Staged Press
I just saw a sanctimonious repiglican press conference on CNN, and it left me confused. Reporters stationed off camera were talking to Bill Frist and Dennis Hastert while Rick Santorum stood silently by (small blessing, that).
Frist spoke his piece, promising to take action regarding the disaster in NOLA, but also lightly disparaged democrats for their complaints regarding lack of repiglican leadership in NOLA.
Then a voice from an unseen reporter asked a question. I don't remember the exact language, but it was a question about whether Nancy Pelosi's remarks regarding Bush (that he is oblivious and dangerous. She is far too kind) were an acceptable part of our public discourse. As soon as the question was asked, Hastert jumped in front of Frist like a Rottweiler looking for a pork chop, and aggressively condemned Pelosi and democrats. It appeared he knew the question was coming. After Hastert was done snarling and clawing and chewing with his mouth open, Frist returned to the microphone spot.
Watching this nonsense I concluded the question came from a plant, another Guekert type, because it seems a credible journalist wouldn't ask that question in that circumstance. It was off topic for one thing. And there are so many legitimate questions to ask about the ONGOING CRISIS, MOUNTING DEATH TOLL, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN THE EVENT OF FURTHER TERRORIST ATTACK, etc. That question, the one that was asked, was pertinent only to the partisan needs of the right.
It was a little too convenient to be real.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there is a way to find out who asked that question. The clip was run on CNN around 10 am central time. I wrote a letter of complaint and inquiry to every talking head I can think of, I'm so sure that exchange was staged.
I have many serious concerns about corporate media and am wildly unhappy with the manipulation of it by partisan hacks and unscrupulous fake journalists taking money to report slanted stories and disinformation. It needs to stop.
The conflict of interests in media need to be legally addressed. I remember freaking out all over the place when GE, whole-hog unethical defense contractor with a decades long history of law bending, law breaking and exploitation, bought NBC. Every elected official I complained to sent me a reassuring letter. Boy, they must have been smokin' whacky tobaccy and popping anti-psychotics. Something powerul made them just not care.
And that, the time of the endless corporate mergers under RAYGUN, was the near beginning of the high body count end of even the facade of democracy in America; the take over of media by these outside interests, the disbandment of the fairness rule/doctrine in 86, I think, and the creation of narcissistic 24 hour cable news. John Roberts was there, helping the destruction along. Chief Justice indeed.
The Failure to function of FEMA and Department of Homeland Security in NO should not be washed away by media manipulation of those critical of the Bush administration.
I'd want to know the name and credentials of the person who asked that question.
Frist spoke his piece, promising to take action regarding the disaster in NOLA, but also lightly disparaged democrats for their complaints regarding lack of repiglican leadership in NOLA.
Then a voice from an unseen reporter asked a question. I don't remember the exact language, but it was a question about whether Nancy Pelosi's remarks regarding Bush (that he is oblivious and dangerous. She is far too kind) were an acceptable part of our public discourse. As soon as the question was asked, Hastert jumped in front of Frist like a Rottweiler looking for a pork chop, and aggressively condemned Pelosi and democrats. It appeared he knew the question was coming. After Hastert was done snarling and clawing and chewing with his mouth open, Frist returned to the microphone spot.
Watching this nonsense I concluded the question came from a plant, another Guekert type, because it seems a credible journalist wouldn't ask that question in that circumstance. It was off topic for one thing. And there are so many legitimate questions to ask about the ONGOING CRISIS, MOUNTING DEATH TOLL, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN THE EVENT OF FURTHER TERRORIST ATTACK, etc. That question, the one that was asked, was pertinent only to the partisan needs of the right.
It was a little too convenient to be real.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there is a way to find out who asked that question. The clip was run on CNN around 10 am central time. I wrote a letter of complaint and inquiry to every talking head I can think of, I'm so sure that exchange was staged.
I have many serious concerns about corporate media and am wildly unhappy with the manipulation of it by partisan hacks and unscrupulous fake journalists taking money to report slanted stories and disinformation. It needs to stop.
The conflict of interests in media need to be legally addressed. I remember freaking out all over the place when GE, whole-hog unethical defense contractor with a decades long history of law bending, law breaking and exploitation, bought NBC. Every elected official I complained to sent me a reassuring letter. Boy, they must have been smokin' whacky tobaccy and popping anti-psychotics. Something powerul made them just not care.
And that, the time of the endless corporate mergers under RAYGUN, was the near beginning of the high body count end of even the facade of democracy in America; the take over of media by these outside interests, the disbandment of the fairness rule/doctrine in 86, I think, and the creation of narcissistic 24 hour cable news. John Roberts was there, helping the destruction along. Chief Justice indeed.
The Failure to function of FEMA and Department of Homeland Security in NO should not be washed away by media manipulation of those critical of the Bush administration.
I'd want to know the name and credentials of the person who asked that question.
posted by TheFuriousGourmet | 10:33 PM
1 Comments:
You know, as the Nazi party came to power, they would use the lawsuits brought against them as publicity opportunities. They couldn't have done this without the complicity of the media.
These days, after the outrageous gutting of the protections media USED to receive from the FCC, we have a political regime that shamelessly manipulates media, be it through video "news" releases that never let on to their governmental origin, giving reporter cash gifts to promote government programs and practices, or using tax dollars to develop emergency response programs because the radio and newsstations are so conglomerated that there is no local news coverage when isolated areas have emergencies. Another terrific example of big business parasiting off the population thanks to government holding us down and tapping a vein. In other countries, radio and tv stations have to PAY for the privalege of broadcasting, AND they are compelled to serve the public good. Oh wait, the US companies are supposed to serve the public good, too. They sure have a funny way of doing it...
Miss Pris
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