Friday, January 18, 2013

Murray Rothbard Blackout on FOX News

During a FOX News interview of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, at one point, Mackey lists his economic inspirations as Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard. There's no question Mackey mentions all three. It's very clear on the tape. But in the transcript of the show, the reference to Murray Rothbard is missing:
When I was young, I believed in the myth that business was selfish and greedy, and I certainly didn't want to be a business person. It was never my ambition.

But once I did -- once we did start whole foods and I did have a meet a payroll, I was having trouble. I mean, we had our team members wanted higher pay and our customers saw our prices were too high and suppliers, we were small and they didn't want to give them discounts. So we lost half of the capital. We had $45,000 to start with and we lost $23,000 of it the first year. Renee and I only got paid $200 a month and people were saying I was, you know, kind of a bad guy now because I was a business person.

So, I threw out that philosophy, didn't work, and I began to read widely and I read a number of free market economists like Frederick Hayek and Ludwig Von Mises and I discovered these explanations of the world worked a lot better than the philosophy I had previously. I learned the business is the greatest value creator in the world. We create value for customers, for employees, for suppliers, for investors, the communities we're part of. Business people are heroic. We're not the bad guys. We're the good guys.
Another case of missing Rothbard. An innocent mistake, or is there more to it?

(ht Brian Drake)

11 comments:

  1. I wonder if they wil change it. Or are we ancaps too dangerous?

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  2. Down the memory hole he goes. Mises, Hayek... their views can jive with the state, so they are acceptable. Take an unforgiving stand against tyranny? You cease to exist. Let that be a lesson to all of us. We WILL cease to exist, soon enough.

    I'm reminded of this excellent episode of the Twilight Zone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0myoaT9tBk0

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  3. Weird how that neocon network can transcribe perfectly every word Mackey spoke, but the word "Rothbard".

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  4. You mean, is this like:
    "Results of the Republican primary:
    1. Mitt Romney
    3. Rick Perry
    4. yadda yadda...."

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  5. The omission is not ambiguous. On pretty good grounds here, having watched the actual interview.
    It was there, and then it wasn't.

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  6. Have you noticed that ever since Ruppert Murdock had the Cell Phone Scandal in England he has had modified news on all his stations. Why was his news service able to tap cell phones and no one else could? Who owns such technology? Why was the last owner of independent news service in the US able to have that technology and no other news service. His people fell for a simple trick. It is not a conspiracy that requires secrecy. If an old fat guy can see it anyone can.

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  7. A conservative news network doesnt want the libertarian message to gain steam. This is no surprise.

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  8. "What?? What was that? Mur---Murr-- Roth... oh well nevermind!"

    So who to e-mail about this?

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    1. Nvm, you can e-mail foxnewstips@foxnews.com.

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  9. Why would they get rid of ROTHBARD and not Mises and Hayek?

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    1. I am thinking that perhaps Rothbard's works are easier for the average person to understand. They seem very accessible to me.

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