MSNBC MASSAGES POLL, CALLS NATIONAL TV SHOW “PRIVATE”
by Don Hank, blogging at Laigle’s Forum
(Jan. 22, 2011) — Censorship has always happened in one form or another, since the beginning of time. However, the censorship in the US has usually been more or less muted, based on the assumption that a certain percentage of us are sentient.
That assumption seems to have eroded considerably lately, and precisely at a time when Americans are more awake perhaps than ever before. Never has the emperor looked more naked.
Recently, MSNBC ran a poll asking whether people thought Sarah Palin’s and other political rhetoric (implication: conservative speech) may have contributed to the Tucson shootings. The poll numbers posted beneath the poll showed that only 35% thought there was no link between political “rhetoric” and massacres like that one. 60.5% fell obediently into line behind the Left and agreed there is a link. The rest weren’t sure.
On January 14 I sent the poll out to thousands of conservatives guaranteed to vote the other way.
The next day the poll results were unchanged, down to the last decimal! Incredibly, the poll is still up at this writing and there is no indication from MSNBC that the poll is closed.
A few of the recipients told me days later that the poll numbers were still unchanged. At least 3 days later, as more and more recipients notified me of the anomaly, I went to the poll and personally noted that the nos. were unchanged.
Of course, the Left, long noted for revisionism, invents its own truth. But this was so crass, it was mind boggling.
Then a few days later I sent to my short list a link to an MSNBC commentary by their own Rachel Maddow, not noted for her sympathy with the right. Incredibly, she was scathingly, blisteringly attacking Obama for a recent speech he made endorsing indefinite detention based on a “new legal regime.” She compared him favorably with GW Bush.
One of the recipients just today asked for another link. I thought “that’s strange. The link worked for me.” Sure enough, when I clicked, I got a message saying “this video is private.” Another link I found to the video said that due to “third party infringements,” they had to take it down. But yet, the video was originally put up by MSNBC for the general public to view, so that precludes any “third party” infringements. No one can infringe on a copyright if the material is intended for the public at large. Who do they think they are kidding? As for the other excuse, a video of a commentary made on national TV is “private”? Come on!
After looking on about a dozen sites, I finally found one that is a live link.
Please listen while you still can. Also, if you know how to make a copy, please do because this must not be lost. It is valuable evidence that even the Left cannot support Obama’s blatant violation of the Constitution:
http://dotsub.com/view/cfad3ce8-8b80-4981-ba6b-f48f184d6712
Another live link from a reader:
“Please listen while you still can. Also, if you know how to make a copy, please do because this must not be lost.”
This comment isn’t about the main topic of the article but is more along the lines of a FYI sidebar. I also realize this a reprint of an article originally posted elsewhere, and that video capture programs exist but I have never had much luck with them…
One way to make a copy of a video is to just retrieve what you have been watching from what ever cache it was downloaded into. Generally that is the browser cache, but sometimes, such as for streaming video, it is a tmp folder. I’m not going to bother trying to detail where these folders are, for the following suggestions are for those who already know about such mudane computer things.
If in the browser cache it is a straight forward operation especially if you clear the cache just prior to the download, then all you do is look for the large file and add, generally, an .flv extention to it (sometimes avi, ogg, etc. – whatever extention was in the address bar) then click on it to see if it will open with a stand alone player such as VLC, or just drag and drop it in the browser you were watching it in to begin with. If it opens and it’s the correct file just give it a name and copy it where ever you want.
If the file is in the tmp folder then you can’t copy it, and if you exit the program you were watching it with, it will evaporate into electronic dust never to be retrieved again. The straight forward method to deal with this is to make a note of where it is, then leaving the viewing program still open, unplug your computer – yes, unplug it, don’t push the power button or shut down in the normal manner as the program will disappear. When you reboot the file will still be where it was but the relationship with the viewing program and the previous restrictions will be non-existent and you can now do what ever you wish with it, rename it, copy it, etc. Of course if you are using a portable laptop, netbook, etc. you’ll need to have it plugged into the wall outlet, and that pesky battery will have to be removed before you can commit this, some probably consider drastic, manual termination, but life is generally complex and if you really really want that file, then Needs must when the devil drives..