Need I go on? There are many more where those came from.
The Link is provided should you care to see many, many more. On Oct 2, 1:01 am, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.mediaresearch.org/biasbasics/biasbasics2admissions.asp > > “The elephant in the newsroom is our narrowness. Too often, we wear > liberalism on our sleeve and are intolerant of other lifestyles and > opinions....We’re not very subtle about it at this paper: If you work > here, you must be one of us. You must be liberal, progressive, a > Democrat. I’ve been in communal gatherings in The Post, watching > election returns, and have been flabbergasted to see my colleagues > cheer unabashedly for the Democrats.” > — Washington Post “Book World” editor Marie Arana in a contribution to > the Post’s “daily in-house electronic critiques,” as quoted by Post > media reporter Howard Kurtz in an October 3, 2005 article. > > “There is, Hugh, I agree with you, a deep anti-military bias in the > media. One that begins from the premise that the military must be > lying, and that American projection of power around the world must be > wrong. I think that that is a hangover from Vietnam, and I think it’s > very dangerous. That’s different from the media doing it’s job of > challenging the exercise of power without fear or favor.” > — ABC News White House correspondent Terry Moran talking with Los > Angeles-based national radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, May 17, > 2005. > > “I believe it is true that a significant chunk of the press believes > that Democrats are incompetent but good-hearted, and Republicans are > very efficient but evil.” > — Wall Street Journal political editor John Harwood on the April 23, > 2005 Inside Washington. > > “I worked for the New York Times for 25 years. I could probably count > on one hand, in the Washington bureau of the New York Times, people > who would describe themselves as people of faith....I think one of the > real built-in biases in the media is towards secularism....You want > diversity in the newsroom, not because of some quota, but because you > have to have diversity to cover the story well and cover all aspects > of a society. And you don’t have religious people making the decisions > about where coverage is focused. And I think that’s one of the > faults.” > — Former New York Times reporter Steve Roberts, now a journalism > professor at George Washington University, on CNN’s Reliable Sources, > March 27, 2005. > > “Personally, I have a great affection for CBS News....But I stopped > watching it some time ago. The unremitting liberal orientation finally > became too much for me. I still check in, but less and less > frequently. I increasingly drift to NBC News and Fox and MSNBC.” > — Former CBS News President Van Gordon Sauter in an op-ed published > January 13, 2005 in the Los Angeles Times. > > “The notion of a neutral, non-partisan mainstream press was, to me at > least, worth holding onto. Now it’s pretty much dead, at least as the > public sees things. The seeds of its demise were sown with the best of > intentions in the late 1960s, when the AMMP [American Mainstream Media > Party] was founded in good measure (and ironically enough) by CBS. Old > folks may remember the moment: Walter Cronkite stepped from behind the > podium of presumed objectivity to become an outright foe of the war in > Vietnam. Later, he and CBS’s star White House reporter, Dan Rather, > went to painstaking lengths to make Watergate understandable to > viewers, which helped seal Richard Nixon’s fate as the first President > to resign. The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good > idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps > to a majority of Americans. The problem was that, once the AMMP > declared its existence by taking sides, there was no going back. A > party was born.” > — Newsweek’s chief political reporter, Howard Fineman, “The ‘Media > Party’ is over: CBS’ downfall is just the tip of the iceberg,” January > 11 , 2005. > > “Most members of the establishment media live in Washington and New > York. Most of them don’t drive pickup trucks, most of them don’t have > guns, most of them don’t go to NASCAR, and every day we’re not out in > areas that care about those things and deal with those things as part > of their daily lives, we are out of touch with a lot of America and > with a lot of America that supports George W. Bush.” > — ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin during live television > coverage immediately before John Kerry’s concession speech on November > 3, 2004. > > “I know a lot of you believe that most people in the news business are > liberal. Let me tell you, I know a lot of them, and they were almost > evenly divided this time. Half of them liked Senator Kerry; the other > half hated President Bush.” > — CBS’s Andy Rooney on the November 7, 2004 60 Minutes. > > “There’s one other base here: the media. Let’s talk a little media > bias here. The media, I think, wants Kerry to win. And I think they’re > going to portray Kerry and Edwards — I’m talking about the > establishment media, not Fox, but — they’re going to portray Kerry and > Edwards as being young and dynamic and optimistic and all, there’s > going to be this glow about them that some, is going to be worth, > collectively, the two of them, that’s going to be worth maybe 15 > points.” > — Newsweek’s Evan Thomas on Inside Washington, July 10, 2004. > > The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz: “You’ve said on the program Inside > Washington that because of the portrayal of Kerry and Edwards as > ‘young and dynamic and optimistic,’ that that’s worth maybe 15 > points.” > Newsweek’s Evan Thomas: “Stupid thing to say. It was completely wrong. > But I do think that, I do think that the mainstream press, I’m not > talking about the blogs and Rush and all that, but the mainstream > press favors Kerry. I don’t think it’s worth 15 points. That was just > a stupid thing to say.” > Kurtz: “Is it worth five points?” > Thomas: “Maybe, maybe.” > — Exchange on CNN’s Reliable Sources, October 17, 2004. > > Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham: “The work of the evening, obviously, is > to connect George W. Bush to the great war leaders of the modern era. > You’re going to hear about Churchill projecting power against public > opinion....” > MSNBC’s Chris Matthews: “But Iraq was a popular cause when he first > started it. It wasn’t like Churchill speaking against the Nazis.” > Meacham: “That’s not the way the Republican Party sees it. They think > that all of us and the New York Times are against them.” > Matthews: “Well, they’re right about the New York Times, and they may > be right about all of us.” > — Exchange shortly after 8:30pm EDT during MSNBC’s live convention > coverage, August 30, 2004. > > On Oct 2, 12:46 am, "mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ]" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ let me say this first i stole this from another poster " > > rockskipper" and i wish to thank him and Larry > > king ! ] Last night, on The Larry King Show, one of > > the republican surrogates, > > in reference to the news reports that Sarah Palin is in actuality a > > real bimbo -- exclaimed that usual bull-shit line -- "...the liberal > > media" ..something or other. Mr. King promptly interrupted her, and > > asked the question, I've been waiting for someone, on one of these > > political programs, to finally ask one of these republican 'whinners' > > -- he asked -- "What liberal media are you talking about?" And he > > had > > the gall to ask her to name the media she was criticizing." > > > OMG -- the bitch face was at a complete loss for words! She couldn't > > name a one (singular - medium). She was dumbfounded! > > > Larry went on for her to specify her complaint, at which "media" he > > asked -- "Limbaugh" -- Newsweek -- Bill O'Reilly - Sean Hannity -- > > "just name the ones you have in mind" -- In other words, lady - what > > in hell are you talking about? > > > My hat is off to good old Larry "the King" -- & defender of the > > truth. In a sea of wimpy wannabees, he a supreme journalist! He IS > > the 'Master of The Universe' in my book today! Mr. King did what > > any > > honest professional interviewer -- should always do -- he called her > > out; and by doing so, revealed to his audience -- that the lady > > surrogate, and her bull-crap accusations against the so called > > "liberal media" is just what I called it earlier -- 'a line of neo- > > con > > republican garbage' that I am sick of hearing! > > > THANKS LARRY! > > > God Bless Ya' -- you old pro! > > You ARE the man -- Mr. King. > > > Now, how about some of you other motor mouths -- step up to the stove > > and give these bullshitters a little of their own heat, just for a > > change!!! What ya' say -- if you're gonna' call yourselves > > journalist > > -- you have to stop acting like weenies and pussies. PERIOD. > > > This election is way too important this time folks, to give anybody a > > free pass on anything!! Let's get down to the real "nitty-gritty" > > and > > learn the truth and the whole truth this time around -- like I'm > > waiting for somebody to muster up the yarballs to tell the American > > people all about - THE KEATING FIVE, and how Johnny Boy McBush -- was > > right in the middle of it! > > > Why not? > > It really happened, and most people don't know that the last time our > > country had a financial calamity happen, John "songbird" McCain was > > in > > the middle of that one too! > > > The End. > > > Thank You!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
