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Liberal Media can't contain their disrespect

#1 Postby j » Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:45 am

A great column by Mike Gallagher:

Watching the nation say farewell to one of our greatest American presidents ever has been a fairly astounding thing. For one brief week, it feels as if much of the bitter, divisive spirit of politics has been put aside as Republicans and Democrats alike are mourning the death of Ronald Wilson Reagan.
It'll all gear up again soon enough. The Democrats will resume their mean-spirited assault on President Bush, Republicans will do their best to prove to the voters that the economic recovery and the successful war on terror are no flukes. But until the fur flies, it's been fairly liberating to recognize the unified and heartfelt goodbye that most Americans of all political stripes have been saying.

It's driving the liberal media elite nuts.

NewsMax has already reported on the sniping and whining done by a couple of the grumpy old men who make millions reading the evening news off a TelePrompTer each night. Apparently, Dan Rather thinks that the coverage of America's farewell to President Reagan is "overkill" and he just can't wait to get back to reporting on the various blunders and obstacles of the war on terror, such as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

But if anybody needs proof positive of the liberal bias that pollutes the network airwaves, one only had to tune in to NBC and hear what anchorman Tom Brokaw said immediately after the memorial at the U.S. Capitol rotunda.

As with the rest of the events of the week, the memorial was a touching, moving tribute to this great man. Vice President Dick Cheney delivered one of the most eloquent and beautiful eulogies I've ever heard. Mrs. Reagan and the family were clearly moved.

But as the camera shots faded from the Capitol and went to Brokaw in the NBC studios, the man couldn't contain himself from taking a potshot at President Reagan's legacy.

"Lots of references in the last day or so to the president's favorite expression about America, 'It's a city shining on a hill," began Brokaw. He then briefly explained the origin of the quote, attributed to an early Puritan leader named Shawn Winthrop.

But then he continued: "There have been speeches by critics and political opponents of Ronald Reagan saying 'that city shining on a hill does not apply to everyone in America. There are disenfranchised people as well. People of color who are not the beneficiaries of Ronald Reagan's administration.'"

What??? THAT'S what Tom Brokaw decides to say a few seconds after the conclusion of a dramatic, emotional ceremony at the U.S. Capitol over the flag-draped casket of the 40th president of the United States? That there were "disenfranchised people of color" during Reagan's term who didn't think of America as a city shining on a hill?

This was a blatant, ugly example of a millionaire news reader trying to make an attempt to deflate and erase the pride and respect that was being paid to a president lying in state.

I will always wonder if this disgraceful and inappropriately timed comment was ad-libbed by Brokaw or was a piece of venom that was already scripted, with Brokaw just waiting for a chance to release it.

Either way, it was a shocking display of bias that was heard by millions of people, one of whom was me, a guy who made the unfortunate choice to channel surf to see what various analysts were saying.

Maybe the day will come when the TV news anchors of the three major networks will come clean. Peter Jennings, Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw will just come right out and admit it: They despise conservative Republicans and do everything they can to influence elections with their not-too-subtle agenda. At least we could try and respect them for telling the truth instead of hiding behind their wall of journalistic duplicity, and we could take their nightly propaganda with a grain of salt.

Until that time comes, at least we've got the Fox News Channel.
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#2 Postby Stephanie » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:00 am

I've been reading in editorials from actual people that do remember feeling "left out" of the Reagan era. The anchors are only repeating what some people are feeling. All of those "liberal" channels broadcasted the funeral as well.

We knew that the political sniping would continue after Reagan's funeral. Reagan was then, this is now.
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#3 Postby southerngale » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:22 am

And Tom Brokaw IMO is generally not as bad as Dan Rather and Peter Jennings.

Steph, I can't imagine that any one president would make everyone happy but couldn't he save his little potshot until at least the next day or maybe any other time than immediately after an emotional service for Reagan?
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#4 Postby Stephanie » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:52 am

I understand your point Kelly. :wink:
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#5 Postby j » Mon Jun 14, 2004 12:58 pm

The timing was bad, but Tom Brokaw is no rookie...AND...I'm sure he has some editorial pull...so what I'm saying is...no excuses for this man...he knew what he was doing and KNEW it was in poor taste. I don't know whether he ad-libbed it or not, but doesn't really matter. Damage done.

Wait a sec...I'm being too kind.

The guy BLEW IT in the face of weeping Americans and did not care one bit!
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#6 Postby Lindaloo » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:06 pm

southerngale wrote:Dan Rather and Peter Jennings.



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#7 Postby chadtm80 » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:09 pm

That was not the time nor the place for that.. VERY DISRESPECTFULL
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#8 Postby southerngale » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:34 pm

Great Steph! :)
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Interestingly Enough

#9 Postby Aslkahuna » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:48 pm

Bernard Shaw and the other commentators on CNN (Hardly a bastion of Conservative bias) addressed the issue of coverage and THEY concluded that it was NOT overdone. At any rate, many professional Mets don't considering Blathering Dan as a person of much intelligence anyway after his comments about Hurricane Gloria in 1985.

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Re: Interestingly Enough

#10 Postby Skywatch_NC » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:30 pm

Aslkahuna wrote:Bernard Shaw and the other commentators on CNN (Hardly a bastion of Conservative bias) addressed the issue of coverage and THEY concluded that it was NOT overdone. At any rate, many professional Mets don't considering Blathering Dan as a person of much intelligence anyway after his comments about Hurricane Gloria in 1985.

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ROFL :lol:
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#11 Postby azsnowman » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:42 pm

Y'all already know my feelings about the coverage, I won't go into it again BUT......that was TOTAL B.S. IMHO! :grr: I NEVER have liked Tom Broked**k and this just PROVES it!

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#12 Postby GalvestonDuck » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:42 pm

At least a certain extremist liberal putz didn't get much media attention.

I heard a brief mention on the radio about people protesting near the funeral and holding signs that said "God Hates America" and "Reagan is burning in hell" so I knew there was no doubt who the leader of the sign-holders was. Checked the site and sure enough... http://www.godhatesamerica.com
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#13 Postby rainstorm » Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:28 pm

dan and tom didnt think their month long coverage of a minor prison incident was too long
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#14 Postby WEATHER53 » Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:44 pm

rainstorm wrote:dan and tom didnt think their month long coverage of a minor prison incident was too long


Bingo.

The media and some of the public education systems are attempting a socio-pathy coup-d-etat in that good feelings, honor, courage are somehow wrong and what we should be engaged in is wallowing in guilt on a regular basis. Basically this Reagan coverage ran for 5 days, not out of line at all for one of the top 3 presidents in the last 100 years.
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#15 Postby rainstorm » Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:26 pm

exactly
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#16 Postby Stephanie » Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:35 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:At least a certain extremist liberal putz didn't get much media attention.

I heard a brief mention on the radio about people protesting near the funeral and holding signs that said "God Hates America" and "Reagan is burning in hell" so I knew there was no doubt who the leader of the sign-holders was. Checked the site and sure enough... http://www.godhatesamerica.com


Who is the wacko??? Extreme is too lenient!
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#17 Postby j » Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:40 am

rainstorm wrote:dan and tom didnt think their month long coverage of a minor prison incident was too long


..and it continues. It's called grasping at straws.

Just curious...and I know this morphs a bit, but since the "prison incident" was brought up.....

Anybody out there see the movie "In the First Degree" with Kevin Bacon? Well for those who didn't, this was a true story about a 16 (?) year old boy who went to a Federal State Prison (Alcatraz), because he stole $5 from a convenience store cash register that also doubled as a Post Office. Hence, a federal crime. But anyway..the story focuses on the abuse at this prison by a sadistic warden, which resulted in the prisoner spending over 1000 nearly consecutive days in solitary confinement, (30 minutes a year recreation time), beatings, ankles slit while shackeled and haging from a prison cell gate...


Anyway...my point...had anybody here ever heard of this case before this movie was made? Did it get intense media coverage like the "abuse" of Iraqi prisoners has gotten? Did the entire world know about these horrific crimes?

I think this happened sometime in the 50's so I didn't hear about it, but I'm just curious how prison abuse (actually many incidents as came out in the trial) like this compares to putting panties on suspected murderers heads, stacking them up in pyramids, letting snarling barking dogs within (gasp) 6 inches of their face compares to these crimes?

Where was the outrage then??? Was there any and for how long did it last?????
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#18 Postby streetsoldier » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:33 am

You also have to recall (if you were alive then) that, in the 1950's, such weighty matters as spousal and child abuse, dysfunctional families, depression and anxiety in children (the prevaling wisdom was that "children are carefree, and therefore cannot BE depressed, even if those symptoms are evident; they MUST be suffering from a deeply-rooted psychosis") were unaddressed, much less unknown AS problems...and homosexuality was considered to be both a criminal AND psychiatric issue.

I WAS there...I remember. :grrr:
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#19 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:51 am

There was no outrage back in the 30's, 40's or 50's because the filmmakers of "Murder In The First" took dramatic license and altered the true history of Henri Young's incarceration at Alcatraz. He was never held in a dungeon and he killed his prisonmate long after his brief stint in solitary confinement was over (I toured Alcatraz a few years back, while they were filming "The Rock." I looked up stuff on other movies they filmed there, like "Escape From Alcatraz" and found out a bit about the case).

It's a cool tour if you ever get to go.
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