I talked to the three filmmakers at PennyWisdom. They covered the march/protest too and I grabbed their take:
They also interviewed me but I can’t find their stuff online might not be up yet. I wish them the best of luck.
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Voices at the Mayday March: Pennywisdom Films
Posted: May 2, 2010 by datechguy in internet/free speech, local stuff, media, opinion/news, short films/interviews, special eventsTags: boston, Boston immigration rally 5-1-10, boston mayday march, mayday, media, pennywisdom, short films, short interviews
No matter his faults on other issues…
Posted: May 2, 2010 by datechguy in media, opinion/news, warTags: arabs, david frum, history, Israel, reality, War on Terror
…this article by David Frum shows that one some issues he still gets it.
The Peace process is long on process and short on peace, we are best to stay out of it, why? Because there will be no peace until the Arabs decide that they no longer want to kill rocket or blow up Jews. As soon as that happens peace will take place. Until then it all you have are various pols trying to make themselves look good.
Why conservatives don’t trust media reason #468511
Posted: May 1, 2010 by datechguy in internet/free speech, media, opinion/news, short films/interviews, special events, tea partiesTags: boston, Boston immigration rally 5-1-10, media bias, media malpractice, short interviews, tea parties, tea party express
I met Imad at the Tea Party rally, he and his crew were filming people. In my opinion he was asking a few rather leading questions but he is a nice enough fellow and was kind enough to send me a copy of his work as I requested today.
Take a look at fruits of his efforts:
Take a look at the edits and the presentation. Do you wonder what was left on the floor? What other interviews he left out. Were there people who made a better case that he didn’t decide to present?
Now compare this to my interview of Chris Gonzalez today at the Boston Immigration March/Rally on Mayday today:
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time you know I think Chris’ opinion is nonsense, but rather than attempting to make him look the fool I play my entire interview with him, not editing it or trying to trap him, simply letting him give his opinion and allowing the listeners to make up their own minds.
Chris may not like my opinion or what I have to say concerning his but when he sees this post and the video on YouTube he can not honestly say that his opinion was either misrepresented or altered in any way. It stands or falls on its own two feet.
Imad is a grown man and I as I’ve said a nice fellow but given his presentation I see no reason why any conservative should give him the courtesy of granting him an interview until he returns that same courtesy by respecting those people he talks to.
After all as one of Her Majesty’s subjects should know, to do otherwise just wouldn’t be Cricket!
I think this is not just a question of MSNBC
Posted: May 1, 2010 by datechguy in internet/free speech, media, opinion/newsTags: MainStream media, MSNBC, reality, tolerant left
One of the things that tends to drive me nuts about the left is how they tend to cry tolerance but have an issue showing any. A great example comes up in the story about the fall of MSNBC.
MSNBC is the network of progressives and for progressives. Yet, there is nothing progressive about the network’s employees being terrified to speak up for fear of losing their jobs. Progressives also like to think of themselves as the people who ‘have a heart.’ Thus, there is nothing progressive about making fun of a difficult and terrible experience of youth acknowledged by one who has suffered from the event, even if she happens to be the wife of a former president you don’t like. It’s mean – and it contributes absolutely nothing to the political dialogue.
One of the reasons why the Scott Brown election seemed such a relief was the almost unspoken rule in Massachusetts that seemed to exist where people who where people of a conservative bent felt pressured to keep their mouths shut in the face of other opinions for fear of being called racist, sexist, bigoted. On our jobs, at public events, etc to be conservatives publicly was to be looked down on, a second class citizen, a “redneck” or at the very least very impolite.
Some of us were too outgoing to keep quiet, some didn’t give a damn (fluffy Hussein and all that) but most people are polite and just want to live their lives without trouble.
The Scott Brown election and the dynamics in Washington changed things now not only are conservatives not cowed but they have found that their voice resonates nationwide.
Until this media wide problem is corrected they will not only be distrusted but deserved to be distrusted.
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