Oh Blame Some Olde Dung deleted and retreated from:

Man of Mind restored the text/context that refuted:

Oh Blame Some Olde Dung regurgitated the usual:

Anyone waving a placard or voicing dissent against the
Obama administration dare not protest too loudly

This, from a poster who is quoting an article written by
Jayna Davis for the so-called "conservative" American
Thinker web-site..

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...erican_Thinker

"American Thinker (AT) is a conservative daily internet
publication. According to it website, American Thinker
presents a "thoughtful exploration of issues of importance
to Americans."

/aside/Sure it does..

"There is ample evidence to support the notion that AT
serves as part of the right wing's echo chamber.

/aside follows/ right-wing echo chamber, noise machine

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Echo_chamber

"In the United States, the Republican Party uses a network
of conservative foundations, coordinated by the Philanthropy
Roundtable, and described in an extensive report (March 2004)
by Jerry M. Landay for Mediatransparency.org, supporting
conservative think tanks, industry-friendly experts and
subsidized conservative media that systematically spread their
messages throughout the political and media establishment."

Example of such follows, from..

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...erican_Thinker

"A good example of this can be found in a December 5th, 2007 piece
on the National Intelligence Estimate report on the state of Iran's
Nuclear weapon's program.

Writer Ed Lasky first refers to an Editorial in the New York
Sun inferring that the intelligence community is against
President Bush.

Footnote #2 http://www.nysun.com/editorials/van-...emarche/67479/

"Lasky concludes that "the National Intelligence Estimate was cooked
up by bureaucrats eager to embarrass George Bush and transform US
policy towards Iran." To substantiate his argument he goes on to
quote an editorial from the Wall Street Journal-

Footnote #3
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editor...l?id=110010946

-which avers the authors of the NIE study a "former State
Department officials with previous reputations that should
lead one to doubt their conclusions. All three are ex-bureaucrats
who, as is generally true of State Department types, favor endless
rounds of negotiation and "diplomacy" and oppose confrontation.
These three officials, according to the Wall Street Journal, have
'reputations as hyper-partisan anti-Bush officials'." This statement
"Hyper-partisan anti-Bush officials", restated as fact in the AT
article, is quoted and requoted by rightwing blogs and news sources
throughout the media.

Footnote #4
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblog..._aboutface.asp

Footnote #5
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...d=opinionsbox1

Footnote #6 http://texasholdemblogger.wordpress.com/


Ultimately this type of statement winds up being echoed by mainstream
pundits such as Rush Limbaugh.[7]

--And one should doubt the veracity of Ms. Davis' claims..

What is SourceWatch?

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...rceWatch:About

"The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) publishes SourceWatch,
this collaborative, specialized encyclopedia of the people,
organizations, and issues shaping the public agenda. SourceWatch
profiles the activities of front groups, PR spinners, industry-
friendly experts, industry-funded organizations, and think tanks
trying to manipulate public opinion on behalf of corporations or
government. We also highlight key public policies they are trying
to affect and provide ways to get involved."

--See subject header for details, cheesehead..