to be only a few positions. First some definitions
War-the actual war, not the current occupation
Peace-the current occupation of Iraq, which may or may not actually be peaceful, but is not war.
So you can be-
Anti-war, anti-peace
Anti-war, Pro-peace
Pro-war, anti-peace
Pro-war, pro-peace
I can't think of anyone that has reasonably justified any of the anti-war stances.
I'm not sure I understand your question. Yes, there have been intellectuals who are anti-war.
I'd name them but they are the usualy suspects. There were also anti-war people in the state department and the pentagon. They risked a lot to talk out against the war. A lot of the people in the military and pentagon retired and then spoke out against it because the knew it would be career suicide. Some did anyway.
Plus you can look at the REASONs people came out against the war that were strategic, political, cost effective and finally moral. Lots of good reasons that were available. They were intimidated and or not given air because the right wing noise machine was geared up to shout them down. Look at what they did to the Dixie Chicks over a single comment.
What Janeane was doing in the interview was pointing out that the media, by choosing a celebrity to go up against a think tank was setting up an unequal playing field. Not all experts are equal. They could have had two celebrities arguing for and aqainst the war. Or two think tankers or two politicians of equal stature or two think tankers but they put the New York Yankees against a popular College ball club, No matter how big their heart was and how great they played they were up against highly paid, experienced professionals. It might have made for fun watching, but it wasn't a equitable debate. And the very fact that we didn't have that debate that it was a forgone conclusion was just demonstrated with the Bush/Blair memo. They were going to go to war one way or another, evidence be damned. It was and is all about wanting to control resources.
I'd name them but they are the usualy suspects.
Who would they be? I am curious if I would classify them as intellectuals.
Plus you can look at the REASONs people came out against the war that were strategic, political, cost effective and finally moral. Lots of good reasons that were available.
There were alot of reasons given but I haven't found any good ones. After a debate, you and I will probably agree to disagree and move on. That's why the media doesn't put intellectuals up. If it was T'Les* vs Ben Affleck, which person's comments is Joe Terran, the average viewer gonna remember. The media wants viewers to get the anti-bush stance- not actually think about the facts.
*T'Les, was an instructor at the Vulcan Science Academy until 2154
Hi there, I came on your site while I was googling for tommy gun pic, and then I read this message about Janeane Garofalo, I have no idea what it's all about but I like her so much.
I've seen her in the great movie the Matchmaker, yesterday I was watching tv and saw her in the Mystery Man -woehoe- and she has a little role in Dogma.
You write interesting things, I assume you don't hate homosexual people (read the wrists bracelet ;P)
Bye, Marina from the Netherlands
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