Hateful and Vile Political Dialog Courtesy of MSNBC

I always try to respect the opinons of others in the political arena, even if I believe they are operating under bad assumptions or data, or have arrived at a difference conclusion based on the same data and assumptions I used. It is their right to disagree with me, in fact, I insist they use that right as protected by the Bill of Rights and the right of free speech to express their views and opinions, one of the foundations of our democracy. I will argue my point strongly and passionately, but not emotionally or personally.

However, I could not sit back and accept that a recent MSNBC video production was either in the spirit of free speech or freedom of the press, I just found it despicable. The production, aired on MSNBC and hosted by one of their so-called jorunalists, Martin Bashier, fantasized that Mitt Romney's tour bus blew up in a violent and harrowing explosion. The production interspersed clips of the Romney bus with exploding buses from movies, implying that the Romney campaign bus blew up with those aboard obviously all dying a horrible death, given the magnitude of the explosions.

Despiciable hatred. Makes you wonder how and why we allowed our political class, and the main stream media outlets that support them, to subvert our political dialog and election processes so badly that a major media corporation, Comcast, the owners of MSNBC, would go to the trouble of devloping such a hateful piece of work that glorified the fiery death of any person, any American, never mind a political opponent. Vile, disgusting, despicable, no words can describe a news organziation who encourages such hate.

Despite the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, there is no place for wishing death on a human being in a democracy for simply having a different political view. Comcast and MSNBC are disgraces to America and disgraces to the profession of journalism.

The clip can be viewed at the following link:

http://frontporchpolitics.com/2012/06/romneys-campaign-bus-explodes-on-msnbc/

If you agree with my views on this gruesome matter, and I respect your opinion if you are not as outraged as I am, please read the following letter I have sent to Mr. Brian Roberts, the chairman of Comcast, and the actions I plan to take unless Mr. Bashier is fired and Comcast offers a sincere apology to the Romney family and to America. Anything less is acceptable.



I would encourage you to take similar actions in the name of mature, nonviolent, and productive political conversations in this country.

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June 16, 2012

Mr. Brian Roberts

Comcast
One Comcast Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2838

Mr. Roberts:

Before I begin let me give you a bit of background. I am 59 years old. Up until the November, 2010 midterm elections I had never voted for a Republican for national office in my life. Thus, I am not a Republican Party member, a Tea Party member, or a die hard conservative.

With that said, let me express my outrage and disgust with a short news clip that recently appeared on your MSNBC network. Martin Bashier ran a fantasy video clip where he and your network showed the Romney campaign bus blowing up while on tour in the Midwest. It interspersed clips of Romney’s bus with movie clips of exploding buses, inferring that it would be a good idea for the Romney bus to explode and kill anyone who was in it when it blew.

This is so despicable and contemptible on so many levels. First, wanting, fantasizing, and rooting for other innocent human beings to die is just plain sick. Second, this type of vile and hateful expression of speech does nothing to heal the country and just adds to the deep divisions within the country. You provide no public service, you provide no news value, and you provide no education enhancement to the political discourse in this country with these types of actions.

Your parents must be so proud that you grew up, inherited the family business, and now use it to wish death on fellow Americans rather than provide a public service of honest and compassionate journalism. Airing such a disgraceful piece and trying to pass it off as journalism is an insult to the journalism profession and shows the deep lack of integrity your company possesses.

I am sure that if Fox News ran the same clip and just inserted an Obama bus that you and your network would be besides themselves in horror and self-righteousness. This would add the adjective of hypocritical to the ones I listed above: sick, vile, hateful, despicable.

Thus, unless Mr. Bashier is fired immediately and an apology is offered to the Romney family and to America for such tawdry, disgusting reporting, I will take several actions. First, I will call my local cable company and request that they no longer carry MSNBC, or at the very least, ensure that this network is blocked from ever coming into my home. Second, I will contact your major sponsors with a copy of this letter and request that they withdrawal their advertising support of your company or risk losing my business.

While my actions may make little difference, similar actions of millions of other Americans who find your network’s disgusting broadcast of such tripe also despicable, taking those same actions may make a difference in making political discourse more civil in this country, something that you and your so-called journalists are unable or unwilling to do, to the detriment of our democracy and our society. Your choice, Bashier is out and you apologize, or live with the consequences of the hatred you have spread.


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