Comments on: “Meet the Press” finds the big lesson in the Van Jones story: You can’t trust the Internet

By: Patterico’s Pontifications » Our paranoid, race-baiting media

Patterico’s Pontifications » Our paranoid, race-baiting media — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:49:34 +0000

[...] been a communist Truther; the news was that conservatives had somehow won a victory. No wonder that Tom Brokaw and Tom Friedman took to NBC’s Meet The Press to blame the [...]

By: kens

kens — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:33:48 +0000

These two ass-clowns look like somebody put dog squeeze in their breakfast Wheaties.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:56:04 +0000

Congratulations Allah, Rush has linked to this post on his daily email blast.

I agree with many here, the numbskulls in congress will attempt to censor the Internet. The coming months leading to the mid-term elections are going to be wild and woolly.

By: Ed Driscoll » Help Us Obi-Dan Kenobi, You’re Our Only Hope!

Ed Driscoll » Help Us Obi-Dan Kenobi, You’re Our Only Hope! — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:45:04 +0000

[...] But when leading cable news pseudo-journalists like Olbermann, and even respected news legends like Tom Brokaw, attacked those who dared to tell the truth about Jones’ past, they furthered the idea that Fox [...]

By: archer52

archer52 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:34:53 +0000

You are looking at the first shots across the bow demanding Internet censorship. First, complain about the inaccuracy. Second, say for the benefit of all, apply some kind of filter to make sure only “facts” are reported. Third, put the government in charge of the filter with penalties to those who violate the law.

By: LarryG

LarryG — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:32:30 +0000

Gee whiz! seems like when I was in highschool I was actually taught to sort out problems and think for myself. Gee whiz! It was back in the fifties! Know how to research, get the information. Nobody fed it to us! And, oh, by the way – the teachers actually ran the classrooms. But, sadly, I grew up in the Pacific Northwest where we weren’t tormented by people like Jeremiah Wright and his Charlie McCarthy dummy. It has been a sad experience but I know bullshit when I hear it.

By: Cybergeezer

Cybergeezer — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:34:13 +0000

I’ve seen these guys at the local tidee bar drinking coffee and reading the New York Times.

By: orange

orange — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:37:21 +0000

Glad to see a mention of this Meet the Press panel. They discussed health care even though not a single member of the panel endorsed a public option, let alone a single-payer plan. They discussed Afghanistan even though not a single member of the panel was willing to entertain the notion that it might be time to leave (and not a single panelist opposed the invasion of Iraq, either). Damn that Liberal Media!

By: MississippiMom

MississippiMom — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:09:41 +0000

I’m soooo glad that the respected news organizations and reporters of the main stream media did not play in the cesspool of internet rumor last year with regards to Palin rumors and allegations.
Oh, wait…….

By: SWChance

SWChance — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:51:51 +0000

Its incredulous how hard the MSM tries to keep important information from their viewers. And that’s why I never watch it. I even hate watching the local news on these stations.

Thank heavens for the internet and Fox News or it’d be impossible to get any real questions and real answers.

By: teffertoes

teffertoes — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:30:29 +0000

Two words for the “credibility” of the MSM: Dan Rather

By: hawksruleva

hawksruleva — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:13:40 +0000

Real reporters would be asking how Jones got past the vetting …

That’s exactly what Stephen Hayes asked on Fox News Sunday.

By: hawksruleva

hawksruleva — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:12:26 +0000

And the media wonders why their audience is shrinking. The truth is, you seldom get the truth from them.

By: JGsez

JGsez — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:12:05 +0000

Hey Brokaw and Friedman – the blogsphere and Beck beat old media like a couple of Tom-Toms!

Real reporters would be asking how Jones got past the vetting and why anyone selected him to be in the administration. Who knew and when did they know. Then there is that whole Czar thing.

This is what a defense of an indefensible position looks and sounds like. Mere mortals would be embarrassed.

By: hawksruleva

hawksruleva — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:09:20 +0000

What would you rather believe. A network that runs a fabricated story about a sitting president? The network that hosts a night of Obama on Health Care (back before he was getting serious about the issue, I guess). The network whose CEO sits on a board at the White House?

Or a web site that posts video from just about any possible source, where you can see Van Jones denounce America in his own words?

By: Van Jones fallout « Crush Liberalism

Van Jones fallout « Crush Liberalism — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:35:32 +0000

[...] learned that the MSM will not do its job, and then bellyache that you can’t believe stuff you read on the Internet…stuff that turns out to be right. Mnay of the biggest MSM outlets never reported a thing [...]

By: Commie/Truther/Racist/Cop killer fan Van Jones resigns – White House source admits they never asked Van Jones to fill out the vetting questionnaire | Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:55:11 +0000

[...] As there were ZERO mentions in the media regarding communist filth Van Jones comments about columbin…, the hateful music album (released in 2004), the truther signature, or anything, they are now jumping to his defense. NBC is blaming his resignation on “Republican Attacks”. President Obama’s environmental adviser Van Jones resigned from his post late Saturday evening after he came under fire for a series of inflammatory statements he made about Republicans, the White House said early Sunday morning. [...]

By: JohnGalt23

JohnGalt23 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:11:24 +0000

Brokaw: “You have to test it the same way you do when you buy an automobile.”

Or, you could listen to NBC News to find out which pickup trucks are likely to explode.

But that wouldn’t be a good idea now, wold it Tom.

By: The White House Is So Desperate They Got Brokow To Try And Cover For Them | Right Voices

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:36:52 +0000

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By: LarryG

LarryG — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:17:47 +0000

Is anyone in this country actually alive and working with a funtional brain, as worthless as most are, to let this go up their nose? CHRIST ALMIGHTY please save us from our bullshit education system. God save the the Tsar!

By: lol – They are melting, and they didn’t get our little dog, either | Be John Galt

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:54:45 +0000

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By: d1carter

d1carter — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:25:41 +0000

The MSM is now officially dead…

By: NORUK

NORUK — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:47:01 +0000

I am flabbergasted.

A top governmental official was outed as a supported of the abhorrent crackpot fantasy that the US government somehow participated in a mass murder on their own citizens 11th of Sept 2001.

Their only concern was how a ‘little misstep’ could devastate a persons career because of the Internet(!). The lack of investigation and reporting on this issue by MSM shows clearly what kind of ‘filter’ they mourn the loss of.

Why did that GOP guy sit there just smiling? Why didn’t he interject, pointing out the hypocrisy?

By: Kini

Kini — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:15:40 +0000

Still can’t pronounce your “L”‘s eh Brokaw?

Friedman, you are the sewer of corrupt journalism.

We are more than happy to do the job you refuse to do.
Report the news, fair and balanced.

By: TomLawler

TomLawler — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:09:22 +0000

I just do not get it. This bunch of political hacks are pissed off because one of thier own got called to the carpet.

None of the facts of the case are relavant?
Is Van Jones a communist?
Does he formulate and advise revolution?
Does Van Jones insist that white people are evil?

No one addresses the real reason Van Jones resigned. He got caught with his pants down and now everyone knows he is a racist communist anti-American p////.

Vet what on the net? Obama knew who he was hiring as green job ADVISOR.