HEY- OUR TORTURE ISN’T SO BAD!
AFTER ALL- SADDAM WAS WORSE!
O’Reilly and Ingraham Take on NBC and Television Media Bias
Posted by Noel Sheppard on March 22, 2006 – 11:25.
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly had radio host Laura Ingraham on “The O’Reilly Factor” Tuesday evening (hat tip to Expose the Left). Fresh from her battle with NBC’s David Gregory on the “Today Show,” O’Reilly wanted Ingraham’s view (video link to follow) about NBC (from closed captioning):
Bill: Is it your opinion that NBC news spins the war in Iraq negative?
Laura: Well, it’s not between me and NBC, Bill.
Bill: Look, you’re an analyst. You watch these people. Is it your opinion that NBC news spins the war negative?
Laura: I think that the coverage of the war by NBC that I have really focused on, especially since I was in Iraq last month, to me it seems bizarrely focused only on the I.E.D.’s, only on the latest reprisal killings that are taking place. When stories that are so fascinating and interesting and broader and human interest, stuff the “Today” show and NBC likes to do, those stories are out there for anyone to get. I don’t get it.
O’Reilly then made a very bold castigation of NBC:
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YOU SAID IT….ASS
Stung by Ingraham, NBC Claims its Iraq Coverage . . . Not Negative Enough
Posted by Mark Finkelstein on March 22, 2006 – 07:56.
Stung by allegations levelled by Laura Ingraham yesterday, NBC has admitted that its Iraqi coverage is inaccurate because it’s . . . not negative enough.
Ingraham clearly hit an MSM sore spot with the charges she made during her appearance on yesterday’s Today show, in which she locked horns with David Gregory and James Carville. Read Laura in the Lions Den.
Ingraham accused most American media of covering Iraq from their balconies in the Green Zone, confining their reports largely to IEDs and killings and missing the more positive stories that abound across the country.
On this morning’s Today show, a defensive NBC asked whether it is doing a good job reporting on Iraq, and – surprise! – the Peacock Network assured itself and its viewers that indeed it is. If anything, Today told us, the situation in Iraq is even worse than the MSM portray it. You might say NBC’s position is that its coverage is not negative enough.
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Olbermann Distorts Bush’s Words, Asks Who Does Bush Think He’s ‘F’-ing Kidding?
Posted by Brad Wilmouth on March 22, 2006 – 02:17.
On his Monday March 20 Countdown show, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann disputed President Bush’s recent contention that he had never claimed “that there was a direct connection between September the 11th and Saddam Hussein” by citing one awkward quote from the President, which stood in contrast to other public statements that more clearly communicated the point about the 9/11 attacks being a lesson that inspired a confrontation of Iraq, rather than Iraq actually being involved in the attacks. Olbermann rhetorically posed the question: “Who does the President think he’s ‘f’-ing kidding?” On the Tuesday March 21 show, Olbermann added that “any six-year-old would have recognized that his administration had deliberately left exactly that impression.” Guest Craig Crawford labeled Bush’s recent comments as “presidential prevarication” and compared it to Bill Clinton saying, “Depends on what the definition of ‘is’ is.” Notably, as recounted by CyberAlert, the Countdown host once before used selectively edited statements by Dick Cheney to make it appear the Vice President had claimed a connection between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks, while omitting more of Cheney’s words which clarified his meaning. (Transcripts follow.)
DON’T PULL SOMETHING THERE BUDDY…..SHEESH
I’m Already Exhausted……What a bunch of wankers!
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