quote:Originally posted by marksw59:quote:Originally posted by beternU:quote:Originally posted by gracies old man:
I didn't say BeternU was wrong to point it out. But I think it is insignificant, if that's the best he can do.
But BeternU simply took what one left wing TV personality said about a conservative TV personality. And knowing Olberman, I'm sure it was in some way out of context. That's not really doing his own research.
But since you claimed I said he was WRONG to point it out, show me where I said that.
Nope--I watched the entire clip of Beck as he vehemently denounced the evil mainstream media for showing absolutely NO film clips of Byrd's famous filibustering. I heard him describing just how hot and heavy his staff had been at it as they researched the matter. I had to chuckle as no doubt many did, since I was fully aware that filming of Senate sessions was prohibited in that time. In the late 70s--early 80s, while working for the gummint in Washington, I attended Senate proceedings several times and even then, 15-18 years later, still no cameras allowed. Beck bungled it badly,and he bungled it with all that great energy, enthusiasm and c o c k sure bluster that he summons up to punctuate all of his blithering tirades!
Oh well, since it isn't on film, that means it never happened, right? You're a good little prole, aren't you?
Pretty weak, marksw. I never, anywhere or anytime, said that it didn't happen. The fact that Byrd filibustered on civil rights legislation was a GIVEN in all my posts on this topic. The point I made is that the oafish Beck and his doltish staff really believed that film existed to document the filibustering, even though no such film was ever taken, since filming in Senate sessions was banned at that time and for years thereafter
And contrary to the automatic winger conclusion of alleged mainstream media neglect of the anti-civil rights bias of Byrd in his early years, there was, in fact, plenty of mention of that in the mainstream media. It is just a knee-jerk thing for the wingers on here and elsewhere to ASSume that the msm does not cover such material. And the same wingers would be the last to know, anyway, since they rarely watch any news coverage other than Faux un-News.