Preempting Pravda & Interpreting Izvestia
April 23rd, 2009
Vladimir Bukovsky, the great anti-Soviet dissident, once reproved me for quoting the old joke about the two main official Soviet newspapers: “There’s no truth in Pravda [Truth] and no news in Izvestia [News.]” He pointed out that you could learn a great deal of truthful news from both papers if you read them with proper care.
In particular, they often denounced “anti-Soviet lies.” These lies had never previously been reported by them. Nor were they lies. And their exposure as such was the first that readers had been told of them. By reading the denunciation carefully, however, intelligent readers could decipher what the original story must have been. It was a roundabout way of getting information — but it worked.
John O’Sullivan wrote that in his article, The Song of the Kerry Boatmen, in National Review in the fall of 2004, a few months before the presidential election. (…Ah, good times, good times).
Bukovsky’s words offer insight to us as the Obamachination of the news ramps up to hype the “First 100 Days”.
From Politico: 100 days: What Obama wants you to read
In working on their own “100 days” story they report:
For that story, we spoke to top White House officials. So it’s with some authority that we can offer this user’s guide to 100 days stories.
Here are seven things the White House wants reporters to write:
Obama is a promise keeper…
[Hmm...don't read Jim Geraghty much, eh?, author of the Obama Axiom!]
Obama is a game changer…
[I think they mean that in a positive way.]
Obama is the decider…
[The Chicago Way v. Mr. Present]
Obama’s not in the bubble…
[Wagyu steak, anyone?]
Obama is not FDR…
[redefining expectations]
Obama is FDR…
[er..wait...]
Obama is one cool cucumber
[the tabloid president comes to your local grocery store]
Politico also gives their observations on how well each talking points is going over with the media.
Most of the press is living in Looking Glass land.
It remains to be seen how many of these Six Seven Impossible Things to Believe Before Breakfast will go over with the public.
Fisk away, my friends, fisk away!
Crossposted to BeJohnGalt and RedState Member Diaries.
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I honestly don’t know anymore what the general public of the United States believes. Logic tells me they should by now see the emperor has no clothes. Reality tells me they don’t.
For the first time in our history we now have a man who occupies the Oval Office regularly blaming the previous administration for everything bad and not giving credit for anything good, while at the same time saying he will not prosecute them for “war crimes” but he will allow his attorney general to make the decision as to whether or not to prosecute former administration lawyers for “war crimes.”
I guess if we get attacked again (may God forbid) we will end up having tea and crumpets with the terrorists as we try to talk them into telling us what else they plan to do to destroy our country.
At this rate they don’t have much more to destroy. This man has single-handedly ruined the morale of this nation in less than 100 days.
Some people are waking up. From what I’ve seen, the polls are all over the place. That tells me that some of them are being cooked.
Probably so, INC, but right now I feel pessimistic about our country’s future with this gang in charge.
The next president (hopefully not Democrat) will have to undo every single, solitary executive order issued by this imposter and the laws of his all too eager syncophants in Congress.
All we can do is continue to pray that God will still show His blessings on our country. But then, why should He? He is attacked by about half the electorate, at least. But for the sake of the few…