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Did anyone see John Stossel's "Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics" last night?
ABC's 20/20 last night was a John Stossel special: "Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics".
Stossel is a libertarian. This whole piece, while it started out fair enough by making the point that we expect too much of our politicians sometimes, quickly devolved into a libertarian propaganda piece. Every last bit of what was said was either pushing the message of 'no government no government' directly, or doing it through thinly veiled poorly thought out metaphors(rinkonomics?).
As a liberal, I was appalled. And further appalled by the people commenting on the 20/20 website(abcnews.com/2020) along the lines of 'it was a brilliant piece of journalism' when it was CLEARLY a libertarian propaganda piece.
Watch for yourselves:
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 1 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 2 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 3 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 4 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 5 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 6 of 6
ABC's 20/20 last night was a John Stossel special: "Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics".
Stossel is a libertarian. This whole piece, while it started out fair enough by making the point that we expect too much of our politicians sometimes, quickly devolved into a libertarian propaganda piece. Every last bit of what was said was either pushing the message of 'no government no government' directly, or doing it through thinly veiled poorly thought out metaphors(rinkonomics?).
As a liberal, I was appalled. And further appalled by the people commenting on the 20/20 website(abcnews.com/2020) along the lines of 'it was a brilliant piece of journalism' when it was CLEARLY a libertarian propaganda piece.
Watch for yourselves:
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 1 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 2 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 3 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 4 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 5 of 6
YouTube - 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 6 of 6