Diane Sawyer to Kurtz: I’m super-proud of our Obama health-care infomercial
posted at 9:05 pm on June 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
Except it’s not an infomercial, you see. It’s a “serious conversation,” even though (a) no one from the opposing party is invited to converse and (b) no one who opposes Obama’s agenda is allowed to advertise during the program. Whatever, though. Either they’ll be tough on him or the criticism will be ruthless. Should have invited Stossel and Tapper to moderate, suckas.
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Already
Been
Co-opted
jgapinoy on June 22, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Remember the old days when Warner Wolf put Diane Sawyer in her place? “And Diane Sawyer was at the game?” When Obama calls out Fox News, it shows you that viewership for ABC, CBS and NBC sucks. No one trusts them or anyone on there.
suzyk on June 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM
So when do we get to line the ABC goons up against the wall (As Douglas Adams would have said)???
doriangrey on June 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Slightly O/T but I was watching Megan Kelly on Fox this morning and she was interviewing a gentlemen about the falsity of the “46 Million uninsured Americans” canard repeated for months on end by the Left. She was discussing this as “breaking” news. IMO it’s old news. I’m happy Fox is finally discussing it but sheesh, where have the been?
DerKrieger on June 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Welcome to the world of state-run media.
ajackson on June 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Hey Diane, you people have no credibility.
GarandFan on June 22, 2009 at 9:11 PM
They made a townhall offer to the Bush administration and were turned down?
Huh. I thought the Bush administration didn’t get any media issues right, but I think they nailed this one.
cs89 on June 22, 2009 at 9:12 PM
There goes that phrase “robust debate” again…
Thanks Di
bazil9 on June 22, 2009 at 9:13 PM
It’s not a conversation, it’s a freaking pep rally for the O.
jimmy2shoes on June 22, 2009 at 9:13 PM
a dialogue???? really…..really Diane
alexraye on June 22, 2009 at 9:13 PM
They are calling it a “summit”? According to the definition of the word summit it means a meeting or conference of heads of state, esp. to conduct diplomatic negotiations and ease international tensions. SO what other countries will be involved? Will it be one where socialized health care is working?
milwife88 on June 22, 2009 at 9:14 PM
we need more skateboarding.. that’s where most voters are now days
gatorboy on June 22, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Dialogue. Debate. Serious conversation. TEE HEE!
txag92 on June 22, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Apparently a monologue.
ROCnPhilly on June 22, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Looooooook at the watch……Loooooooooooooook, when I snap my fingers you will close your eyes. , When you awake you will believe you are living in Utopia States of America. All of the Presidents actions will cause you to erupt in glee (yea, I aint used the word “Glee” in awhile, usually around Christmas time)
the Coondawg on June 22, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Oh Sean! Come on! When has a news organization EVER stacked an audience!? tsk tsk, Sean!
cjtony97 on June 22, 2009 at 9:16 PM
ROCnPhilly on June 22, 2009 at 9:15 PM
+100
txag92 on June 22, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Methinks they are mistaking ‘dialogue’ with ‘dictates’.
daesleeper on June 22, 2009 at 9:18 PM
It’s another Obi-Wan jedi mind trick. “These aren’t the droids you are looking for.”
V15J on June 22, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Anything
Barack
Contemplates
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 22, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Allied
Barack
Cronies
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 22, 2009 at 9:22 PM
All
Bullsh*t
Channel.
Chaz706 on June 22, 2009 at 9:23 PM
dialogue, debate discussion what the hell are you mixing in your kool aid,what a joke! diane you need to hide your face in shame you friggin hag…
SHARPTOOTH on June 22, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Maybe we might get lucky and Diane might drink too much of the kool aid again like she did on inauguration day and put in a similar YouTube worthy performance.
Dreadnought223 on June 22, 2009 at 9:25 PM
The Right better be on top of this pile of happy healthcare horsesh*t ABC is calling an infomercial! Sean, Rush, Mark Levin, and anyone else with a brain and some solid airtime needs to shine a bright light on these frauds point by point, ad nauseum.
Sweet_Thang on June 22, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Not too much slurring in that phone interview. I think she is finally sobering up.
SailorDave on June 22, 2009 at 9:28 PM
ABC should cover the White House wurst-fest with Iran.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on June 22, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I looked and this obamanation is on at 10pm on Wed. I doubt it gets much in the way of ratings no matter how insanely biased it is. I hope when Obama is voted out these assclowns go down the tubes with him.
gsherin on June 22, 2009 at 9:29 PM
The media has been biased towards the Left and Democrats for years…but the worship of Obama still stuns me. They literally deify the man.
18-1 on June 22, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Another
Barack
Canard
or, more benignly:
Another
Barack
Channel
8-P
alohapundit on June 22, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Yea, Rah freaking Rah…. barf!!!
Hog Wild on June 22, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I bet Diane said all that with her eyes closed and her nose in the air.
They will accomplish a one sided conversation with the choir and I expect some other outlet, maybe Fox, to have another show with both sides represented to pull the lies apart.
Geronimo on June 22, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Accept
Bolshevism
Collectivism
TMK on June 22, 2009 at 9:34 PM
I can see you actually tilting your head.
kahall on June 22, 2009 at 9:34 PM
nice
+1
alohapundit on June 22, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Agreed. The public is smart enough to know that this issue is controversial for a reason. They will be skeptical if they don’t hear two sides.
Unless ABC plans to create strawmen for the Obama administration to beat up on.
blink on June 22, 2009 at 9:35 PM
This is all about shaping the public’s perception. She says there will be challenging questions, dialogue, and robust debate. I totally believe that/
bazil9 on June 22, 2009 at 9:36 PM
The Republicans should have bought time on another network at the same time. With the economy in the shitter, I’m sure they would thankfully take the money. Right?
txag92 on June 22, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Ladies and Gents, I give you Obama’s Healthcare Czar
trubble on June 22, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Anything
But
Competent
Jeff from WI on June 22, 2009 at 9:37 PM
She gives an infomercial a bad name…I plan to skip it.
JIMV on June 22, 2009 at 9:38 PM
This must be a nightmare. We have a Unpatriotic President and a sniveling self-serving bunch of lackeys calling themselves broadcast journalists. They are falling over themselves to be accomplices to a attempted theft of untaxed benefits and personal choice of physicians and insurance coverage. Somebody please tell me that this is just a nightmare. I want my country back…now.
kingsjester on June 22, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Most people don’t understand the fact that by definition this can’t be a “tough” town hall. I don’t care what they say, if they ask a “tough question” it will be couched this way:
“What would you say to those that say (insert valid argument)”
And they will just let him respond without the ability to call him to the carpet on his bulls**t answer.
This will allow them to say “We asked the tough questions that conservatives would have asked”
broker1 on June 22, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Ayres
Broadcasting
Company
Jeff from WI on June 22, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Diane should’ve been fired for staging “employees” tampering with stuff at Food Lion. That bleached skeezer must have a lot of photographic evidence of ABC execs engaging in animal husbandry.
Captain Hate on June 22, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Always
Backs
Communism
Jeff from WI on June 22, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Nah, they deify themselves.
ddrintn on June 22, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Anal
Butter
Cupcake
WordsMatter on June 22, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Diane Sawyer: MInotLF
Captain Hate on June 22, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Strawmen, no doubt.
ROCnPhilly on June 22, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Abysmal
Barack
Contemptuous
canopfor on June 22, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Either they’ll be tough on him or the criticism will be ruthless.
The criticism from whom will be ruthless? Where it the big outcry for news outlets to be tougher on Obama?
A few blogs, NRO, and FoxNews will say something if they are too easy.
If they are too tough, they’ll get treated the way Fox gets treated by both the left and the administration (and many other news outlets). Remember how the netroots blocked Fox from even hosting a Dem debate? Remember the outcry when Charlie Gibson asked too many tough questions during the ABC debate?
Who in the regular media ever stands up for Fox News when the administration criticizes them?
MayBee on June 22, 2009 at 9:45 PM
madlulz :P
Apple
Booty
Cigar
TMK on June 22, 2009 at 9:45 PM
I think this infomercial has gotten enough bad publicity and ABC’s motives are so obvious as to blunt a lot of its impact anyway.
ddrintn on June 22, 2009 at 9:45 PM
The outcry is in those declining ratings.
ddrintn on June 22, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Ayers’
Boy’s
Communications
thomasaur on June 22, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Acolytes of
Barrack
Club
Loxodonta on June 22, 2009 at 9:48 PM
A
Breathing
Constitution
TMK on June 22, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Anything
But
Convincing
thomasaur on June 22, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Ayers’
Bomb
Company
Jeff from WI on June 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Awwwwww!
Bawwy’s
Cute!!!!
Loxodonta on June 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Awfully
Boring
Coverage
of
Another
Bull****
Ceremony
either orr on June 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
A
Barrack
Con
Jeff from WI on June 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Awaiting
Barack’s
Commands
TMK on June 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Not many can stand up to Fox because Fox crushes them all in the ratings and the
leftother news outlets are so tilted it’s laughably pathetic.Geronimo on June 22, 2009 at 9:52 PM
have they addressed the issue that no opposing views will be allowed?
ramrants on June 22, 2009 at 9:52 PM
How many people even know this infomercial is even going to take place? If I wasn’t at HA on a regular basis, I wouldn’t know either; I’m thinking it won’t have the effect either ABC or Ogabe are hoping it will.
Bishop on June 22, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Apppalled at
Bitter
Clingers
alohapundit on June 22, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Yeah, the veneer of objectivity and credibility is gone. When even the Brits laugh at the sycophants in the news media here, you know they’re done for.
ddrintn on June 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
America Being Collectivized
Absolutely Brainless Collaborators
malclave on June 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
So Proud,says Sawyer!
Lets face it,the Liberal media is litteraly in love with itself,and believes that their rightful place is the
White House!
The Liberal media,believes that they are actually the living word that leaves the ‘ONE’s lips,to be broadcast
ed to the American people!
After all,as Hannity has said Journalism is dead,and he’s
right,you have the Lefty media,the righteous,and only media
that should be trusted to broadcast from the Lips of Obama!
No need for the truth,for the truth and only truth,flows from Obama’s lips through ABC Network speakers and are
broadcasted,just like 1984!!
ALL HAIL THE LEADER!!
canopfor on June 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Question for ABC’s Health Care Obamaganda:
What are the symptoms of Barry-Barry Fever?
Loxodonta on June 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Attention
Believing
Cultists
TMK on June 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM
I wouldn’t, since I never watch anything on ABC anyway. I don’t think I’ve watched anything there since I was channel-surfing during the 9/11 attacks.
ddrintn on June 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Proof #237 that liberals just don’t know what words mean. They string them together in ways that seem to make sense, but only if you don’t look at what they describe.
Not that this is a new pattern for the current administration. Shut Republicans out of budget discussions then accuse them of not participating, threaten healthcare providers who so much as talk to Republicans…
52%: Every time you elect a Democrat, you get incompetence, thuggery, waste and abuse. Why do you keep doing it? Carter, Clinton, Obama – how much more damage do you think the country can take?
Merovign on June 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM
I believe a strong uncontrollable urge to eat Fruity Pebbles.
alohapundit on June 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Is Billy Mays gonna be on that show? Maybe he can sell some OxyClean.
gitarfan on June 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM
What are the symptoms of Barry-Barry Fever?
Loxodonta on June 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Glossy eyes, unquenchable thirst for kool-aid, fainting, and a thrill going up one or both legs.
milwife88 on June 22, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Served in a very small cup?
Loxodonta on June 22, 2009 at 9:58 PM
milwife88 on June 22, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Ha ha!
bazil9 on June 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Audience Laughter Explodes as Sawyer Claims Fairness
PattyJ on June 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM
AssBiting
C**ks**k**s
oops…not on AoS…er…
Amazingly
Brilliant
Commentary
hillbillyjim on June 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Ass-
Boys
Communication
Jaibones on June 22, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Ankle-
Biting
Cock-Knockers
Jaibones on June 22, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Poor old Sawyer, she’s gone down on one or two too many pols…all her brains are gone.
Harry Schell on June 22, 2009 at 10:02 PM
America
Becoming
Comatose
hillbillyjim on June 22, 2009 at 10:03 PM
A
Big
Crock
hillbillyjim on June 22, 2009 at 10:06 PM
America
Bamboozled
Constantly
hillbillyjim on June 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM
So will the normal Joes in the audience be sufficient policy wonks to be able to ask the tough questions of Obama and call him on his bullshyt responses? Will someone ask him about his comment in 2007 about being in favor of a single payer system? and challenge him on his promise that a government option will only be there to keep the Ins. Cos. honest, not to drive them out of business? Unless the opposition is there to point out he is lying, he will be free to lie and will get away with it.
tommylotto on June 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM
A
Bit
Contrived
hillbillyjim on June 22, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Antipathy
Becoming
Clearer
hillbillyjim on June 22, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Haven’t read the comments yet but I am going to run my mouth anyway. Normally I would withhold judgment on this show because most things that have this much hype attached to it are never what people thought they would be. That said I would rather have a root canal then watch our president on purpose. I am sure no one could convince him of this but he is way way way to visible. He needs a job or something.
Cindy Munford on June 22, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Anything
But
Credible
brdchris1 on June 22, 2009 at 10:15 PM
I wouldn’t, since I never watch anything on ABC anyway. I don’t think I’ve watched anything there since I was channel-surfing during the 9/11 attacks.
ddrintn on June 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Seriously. I couldn’t tell you what their top show is, though in all honesty I don’t know what any networks top show might be as the tv and I are acquaintances at best. I’ll get the recap of Ogabe’s bullshiit parade from HA and save myself the gut ache of watching it live.
Bishop on June 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM
So basically, if you can’t make it with a degree in something that pays money, you take up art history, and if you’re not smart enough, you take up journalism.
On an “evolutionary scale”, journalism comes between stun gun operator at the meat packing company and the pixie dust sprinkler on the Tilt A Whirl.
Jeff from WI on June 22, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Agreed,I really have NO idea what’s on prime time TV on any network. Are they still around?
Jeff from WI on June 22, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Annoying
Barack-luvin
Criminals
WordsMatter on June 22, 2009 at 10:30 PM
ABC is completely in the tank – there was the global warming pseudo-documentary a while back to drum up support for cap and trade (meanwhile we are having the coldest spring in recent memory) and now this hyperbabble over healthcare. The poll numbers are against it and this won’t change a thing, Diane.
Our media is a laughing stock around the world.
Carolina Kat on June 22, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Diane’s finest moment?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrLiBp4nxyg
diogenes on June 22, 2009 at 10:32 PM
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