{"id":49090,"date":"2013-12-04T00:50:02","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T07:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=49090"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:15:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T03:15:58","slug":"the-right-wing-noise-machine-and-the-boy-who-cried-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/12\/the-right-wing-noise-machine-and-the-boy-who-cried-wolf.html","title":{"rendered":"The Right Wing Noise Machine and the Boy Who Cried Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

So a week or two ago, the Right Wing Noise Machine erupted in fury because the Administration was moving Vatican Embassy staff around and sticking them in with Italian Embassy staff.\u00a0 I had a feeling this was fake dudgeon from the Right Wing Noise Machine, but I couldn\u2019t bring myself to care enough to find out.\u00a0 Thanks therefore to Frank Weathers for doing the footwork<\/a>.\u00a0 As I thought, it\u2019s just the RWNM ginning up hysterics among the consumers of FOX, Washington Times<\/em> and talk radio until the next stupid thing to panic about (Kenyan\u00a0birth?\u00a0 Terrorist fist jabs!\u00a0 Imminent declaration of Martial law followed by infinite third term!!!!)\u00a0 The problem with the RWNM is that it is like the\u00a0 Boy Who Cried Wolf.\u00a0 Every time Obama clears his throat or flexes his pinky the screams go up.\u00a0 So it gets hard to tell (or care) whether or not the latest shrieks from the Right are worth bothering about.\u00a0 In this case, here\u2019s the rule of thumb: if Vatican doesn\u2019t care, neither should we.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So a week or two ago, the Right Wing Noise Machine erupted in fury because the Administration was moving Vatican Embassy staff around and sticking them in with Italian Embassy staff.\u00a0 I had a feeling this was fake dudgeon from the Right Wing Noise Machine, but I couldn\u2019t bring myself to care enough to find […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[272],"class_list":["post-49090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-the-right-wing-noise-machine"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Right Wing Noise Machine and the Boy Who Cried Wolf<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So a week or two ago, the Right Wing Noise Machine erupted in fury because the Administration was moving Vatican Embassy staff around and sticking them in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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