White House takes swipe at NBC News »
Posted By libsRfunny 4 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsThe White House on Monday sent a scathing letter to NBC News, accusing the news network of "deceptively" editing an interview with President Bush on the issue of appeasement and Iran. At issue were remarks Bush made in front of Israel's parliament earlier this week.
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libsRfunny4 months, 3 weeks ago
This is why it is best to videotape all interviews while being conducted -- whether you are a politician, business professional or otherwise in a position to be interviewed on camera.
Kind of refutes the whole notion of "right wing" media bias.
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Dionys4 months, 3 weeks ago
"Kind of refutes the whole notion of "right wing" media bias."
Not really.
You take far left views, and far right views, find the middle and the majority of media falls slightly right of middle.
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libsRfunny4 months, 3 weeks ago
You clearly have no idea where the "middle" lies. Several studies have affirmed media have a liberal bias. Talk radio is about the only venue with a right wing bias, partly because Air America sucks. Of course, Dems would love to shut down the dissenters and censor free speech.
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quackpot4 months, 2 weeks ago
The difference between the edited and unedited interview seems to be insignificant.
If anybody does feel that it there are significant differences, it would be constructive to point out what the difference are and why they might have significance.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24716118/ (link from John Q. Public; see below).
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PoliticsIsCriminal4 months, 2 weeks ago
libsRfunny,
Since you believe that "it is best to videotape all interviews while being conducted -- whether you are a politician, business professional or otherwise", you would undoubtedly have no problem if President Bush, VP Cheney and Karl Rove were video taped during any "on the record" interrogations performed by congressional hearings concerning:
1) Politicizing the Justice Dept.
2) NSA Wire Taps
3) The Don Siegelmen conviction
4) Whether Karl Rove had any involvement in the firings of Federal District Attorneys,
5) Any future 9/11 investigations.
etc.
to assure that they were not misquoted or misrepresented, correct?
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walden34 months, 2 weeks ago
Excellent comments. Bush and Cheney refused to testify under oath or allow their interview before the 9/11 commission to be taped. They even refused to testify individually.
Imagine how the Media would have exploded had Bill Clinton and Al Gore made the same demands. Liberal media? What a joke.
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Endoscopy4 months, 2 weeks ago
How about we get you in front of a committee that only wants to rake you over the coals. Would you volunteer for that.
1 Clinton did it before Bush.
2. Defending our country by wire taps was done before WW2. Tapping those who were thought to become an adversary.
3. He was found guilty and sentenced. Want to talk about Sandy Bergers slap on the wrist?
4. Those district attorneys can be fired because they part their hair the wrong way or no reason at all.
5. You must be one of those conspiracy buffs that believe Bush did it.
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BuffaloJ4 months, 2 weeks ago
Clearly bushco can dish it out but can't take it...
bush misleads the American public time and time again and when the same thing gets done to them they CRY foul. I'm not suprised...
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antibrainwasher4 months, 2 weeks ago
Quote from Weekly Standard Writer, owned by News Corp, hence the Austrilian billionaire Murdock, owner of Wall Street Journal, and News corp.
Right wing media is successful because:
Because they feed the rage. We bring the pain to the liberal media. I say that mockingly, but it's true somewhat. We come with a strong point of view and people like point of view journalism. While all these hand-wringing Freedom Forum types talk about objectivity, the conservative media likes to rap the liberal media on the knuckles for not being objective. We've created this cottage industry in which it pays to be un-objective. It pays to be subjective as much as possible. It's a great way to have your cake and eat it too. Criticize other people for not being objective. Be as subjective as you want. It's a great little racket. I'm glad we found it actually
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antibrainwasher4 months, 2 weeks ago
Point of View journalism. This is what passes for news on the 100% neocon owned and operated american media.
NBC is owned by General Electric. General electric is interested in the same thing all neocons are. MONEY.
Zucker, the chair of NBC, ain't paid to be objective, he's paid to sell comercials and hold his bottom line for the board of directors of NBC, and these people want to see a 20% profit every year.
Do you inconcievable morons really think liberals are running GE? Brainwashed idiots.
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icono14 months, 3 weeks ago
Good advice libs.
Not only is it wise to videotape an interview but to also have another person sit in to listen to what is being said.
Even when people are being videotaped they will later try to revise their story to suit 'their' needs or wants.
But we all know that the left wing media is more unbiased, fair and balanced as the right wing media.
hahahahahahaha!!!!!
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ArgoNunya4 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes, there was a recent piece in the 'Arizona Republic' (their local newspaper - typical leftist, open borders publication) where they "quoted" (yes, I am using quotation marks for their quoting) their Governor, Janet Napolitano, where she was saying the Sheriff Joe Arpaio [enforcing the law in Arizona] was causing problems for the "illegal immigrant community", but they left out the word "illegal". It took former congressman J.D. Hayworth http://www.kfyi.com/pages/JD_Hayworth.html to start airing the actual speech on his radio show before they acknowledge that there must have been a mistake and they say they will correct it. Don't hold your breath, or if they do print a correction it will be buried in the back...
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ArgoNunya4 months, 2 weeks ago
Nice dodge. My example had nothing to do with Republican or Democrat. It was an example of the newspaper distorting the truth to fit their own agenda.
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antibrainwasher4 months, 2 weeks ago
Grandpa McCain is going to look like the assisted living wing when Obama stands next to him. Senility is not pretty. Then again, you cons loved the alchimers Reagan and viagra Dole.
Cons love the status quo from whence their bread is buttered. What could be more status quo than a super senior senile senator from Alkida, errrr....Arizona.
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aniokly4 months, 3 weeks ago
Even when you have taped interviews, or taped statements made by inexperienced politicians, they try to change the words. I think the funniest thing about this whole issue is that when the President mentioned appeasers the Democrats, and Barak Obama immediately thought he was talking about them. Could it be because Damascus Rose donned a babbushka and ran off to Syria to visit Bashar Assad as soon as she became speaker? Or could it have been because Hamas endorsed their Presidential candidate, Obama, or maybe it was because x-President Carter went to meet Hamas for a pow wow recently. They sure are a funny bunch of enemy collaberators.
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bruhaha4 months, 2 weeks ago
It was just a typical straw man argument that Bush and republicans in the administration and congress has used over and over again throughout his presidency.....
"There are some who want to wait for another terrorist attack before we act"
There are some who want us to lose the war on terror...
etc, etc.
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CRYMTYPHON4 months, 3 weeks ago
Who the heck is Damascus Rose?
Wait; stop;
Do I want to know?
No.
And for the record: I want EVERYONE in the thread to say aloud the lesson from Mr. Mathews:
Collaberation with an enemy is giving them something; talking with an enemy is not collaberation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK0d8ENS__c
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nostalgia4 months, 2 weeks ago
'Collaberation with an enemy is giving them something; talking with an enemy is not collaberation."
So what exactly are you going to talk to them about??
Negotiate? Ask them what they want in return for giving up their nuclear program?
Iran knows what they need to do - the UN and our allies in Europe have made it clear
Are you suggesting we "go it alone" and undermine the UN and our allies?
I thought Obama was against that type of action
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ZiegfeldGirl4 months, 2 weeks ago
"Collaberation with an enemy is giving them something; talking with an enemy is not collaberation."
col-lab-o-rate (k-lb-rt)
1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.
2. To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/collaboration
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hyperbola4 months, 2 weeks ago
Come off it. Bush was simply chanting all the usual zioncon propaganda during his Israel visit. Pretty shameful when a president puts the welfare of a small parasite on the US ahead of american interests.
A Two-State Solution for the United States and Israel
Do No Evil Ã;¢;; Bush's shameful visit to Israel shows the degree to which right-wing fanatics in Israel control American politics. McCain also demonsrates that he puts loyalty to right-wing zionists ahead of Americans. Endless preemptive mideast wars, "master races" and mideast empire are now grafted on the US by zionist right-wingers.
http://donoevil.propeller.com/story/2008/05/19/...
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fsev414 months, 2 weeks ago
Lets recall taped statements by inexperienced politicians. One that comes to mid is that of G.W. Bush being told by Max Mayfield of the hurricane center that Katrina was "the big one that we've been worried about" and that it would likely cause great devastation. I believe it was three or four days later that the same inexperienced politician (BUSH) said he had no idea that the situation was going to be so bad in New Orleans. But he's a Repug WASP so its OK. I suspect that 70% of the half-way intelligent population in the US believes W was referring to Obama.
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nostalgia4 months, 2 weeks ago
LOL the same network where Chris Matthews feels a thrill go up his leg when he listens to Obama speeches?
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antibrainwasher4 months, 2 weeks ago
Socialist? MSNBC is owned and operated by;
Owners of MSNBC/CNBC:. MSNBC is a joint venture, General Electric and Microsoft Corporation CNBC is a joint venture, General Electric and Dow Jones ...
Now, there's a bunch of socialists.
Or are you talking about the PBS station;
Republican Chairman Exerts Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases. By STEPHEN LABATON, LORNE MANLY and ELIZABETH JENSEN Published: May 2, 2005
The Republican chairman (Kenneth Tomlinson, former chair of the republican Party) of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is aggressively pressing public television to correct what he and other conservatives consider liberal bias...
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