Quotes of the day
posted at 10:00 pm on November 22, 2008 by Allahpundit
“For their part, the media have no reservations. Like a schnauzer toggling behind its hobo master, the press will weld itself to Obama and lick his hand whenever he sees fit to acknowledge them. Chris Matthews came out of his red-brown closet and declared that he will do everything in his power to make sure that Obama’s presidency works. Yet how could his new labors surpass his old verbalizations? Other media sources have deliberately buried evidence concerning their hero’s most (more?) alarming associations. Their machinations ensured that the electorate backed a man for whom not only they, but a couple of prominent journalists as well, know little about. Already, the press covers Obama’s flank. Manufactured stories about the alleged anger of ‘right-wingers’ and polls documenting the president-elect’s soaring favorability ratings have appeared, even though he has yet to complete a day of work.”
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“It’s the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war.”
Blowback
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The credibility of the media is long gone. All of the media is in the tank for the one. It will be the fall of America as we know it.
blueboat on November 22, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Good for Halperin. But he’s not one to talk.
amerpundit on November 22, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Get used to it.It will only get worse.Once again the media has tipped an election.In the last twenty years they have had a lot of success.They won’t stop now.They are hungry for more.
NeoKong on November 22, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Can;t wait to hear the spin in the next year or so.
Soup Kitchens will become “Obama’s Nutrition Centers”.
Guardian on November 22, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Yeah, same old predictable MSM garbage apologetics. Their credibilty is totally gone, may all their revenue follow quickly.
ddrintn on November 22, 2008 at 10:13 PM
And any body is suprised??? Hello? I said, ah-hem hello? NBC? CBS? ABC? CNN? MSNBC? Hello. Dang it Roger! (Ayles)you used to know how to be objective! Now, get your nose out off the ONE singular crotch please, it’s embarrassing.
Chewy the Lab on November 22, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Funny how all this chest-beating is occurring now, after they got him elected.
Not that it’s not true, 2008 was even worse than 2006 when I thought 2006 was an extreme example of media bias. Even magazines like Aviation Week have not been immune. If you had been an alien dropped here and shown an Aviation Week magazine in 2006, you would have thought the Democrats were already in charge. All quotes, all cites were almost always by or about, “the ranking Democrat on this or that committee”.
If the New York Slimes or other papers start asking for bail-outs to avoid going out of business, there bet be a righteous outcry from the country.
AZfederalist on November 22, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Aside from the disparity in numbers (of negative Obama stories vs. negative Palin stories) the difference was that negative Obama stories–no matter how fresh–would contain the Obama campaign response, prominently, and the negative Palin stories would never seek a response from Palin or the McCain campaign. In Palin’s case, if it was negative, it was true. In Obama’s case, if it was negative, it was a “misunderstanding” or an “oversimplification.”
RBMN on November 22, 2008 at 10:16 PM
The spin has already started when the dow went up it was due to the great pick the one made for treasurey sec. but no word on the dow tanking since it was obvious the one was going to win the election and since the election. all good news is because of the one bad news is someone elses fault.
blueboat on November 22, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Umm, that should have been, “there BETTER be a righteous outcry”
AZfederalist on November 22, 2008 at 10:17 PM
So. Does it matter anymore?
Weight of Glory on November 22, 2008 at 10:19 PM
The only thing that matters in the medias eyes is that no matter what happens Obama is put in a good light.
blueboat on November 22, 2008 at 10:20 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a Media Bailout in the cards. “These venerable news institutions just can’t be allowed to fail or be sucked up by Murdoch.”
ddrintn on November 22, 2008 at 10:20 PM
This treatment of Obama by the old press gives the phrase “media whores” an entirely new meaning.
Zorro on November 22, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Considering the fact that Halperin and his blog were whoring for the Messiah, I find his self reflection amusing. I’d also like him to chastise the Time for the ridiculous Obama = FDR and the continued post-election sucking up. Perhaps, they should start by giving the Messiah/ reincarnated Lincoln the tough going over they should have during the election season.
Illinidiva on November 22, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Is this a dig at the Bushitler administration? I’m on cold meds but it seems like one to me.
Y-not on November 22, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Where was all this objectivity and self analysis before the election? Bad press… bad bad press (slap).
This is one big case of CYA!!
katy on November 22, 2008 at 10:23 PM
…the establishment press dropped the ball? In Obama’s favor?
…wait…a word is forming in my cerebral cortex….
……………wait for it……………
…”Duh!”
…someone forward that nugget to Shep Smith….
Puritan1648 on November 22, 2008 at 10:24 PM
No kidding!
KBird on November 22, 2008 at 10:24 PM
…the term “media whores” is an insult to ol’ Ash Dupre’ and “sex workers” everwhere…at least, once you pay your up-front fee, you get to screw them….
Puritan1648 on November 22, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I will believe in their remorse when I begin to see serious critique of Obama.
katy on November 22, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Allow me to spare everyone the suspense, it will all be President Bush’s fault for the first term. And Obama won’t have to say it once, the MSM will say it for him.
Hog Wild on November 22, 2008 at 10:26 PM
He’s not my president.
He’s the president of airheads expecting the gubmint to make their car payments and pay off their mortgage. He’s the president of cowardly America-haters who favor extracting our troops from Iraq while we are on the verge of total victory. He’s the president admired by Bill Ayers and Hamas. He’s the president who will bankrupt us. He’s the president who can’t keep his stories straight longer than a 24 hour news cycle. He’s the president who smirked and called his opponents ‘racists’, while he was the one pre-emptively dropping the racist comments. He’s the president who will reward failure and punish success.
He’s not my president. He represents everything I abhor.
fogw on November 22, 2008 at 10:28 PM
…just tryin’ to keep his leftie cred intact, while he “bravely” disses his teammates…they’ll all go on record, then get back to running defence for Obama….
…again…somebody tip ol’ Shep to this thread…send it along with a cup o’ espresso (to wake his sorry ass up) and a crowbar (to help him extract his head)….
Puritan1648 on November 22, 2008 at 10:30 PM
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all.”
Show them this and see if they can find our pledge to a president? I don’t see one….
katy on November 22, 2008 at 10:34 PM
blueboat on November 22, 2008 at 10:36 PM
I won’t do to Pres. Obama what the Left has done to W these past 8 years. I’ll show the respect due the office, and the results of this past election. When he is right, I’ll say so, and when he is wrong, I’ll say so and criticize him and his actions/policies. I hope many will agree with me, that when you start acting as whacko as many of the Lefties, you lose any credibility in a rational, adult discussion.
We have history and our written compacts (Dec of Independence, Constitution, the Federalist papers) to prove our points in any argument, and it is in these unique ideas that our power lies.
When he is Inaugurated, he’ll be my President, too, as much as that disappoints me.
Red State State of Mind on November 22, 2008 at 10:41 PM
This will be the nadir of journalism. Perhaps the phoenix of real reporting will arise from the ashes of the Obama presidency.
Mojave Mark on November 22, 2008 at 10:42 PM
My gut tells me that the media will get what they deserve in the end. Karma’s a b*tch.
pmanley on November 22, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Unfortunately we have limited or no access to the talking heads, they hide in their studios and secure residences scurrying like rodents from door to limo without pause. I for one will seek out any opportunity in the greater Boston area to confront them, challenge their bias and basically show them the same respect conservative speakers are afforded. Maybe its time for Code Red-White and Blue to make an appearance, freedom of speech is a two way street.
dmann on November 22, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Are you Trent Lott?
fogw on November 22, 2008 at 10:47 PM
…….. the institution that they have broken is not even relevant to them now..
……… but, in the coming new year, I am sure it will be.
There are consequences for actions, my friends, and they won’t even see them until they are all standing around at a cheap vodka cocktail party, asking each other,
Seven Percent Solution on November 22, 2008 at 10:51 PM
This whole discussion of “my president” is getting weird. Even in the debates Obama looked at John McCain and, refering to Bush said “your president”.
It is an elected office. One would hope would be respected by the masses. But where does one draw the line if the elected official does not fulfill their the duty to which they were elected to fulfill? If BHO does not do his duty to protect, defend and uphold the Constitution fo the US of A, then we the people are bound by that Constituttion and its ammendments to do the job ourselves. Countyr First! I pledge my allegiance to no man, to no office but to my country.
katy on November 22, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I just got the first run of these in hand. Sticking one on the gas-guzzling, planet-killing Dodge Ram tomorrow morning.
[/shamelessplug]
Bruce in NH on November 22, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Press jackals, we’ll see how well they manage to moderate themselves since they now supposedly understand their crimes.
I’m not going to hold my breath though, I’ve got a feeling that they will work harder than ever to make every mistake, misstep and dangerous move by Obarfy look as if it were a brilliantly calculated intention.
Bishop on November 22, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Yes the press will never try to redeem themselves they have crossed over to the dark side
blueboat on November 22, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Why should the press “redeem themselves”? What they did WORKED!
SouthernGent on November 22, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Who knew the media weasels were little Einsteins?
Help me out; I’m too dumb to grasp this meaning.
I need more help understanding our “superiors” in the press.
fogw, I told you the E and the O are not compatible. Now you say “He represents everything I abhor.” Dearest, a good percentage of our country is way more limited than I ever imagined it could be. Or, my American glasses were a bit too tinted. I simply wanted to believe, and for so many years I could. Now I ache for the world, and for her in specific. Weirdly neither the world, nor her, are yet aware.
Entelechy on November 22, 2008 at 11:22 PM
Even the dummies will realize that they won the big prize, and lost their businesses, and with that their jobs.
Entelechy on November 22, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Yeah, the press is just trying to “apologize.” I was surprised that Mark Halperin said that, but then again, the election’s already over, and the damage has been done. Nice quotes, though.
As for the unity piece; I’m half and half. I don’t want to be an evil wingnut, but I also don’t want to be some fruity dude who agrees with everything and is unwilling to criticize his “noble president” at all.
Achilles on November 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Convenient circularity; “We didn’t criticize Obama’s campaign because it was so well-run. It had the appearance of being so well-run because we didn’t take the time to pick it apart.”
ddrintn on November 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Instead of all these dummies coming out after the fact with their phoney, my bad stories, why don’t they, you know, report the news without bias? Actions speak louder than these stupid mea culpas that they do post election. Tools.
Blake on November 22, 2008 at 11:27 PM
What’s so well run about:
blatant sexism
illegal campaign donations
lying
Blake on November 22, 2008 at 11:28 PM
It was considered well run because they pulled the wool over the majority. With the help of the press so the MSN got a twofer. They got there man in office and made a fool out of the majority of Americans.
blueboat on November 22, 2008 at 11:34 PM
I think I understand what he means. Still, I can’t help but laugh his comparison. Hello? The Iraq coverage was five year long tragedy in coverage that’s overlapped the current ongoing Obama coverage tragedy. Shouldn’t there be a space between the two to use “since”?
Dusty on November 22, 2008 at 11:36 PM
November 22, 2008 is VI Day (Victory in Iraq).
baldilocks on November 22, 2008 at 11:46 PM
This is tantamount to State run media. It’s downright eerie how deep in the tank the MSM is for the Obamassiah and his entire ilk.
Whether it’s China, Russia, Venezuela, you name the place, whether by force or capitulation, you name the means, State run media ALWAYS results in a misinformation and omitted-information campaign of placation and the indoctrination of the people. Which in turn sometimes results in the incarceration of the truth bearers, and sometimes even bloodshed when the truth bearers cannot be silenced. Very recent events in Russia demonstrate that vividly.
Be careful out there journalists and bloggers with access to the virtuous truth and the wherewithal to disseminate it. Mind your level of petulance, too, as you spread the stark truth and the clarity of reality among the Sheeple.
It may seem a ridiculous warning, but those who refuse to remember history are doomed to repeat it… or be the victim of it.
FlatFoot on November 22, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Getting Obama elected was only half the job. The other half is to ensure that the first black president is a great success, because if he is perceived as a failure that would be bad for race relations in this country.
PackerBronco on November 22, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Whores perform honest work for their pay.
Schadenfreude on November 22, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Check this guy out. Love the lyrics.
http://www.amaze.fm/artist/Perry/when-freedom-rings/
katy on November 22, 2008 at 11:51 PM
I won’t be surprised if we never have a caucasian President again. At least in my lifetime.
rlwo2008 on November 22, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Yes. Well. What’s he going to do about it? Maybe there’s just one journalist out there who’s willing to look at this as*shole-elect even a bit critically, but so what? Didn’t really work for Kurtz, Freddoso, et al. Even if he’s a total, in-your-face-disaster, the wankers in the press are going to spin like tops and open wide for the next 8 years. (Forgive the mixed metaphors, it’s late). Me, I’m praying for a disaster, preferably where I don’t live. So???
Fortunata on November 22, 2008 at 11:54 PM
I think he’s actually talking about the run up to the Iraq War, when the coverage was actually decent compared to what they’ve done since…
Gianni on November 23, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Thanks for that.
It seems there is a transitioning from the old media to the new media. Where if there is to be bias in reporting, then let it be from bloggers and not from the smugness of so called degree’d journalist on print and television.
Except for Fox news, all others are hard to distinguish between either an episode of Dr. Phil or the View.
Kini on November 23, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Expect it to continue… For the next 4 years, until he gets reelected, then they will turn on him.
reshas1 on November 23, 2008 at 12:09 AM
As someone said (maybe Ace or Treacher), it will be a lot harder to convince the public that bad times are good than it was to convince people that good times were bad.
ddrintn on November 23, 2008 at 12:11 AM
How does MSNBC have any ratings at all? I can’t stand to listen to two words they say. I used to like Scarborough, but he’s become as biased as the rest of them.
kingsjester on November 23, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Can you say pissing into the wind (sorry for the language)?
Any journalist who challenges THE ONE henceforth will be relagated to the traffic department and they all know it. Look how Fox has totally rolled over. They are petrified of the Fairness Doctrine!
Chewy the Lab on November 23, 2008 at 12:21 AM
The thought of having only the MSM petrifies me too. I think I’d emigrate.
ddrintn on November 23, 2008 at 12:26 AM
Oh, I do so agree. Me fears es su fears.
Chewy the Lab on November 23, 2008 at 12:32 AM
“The biggest bias in the press is towards effectiveness,” said Heilemann, who is authoring a book on the 2008 race along with Halperin.
“We love things that are smart.”
So I guess the biggest snow job ever pulled on the media equals smart? An endless flow of money can make anyone look both smart and effective but it may not be so.
Cindy Munford on November 23, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Hell,
featured him on their November cover, and the guy is a total smoker!
Jim62sch on November 23, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Ahh the 5th Column Arises from the ashes of Germany and manifests itself in America.
Meanwhile, I’ll give Obamamessiah the same gratitude and support that the Radical fringe left gave GWB for the last 4 yrs. Here’s a clue if they don’t get it:
Go f*ck yourself – Vice President Richard Cheney.
JP1986UM on November 23, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Halperin’s main point about the pro-Obama bias was that Obama was “new”.
Two words refute this “new” argument – Sarah Palin.
Jim62sch on November 23, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Sigh. I need a life. Going to bed. G’Night all.
Chewy the Lab on November 23, 2008 at 12:42 AM
What the hell can Chris Matthews possibly do to ensure that Obama’s presidency is successful, other than spin news to his favor? I’d like him to explain that one to me.
Sir Corky on November 23, 2008 at 12:53 AM
The press has learned it can take a President down (Bush) for something he didn’t cause (Katrina) in retaliation for something that embarrasses them (Iraq).
They’ve learned they can get someone elected (Obama). So where do they go from here?
Do they get embarrassed for supporting Obama without challenging him enough (in hindsight, ala Iraq)?
Or do they feel they must support him to retain credibility?
MayBee on November 23, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Sir Corky- he can help by not spinning things in a way that hurts Obama. That would be a positive way to change. Think of Iraq, Katrina, or the way the press handled Murtha- either when he withdrew support for the war or when he accused the Hadditha marines of cold-blooded murder. Those are all examples of the press spinning against the President. To stop doing things like that would be especially helpful
But you are right. There is the danger that helping Obama could be covering his mistakes from the American public. We don’t want that, but Matthews could certainly do that to make Obama “successful”.
MayBee on November 23, 2008 at 1:02 AM
I’ve tried but… O might be the president but he is not my president…can’t do it…
CCRWM on November 23, 2008 at 1:10 AM
So easy, a DJ can do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sFuzrEDwCc
Don’t tell me words don’t matter.
christene on November 23, 2008 at 1:12 AM
“The day the music died”…MSM 2008 campaign coverage.
d1carter on November 23, 2008 at 1:19 AM
Dunno!! From what I’ve been seeing and hearing, Obama does not need anyone to cover his back—yet. I have decided not get into a lather about it and just sit back and watch. Can’t do anything anyway. I’m much more afraid of Dems on the Hill than I am of Obama. Yikes! The Frank’s, Dodd’s, Rangels, Pelosi’s, Reid’s etc etc. Now they are truly dangerous.
jeanie on November 23, 2008 at 1:25 AM
Before the end of Barack’s first term there will be a lot of ‘journalists’ standing on the curb watching the repo man pull their BMWs over the horizon.
Maybe I’ll go into the sandwich-sign business.
Limerick on November 23, 2008 at 1:45 AM
How is any of this going to help Michelle’s kids?
fossten on November 23, 2008 at 1:53 AM
Obama refers to Bush as ‘your President’.
OK, then I’m free to say “You are NOT my President.”
F’off Barack and the MSM.
Sapwolf on November 23, 2008 at 3:21 AM
Are you referencing Nazis, or Communists, or Jews? i.e. fascists or liberals? If the latter, their poor performance deserves no excuse or support, but their small numbers hardly caused the Obama victory. They are no better, or worse, fools.
JiangxiDad on November 23, 2008 at 3:24 AM
Again, f’off Barack and MSM.
Sapwolf on November 23, 2008 at 3:25 AM
They like things that are smart? Well Romney is smart. I don’t think anyone would say otherwise, but he was not the right kind of smart.
I think they got caught up in the whole making history thing. Making history means books, commemorative coins, documentaries, drama, ratings…etc.
Will it last? I don’t know. It would seem to me that by building Obama up so much they have set him for a fall. We shall see. I know that if Bill Clinton had been a Republican with a past as a womanizer the whole world would have heard about that before he got through the primaries. The press covered up for him too..until it didn’t. And now it seems to me that I perceive some real bitterness from Clinton where the press is concerned.
As fas as the stuff about the lead up to the war, what about the entire 90′s? Saddam was the bad guy for both of Clinton’s terms in office. We actually bombed Baghdad during the impeachment hearings. And Saddam’s weapons and associations with terrorists were not questioned then at all. Saddam was even cited in the indictments against AlQaida for the embassy bombings in Africa. So if the press wants to redo some of its coverage of Iraq, how about they go back about 12 years or more? Why just talk about the run up to the invasion?
The press does whatever they think works for them. When saber rattling works for them, they rattle sabers. When undercutting the authority of a sitting president and treating him like a war criminal works for them that is what they do.
But sometimes reality intervenes. Monica Lewinsky happened to Clinton. Something like that might happen to Obama and if it does the people will wonder why it was the media was so in the dark about their dear leader’s true nature.
Terrye on November 23, 2008 at 6:18 AM
Obama and the media are integral parts of a common, collaborating Marxist/leftist movement and have a common goal of destroying the capitalistic, free market economy and much of the Constitution. We must stop looking at the media as a detached and independent entity.
rplat on November 23, 2008 at 7:13 AM
“In the tank” caption reveals nothing as all who want to participate in the Obamanation belong there.
The NEWS would be knowing who is NOT in the tank;
or who the Little Dutch Boy with the finger plugging the tank’s hole is;
or who has the goods to empty the tank.
maverick muse on November 23, 2008 at 8:03 AM
Well, if you mean disruptive and rude behavior, shouting down speakers like the Left does, I can’t go along with that. But maybe we in the greater Boston area should find a way to get together and and at least offer alternative forums for conservative speakers.
By “Code Red-White and Blue” I assume you mean showing the flag.
MrLynn on November 23, 2008 at 8:43 AM
Well, there are already little whispers in the media about what happened to this “change” we kept hearing about. Clinton for SOS? Old Clinton cronies getting appointments? The media has been snookered. Today’s WaPo talks about the billions Obama is going to spend rebuilding everything in the country and creating millions of jobs. He’s not even in office yet and he’s spending billion after billion on blue sky promises he can’t possibly keep without “tanking” the country. Once they realize they’ve been snookered they’ll start climbing out of the tank and start giving him the Bush treatment. It won’t be pretty.
scalleywag on November 23, 2008 at 8:47 AM
I see no evidence that Obama’s campaign showed any real competence, but nothing succeeds like excess.
Count to 10 on November 23, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Will Barry rig his press conferences so as to only get stooge questions like he did a week ago?
This will be “the tell” that the press will be a propaganda arm.
The difference between Bushs press conferences and Barrys will tell us everything about these corrupt people.
It will also show us that even with softballs Barry cannot handle the heat.
jjshaka on November 23, 2008 at 8:54 AM
Ambiguous. This statement could either be a moon bat bemoaning the “corrupting influence of imbeds” or a real person pissed at the way the networks pushed propaganda for the other side.
Count to 10 on November 23, 2008 at 8:58 AM
Besides, what the media has conveniently forgotten about and failed to provided enough coverage on is not only the shortcomings of our incoming president, but what a lame duck congress he’s going to have to deal with. They haven’t even passed a defense budget for 2008 yet. Zimbabwe probably has done a better job of passing legislation. Seriously, they’ve put our country on the verge of ruin and are doling out billions and printing money like there’s no tomorrow. The press has given them a pass too.
scalleywag on November 23, 2008 at 8:58 AM
My sentiments exactly.
Count to 10 on November 23, 2008 at 9:02 AM
It’s good that someone says it. But it’s really just preaching to the choir.
angryed on November 23, 2008 at 9:05 AM
Exactly. They’ve lost our trust, and that’s a real difficult thing to get back.
scalleywag on November 23, 2008 at 9:10 AM
Nice.
Count to 10 on November 23, 2008 at 9:10 AM
The media is exactly that MEDIA…not journalism, not reporting, not news…but media, even they call themselves the “MEDIA”.
They want to be stars, not reporters…and as often stated, they want to be the story.
right2bright on November 23, 2008 at 9:20 AM
What we here think of the media or their own suspicious mea culpas mean little. We have an electorate that thinks John Stewart and Bill Maher are journalists. They get their news from the editorial and comic pages of their local newspapers. Assuming they even read newspapers. They are incapable of distinguishing between punditry and actual news broadcasting, though in their defense, the line is greatly blurred these days.
At a time when there is more information available, literally at our fingertips, we have the most uneducated, unsophisticated electorate in history.
The press, attempting the proverbial closing of the barn door after the horse has escaped, is laughable. Until they (the press) begin to legitimately scrutinize our new president, as is their job, these limp noodle self-flagellations mean nothing.
postaldog on November 23, 2008 at 9:27 AM
shocking I tell you!
rob verdi on November 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM
When I was in college, I used to read Newsweek, US News and Time faithfully. I would switch between all three network news shows, CBS, NBC and ABC during the evening news. Watch 60 minutes when I could and Phil Donahue (LOL) when I could. It was only about 6 years ago we were supporters of PBS for the Jim Lehrer news hour. That was one of the last things to go for me. I appreciated the fact they gave so much time for discussions. Also read various newspapers.
None of it now. I have not watched an evening news show in years. They are nothing to me. Just pure Pravda. I do not trust them even for the weather. Everything is political.
When listening to Rush I will catch little pieces of the network news on the radio at the top of the hour.
Here is a good example of their propaganda I heard Friday:
I think it was CNN news,, had a short story on sudden increases in Spam sales, The announcer speculated that Spam sales have been going up because fewer people can afford steak and the things you can do with Spam are limitless. It’s an old favorite! He said you can chop it, dice it, bake it, fry it!
Not one mention about the fear of a collapsing economy in the future Obama presidency,, not one mention about people feeling the need to stock up on food.
They are worthless. They are the same as the Marxists. They are a part of the problem.
JellyToast on November 23, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Where’s the “increased cap gains taxes will cost jobs” story? OR the “Obama / Pelosi’s energy plan will make energy costs “skyrocket” story? It borders on treason.
marklmail on November 23, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Agreed. the spin is disgusting.. The friday upturn on the market was spun as a being a result of THE ONE’s Brilliant cabinet picks. No mention of the drop from 9600.
The press has always been in the tank. About 10 years ago, my dad, uncle and I went to a pro gun rally in Harrisburg. There were 10,000 people on the capital steps, about half of them legally armed (concealed). THe rally went great and the cops were telling us that it was the largest but best behaved rally they had seen.
On the way home, I almost went off the turnpike. The radio was on and the pompous news intro came on.. DA DA DAh Tum De Dah (news fanfare)
Announcer “There was a big rally in Harrisburg today”
Us “Yea, we made the news”
Announcer in that serious announcer voice “Twenty five people were outside senator Gimmea Handouts office Protesting the plight of the homeless”
Us ” WTF.. oh we must be next”
Announcer “In other news, the Phillies are 0 and 4 and Mrs. Jones’ kitten is stuck in a tree”
US “WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF ?”
Same thing with the papers the next day. The 25 handout grabbers were on the cover abover the fold. The 10,000 gun owners (Almost a division’s worth) were on C-8 below the fold with no pics and a short story ‘balanced’ by the gun grabbers..
Like Stalin said “I don’t care who votes, just who counts the votes”.. The corallarly here with the fourth estate/fifth column is “We don’t care what the news is as long as we get to choose what and how to report it”
bullseye on November 23, 2008 at 10:11 AM
How about reporting of increased KKK and “white power” group activity and hate crimes of whites against blacks, all supposedly due to an incipient Obama Presidency. This is a continuation of the memes during the Obama campaign that false rumors about Him were abundant. That he’s a Muslim, that he’s a communist, and so on. That’s the liberal, MSM meme that the right is behind all of it. The hate, the rumors, the bigotry and racism against Obama. I’m finally beginning to put some creedence into Chomsky … I know, I know … that’s idiotic. But he wrote a book “Manufacturing Consent” about how the media creates false impressions. Though, he seemed mainly concerned they weren’t disseminating the false impressions he wanted them to! While a conservative would prefer honest reporting. Fair and balanced, if you will allow that phrase!
Paul-Cincy on November 23, 2008 at 10:13 AM
I lived near a major city and the local Democratic party machine worked with the media on the stories and reporting they wanted.
There was a violent labor strike. The Teamstars had ten or so large, tough goons sitting outside the plant. I had been there for weeks as a Security Guard. Not a scab, that was my job before the strike. I was spending most of my time scared.
Suddenly, they took off, leaving the most harmless three guys you can imagine. Then two television local channels showed up in their white vans with antennas. While they were there, four local democratic politicians appeared. One of them brought blankets and donuts and coffee. Amazing coincidence.
A week later the employer was given an injunction since there were always a dozen protesters blocking the gate and you could occasionally multiply that by five or six. The employer had to have his own film crew to convince the judge.
I like and respect unions to a degree but I respect the truth and the First Amendment a lot more. Anyway, the workers won that battle but plant is now in China.
IlikedAUH2O on November 23, 2008 at 10:22 AM
The MSM Coup D’Etat slouches onward.
Whorebamas.
profitsbeard on November 23, 2008 at 10:27 AM
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