Post a commentOlga, what about MSNBC???????
Well, what about MSNBC? MSNBC runs three hours of the right-winger Joe Scarborough every morning, nicely balancing out the three hours of liberals in the evening. Even out of them, my TV sweetheart Rachel Maddow is the only real full-on progressive. Keep in mind also that MSNBC has earned its share of arched eyebrows from the progressive blogs for statements that weren't considered correct. Fox has never done anything to earn such criticisms from right-wingers.
Olga and Rich: get a grip on reality. You apparently assume that organs like the 3 major nets and big city liberal newspapers are not biased. Examples of the left wing bias exist on a weekly basis. You seem not to recall that the nets, WaPo and the NYT failed to cover Vann Jones and the ACORN scandals. And what about Dan Rather's attempt to influence the the 2004 Presidential election by using obviously forged Texas Air Nat'l Guard documents? The NYT tried to influence the same election by publishing classified documents a week before the election to hurt Pres. Bush. In 2006 the WaPo ran over 150 articles on the "macacca" incident to influence the VA US senate race. That effort resulted in the defeat of incumbent GOP Senator Geo. Allen. In that same race the WaPo ran 1 article on Allen's energy policy. And after John McCain became the GOP frontrunner in 2008, the NYT tried to foment scandal after scandal on him. And worst of all, because the leftwing media, including the Inky, failed to act professionally, America's radical neophyte President went unvetted. In BHO we now have a President who is Jimmy Carter on steroids. Would that the rest of the LMSM had been as critical as FNC.
thoughtful, think again. Obama was the most vetted candidate ever. To this day the yahoos are still trying to come up with something against him. There is no there, there. NYT didn't cover the Vann and ACORN "scandals" because there were none. ACORN got ripped off, not the USA. Vann Jones made comments that are free speech, not advocacy. You righties fling anything at the wall hoping something sticks. None usually does. Rather got the story right, but had the wrong evidence. Several others involved in bush's Nat Guard time had already told that story in greater detail. And I don't recall any push to create McCain scandals, only a story that he may have been inappropriate with a woman staffer. Im sure the NY Post and Fox would have gone haywire had a story liuke that involved Obama. There is no LMSM and you know it or at least you would if rush didn't tell you otherwise.
As for why the healthcare and other bills are so large when the Constitution is so small-it's because the Founding Fathers didn't have to put up with niggling lawsuits and legislators that challenge every word. So every possible coneived nuance must be addressed or our courts will be clogged for decades. As for the Declaration, funny how the republican leadership can't tell it from the Constitution, yet claim to know what America wants.
TCC, none of your examples are incorrect, but they convey a very partial and misleading story. During Reagan's first year in office, a NY Times reporter told the story of the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador. The Reagan Administration drove him out of his position, thereby putting reporters on notice that they'd better toe the line and had better tell stories in a more Administration-friendly fashion.
By 1987, we saw the book "On Bended Knee," telling us how the press corps had been disciplined. During the administration of the elder George Bush, First Lady Barbara Bush made it quite clear to reporters that she had a "naughty" list of reporters who were not permited access and a "nice" list of reporters who wrote good things about her husband.
During the Clinton Administration, the press corps went absolutely crazy with wildly overheated stories ("Whitewater" being a prime example of utterly ridiculous stories) and things like truth and fairness went completely out the window. The constant sniping at Al Gore was certainly part of the younger Bushes' victory in 2000.
Do I even need to review the way the press corps covered the run-up to the Iraq War and the younger Bushes' extra-Constitutional activities and the Obama Administrations' continuation of Bushes' policies? Nah, I didn't think so.
The left blogosphere exists for a reason. It exists and has grown in influence because the press corps has become "The Village," where denizens have become useless to this country's political dialogue.
Mike: with all due respect, you are dangerously uninformed and choose to ignore reality. One month before the election Dan Rather used obviously forged documents. That is a scandal of epic proportions. As for BHO being the most vetted candidate ever, you cannot possibly be serious. Sarah Palin's children and Joe the Plumber were vetted more than BHO. While I am not a Birther (BTW - most of the litigation about BHO's birth status started with Democrates like Phil Berg, Esquire in Montco) we have not seen BHO's birth certificate. Recall how the Slimes raised questions about McCain's birthplace and eligibility for the Presidency. And we haven't seen BHO's grades from high school, college or law school. Just how did he get onto Harvard Law Review? And there was very little LMSM exploring of BHO's involvement with the Trinity United Church and the Chicago Annenberg Challenge or his relationships with Tony Rezko, unrepentent domestic terrorists William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, and Calypso Louis Farrakhan.
Can someone please explain to be the obscession with the republicans and the number of pages they had since mid-summer to read?? Yes, there have been changes, but this bill started in Mid Summer,,,, and changes are noted during that time. -- THoughtful, try to get past the justifications for the Birthers, the fact that Bert is not a Democrat, and the envy you have for an education you did not attain. Tell me the last time anyone mentioned the Savings and Loan Scams, and your need to quote Rush on the Calypso Louis --- it sullies your legitimacy. Please explain to me how a so called "Liberal media" allowed us to enter Iraq with no questions, had Dan Rather FIred, but kept Buchanan, Chris Wallace, Pinnochio Joe Scarborough, Clucker Carlson has beenb kept in hiding only to return by mid next summer. and the last time a Conservataive "Journalist" ever issued a retraction or correction. Do you honestly expect to be considered legitimate when you say Sara Palin and Joe the Imaginary Plumber who is hoping for a Country Western Gig were more vetted than the President,,,,,??? What planet spins around your head?
Obviousman#1 - there is nothing more obvious about MSNBC not being Liberal that the start of the day 6AM three hours of Pinnochio Joe Scarborough, a Republican Congressman who Quit to marry his present wife, who got his start as an Attorney working Pro-Bono for the Familiy of Michael Griffin as a Media Manipulator keeping the family and their background out of the papers. Then we have the Stratigist/Analsysts named Pat Buchanan, Brad Blakeman, Mort Zuckerman, Todd Harris, The one of an Opinion, now turned Scarborough Bobblehead Mika, Mike Barnicle will make a statement only to retract it after a station break if Pinnochio Joe doesn't agree. Willie Geist is happy to have Joe allow him to be on at 5;30, and MikaB knows the only way she can stay on radio with Joe from 9-11 is to gor Sara Palin. Aanyone can figure out the assignment for Talk Show Hosts by 6:15AM by listening to Joe. Peggy Noonan is a frequent guest, as is Jack Welch, Jack's wife, former Gov Pawlenty and Mike Huckabee. Yes, that's a Liberal Haven, isn't it??
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