{"id":6991,"date":"2012-03-02T18:56:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T18:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2012-03-02T19:01:54","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T19:01:54","slug":"spoken-words-and-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=6991","title":{"rendered":"Spoken Words And The Dead."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Spoken%20Words%20And%20The%20Dead.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>There is a lot of conversation about how some are handling and writing about the death of Andrew Breitbart. Here are my thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Being a student of mass media (BA in Telecommunication, specializing in Radio Video Film production \u2013 note \u2013 video editing) and also having family in the news business, I have more than a few legitimate gripe with Andrew Breitbart and some of his stories. But I also appreciated his zeal and willingness to put his ass on the line for the things he believed in. It\u2019s the same reason I also like Matt Tiabbi on the left, and Pat Buchanan\u2026 wherever he happens to be at any given time. I have disagreements with them too, and when I believe they are wrong, I say so. But hell, at least they are trying to get beyond the stale robot template that dominates what is now the main stream media.<\/p>\n<p>The most glaring stain on Breitbart&#8217;s record was his Sharon Sherrod video. Here is what I wrote about the Sherrod thing <a href=\"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=3557\">at the time<\/a>. Even though only a few audience members mumbled and one or two said \u201cyeah\u201d in the hall, a big deal was made that the audience applauded at the admission of \u201cracism\u201d by Sherrod, as if the whole audience stood up in some sort of rapture over the remark, which was the intent. The vid was edited for that exact effect.<\/p>\n<p>* Note, the original selectively version of the video has been scrubbed from the Big Government site. *<\/p>\n<p>Breitbarts diversion that he was really criticizing the NAACP isn\u2019t supported by his original comments when the edited video first broke. He screwed up, in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the same slimy use of editing that was done last year when a few audience members cheered after Ron Paul answered a question about the choice that Americans make to forgo purchasing health insurance. If the whole video is presented, it clearly shows the bulk of the audience actually shouting down the few who cheered at Blitzers \u201care you saying that society should just let him die?\u201d question, yet the left wing hacks went with the meme that the whole audience cheered with gusto and only showed the video that supported that meme.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, I <a href=\"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=6234\">excoriated them<\/a> on that too!<\/p>\n<p>Looking at\u00a0Breitbarts\u00a0tumultuous career as a n internet <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pamphleteer\">pamphleteer<\/a>, I was wondering, will Breitbart go down in history as our version of one-time anti-federalist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_T._Callender\">James Callender<\/a>? I don&#8217;t think so, because unlike, Callender, who changed sides at the flip of a coin, or in this case, after being cut off from Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s gravy train, Breitbart was not only committed to his cause, but was also a true innovator, and helped place more than a few brick in the information highway.<\/p>\n<p>Getting back to Breitbarts death and some of the reactions to it by the various partisans. Here is the way I look at it. There are going to be people out there who do not surprise me in the least when they go after someone who has just died. And I\u2019m not talking about criticism of career or personal chioces \u2013 Breitbart&#8217;s Sherrod video, Whitney Houston&#8217;s drug and alcohol abuse, Davey jones played a horrible tambourine and wasn\u2019t a real musician\u2026. yes, I did run into one of those. I\u2019m talking about those who do the \u201cgood riddance to evil scum\u201d or whatever. That\u2019s always going to be out there. Hell, even when Queen Liz II, who is I\u2019m convinced clinging on to life for dear life as long as she can to keep idiot Prince Charles from taking the thrown, finally kicks the bucket, there will no doubt a few who will write some horrible things about her, probably for dying and letting the idiot Prince Charles ascend to the thrown.<\/p>\n<p>That kind of thing doesn\u2019t surprise me.<\/p>\n<p>What does is when you have a foe of the recently deceased handle the unfortunate event of someones death with class. Case in point \u2013 Andrew Sullivan on Breitbart. He could do some of the same things that some of the other media talking keyboard have been doing, but nope. He\u2019s been reflecting on Breitbart in fine form, with reflections and interesting commentary that reminds me of why I still go to his corner of the web. As long as he\u2019s not writing about his man-crush, he\u2019s still a very good writer, and his reflections on Breitbart are the kind of thoughtful observations I wish more would produce when someone of Breitbarts notoriety passes away.<\/p>\n<p>PS. Here is something that really bothers me about Breitbarts death&#8230;. The guy was younger than me. I can&#8217;t say I don&#8217;t have a little discomfort when a contemporary my age or a little older dies, but when it&#8217;s someone who is younger than me&#8230;. Eek! Memo to life &#8211; I really don&#8217;t need any reminders of my pending mortality, thank you very much!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Spoken%20Words%20And%20The%20Dead.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>There is a lot of conversation about how some are handling and writing about the death of Andrew Breitbart. Here are my thoughts. Being a student of mass media (BA in Telecommunication, specializing in Radio Video Film production \u2013 note \u2013 video editing) and also having family in the news business, I have more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6991"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6994,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6991\/revisions\/6994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}