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Keith did a segment about Fox’s new show ‘24’ which depicts a nuclear bomb being set off on a bus by a terrorist in a U.S. city. The question was, is this deliberate brainwashing propaganda? He also showed a clip of the “love fest” (as he put it) at the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation where Rush Limbaugh and Michael Chertoff hyped up the show and its cast.

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Is Fox Set To Blow The Nukes On '24'?

As Washington continues to raise concerns about terror threats on The Homeland -- a recent CIA report outlined a scenerio of possible "series of explosions using 'low charge' nuclear weapons" -- Hollywood and FOX-TV are set to up the ante with the new season of 24!

A couple points.

Is this not eerily similar to Fox’s seemingly prophetic Lone Gunmen series which preceded the events of 9/11? Should we be expecting art to imitate reality once again?

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In February of 2000, The Lone Gunman series aired on FOX TV. The pilot episode was about a commercial airliner being flown into the World Trade Center Towers 19 mos. before 9/11

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To add to the high strangeness we have the comments of religious nutcase and high profile media figure Pat Robertson. He too suddenly became fixated with the notion of a nuclear device being detonated on the homeland.

www.cnn.com/2003/US/10/09/robertson.state/

Television evangelist and Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson's suggestion that a nuclear device should be used to wipe out the State Department was "despicable," department spokesman Richard Boucher said Thursday.

Fox’s fascination with fear and nukes has a long history.

www.infowars.com/articles/ww3/fox_news_hez_certain_nuke_usa.htm

Fox News Says Hezbollah 'Certain' To Nuke Major City

Following the ceaseless bombing of Lebanon, Fox News has gone thermonuclear in its mission to drive fear into the hearts of Americans by insisting that Hezbollah's use of a nuclear device in a major US or Israeli is inevitable and that only increased surveillance of Americans can stop it....

Fox news explains in graphic detail exactly how a suitcase bomb would actually kill you. Be afraid...very afraid! And most importantly, relinquish your constitutional rights! That way big brother can protect you.....hmppph, likely story.

www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,76990,00.html

"Suitcase" Bomb

Nuclear and radiological weapons kill people not only by their conventional impact and explosion, but also with the radioactive material they emit. Here are the various ways the radiation can be spread to humans:

Open your eyes America, you're being groomed.

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I just saw a promo for this new documentary to be aired on Fox this weekend. Notice how Bin Laden they say is, “presumably rotting away in some cave”. Well of course there needed to be a new threat because Bush has received so much harsh criticism for not capturing the conveniently elusive Usama and diverting military resources in to Iraq. It wouldn’t look very good for the present administration if he struck again now would it? So now we have a new threat to worry about. Hezbollah. The new boogeyman.

If you refer to the aforementioned article above in the previous posting it’s this very group that’s expected to “nuke a major city”.

Fox News seems utterly obsessed with this scenario.



We’re even given a timetable for the next catastrophe. What do you suppose that projection is based on? This is true paranoia preaching via the mainstream media. I must say that I feel it's time to start bull-horning and soon!

Dallas: There's no doubt in my mind that at some point in the future we will have a radiological device probably soon and a nuclear device at some point five or ten years after.

New fear-mongering documentary set to air this Saturday….

www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244002,00.html

Hezbollah Inside America: FOX News Tells All in Documentary

Does any terrorist organization pose a greater threat to Americans than Al Qaeda?

The shocking answer to that question unfolds this Saturday, January 20th, at 8 p.p. EST, as FOX News Channel presents a breakthrough documentary, “Smokescreen: Hezbollah Inside America.”

While Americans are still largely focused on Al Qaeda and Usama bin Laden — who’s presumably rotting away in some cave — the terrorist group Hezbollah has been setting up shop right here in America’s heartland. And most Americans don’t know a thing about it. But we should no more about Hezbollah — a lot more.

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More like Mossad or CIA would do something like this. I guess they are trying to gear up for a FEAR nutcase for president in 2008, like Ghoul-iani, McCain, or Hitlery.

Now, since Bush is already declaring himself dictator, why not officially suspend the Constitution by declaring Martial Law, and he can be Fuhrer for as long as he wants to

Kucinich and Ron Paul won't stand a chance because "There is no money in Peace"

Speaking of Hitlery, today she said that if she knew then what she knows now, she wouldn't have voted for the war. Bullshit!! We knew it, why didn't she? She changes views like I change socks...Once a week

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Since you mentioned Hitlery,here's her take on how Afganistan should be handled.We wouldn't want to miss out on that opium crop. Sen. Clinton: More forces needed in Afghanistan U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Monday that Afghanistan has made some progress, but the country is “tottering” and needs more troops to finish off Taliban and al-Qaida forces.
Clinton, D-N.Y., was in Germany on Monday with Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and U.S. Rep. John McHugh, R-N.Y., after traveling to Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan over the weekend.
The congressional delegation met with wounded servicemembers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base before heading back to the United States.
“I’m encouraged by the progress in Afghanistan, but Afghanistan is tottering,” Clinton said. “We’ve got to get more support there to make sure we try to finish off the Taliban and al-Qaida that are regrouping, coming across the border. We expect a big spring offensive.” stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=41786&archive=true
Paul/Kucinich 2008 Money can be made from other things besides military Bullshit.

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Fox had a show before 9/11 about 9/11.Coincidence,HELL NO. With this show and the start of a new season of 24 with Keifer the sellout.This season will be about nuclear terror on the US soil and of course,Internment Camps AKA,CONCENTRATION CAMPS.I'll bet there will be no Col.Klinks.Another focus this year for that Propaganda show, 24 is, "Snitch like a bitch." Turn in your friends ,your neighbors,hell ,your relatives,if the price is right. Blatant, outright, in your face, Conditioning of the Boob Tube crowd.When the shit hits the fan, the boob tube crowd from Dumbfuckistan,will not blink an eye or be shocked.Hell they already saw that stuff on TV. These guys are taking a smoke during commercials breaks, while watching Fox's 24.

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Fox scaring you into watching '24?'

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Transcript:

OLBERMANN: “24” is back. It dropped the bomb, literally. Al Gore makes a movie about global warming and gets smeared as a fearmonger. Fox portrays a fictionalized America riddled with terrorists, which helps keep part of the real America convinced we really might be riddled with terrorists, and it wins five Emmys and two Golden Globes. Gripping drama, or thinly veiled propaganda?

Meredith Vieira‘s exclusive interview with Ben Ownby, one of the rescued teens in Missouri.

That‘s ahead. You‘re watching COUNTDOWN on MSNBC.

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OLBERMANN: It‘s a familiar tactic for grabbing and holding the public‘s attention, beloved by both the Bush administration and, just as another example, Fox News Channel. Step one, fear, and if step one does not work, step two, more fear.

In our fourth story on the COUNTDOWN, it is also evidently how the producers of the Fox series “24” plan to keep viewers during the show‘s sixth year, as evidenced in the first 30 seconds of the season premiere.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, “24”)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: America has been victimized again. Last night‘s terrorist attack in San Antonio is now the latest in this series of bombings that began 11 weeks ago in 10 different cities. Over 900 people have been killed thus far. And while no one is claiming responsibility for this wave of death, evidence points to Islamic militants.

Here in Los Angeles, the mood can only be described as tense and fearful, and the Department of Homeland Security is urging all citizens to report without delay any suspicious persons or activities.

We spoke with a department spokesperson who says, quote, “We don‘t want to start a witch hunt, but we would rather err on the side of caution than become the next target.”

(END VIDEO CLIP)

OLBERMANN: If that wasn‘t enough to scare or outrage you, the rest of the four-hour, two-night show opener featured a mall attack, a would-be suicide bomber on a subway, and a successful suicide bombing on a passenger bus, not in places where these things have already happened, but in a country called the United States of America.

In case you missed the point, the show finished up with a nuclear weapon detonating in a major American (INAUDIBLE) city, literally conjuring up the administration‘s imagery for the war in Iraq, the good old mushroom cloud, right-wing Web sites leaving no doubt as to what they think viewers should take away from this fictional attack, case in point, Newsbusters.org says this scene, quote, “should be required viewing for all media members who question what‘s at risk and whether there really is a war on terror” and accuses the media of undermining the Bush administration and, quote, “downplaying the seriousness of terrorism.”

At least the rest of us didn‘t make it into a sitcom.

And by that logic, of course, somewhere in this country there really is a cheerleader who will never die, there‘s at least one real-life talking dog, and a mother and a daughter who patter back and forth like the “Gilmore Girls.”

Is “24” propaganda? Is it fear-mongering? Or is it a program-length commercial for one political party?

I‘m joined now by Robert Greenwald, who made the documentary film “Outfoxed.”

Thanks again for your time tonight, sir.

ROBERT GREENWALD, DIRECTOR, “OUTFOXED”: Thank you. Nice to be with you.

OLBERMANN: Most people obviously recognize the show‘s fictional, but how well does the fictionalizing of seemingly actual terror events, like subway and bus bombings, and (INAUDIBLE), sort of templating them over the United States‘ landscape, work as a fear tactic?

GREENWALD: Well, we know how susceptible people are to fear, some of it with good reason. The tragedy, as we know, has been how this administration has played on people‘s fears, and how Fox News and Fox in general has used it over and over and over again.

As you say, people can tell the difference. This is fiction. What we‘re dealing with in the world at times is fact. You know, of course, the question is, can this administration tell the difference, given that every day we get a different reason about who we should be afraid of, why we should be afraid, and why we went to war.

OLBERMANN: And the old line, of course, seems to apply here, about people insisting TV does not impact the public‘s perceptions, and then you point out, Well, gee whiz, all those advertisers must have wasted every dollar they ever spent on television.

But if the irrational right can claim that the news is fixed to try to alter people‘s minds, or that networks should be boycotted for nudity or for immorality, shouldn‘t those same groups be saying “24” should be taken off TV because it‘s naked brainwashing?

GREENWALD: Yes, well, I don‘t think those groups have ever talked about brainwashing. But it‘s a very good point, because I think one of the most devastating things that has happened with that show has been the narrative that torture works, where over and over again, they show that there‘s this ticking-bomb scenario, which is a false idea to begin with, right, that you have one second to get X information to save all these people lives. And the only way to solve it is by torturing somebody.

We‘ve seen the results of torture. It doesn‘t work, and you get false information. And that‘s where the show and other shows like it really do a disservice, because they affect the kind of narrative and a way that people throughout the country start to believe. Yes, well, I really don‘t like torture, but I better use it because it‘s the only way to save my country.

OLBERMANN: John McCain did a cameo in the series and joked about torture afterwards. Senator Cornyn has now done a promo on Fox News about this series. And, of course, there was a lovefest at the Heritage Foundation last year starring the producers, some of the actors, Secretary Chertoff from Homeland Security, and comedian Rush Limbaugh. I mean, we‘ve had lines between reality and TV blurred before. (INAUDIBLE) the whole (INAUDIBLE) -- alternate universe quality to “The West Wing.”

But does this not begin to look at this point like the blurring of the lines here is deliberate?

GREENWALD: Well, it certainly seems to be that way. And, of course, when you have the vice president and the former secretary of defense saying this is their favorite show, it does give you pause to wonder about what really is going on here. Now, I‘m not a conspiracy theorist. But, of course, the fact that the show is on Fox raises all of our eyebrows.

Now, having said that, you know, there‘s some very good execution in this show, and that‘s what makes the sort of moral questions that you‘re asking even more important. And more important that people tell the difference, and that we raise hell when they cross a line that shouldn‘t be crossed, blurring the fact with the fiction.

OLBERMANN: Is there some tangible way that this could actually help a president who has relied, who has campaigned on, you know, our party will protect you, and the other guys, well, you‘re on your own?

GREENWALD: Well, I don‘t know what‘s going to help this president, given where his ratings are. I don‘t know that an angel coming down would save him right now. But I think any time that one is using fear to create a concern among the electorate, to create a concern in our country, and to motivate and push people and say, you better be afraid, you better be very afraid, the more we keep hearing that message, I think the more we need to push back against it and ask the hard questions.

OLBERMANN: Maybe “Touched by an Angel” can make a comeback, as you just suggested it. Robert Greenwald, maker of the documentary “Outfoxed.” Thank you for joining us tonight, sir.

GREENWALD: Pleasure.

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I hope that no would be terrorist ever manages to get a nuclear (Bomb) device into this country and plant it in some major city, but then again if it does happen, I only hope that the terrorist succeed in planting the (Bomb) device in the basement of the,.....

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One of these alledged terrorists Rassam that had been held for some 6.50 yrs SUDDENLY the sentence is tossed out!
Gee they must need this pal of theirs for the next abuse to the U.S citizens they have planned.
I mean how utterly stupid do you have to be to not see how oddball this is?
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