Media Matters calls America’s Watchtower a pro-militia website
This was an interesting week “behind the scenes” here at America’s Watchtower: First, America’s Watchtower was linked in a post which was cross posted on Noisy Room, Trevor Loudon, and Gulag Bound; this brought in some extra and always welcome traffic. But later in the week, as I was checking out my referrers, I noticed a few hits coming from Media Matters so naturally I had to check it out. Why would America’s Watchtower be linked at Media Matters?
Imagine my surprise when I learned in this post that America’s Watchtower (not specifically mentioned by name, but right there in the link) was a pro-militia website, because that is not how I would ever characterize this blog. Pro-military? Yes, as one can tell by my sidebar images; two of these images are meant as a tribute to all of those who serve or have served in the military and also those that have given the ultimate sacrifice so that we may remain free, while the other images are of two WWII heroes. Pro-second amendment? Absolutely.
But when left wingers use the word “militia” it usually does not mean the same thing as it does when the term is used in the Constitution. When a website like Media Matters refers to a person or a website as being “pro-militia” what they are actually saying is that person is an anti-government right wing extremist who supports the violent overthrow of the federal government, and is actively preparing for that endgame; and while I will oppose the Obama regime with every ounce of my being, I have never–and will never–advocate violence to achieve this goal because I still believe in the system and I still believe in the American people. I seek a revolution at the ballot box, not on the battlefield.
I suppose the image of the Gadsden flag flying in my sidebar helps to promote the image of America’s Watchtower that Media Matters so desperately wanted to see, but Media Matters is a website which describes themselves thusly:
Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media
And the post in which they linked to this blog was entitled “Fox Fails To Fact Check Operation Castaway” so the irony in the fact that Media Matters didn’t even bother to check out this blog before they falsely made the claim that America’s Watchtower was a “pro-militia” website is not lost on this author. They based their idea of what this blog was about on a few images and not on the content of America’s Watchtower.
Perhaps Media Matters could benefit from a little fact checking of their own before they make an attempt to mischaracterize the content of another blogger in the future.
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you should be honored, anytime you get the attention of one of this regimes main propaganda arms your doing something RIGHT,
keep the good work
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I consider this a badge of honor!
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Nothing like the libs casting aspersions and spreading misinformation and falsehoods around. You should be honored though, to get all this attention as @stinkprogress noted above. The Left usually is doing what they accuse others of doing.
Linked ya! http://teresamerica.blogspot.com/2011/07/eagle-freedom-links-7-29-11-birds-of.html
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They’re gearing up the troops for the final assault in 2012. Every conservative outlet will be monitored, attacked and defamed. We should remember how this works from last time. It will be more intense this time around. Soros has stepped down from his “job” to personally manage the process.
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Interesting how a group that claims to seek the truth in the media didn’t bother to look at the content of this site before jumping to conclusions.
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That stinks. It smacks of libel. You are now probably on some DHS watch list. I don’t suppose complaining will do any good. The above comment is correct in saying that you must be doing something right to have gotten their attention. Keep doing what you know is right, my friend.
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I have a feeling we are all on a watchlist somewhere.
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“…dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.” NOT dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting misinformation in the U.S. media, ONLY conservative media. That in and of itself should make them ashamed of their bias and intentions, since doing that for ALL media would be a worthy cause. And now we have proof that don’t have a clue of what they’re talking about, and don’t even read the content of what they are commenting on. Pathetic.
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And, oh yea, Congrats are in order. You most definitely are doing something RIGHT = )
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Thank you, thank you!
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Exactly! They are only interested in correcting the media when it suits their purpose, if the lie benefits the left the end justifies the means.
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So you’re surprised by this purveyor of misinformation? They are the modern equivalent of the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. True to Goebbels form. Better get ready for that midnight visit from the Geheime Staatspolizei.
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Not really surprised, but a little shocked they found me in the first place.
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Consider source and stay focused.
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You can count on me!
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They are a hack organization. The show Redeye mocks them a lot. Since you’re part of the club now you will enjoy these two Redeye videos about MM:
Congrads!
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Too funny! And thank you.
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I thought you’d like those a lot.
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If Spooky Dude’s folks are warning people about you, you must be doing something right.
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That’s the way I look at it.
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Media matters reports anything and anyone patriotic as a threat. Consider it a compliment.
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I do! It is obvious this group has an agenda and they will try to cast aspersions on all of those that disagree.
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Nice job. Good to have your work validated by the left huh?
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Yes it is, and that is a great way to put it.
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any REAL militias aren’t advocating for violent overthrow. the ones that are are posers who probably shouldn’t be trusted wit ha sharp stick.
many militia guys are ex-military of some kind. they’ve seen “violent overthrow” close up and know exactly what it means, and who it hurts…that would be EVERYONE. they don’t want it.
they’re mostly of the “don’t do this. don’t cross that line. don’t make us have to do this. don’t back us up to that wall and give us no other options” crowd.
I’ve been advocating for “community defense” as the place the militias SHOULD have gone for a long time. somewhere about 1998 or so many of them went political-conspiracy-theory nuts and didn’t come back. a shame really, if you think of what they could have become. imagine being able to just close FEMA altogether, because the locals already have whatever disaster handled long before some desk jockey can get out of bed.
then take that “we don’t need your help, thanks” and slowly extend it to other parts of government intrusion.
it could have been a beautiful thing. perhaps it still can. at least I can hope
Allen
East Hampstead,NH
(howdy, neighbah!)
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Hi Allen, I hope you understand that I was not casting aspersions on militia groups; I was simply pointing out the way the left sees them while pointing out the error Media Matters made by characterizing this blog as a militia website.
Thanks for stopping by neighbah, hope to see you around.
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ohh no worries..we know that the “media matters” types are the same stripe as the Southern Poverty Law Center and other progressive organizations. they all use the same set of Alinsky’s rules.
if you disagree with ANYTHING big-government types do you are an “insurrectionist wacko racist sexist homophobe member of the KKK, the Nazi party”, ect ect ect…and they shout it long and loud and make sure it’s over anything you could possibly say otherwise.
well, good thing those tactics aren’t working that well any more, right?
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Glad to hear it Allen! You are right, they may try to marginalize us, but with the alternative media it isn’t quite as easy as it used to be,
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Well, Steve, seems you’re taking a little heat off of Oath Keepers. Media Matters shouldn’t be a 501 c 3. No more than ACORN or CPUSA. A collection of malcontents who advocate fascist government and take money from a former nazi collaborator. These are the type of people who haven’t yet come to terms with their mental illnesses and, subsequently, call everyone else around them “crazy” and “extreme”. Well, if advocating the rule of law and defending the Constitution is extreme, call us guilty. They are the types who call for violent revolution and turn around and call liberty loving citizens “fringe” and “domestic terrorists”. I should thank them. They’ve caused me to become engaged in the process and more resolute than ever. When critters like these call you their enemy, you know you’re on the right path.
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The interesting think is, as you alluded to, that if you believe in the Constitution the left believes you are a radical. How did this happen?
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They control the language with talking points uttered over and over again. They use labels and names to demonize the opposition. Take the term “liberal” for instance. Most of the founders were classical “liberals”. Using the true definition of the word would mean one believed in limited government and personal choice. Liberal amounts of liberty so to speak. The self described “liberals” of today believe in top down, overbearing govt controlling everyone’s choice and behaviors. The word “progressive” has been twisted as well. Who’s against “progress”? Make one sound like a bad guy if you don’t agree with them. When you break down their ideology, one finds it actually to be “regressive”. Take energy policy, for instance.
Mean while, we’re all “tea baggers, fringe, extreme, far right wing, domestic terrorists, knuckle draggers, global warming DENIERS”. You get the idea.
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And the list goes on an on…..They beat these ideas into our heads by repeating them until people believe they are true.
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Hot dog, I now know someone who is famous!! Like everyone else has said, you must be doing something right. Keep up the good work, Steve.
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Thanks Larry! Famous, not so much. 🙂 I would like to know how they found me though; I think it is because there aren’t many people covering Operation Castaway so I must have appeared near the top in a search.
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Doesn’t sound like they even bothered to read you, Steve
But I guess Obama’s planned private WH milita would have been cool… but someone like you paying tribute to our nation’s greatest heroes and defenders of freedom is a militant kook now?
Sometimes I wonder who out there is even stupid enough to buy into the ‘progressive’ narrative re. their patriotic -and peaceful- opposition… there’s nothing they won’t twist to stay in power
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No they didn’t bother to read anything but decided they knew enough about me anyways.
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Dude! You have made it. If Media Matters is lying about you, you must be important to them!
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I googled “operation castaway gunrunner” and “gunrunner operation castaway” and I was the first result shown in both. I don’t think that this means I have made it, but rather that this is an indictment of the media for not covering this story.
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Whoa! I don’t know whether to be outraged for you . . . or jealous that you got the honor!
Think I’ll stick with outrage–that’s my default position anyway.
Makes me sick that they are considered tax exempt charity–that’s salt in the wound.
I’m gonna go click the link now. Maybe you’ll be getting them a reader boost, just not the readers they want LOL
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Feel free to be outraged for me because I am not outraged, in fact I kind of liked it. This is more of an example of the media’s ignoring this story than anything else. If the media covered it the way it should be covered when Media Matters googled the story I doubt I would have been anywhere near the top.
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Well, it seems congratulations are in order. So without further ado – Congratulations!!
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Thank you Otis, I wear this smear as a badge of honor.
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Steve! Impressive. Don’t forget about us little people, OK, ~shooting star~???
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Can you still use the term “little people” or is that politically incorrect nowadays? 🙂
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It is a compliment that those feckless, pseudo-intellectual snobs feel threatened by you. That they impugn your character reveals their desperation. Keep fighting the good fight.
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Thank you, and I will.
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Funny. I always considered the left’s labor anarchistist’s the ones who are the real threat. But what do you want from a Soros funded organization. The 2012 democrat election machine in action. I love it Steve.
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Yeah, the 2012 election is already in full swing and the left’s process of trying to discredit us has just begun, it only will get worse from here.
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