Donahue/Pozner: Chomsky (Part Two)

[lovelygirl2141]

Sorry, I think Donahue was right on this one.

[Rubashow]

I think the style of this discussion is very pleasant. There is still room above but if you compare this to today TV-discussions it seems like ancient history.

[shanyin1234]

THE REAL REASON WE FOUGHT HITLER FROM THE 8TH MOST QUOTED PERSON OFF ALL TIME AND THE MUSIC CUTS HIM OFF AHAHAHAA PERFECT

[whereismybailouttv]

Back in the days when CNBC actually had interesting programming.

Donahue was good enough for the MSM. Pozner and Chomsky were good enough for cable. Yet now, Donahue's retired. Pozner's program on Channel 1 in Russia is WAY better than the cable shows here. And Chomsky is now officially in MSM exile.

Can it get any weirder....

[RadioFreeWisconsin]

"You can condemn the attrocities of Ghenghis Khan but you can't do anything about them."

That's because it was 800 years ago, the crimes of the Serbs are occuring right now so we can do something about them! What a stupid analogy. Chomsky ain't shit.

[avidalocan]

He meant that the French and British declared war on Germany after they invaded Poland but did nothing. The Allies did not enter the war to stop radical German acts (concentration camps etc). They merely defended themselves against German attacks and only fully entered the war in it's last 11 months (June 1944) when it was abundantly clear that Germany would fall to the Russians. So moral condemnation is useless without action. Hitler did as he pleased right under the Allies noses.

[KentAllard]

Donahue sure is hysterical

is his usual response to a problem to just start bombing?

[icedoutstreetgangsta]

How can there only be 5 minutes before the commercial break? That's absurd

[forestskog]

welcome to American TV. We deal with supercomplicated issues by having usually 6 pple in split-screen yelling for 3 minutes, followed by 6 minutes of Viagra and detergent commericals. This show is a lot clamer and more reasonable

[1987devo]

this guy is an idiot (the white haired interviewer). get a fuckin clue pal

[SweetDissident]

poor donahue! lol

[Webins]

I like Donohue, but the guy does often open his mouth before thinking.

Thanks for posting this great bit of tv history.

[boredsun]

totally agree on the second point

[johnnycon]

A commercial break every 5 minutes in America. What a stranglehold corporations have.

[SmelOdies]

I'm of two minds about Chomsky. On the one hand, he seems to eviscerate Donahue (Posner is just a cipher here), just as he does nearly everyone he has debates with. But on the other hand, it's easy to eviscerate your opponent when you take that distancing perspective, that ultra-pedantic approach.

[aewester]

I think that his distance from the commonly accepted belief of typical perspective is what gives him a possible air of arrogance or a "pedantic" appearance, but i think that, in reality, he is calm, he simplifies issues, and he explains what he sees to be the true, underlying roots of world events, rather than saying things in a way that we would all EXPECT to hear them.

If he is a genius, don't you think it's difficult to constantly have to battle your types of allegations and criticisms?

[8Marx8]

Chomsky would sound that way for anyone who belongs to the priesthood of worshiping the state. And that "pedantic" approach sounds like a character attack to vilify more than an informed analysis.

[SpeedyOJ]

thanks for the vid, is there a part 3 or does the interview just end like that?

[RealAgentOfSHIELD]

No there's more ... I was only able to rip part of the show

[SmelOdies]

Chomsky opponent: the sky is quite blue today. Chomsky: Actually, the sky isn't blue at all, or at least is so superficially blue, it's not even worth mentioning. It's actually a soft mauve with a vague aqua torquise hue. To say it's blue totally negates the clouds and oncoming dusk.

[aewester]

You might say the sky isn't blue if you are one of the following categories: Starving. Working in a sweatshop. In extreme poverty. Living or fighting in Iraq. Or in Afghanistan. Or in Palestine. Being abused by a corporation. Not having your majority's views represented by your government. About to be attacked by the U.S. Being driven off your land because of "Free trade". Etc. etc. etc. I'd say the sky is "quite blue" for about 10% of the world's population.

[8Marx8]

George Bush: The sky is red today and America needs to defend itself and attack.

SmelOdies (and indoctrinated fools alike): Sure Mr. President, here are our tax dollars. Attack God and bring "democracy" to the sky.

[SmelOdies]

You can do better than that, Che Guevera.

[lGnossos]

always good to see new chomsky content available. thank you.