Murdochs minions: Jason and Naomi Schaefer-Riley ::posted Sun, 22 Jun 2014 13:00:17 +0000:: ift.tt/Tkpdpt rss@dailykos (Denise Oliver Velez) Jason Riley With Rupert Murdoch at the helm of the Wall Street Journal, the paper has become little more than a Fox News rag of right-wing spews or a New York Post in staid typeface. Par for the conservative course, racism is always de rigueur and standard operating procedure for right-wing media is to find a black or brown face, or someone with an Hispanic surname, to mouth attacks on communities of color and public policies that advance equality. This is somehow a shield to protect the institution from charges of racism. The selection of black faces to front for reactionary Republican ideology is not a new strategy, nor is it meant to win over blacks to a right-wing-agenda. We are not stupid. Its a sop to right-white sensibilities so they can then say, See...a black man said it. Oh, my! Charles Blow recently took a look at this phenomena in Blacks, Conservatives and Plantations, and Ive frequently profiled other discordant black right-wing talking heads in the past. Murdochs choice of Jason Riley as the black trojan horse co-signs Republican Party ideology to penetrate and tear down the walls of Democratic Party liberalism has been interesting to watch. Jason Riley is a member of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. He joined the paper in 1994 as a copyreader on the national news desk in New York. He moved to the editorial page in 1995 as copyreader and later became a copy editor. In April 1996, he was named to the newly created position of editorial interactive editor and maintained the editorial and Leisure & Arts section of WSJ. He was named a senior editorial page writer in March 2000, and member of the Editorial Board in 2005. Riley has the added advantage of being married to a white woman, Naomi Schaefer-Riley, also a Murdoch minion, and their inter-racial couplehood gives her cover, from her current position at the New York Post to launch racist screeds, and then have the defense to hide behind—But... but...but...she cant be a racist. Her husband is black. She has the added advantage of being able to take on feminists, of course, because ... shes female. Yawn and chuckle. As if we, who watch, arent familiar with the game. Follow me below the fold for more laughs. [Forwarded by the MyLeftBlogosphere news engine. Link to original post below:]
Posted on: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:22:10 +0000
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