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Daiwa
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Reply #26 September 17, 2011 1:28:13 PM
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Allen West, the Republican challenging Rep. Ron Klein (D) in Florida's 22nd congressional district

 

Ugh, my district.

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Reply #27 September 17, 2011 2:41:26 PM
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Nah, I prefer all those militaristic, hateful nouns and adjectives that the right has been told to stop using, since they might get someone killed. So now I have to read lefty rags to get my fix. 'Class' warfare is just too declasse, nothing but background noise.
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Reply #28 September 17, 2011 2:44:32 PM
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What? You wunnah those who wanna keep the black man down?
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Reply #29 September 23, 2011 10:37:21 AM
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Quoting stevendedalus,
reply 25
Of course, you would prefer the straight reality of class warfare.

Except America does not have classes, just mobile stratas.

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Reply #30 October 3, 2011 6:32:41 PM
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The bigger story: The 'rock'? Or the NBPP? Just askin'.
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Reply #31 October 5, 2011 12:31:30 PM
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And, of course, the MSM are pumping up the Wall Street protesters, with nary a mention of the anti-semites in their midst and no lead-in asides about how overwhelmingly 'white' they are.  I invite you to compare and contrast with reporting on Tea Party rallies.

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Reply #32 October 15, 2011 11:50:02 PM
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Well, at least they're treating this precisely the same way they did BO's relationship with Reverend Wright.

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Reply #33 October 16, 2011 4:01:10 PM
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It's now become a three monkey game - bias through willful failure to notice or report.

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Reply #34 October 16, 2011 4:45:20 PM
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It's everywhere you look.

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Reply #35 October 16, 2011 10:28:43 PM
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Big media complicity in the news blackout is a heavy indictment against modern journalism in America today.

 

Like anyone with an IQ higher than a turnip takes those people seriously these days. The so-called MSM is a sad, pathetic joke in terms of what was once called journalism.

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Reply #36 October 17, 2011 3:05:32 PM
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Quoting MasonM,
reply 35
The so-called MSM is a sad, pathetic joke in terms of what was once called journalism.

It is still called Journalism, it is just no longer practiced by the MSM.

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Reply #37 November 15, 2011 4:52:08 PM
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OWS has a heart of gold.  But that Tea Party...  link

What OWS crimes?  Oh, those crimes...  link

Cain? Fair game.  Clinton? Pointless soap opera distraction.  link

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Reply #38 December 3, 2011 3:19:35 PM
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Inevitable:  "Jobless drop may lift Obama"

Page 1 headline in the Arizona Republic today, article courtesy of AP, of course.

Just the number, compared with last month's number.  Not a word about the drop in participation rate which explains the number (Thanks to Smoothseas for correcting my error).  Or that the 120k private sector jobs (which will get revised later) is still short of the number needed to 'break even' - to employ the net 140k entrants into the job market each month.  Or how at the current job-creation rate, we won't see 7% for years.  Just paragraph after paragraph of the political implications of the number, and how it may help BO, as if that is 'reporting the news'.

And, for dessert, the front-page article on F&F soft-pedals the whole 'misinformation accidentally' provided to Congress.

They couldn't care less about joblessness or criminal dereliction of duty in the DOJ - it's all about 'lifting Obama'.

Oh, and the admin mouthpieces are bragging about the 3 million jobs created over the past 3 years without mentioning that more than 5 million were needed to break even.

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Reply #39 December 3, 2011 8:30:06 PM
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Quoting Daiwa,
reply 38
Just the number, compared with last month's number. Not a word about the drop in participation rate which explains the number.

The AP article you mention did in fact mention the drop in the participation rate. It's in the 4th paragraph to be specific. And then mentioned again in the 15th paragraph.

Did you actually read the article or just the headlines before you became a mouthpiece. As far as the administrations comments how do you expect them to word it? About the same way a Republican Administration would if they were in control is what I would say. After all they are controlled by the same people and corporate interests.

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Reply #40 December 3, 2011 9:34:22 PM
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Smoothseas -

Your criticism is richly deserved.  I read through the whole thing and just missed the reference - went to page 4 too quickly I guess.  Thanks for pointing it out.  I've corrected my reply.

As for me becoming a mouthpiece, that would still seem to more appropriately apply to the AP.

As for the admin mouthpieces, I certainly expect them to spin, Democrat or Republican.  It's the AP which shouldn't.

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Reply #41 December 3, 2011 10:36:56 PM
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Quoting Daiwa,
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s for me becoming a mouthpiece, that would still seem to more appropriately apply to the AP.

The article is actually well balanced. The journalist outlines the story and includes not only the reported number but also shows why the figure went down (specifically the item you incorrectly stated as being omitted). Then there are four comments from the politicians. The administration spin was from the WH press briefing, the Democratic spin was from a bluedog and the Republican spin came from comments by Romney and Gingritch. How is that not neutral reporting?

The journalist was probably given a limitation on the length of the article so if you are expecting some sort of economists breakdown maybe you should tune to Bloomberg or some other financial outlet. Although maybe balanced reporting to you is FOX and in that case I would suggest tuning into FOX or FBN.

 

 

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Reply #42 August 13, 2012 6:52:51 PM
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Seems like a good time to revive this necrothread.

As posted in a reply to another post on the Ryan VP pick:

More evidence (as if any is needed):

60 Minutes (CBS) edited out comments made by Ryan about his Medicare-aged mother and the reality that his budget proposal guarantees that the Medicare promises already made to seniors, around which their retirement/financial lives have been organized, would not be broken, and puts in place significant reforms in order for any Medicare to be there for those currently under 55.

Today, Chuck Todd of NBC lets Gibbs spew a flat-out lie that his (Gibbs's) 83 year old 'cancer survivor' father would be forced to 'take a voucher' under Ryan's plan, Todd's only 'challenge' being "but Republicans would say...".  To which Gibbs replied that he wouldn't trust anything a Republican said about Medicare, which went without even a token challenge.

Ryan's proposal would not change, by a single nickel, the benefits received by current Medicare beneficiaries.

Again, the leftist media lapdogs are flat-out dishonest, committing lie after overt lie, not to mention lies by omission... and proud of it.

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Reply #43 August 29, 2012 10:29:05 PM
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Just listened to a wonderful speech by Condi Rice at the RNC.  Happened to be on NBC.

Brian Effing Williams immediately steps on (and in) it with his initial words during her standing O - "A speech we could easily have heard next week in North Carolina", "Some tepid talk on immigration met with meager applause."

He was clearly miffed that she came on and began her speech 5 minutes before NBC started their coverage.  How dare she/they? Didn't apologize or express regret that they had been unable to bring their viewers the full speech because of the early start, just complained about it.  At which point I turned the damn TV off.

Williams - totally neutral, Joe Friday all the way.

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Reply #44 September 4, 2012 11:44:48 AM
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Today Show this morning was a perfect example.

Paul Ryan was interviewed by Matt Lauer, Matt mustering all the condescending skepticism he could & prefacing his question with the undermining claim that he wasn't questioning Ryan's honesty but "many" others, even independent "experts", had done so, hammered Ryan on the Janesville silliness.  Ryan acquitted himself quite well.  But Matt played the aggressive journalistic watchdog, don't let 'em get away with anything bit to the hilt.

Right after that, Savannah Guthrie interviewed Elizabeth Warren, setting the table favorably for her with praise and serving up hanging curve after hanging curve for Warren to tee off on.  Not a single critical question.

And they insist they're not biased.

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Reply #45 September 4, 2012 12:44:23 PM
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The pro-life crowd are calling for more balanced reporting....

http://onenewsnow.com//pro-life/2012/09/03/media-targets-prolifers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reply #46 September 4, 2012 7:12:09 PM
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I wasn't the only one to notice.  Details here.

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Reply #47 September 17, 2012 11:19:46 PM
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Heh, heh.

I regularly check MSN.com just for grins, to get a feel for what they emphasize and don't.

As the events in Cairo & Libya unfolded I wondered why they didn't merit a spot in the scrolling headline frame.  You know, usually has 7 panels & autoscrolls from 1 thru 7.  Checked for 3 straight days.  Made the 'News' section of course, but not the headline scroll.

Now I know why.*

Today, Romney's 'Fundraiser Video Stirs Controversy' is on the first panel.

*Of course, I already knew why, so sorry for the fib.

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