1) New Hampshire primary: picked the wrong winner, even before the polls closed
2) The New York Times' McCain-Iseman story: Trying to connect McCain to lobbyists...all hot air.
3) Matthews, Olbermann as co-anchors: Hard core liberal slant on election night coverage
4) “Terrorist fist bump” and “baby mama”: Michelle Obama being labeled with racial labels
5) “Pimped out”: Chelsea was being "pimped out" by her mom to try and get super delegates to vote for her
6) ABC Democratic Debate in Philadelphia: Actual questions about all of Obama's shady friends got liberals mad
7) National Enquirer’s Edwards story: They did the job the elite media wouldn't
8) New Yorker’s “Politics of Fear” cover: "Racist" cover
9) Veepstakes mistakes: "experts" don't really know anything
10) CNN’s Drew Griffin misquoting the National Review: Liberal media salivates at the chance to drill Palin.
Monday, December 22, 2008
The top ten media blunders of 2008
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game, we are living in a nation where a vice-presidential candidate's church is firebombed to destruction, and few really wish to converse about it, there is a "move on, folks, nothing to see here!" attitude amongst the gatekeepers of all media
and, this church was firebombed, with women and children still in it, because one of the parishioners happened to be a working-class white girl (gasp!) who took unfashionable positions and spoke uncomfortable truths
and, when it became apparent that the exact same thieves and vicious thugs that had thoroughly infested the democratic leadership, as the bush crime family had decades before to the gop, it was decided that such a threat would be tolerated no more
a tree fell in the alaskan forest, no, rather, blazed an alarm to the patriots and knowers of home truths and dark compromise, and nobody bothered to hear it fall
yet, God watches, and waits, while continuing to lift a living Christ over a dying nation
and you want to know from the media, examples of which stories were lies, and which were the truth?
the truth has been THERE! you need only open your eyes to see it!
eva peron once cried, from the balcony of the casa rosado in buenos aires, "evil is all around us, it is FUNDAMENTAL!!"
it is fine to point out these little lists from purveyors of disinformation, but when does one's own media touchstones get scrutinized?
i had to do it, myself, last year
wasn't fun
dark clouds are on the horizon, we are in for a horrific journey, from which many of us will not return
please remember, in chaos, they can steal
conservatives prefer to band together, stand in solidarity, always relentlessly TRUSTING, honor, duty, country
in our very own version of the "end days", this will not be a luxury you can afford to enjoy anymore
I agree...
If this would have been a black church or Obama's "church" it would have been the top story everywhere for 10 days...
But it is okay when intolerant liberals do it...
And if Obama's daughter was toying with the idea of a shotgun wedding to the son of a meth dealer, that might make the MSM, too. Has anyone seen any reporting connecting the church fire to Mrs. Johnson's sale of meth? Maybe the future mom-in-law is upset the wedding in Wassila's on hold.
The best thing about 2008 election was Sarah Palin!! smiles...
Even now, I go to youtube and watch some of her interviews and it makes me wonder "what was he(McCain) thinking???" LOL
Oh well, though my vote was for McCain more than anything, it's time to be 'American' again and support the patry/president elected.
"And if Obama's daughter was toying with the idea of a shotgun wedding to the son of a meth dealer, that might make the MSM, too...."
considering the ages of obama's daughters, i agree that story would surely (and rightfully) make the papers
on the contrary, if, in a few years time, if either or both of them had multiple crotchdroppings and a long line of baby-poppas to choose from, it would probably surprise few, and would be accepted as nothing out of the ordinary
"Has anyone seen any reporting connecting the church fire to Mrs. Johnson's sale of meth?..."
no, my understanding is that ms. johnson is presently unaffiliated with wbc, as if that would matter
sheesh
"Maybe the future mom-in-law is upset the wedding in Wassila's on hold."
maybe, but given the amazing speculation from operatives on the hard left regarding the circumstances of this little one's conception, indeed, even his paternity! i do wish this new blessing, and bristol and levi, congratulations and warm wishes
i LIKE the idea of a solid american family, with all the ordinary problems and conflicts they have, who exemplify true strength and perseverance as an american virtue
the pez dispenser from God-alone
knows what country, who espoused black supremacist theology for twenty years without realizing it, and his caviar-chomping, white-hating baby-momma?
meh, not so much
correction, maternity, not paternity
game, why do you allow this kind of language?
"The best thing about 2008 election was Sarah Palin!! smiles..."
i totally agree!
*grins back, with sincerity*
"Even now, I go to youtube and watch some of her interviews and it makes me wonder "what was he(McCain) thinking???" LOL..."
i don't believe he was thinking much of anything, i believe he felt the choice was imposed on him by the rnc, to save his flagging campaign...i believe if he had had his druthers, he'd have been fool enough to select lieberman
"Oh well, though my vote was for McCain more than anything, it's time to be 'American' again and support the patry/president elected..."
that depends, there is nothing inherently "american" about feigning support for a president you honestly believe will be detrimental to the nation's well-being and security, that's really just paying homage to convention for the sake of it
if you do not vehemently oppose the winning candidate, and simply think of them as being less superior of a choice then yours, it might be considered a patriotic gesture to suspend judgment for a "honeymoon", to see if the winner's supporters might have seen something you couldn't
we can't very well expect transparency and honesty from political candidates, if we're not willing to be honest and forthcoming about our own opinions, and our intentions, in political dialogue, imho
i can't TELL you how impressed i was with sarah palin, i hope this is not the last we will be seeing of her
Oh well, though my vote was for McCain more than anything, it's time to be 'American' again and support the patry/president elected.
you were impressed by sarah palin? what about her impressed you?
You Sara Palin doubters kill me. You’re relying on a media constructed personality when forming your opinions. I can assure you, Palin is one sharp cookie (in more ways than one)!
If the media had chosen to endlessly run Obama’s blunders, to highlight the negatives, while burying the positives, this election may well have turned out differently. For every one of Mrs. Palin’s so-called gaffs, I can give you two or more from Obama.
Sara Palin is more qualified than Obama. She has leadership experience, not to mention “real-life” experience. Obama is a career bureaucrat/politician with little or no common man or executive experience who simply “crammed” for his exam when it comes to foreign affairs.
Least you forget, our founding fathers feared career politicians, with good reason.
For the so-called conservative leaning commentators (attempting to prop up their egos), who have swallowed, hook line and sinker, the accusations (construct) that Mrs. Palin isn’t intellectual enough, I’ll remind you that most who are considered as an “intellectual” have a damn tough time being pragmatic!
Some of the greatest leaders this country has known had a gruff exterior. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Johnson, U. S. Grant, Teddy Roosevelt (!!!), Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Regan, you get the drift.
Wake up people, don’t allow yourselves to be so easily manipulated.
Comparing Palin to Washington, Jefferson, etc. is like comparing Pee Wee Herman to Jerry Lewis.
"You Sara Palin doubters kill me. You’re relying on a media constructed personality when forming your opinions. I can assure you, Palin is one sharp cookie" - Blamin
Do you know her personally? Did you meet her to know more than what others know? Or, Have you worked with her before?
I'm just trying to figure out...!
Hash,
Who asked you to stop being honest and forthcoming about your own opinions, and your intentions in political dialogues? I didn't.
There are two ways: Just because my candidate didn't win, I can be bitter and start attacking the winning candidate in every step, wishing him a total failure. OR, I can give him a chance, supporting/opposing him wherever applicable. At the end of the day, there can be only one winner and he is the winner because majority elected him. By respecting him, I am also respecting the views of majority. It doesn't mean that I give up my values.
"Wake up people, don’t allow yourselves to be so easily manipulated." - Blamin.
Fully agree with you, dude!! please, don't!! smiles...
Anon,
Merely pointing out the similarities in their portrayal by the self-appointed elite.
American,
Just going by the opinion of several persons whom I believe to be reliable. Do you actually believe she’d be in the position she’s in if she wasn’t sharp?
no, really-what exactly impressed you about her? seriously.
"Do you actually believe she’d be in the position she’s in if she wasn’t sharp?" - Blamin
Smiles...Which position you are talking about, Blamin? Most of her interviews paint a very different picture. Even the reports from Mccain campaign that came at the end/after the election.
Again, coming back to your point - You asked us not to form an opinion based on "media constructed personality". However, you have used the same 'media' to form your opinion since you don't know her personally! right?
Palin's a TV personality. Check out her work as a sports reporter. She came across as attractive and able to read her lines, when everything was scripted. She'd make a great ESPN sideline reporter, or a ceremony emcee. But what lies underneath her smiling facade? Just a bunch of you-betcha's and the same incurious tendencies of W. Why are all the serious minds of conservatism working at think tanks?
Jeez, just Palin's stances on the issues shows she's intelligent. If she held liberal views, that would be another story. But she's smart enough to be conservative, that's a good start right there.
"OR, I can give him a chance, supporting/opposing him wherever applicable." -american
Are you saying you weren't among those other 99.999% of the Dem supporters who just crapped on Bush from Day 1? YOU gave him a chance? Kudos if true.
But more to the point, if we have reviewed his words and actions as an Illinois state senator and a US senator and find him wanting, then wouldn't we be buffoons to think he might govern as president in a less liberal manner? If we found his nomination as one of the worst ideas in liberal history and did everything we could to oppose his chances for election, why would we support him now? We will indeed take a "sit back, wait and see" attitude, but we will NOT hold our breath while doing it. The dude's a socialist and I have no hopes for good things to come as a result of his actions as president. I'll be happy to admit I was wrong about him should he somehow prove to be the best thing since sliced bread, but once again, not holding my breath.
BTW,
Merry Christmas Game!
Merry Christmas!
"Are you saying you weren't among those other 99.999% of the Dem supporters who just crapped on Bush from Day 1?" - Marshall Art
Dude - Too many assumptions in your statement. Stop being such a partisan hack.
Anyways, Merry Christmas.
"Are you saying you weren't among those other "Are you saying you weren't among those other 99.999% of the Dem supporters who just crapped on Bush from Day 1?"
marshall, theoretically, my place of business was close enough to ground zero, for me to have easily been killed, that day, and 9/11 occurred not long after "day 1" of bush's first term began
i ASSURE you, that "99.9% of"..(us)..Dem supporters...were NOT crap(ping) on Bush from Day 1" were NOT doing so on 9/12, in fact, even those of us who had serious and ultimately prescient reservations regarding bush's ability to handle the job, placed those reservations OUT OF MIND, and stood behind our president and our nation while under attack
it was an unprecendented time of unity of purpose, partisan squabbling was almost unheard of for once, and there was a powerful sense of solidarity, as we went through endless months of mourning our dead, finding and healing the wounded, reordering our personal priorities, and coming to grips with exactly what had occurred
and, my question to you, marshall, is, WHO exactly was it, that SQUANDERED that unprecendented unity?
do you SERIOUSLY think you can blame some amorphous, ill-defined "left" for shattering our faith and confidence in the administration, when you pretty much had this city, this nation, in fact the world, wrapped around your very fingers?
we trusted the republicans and the bush administration to do what was right, to do it in the proper manner, to restore order and justice
and seven years later, this administration utterly failed in its mission to accomplish the stated objectives, destroyed the public trust, turned a blind eye to open-borders immigration policies that in fact further endangered our security, and ultimately brought on an unprecedented financial collapse, a third-world backdrop to our new third-world "residents"
marshall? who exactly failed who?
can you understand the profound level of betrayal so many americans feel, and how that has left our nation open to the election of a charismatic pez dispenser of a "leader", who may well be a tyrannical despot, in rented "progressive" costume?
i understand these are stressful days for you, but please do not insult "99.9%" of all democrats with your reductionist absurdities
particularly in the case of the middle east, neither extremist ideological polarity has any sort of monopoly on the moral high ground, if any
who may well be a tyrannical despot
what fantasy does this come from?
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