Comments on: Video: UPI’s Pentagon reporter says media is ignoring consequences of withdrawal

By: Tet redux « infotainment still rules

Tet redux « infotainment still rules — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:31:10 +0000

[...] By author update: Allahpundit has the video of Pam Hess blasting her media colleagues on Reliable Sources. (Little did I know when I watched [...]

By: ‘AP’s Iran-Trained Hit Squads Story: Iraq News Nadir?’ « DetainThis

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:22:32 +0000

[...] promotion of military disinformation. She has been the favorite journalist covering Iraq among right-wing bloggers, because of her willingness to state her support for the war with such clarity. She is a true [...]

By: » Is The Media a WMD? - No Questions Asked

» Is The Media a WMD? - No Questions Asked — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:05:06 +0000

By: Ace of Spades HQ

Ace of Spades HQ — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:41:31 +0000

Kagan: The Surge Is Working, But The Media Has No Back-Up Plan…

A front-page story in The Post last week suggested that the Bush administration has no backup plan in case the surge in Iraq doesn’t work. I wonder if The Post and other newspapers have a backup plan in case……

By: Kesher Talk

Kesher Talk — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:46:33 +0000

Moments of truth in Mainstream Media…

Journalist Pamela Hess caused a stir this week when she argued passionately and eloquently on C-SPAN for staying the course in Iraq. What is heartbreaking about this video is her defensiveness when describing the idealism of our troops and their……

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: UPI reporter gets emotional over Iraq

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: UPI reporter gets emotional over Iraq — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:40:53 +0000

[...] A reader in Thailand e-mails to say he caught this on C-SPAN yesterday and remembered our post about her from January 14. That clip got plenty of play at the time from righty blogs simply due to the gawk factor involved in watching a reporter who’s more interested in winning the war than revisiting Bush’s mistakes. [...]

By: Frenchman

Frenchman — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:23:34 +0000

Video: Pentagon reporter says country getting screwed…

Video over at Hot Air. Best quote in a long while: “[I]f as a reporter you do ask the national security question, all of a sudden you’re carrying Bush’s water.” …

By: seejanemom

seejanemom — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:56:02 +0000

YYyeeeee….hope she has a “Plan B”.

I hear STARKIST is hiring.

By: Catie96706

Catie96706 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:33:40 +0000

Tony737, you’re right, the unions are what is the most wrong with education. It’s a HUGE problem with students being brainwashed while in high school and middle school as well. I once taught with a woman who bragged about her and her husband declaring bankruptcy and told her students (high school math if you can believe it!!) how to get out of paying your bills. This was her first year and Dr. Dean who was a great guy and a wonderful principal got rid of her at the end of the year. Even when you work in a non-union district (Liberty County, GA), it takes a year to get rid of someone legally although he tried everything to get rid of her before the end of the first semester.
The NEA is the absolute worse thing that ever happened to education as well. I’ve worked alongside some pretty bad teachers (Spanish teachers who could barely speak Spanish themselves, Math teachers one chapter ahead of the kids, well you get the idea), however, there are still so few conservatives going into the fieldl and boy do those tolerant lib teachers make life hell for you if they find out you don’t agree with them. Know from experience, that’s one reason I won’t go back to teaching when my kids go to school.
Tony, I have that bumper sticker on my icky Highlander Hybrid and would you believe someone tried to scrape it off? I guess it was the same person who did scrape off my “W 04″ sticker and scratched my back window. Libs, gotta love their tolerance.

By: darwin

darwin — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:18:35 +0000

“Yes, there are great teachers out there, but I think they are the minority.”

The quality, integrity and ethics of teachers started degrading with the advent of the NEA and adoption of their new moniker … “educator”.

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:09:55 +0000

Catie, no offense. You’re right, I remember hearing about that program of ex-military people going into education. We need more if that. I mentioned on another thread that we need conservatives to go into education and media or else our great nation is doomed. If we can get more former military folks into those two unstitutions, we might have a chance. I agree that the unions are what’s wrong with our schools. The two go hand in hand. They brainwash our kids in school then continue as our source of “news” into adulthood. It’s the reason why we keep spending more money yet our kids’ grades continue to go down. Yes, there are great teachers out there, but I think they are the minority. Yes, I can read, and I do thank my teachers for that, but I also thank Veterans because I can read *in English*.

By: Halley

Halley — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:42:53 +0000

Would Lincoln have allowed the press to be so clearly treasonous back in the 1860s? Just asking…

By: darwin

darwin — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:52:45 +0000

“While I agree the media needs to report accurately, traditionally it has been the media’s responsibility to serve as the governmental watchdog”

Then let’s see them do their “traditional” job. The media of today are nothing more than press agents for the democrats. They rarely print or broadcast anything negative, or for that matter truthful about democrats. They will however, go out of their way to lie, fabricate and distort to put the worst possible light on republicans. The few journalists left with integrity might as well hang it up. The rest, well, they’re not really journalists anymore, just run of the mill hacks. Scum of the earth if you will.

By: Catie96706

Catie96706 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:43:32 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I found it really interesting but did not know the UPI was connected to the Washington Times.
Tony737, I used to teach (before I did the dorky thing-according to the left and stay home with my kids) and who taught you to read, write, etc. I used to be an Army Officer too. There are a lot of former military who are coming into the classrooms to teach. There was a retired CSM who could take a room full of obnoxious little brats and by the end of the week they were totally different kids. Parents commented on how their children were never so well behaved at school or did so well in their work. I will admit it’s one of those little stupid phrases, like retard that get under my skin. Someone taught you to read, write and do everything else you can do. Give them a break. There are a lot of good teachers out there. Unfortunately the unions who keep the incompetent ones around give the rest a bad name. Okay, off my soap box now.

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:32:57 +0000

The media will always been run by the Left, because Righties are too busy out there in the real world akin’ things happen.

Those who can, do. Those who can’t, report … and teach.

By: JaHerer22

JaHerer22 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:11:24 +0000

What does he mean by “Call this administration to account.” By what authority? Is the MSM somehow the political police force? Who holds them to account? Why don’t the just TRY to report accurately and LET THE POEPLE HOLD THE GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT? Novel idea….

ronsfi on January 14, 2007 at 2:59 PM

While I agree the media needs to report accurately, traditionally it has been the media’s responsibility to serve as the governmental watchdog; to hold the government to account by reporting it’s actions to the public at large. As you write, ultimately the people must hold the government to account, but it has long been the purpose of the free press to investigate, ask tough questions, and demand transparency, so that the government does not operate in secrecy and the people are able to make informed decisions and hold their elected officials to account.

Granted, this does not just mean constantly questioning Bush and an important part of this job would entail asking questions about the consequences of a withdrawal. However the media does serve the historical responsibility as a sort of ‘political police force, ’ as you put it, or as a ‘watchdog’ as the American Government textbooks like to put it. As to who holds the media to account? I dunno…blogs?

By: Griz

Griz — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:15:42 +0000

She looks like Lois Lane. Where’s Superman?

By: darwin

darwin — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:47:50 +0000

I’m not quite sure what to say. She even said it on CNN, and they allowed it. I supposed I’m at a loss for words because I was just confronted with someone who actually spoke common sense. Of course the other commentator had to make up for it by interjecting that Bush “fabricated” intelligence. Bush must have had help fabrictating from the dems, world leaders and various intelligence agencies who thought the same thing.

By: Right Truth

Right Truth — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:32:36 +0000

Bloggers go to court as journalists…

Bloggers will no longer be barred from a seat and deprived of the opportunity to cover trials like other journalists do. Well, at least one trial will have some seats reserved in the press section for bloggers. It’s about time….

By: JimC

JimC — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:48:25 +0000

I saw a C-SPAN call-in program some time ago with someone who I recall looked a lot like Pam Hess but less animated. They showed a clip of her report from Iraq. It hardly a glowing report of success; it was on the average negative, but it wasn’t total condemnation. I thought it was critical but fair and realistic. The callers from the left apparently thought otherwise. One asked emphatically, “Where is your outrage?” Another called her a b***h. Another said “You. Fascist. C**t.” None of that was bleeped out, which I found rather startling. She took this garbage calmly with no apparent negative reaction, which I gave her a LOT of credit for.

By: RD

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By: RD

RD — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:08:15 +0000

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By: georgej

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By: stonemeister

stonemeister — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:35:59 +0000

She’s really defining BDS – the media’s playing “gotcha” on every point of the conduct of the war. First, they’re only reporting on the bad news; second, since there’s only bad news, the war must be a failure; third, Bush got us into this, so he’s a failure: GOTCHA!

The MSM is not thinking about the war, and the consequences of winning or losing it! And if they do take the war itself seriously, and consider the consequences of any action, they must be pro-Bush!

Steve Roberts is one of the worst offenders…since his paranoid mind has fabricated the “fact” that Bush lied and manufactured false intelligence, it is true beyond question. This paranoia carries to every irrational thought attributed to Bush, and has been lovingly embraced by the MSM.

So what are we to do with the war? Well, everyone knows that we’re not there legitimately, and everyone knows that Bush lied to get us there so he could make millions for his friends, and everyone knows that Iraq was a better place before we invaded, so the only consequence of leaving would be to undo the damage we cause…akin to the argument that abortion is just undoing a pregnancy.