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01/22/2004 Archived Entry: "CNN can fucking bite me."
CNN can fucking bite me.
Wolf is doing a segment on political comedy. He shows Dean's 'rant,' then mentions that the comedians are taking pot-shots at Bush's SOTU. They talk, then he shows Letterman poking fun at Dean. They talk some more, then Wolf shows Leno poking fun at Dean.
This after Chief Political Hack Bill Schneider and Blitzer took ten minutes to repeatedly proclaim Dean's candidacy dead.
I really hope I run into Schneider in New Hampshire. I'll berate that fucker so thoroughly, he may never get me out of his nightmares.
Replies: 9 people speak up
I saw even worse. CNN rewinds the tape, and repeatedly plays that embarasing yelp 4 or 5 times in a row. I'd expect to see that on the comedy show, but not in the main news. discusting!
Posted by Bob Hollander @ 01/22/2004 02:59 PM NY
Come on, give it the Bush test (like the Clinton test, but backwards). If Bush did that, and we ran the media, would we play it every fucking minute 24/7? Of course we would. I know I would.
Posted by richard @ 01/22/2004 03:23 PM NY
cnn just reported the Memo-gate story.... they mentioned it once, and reported it in such a way as to make it seem like no big deal, between stories about howard dean yelling. how can the biggest story ive heard in a long time get no coverage at all?
Posted by justin @ 01/22/2004 05:25 PM NY
Oh come on, be reasonable! You know that the media is out to do any damage they can to any Democrat and to shelter any Republican. Democrats can't afford to give them any opening and Dean made a big mistake (under these ground rules). Of course, if he'd come out and given a quiet speech it would've been "a shattered Dean seemed near tears! Should someone this unstable have his finger on the nuclear button!!!????". Of course Bush makes verbal gaffes everyday and the media virtually ignores him.
I'm forever amazed when people don't recognize the conservative bias of the media. If Clinton had been involved in the Plame affair we'd be hearing about it 26 hours a day.
Posted by Thurber Hamm @ 01/22/2004 05:32 PM NY
Don,
I honestly think that it's going to take a few public dressings-down by us, the American Public, before these pundits, with their Millionaire Pundit Values (nod to Bob Somerby), finally start to take this seriously. I can't tell you how many times I've thought about body-checking some jerkoff like Bill O'Reilly, or better yet, Sean Hannity into the nearest wall, after some piece I've read or watched, and then proceed to verbally tear them nine new assholes about how I'm sick of their junior-high bullshit-journalism. I think about it when I watch almost any political show, and witness idiots like Margaret Carlson, Fred Barnes, Frank Kondracke, Charles Krauthammer, etc. ad nauseum. I even contemplated sending an e-mail to Paul Krugman asking him if he saw Maureen Dowd walking down the hall at the New York Times, just to give her a whap upside the head for me, and ask her to cut out the fucking junior-high sniping about people's clothes.
Posted by Stentor @ 01/22/2004 07:20 PM NY
Also on CNN, discussing the SOTU, one of the guests pointed the discrepancy between the 'justification'(WMD) for going into Iraq, and what Bush said in his speech: "weapons of mass destruction-related program activities"; stating that we went into Iraq under false pretenses. The CNN host said, 'Yeah, well that's a minor point.' ???
Then went on to exude platitudes about how much 'safer' we are now that Hussein is no longer in power...
Posted by Allison @ 01/23/2004 01:52 PM NY
fun Wolf Blitzer anecdote from a friend:
http://miguelito.diaryland.com/010917_35.html
Posted by mudskipper @ 01/24/2004 01:48 AM NY
I feel many politicians (not only Dean or Clark) should attack the press/commentators for their bias. Many voters are outraged at the bias of those like Sawyer / Drudge / Russert / Blitzer for their obvious one-sided messages. Dean and others should get on a "ridicule the press" band wagon. Blitzer for example is empty headed and could not withstand criticim of any thoughtful kind. Voters would flock to a candidate who reflects their view.
Recent rebellion against Fox is a good sign. Voters want info. not propaganda. Russert gives hugs and kisses to any Bush female, then pretends to be a unbiassed commentator. 'Give 'em hell Harry' but give the right ones the right kind of hell', fight back.
Posted by Gerald O'Reilly @ 01/24/2004 07:16 AM NY
why not mention the bush kerry link through their college alumni?
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/archive_skull_and_bones.html
anyone not notice that? why is it fogotten? and why would you expect the press, also known as paid employees to report other than what their bosses either want you to hear or think you should hear?
Wake up and speak out against the press. They are as much to blame. False reporting might be illegal. Hit them where it hurts.
Management.
Posted by IXLNXS @ 01/26/2004 01:14 AM NY
