{"id":812,"date":"2008-05-09T21:57:24","date_gmt":"2008-05-10T02:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/05\/09\/the-demonization-of-reverend-wright-and-the-response-from-the-left\/"},"modified":"2017-09-29T23:42:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T04:42:38","slug":"the-demonization-of-reverend-wright-and-the-response-from-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/05\/09\/the-demonization-of-reverend-wright-and-the-response-from-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"The Demonization of Reverend Wright and the Response from the Left"},"content":{"rendered":"

This video, produced by Mother Jones<\/a>, shows Pastor Rod Parsley arguing that America was founded to destroy Islam and has a divine mandate to do so.\u00a0 It is interesting on at least two levels:<\/p>\n

First, as a response to the Reverend Wright story, it reminds us that Wright is not the only preacher who says outrageous things, and Obama is not the only politician to get “spiritual guidance” from a controversial figure.\u00a0 In which case, the question might be: Which outrageous preachers are most likely to be targeted as problematic?\u00a0 And by who?<\/p>\n

Second, the video could be used to demonstrate how a person can be made to appear frightening or evil through editing.\u00a0 In this case, the move to slow motion, the use of black-and-white, the strategic stills.<\/p>\n

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In many ways, this video, produced by the left, uses many of the same tactics as the anti-Reverend Wright clips on Fox News and elsewhere. For comparison, The Daily Show put together a montage of coverage<\/a> that appears in the clip below (at about 6 minutes, 51 seconds) that uses choice words (“fiery”), tone of voice, and fast motion:<\/p>\n

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