Infectious Laughter: The Epidemiology of a Smear

Following Politico's lead, media fixate on Obama's "awkward laughter" in 60 Minutes interview

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[VT16]

You rightwingers are so hilarious, accusing any opposition of being nazis. That's almost as hilarious as starting two wars and killing hundreds of thousands in a futile effort to stem some nebulous boogeymen you can't find. I seem to remember another country that invaded sovereign nations sixty years ago on the same pretense. Funny how you mentioned it in passing. Freudian slip on your part, I reckon.

[BillSalem]

The Fox guy is right. Bush would have been savaged. But not on Fox. The fact that Fox focused on President Obama's chuckle is so stupid and exactly what one expects from Faux News.

Fox News: No facts! Just lies! They lied about Bush. And they lie about Obama. They just can't seem to find the truth at all, anymore. Hannah Arendt wrote about people who've lost sight of the Truth. It's what happened to the authoritarian German people during the rise of Hitler! They lost it!

[MsJudi54]

@VT16 He laughed over "shovel-ready jobs", also. I think conservatives were right to make a big deal about this.

[ashtestes]

was obama not 'savaged' for laughing? seems he wasn't given a pass at all. so the point that bush would have been savaged becomes moot

[cozyfoxstudio]

@VT16 LOL. Now what do you have to say 2 years laters and two more wars. 18 idiots.

[cozyfoxstudio]

LMAO!!!!! The talking point of the day broken down like an episode of 24. Great conspiracy. This propagandist should be fired. How silly and meaningless. Media Matters tax free charity propaganda.

[Elvception1979]

I GET WHAT YOUR SAYING BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT ITS NOT ABOUT THE RIGHT WINGERS OR THE LEFT WINGERS WHO STARTED TWO WARS... HECK LETS BE HONEST HERE BOTH PARTIES ARE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY CORPORATE INTEREST MONEY AND THE BANKERS AND THE POLITICIANS JUST SIT BACK AND LOVE ALL THIS MEDIA DISTORTIONS WHILE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE THAT ALL OF THE BEFORE MENTION ARE WORKING FOR THE SAME MASTERS AND ARE ROBBING THEM BLIND IN BROAD DAY LITE... REAL TALK.

[dgl1962]

@VT16 You think republicans starting two wars is bad?

WW1, Wilson (democrat)

WW2, Roosevelt (democrat)

Korea,Truman (democrat)

VietNam (Kennedy and Johnson (both democrat)

Bosnia, Clinton (dem)

Libya, Obama (dem)

Those wars killed tens of millions.

Both parties suck, that's why I'm a Libertarian, but don't try to shovel horseshit into our ears about republicans being worse about wars than dems!

[kgbeezr75]

@jman202011 No one can "smear" Glenn Beck. The mere notion suggests that he's reputable enough to be compromised.

[MrEatonbeaver]

@JonasPlanck You are of course referencing bush's insipid laugh. Not only can't he put thoughts into a coherent sentence, but he fucked up laughing. How many people died from this chuckling, giggling, what have you. Right. Shit for brains bush made jokes about not finding WMDs at a correspondence dinner. How many now have died for that candy asses' bull shit. Two parts booze and one part cocaine and stupid Americans will vote for a shit kicker they want to have a beer with.

[ishotu747]

"Well the economy is no laughing matter"

the best way to start a talking point

[JonasPlanck]

@BillSalem Bush laughed at innapropriate times quite a lot, nobody ever seemed to think anything of it, except maybe, "there he goes again..."