Comments on: Video: Diane Sawyer recounts odd incident in which public doesn’t seem to trust media

By: Low Earth Orbit

Low Earth Orbit — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:30:51 +0000

And now, your moment of reality…

Diane Sawyer, caught up side the head with the 2×4 of Reality….

By: doriangrey

doriangrey — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:17:27 +0000

logis on July 12, 2007 at 6:40 PM

The truth hurts, and she got a good dose of it…

By: CP

CP — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:38:19 +0000

Ugh, I can’t stand Diane Sawyer.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:21:31 +0000

Who’s Diane Sawyer and why should I care what she says or does? Don’t watch her and never will. Stopped watching network news 15 years ago and am doing just fine with my life thank you…

sabbott on July 13, 2007 at 6:35 AM

Nope, that’s not it. I don’t believe she’s ever set foot on a “network news” set. She does the happy, silly news, and celebrity interviews…

By: right2bright

right2bright — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:47:10 +0000

Bradky on July 12, 2007 at 5:01 PM

That’s the point, it takes an unbelievable disaster to make the press tell the truth and report the truth. As soon as the dust settled, it was back to the lies.

A quick disaster, and they have to think on their feet and tell the truth. Give them time, like Katrina, and the made up stories flow from their mouths.

By: Clueless Wisdom | BitsBlog

Clueless Wisdom | BitsBlog — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:23:47 +0000

[...] Then, read this observation at Blue Crab Universe: Well, not really, she just thought it was “hurtful“. But she related a story on Good Morning America that actually says rather a lot about the smarts of the average American – and the utter cluelessness of the American media. Many members of the media absolutely believe their own propaganda that it is truthful and fair in its reporting. Americans know better. More, Allah Pundit, Hot Air. [...]

By: sabbott

sabbott — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:35:56 +0000

Who’s Diane Sawyer and why should I care what she says or does? Don’t watch her and never will. Stopped watching network news 15 years ago and am doing just fine with my life thank you…

By: georgej

georgej — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:51:23 +0000

Every one of these fecal-matter-for-brains “journalists” is an elitist moron with a liberal agenda.

By: JimC

JimC — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:35:27 +0000

Everybody knows Jefferson wrote, “[...]were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

But he also wrote some very negative things about the media of his day, such as this: “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.”

Lots more here.

And here’s a great quote from George Orwell, “Homage to Catalonia”

The fat Russian agent was cornering all the foreign refugees in turn and explaining plausibly that this whole affair was an Anarchist plot. I watched him with some interest, for it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was telling lies – unless one counts journalists.

By: Bradky

Bradky — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:40:01 +0000

Esthier on July 12, 2007 at 5:33 PM

Yes I agree.

By: thedecider

thedecider — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:56:56 +0000

Heh – they should send her to CBS. Poor Couric can’t seem to dig herself out of a hole. At least Sawyer presents an “air” of seriousness as where you expect Couric to have a cooking segment.

By: Speakup

Speakup — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:10:04 +0000

Obviously the truth hurts or we could consider that the courtroom laughter was the finding of a jury of her peers.

It’s nice to know those tall ivory pillars don’t completely remove narcissists from common scrutiny.

By: PowWow

PowWow — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:13:21 +0000

Is it just me? Or did the guy standing give her a look that said, you know we shouldn’t be trusted. Probably just me

By: Faith1

Faith1 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:41:14 +0000

You can add me to the list of people who not only has zero respect for “journalist” but outright disdain for them. I view them as far lower on the scum scale than con artists who rip off the elderly and ambulance chasing lawyers who sue while coaching their clients to fake injuries.

They do come in higher than child molesters on my list–but not by much.

By: Helloyawl

Helloyawl — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:36:06 +0000

Repeatedly tell yourself a lie and, in time, you will believe it.

She really does believe that her and her kind can tell the truth and be fair.

By: peacenprosperity

peacenprosperity — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:59:04 +0000

Anyone have her e-mail address at ABC so we can send her all the comments?

By: infidel4life

infidel4life — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:53:58 +0000

Too bad she was booted from the jury, she’d do less damage there than in journalism.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:47:36 +0000

When the guy standing said “the man from Massachusetts..” I immediately thought he was talking about her old fat squeeze, Teddy the Swimmer Kennedy…

By: logis

logis — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:40:21 +0000

Diane Sawyer: “You know, I wanted to sit on a jury once and I was taken off the jury. And the judge said to me, ‘Can, you know, can you tell the truth and be fair?’ And I said, ‘That’s what journalists do.’ And everybody in the courtroom laughed. It was the most hurtful moment I think I’ve ever had.”

I’d almost feel sorry for the pathetic, attention-starved air-heads.

…If they weren’t all such arrogant asses.

By: MirCat

MirCat — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:34:33 +0000

I like how her voice trailed off at the end when she saw George laughing too.

- The Cat

By: peacenprosperity

peacenprosperity — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:32:06 +0000

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2007/07/what-about-th-1.html

This is the ABC reporter who is now on the democrat party enemies list. He better hurry up and do an attack piece on Big Oil or pharmacuetical companies before the democrats crush him.

By: peacenprosperity

peacenprosperity — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:28:12 +0000

Sometimes my rose colored glasses get fogged up……

I’ve been accused of that. Have you seen the ABC reporter who kept at Reid, asking if Iraqis will be safer if we would withdraw, until Reid blew him off?

By: KMC1

KMC1 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:23:13 +0000

The MSM is the propagandist arm of the left in the United States, if not in actual collusion then in ideology. To follow the truth to it’s conclusion would threaten everything they believe in. The MSM is not about honesty, it’s about keeping the common man in his place.

peacenprosperity on July 12, 2007 at 6:16 PM

I see your point. I was thinking it would be nice if they would do more in-depth reporting and focus on the truth and the facts, rather than the spin….. Sometimes my rose colored glasses get fogged up……

By: peacenprosperity

peacenprosperity — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:16:30 +0000

The MSM is the propagandist arm of the left in the United States, if not in actual collusion then in ideology. To follow the truth to it’s conclusion would threaten everything they believe in. The MSM is not about honesty, it’s about keeping the common man in his place.

By: katieanne

katieanne — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:13:48 +0000

Journalists live in a little liberal bubble, spew their agenda and then expect to be thanked for it. When they aren’t, they are in shock. Their contempt for the average American’s intelligence is astounding. Personally, I believe they think the only intelligent people live on the coasts and those people think as the journalists do…left, left, left, left, left. Fly over country is ignored.