AMERICAblog: Exposing the blatant bias -- and unprofessional journalism -- of ABC's Gibson and Stephanopoulos again
Butch1
· 1 year ago
We we ever again, have journalists and reporters who will actually do research and tell the truth? I am so tired of all the disinformation that is being regurgitated back on us as real news reporting. Thank goodness for some blogs that actually do the job for these imbeciles. Hopefully, they won't be called "enemies of the state" or " terrorists" only because they are actually telling the truth against the "company line." I hate to think that America has started down the path where it is waining as a country thanks to Bush and his many minions who would rather kiss his ass than know the truth.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
BTW, found a picture of Bryan The Hack Whitman (thread below). Looks like a hairy version of KKKarl Rove...
Butch1
· 1 year ago
Many thanks.
canuck55
· 1 year ago
This Orwellian black is white doubletalk is disturbing. This report is so full of blatant lies so as to lead one to only one onclusion - ABC/Disney are willing to pervert the once sacred nightly news to further thier corporate agenda. Peter Jennings is spinning in his grave.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Like I said, it's called "WhoreTV" around my house. All of it.
Bubbles
· 1 year ago
I call it political pornography. Or pol-porn. Limbaugh is a hard core pol-porn star. Gibson is soft pol-porn, but porn none the less. It's designed to appeal to the prurient interest of some of their listeners. Pornography sells. That's why they do it.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Excellent description.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
That's why I wont have cable. Just checked out some movies at the library.
Bubbles
· 1 year ago
Not to mention CBS's assault on Obama Wednesday night.
The piece ends with:
"...it will take more than this trip to alter the very deeply held perception of some [ pregnant pause] that on Israel, the senator (Obama) is not to be trusted. [pregnant pause] Sheila MacVicar, CBS News, Jerusalem."
Who is some and why do they matter? Fox news analyst? Wing-nuts in the basement? The second floor at St. Vincents for the mentally deranged?
flashcard
· 1 year ago
I use blogs, such as Americablog to gather my primary source of news. I look upon the traditional news sources such as ABC and CBS as more opinion or corporate based news. They are going to support the candidate who can sell the most advertisers. Still, we must keep them honest! As Thomas Jefferson said, " the price of freedom is eternal vigilance".
gwpriester
· 1 year ago
What amazes me is this. Do these so-called informed media persons think that 8 years of absolute rule by an admitted C student has left this country in such a great state that they want to have 8 more years of absolute rule by a man who brags to being in the bottom 5 of his graduating class at Annapolis? What can these people be thinking?
lynchie
· 1 year ago
they are thinking about their bank accounts. Nothing more nothing less. Republicans let the rich keep more of their illegaly gotten wealth.
ron071
· 1 year ago
lynchie could not be more correct. Their obsession with money runs in their veins. Which party or candidate will be better for my wealth?
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Nice bit of wingnut projection claiming the media was giving Obama special treatment. There hasn't been any real discussion of the issues, just typical GOP smears dominates their broadcasts.
RevDrBillyBob
· 1 year ago
Ah've sed it before, and Ah'll say it agin: You godless heathen libruls are s'posed to be "the smart kids" ? Stephanwhateverhisnameis and Carville have been doin' the biddin' of the GOP for years . . . one of the smartest thangs was to put Carville into the Kerry adviser group back in 04 (since he pushed Kerry to concede early). . . . so if you people are so durn "smart," how comes its taken you so durn long to get this figgered out ? LORDY !
PeteWa
· 1 year ago
You used different words than I would have, but the message is the same.
sukabi1
· 1 year ago
I'll say it again, they are NOT JOURNALISTS they are PROPAGANDISTS... It's past time that some intrepid blogger or concerned citizens take a look at where all the money spent on propagandizing the US citizenry has gone... my bet is that a good part of it has gone to the "acceptable" faces of the networks....
And it's not the first time this has happened... although there was never a full public disclosure of who was involved then either....
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
They helped make my country into an Orwellian kafkaesque nightmare. I makes me really angry having been subjected to it the last 8 years and longer by the media.
1970cs
· 1 year ago
Roughly 8 to 9 million people a night watch the ABC and NBC network news, about another 2.75 million stomach Katie Couric. I would have to guess that it's the same 12 million who are from ages 50 to 75 and grew up watching network news who watch every night, hence the ads almost exclusively from big pharma that sponsor this crap. Between now and November this group willingly be force fed the McCain good-Obama bad mantra and vote accordingly.
It seems to me beyond the politics it is also about ratings, and the network news trying to hang on for survival. They saw FOX killing them while being partisan and have decided to go the same route. As an added bonus, I'm sure they enjoy tweaking the blogosphere(see Lierberman,Joe) as proof.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Yet the MSM still regard low-info flyover oldsters who need boner pills as THE only segment of the electorate worth catering to.
pegger
· 1 year ago
Did anyone hear Glen Beck call Obama a Marxist last night?
How come nobody is going after this unsavory goon?
flashcard
· 1 year ago
I caught that too last night. Beck is a virtual fountain of misinformation strongly in favor of big corporations and little taxes for the wealthy.
LeesiD
· 1 year ago
That is an ongoing problem, so pervasive on the Right, when they have an obviously weak candidate and can't do much about it, they lash out and name-call . Sounds so desperate given there are no facts to back themselves up only snarky rhetoric.
lynchie
· 1 year ago
the right has never let facts get in the way. If they paid attention to facts they would all committ suicide.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
What to do, indeed. Well, cancel your subscriptions. It's not going to kill you and talk amongst yourselves online. Then how about demanding Congress draft legislation for freedom of choice, only purchasing cable channel packages that you want.
lynchie
· 1 year ago
It was supposed to exist on sat tv. The cable company lobby paid the politicians to stop that. i have a friend working for Direct TV. They could offer a complete list of every channel and you could choose the 7 you like and that is all you would have to pay for. Cable wants to force the 38 religious channels and all the rest of the unwatched channels and make you pay for anything. Direct Tv could let you just watch your NFL team of choice, or baseball or whatever. If you wanted to watch a special you simply call in and it is done. It is again about the money.
Tug
· 1 year ago
Why is it when a Democrat is caught "in contentious positions", WE can't find it in the media ANYWHERE.....but, if it's a Republican, it's PLASTERED ALL OVER THE FRONT PAGES of every news outlet imaginable.
His (John Edwards) secret mistress Rielle Hunter and her baby were upstairs and Edwards had just spent hours with them in a secret rendezvous (at approximately 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, July 22 after Edwards came off an elevator and appeared to be attempting to leave the hotel unseen).
As Butterfield and Hitchen tried to question Edwards, he ran down a hallway and ducked into a men's public bathroom. The reporters attempted to follow him in and Edwards pushed the door shut from inside.
Hotel security showed up and intervened. The reporters charge that not only did one security guard threaten to break their camera but that security also violated several statutes of the California Penal Code, including false imprisonment and preventing a guest from entering land.
The ENQUIRER reporters were registered guests at the hotel, while Edwards was not.
LeesiD
· 1 year ago
Seems like you borrowed RW talking points from Sean Hannity just the way george Stephanopoulos did~!!
lynchie
· 1 year ago
Tug; the reason is simple you right wing pseudo religious nut jobs are more highly perverted. Here is a great site with color pictures where you can see all your republican buddies. Interesting reading. You all really need to be castrated. Seems you can't stop grabbing kids, humping hookers, tapping toes, wearing diapers, forcing your wives into sex clubs. My how do you find time to post here, unless you are giving yourself a reach around as you do it. By the way, what proof do you have Edwards fathered the child or had an affair with that women. If he did it pales by comparison to the list below.
I would only purchase the nature programs and the Food Network. I don't know what they air anymore since it's been several years since I had it. Might pick up a few more. Definitely no cable gasbags.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Or maybe develop a de-brainwashing stun gun to hit the average moron 'Murkan to wake them the fuck up.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
That's where the fault ultimately lies. If you're going to insist on believeing things like Obama's a Muslim or Saddam was behind 911, what can be done?
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
We all have family members like that who plan to vote against him for that illogical reason (although I suspect the main reason is because he's black and it's just an excuse so they can feel not racist in their own warped minds.) You can finally confront and tell them you will no longer be around them and tell them why. My family is over now for all of them. Sad.
lynchie
· 1 year ago
I haven't spoken directly to my brothers for over 20 years. They are bigoted and racist and when we did actually get together invariably i simply got in my car and drove home. Being around people who try to find excuses for their racism is, for me at least, more depressing. The openly racist at least are being honest, when it becomes parsing words like uppity, or elite these are the truly rat bastards. These are the same shit bags who openly support women and then ban them from membership in clubs, or block their promotions behind closed doors. We are so far behind having in dealing with bias I wonder if we will ever grow up as a nation. The enemy is not your neighbor it is the corporations and politicians who are condemning us to a life of fear and poverty.
Sage24
· 1 year ago
The ugly side of our nation. Immigrant beaten to death by 3 white guys.
It is sad to think that kids are still brought up with racial hatred and anger. Hope they get the maximum sentence.
Jed is awesome. The man crushes these millionaire hacks have on McCombover is sickening
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Zeleny at the NYT (just posted) perpetuates the Obama as Uppity Negro meme: "Isn't he just being presumptuous?"
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
As Charlie Gibson proved during the Primary Debates, all he really cares about is getting his capital gains rates cut.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
George tried to help Hillary by gift-wrapping her a exclusive Town Hall Meeting.
Guess he's doing the same for McCain now.
LeesiD
· 1 year ago
I have been quite aware of this ugly bias ever since ABC's Brian Ross' "investigative report" looping Rev. Wright sermons some months ago, prompting other networks to follow suit, and who could forget that hideous ambush they wanted to pass off as a debate with none other than Stephanopoulos and Gibson, with Mrs. Clinton all too eager to join right into the fray. We have to beware of this nonsense whenever Stephanopoulos and Gibson are in close proximity to each other. Terry Moran however did a decent interview and coverage of Obama in Iraq, but considering it was "Nightline" and on the same time as Leno and Letterman I wonder how many were actually watching?
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Steffie flat out spouted LIES straight from Bryan Whitman's anus about the Landstuhl "controversy." (It is not a debatable, two-sided story: the Pentagon refused permission). Charlie, of course, signed off like the high-priced breakfast TV stooge that he is.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Looks like Tapper did it again. I think he's got it in for Obama. At least Obama didn't make any Jesse Jackson type faux-pax while the mike was on:
Donuts shaped like Mickey Mouse, for the disney brand that owns ABC. We all know it's a republican outfit just below Faux noise in it's bias.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
Jed rocks. slightly OT-
here's another interesting phrase used by the angry McCain campaign, frustrated over Obama's "presumptuous" activities...
"dancing in the end zone"
tell me...is this a dog whistle to grumpy old white folks shaking their heads in disgust as the black football player celebrates the TD in the end zone?
I don't watch ABC and I don't go to the ABC website. I suggest the same to everybody else.
ron071
· 1 year ago
GUESS WHO? 1. I'm 72 years of age. 2. I'm very forgetful. 3. It seems that I'm always angry. 4. I say nasty things which are usually unsupported by any factual basisor good reason. 5. My health ( medical ) records are yet to be fully released to the public , but I did release a few selected pages to a few selected ( friendly ) reporters in a restricted setting for a very limited period. 6. My military records have not been released as others in my position have done. 7. I accept the characterization of hero when my record does not support the definition. 8. My greatest interest seems to be military resolutions of problems and I stretch the term war to include civilian disputes. 9. I demonstrate strained smiles and laughter to soften harshness of my comments. 10. I confuse events and facts regularly and then offer denials to " correct " criticism. 11. I support military invasions and endless wars of occupation to secure the minerals of the invaded/occupied country. 13. I admit little knowledge of economics and staged a phony firing of my chief economics adviser. 14. I was a disinterested student while at a military academy and my ranking was in the bottom five in a class of over 800. 15. My father and grandfather were admirals in the U.S. Navy which may have influenced the longevity of my naval career. 16. Many of my advisers are the same as those of a man I rarely ( until recently ) got along with. 17. I employ ridicule, sarcasm and visible disdain for those with whom I am in competition. 18. I reward favored media with special access, seating on my bus and plane, donuts, and barbeques. 19. I use extreme vulgarity in my frequent jokes about women in general and my wife in particular. 20. Some long-time associates fear that my temperament is dangerous and have said so publically.
WHO AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I? Will you vote for me for ???
ron071
· 1 year ago
The bias of ABC in general and George Stephanopoulos in parrticular have been well known for a long time and certainly since the disgrace of Georgee's questioning of Barack Obama at the "debate " he moderated. Perhaps, like FOX NEWS, ABC is getting its talking points from the RNC. Posing as a journalist ought to be subject to some type of review by professional groups
lynchie
· 1 year ago
Other than Helen Thomas name a reporter in Washington. As I posted they are all Repeaters, not reporters. There is no peer review other than who can lick farther on the back of the Administration's balls.
ron071
· 1 year ago
My suggestion would include a panel of established journalists from the universities. Names which carry respect from their prior or present journalistic activities. Their rejection of journalistic violations would impose a stamp of disapproval. This would clean up the present fiasco known as MSM despite the corporate control which plagues us.
That little midget (Stephanopoulos) is such a wuss. Yes, I remember when he worked for Clinton -- he would get SO upset at Bill's rantings, he had to take anti-depressents. THIS is the type of weakling that airs the news? I (and many Americans) take that much guff (and more) every week.
The GOP knows this and put a minor push on him and he caved. Too easy.
The media is chock full of way too many weaklings. And yes, often the louder they are, the weaker and easier to take down. (Chrissie, Rove, etc.) Those with huge egos are the easiset to destroy. DUH Why someone doesn't do this is beyond me. I guess many are too nice to want to reduce them to a rubber room -- but trust me -- it would be relatively easy.
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The piece ends with:
"...it will take more than this trip to alter the very deeply held perception of some [ pregnant pause] that on Israel, the senator (Obama) is not to be trusted. [pregnant pause] Sheila MacVicar, CBS News, Jerusalem."
Who is some and why do they matter? Fox news analyst? Wing-nuts in the basement? The second floor at St. Vincents for the mentally deranged?
And it's not the first time this has happened... although there was never a full public disclosure of who was involved then either....
It seems to me beyond the politics it is also about ratings, and the network news trying to hang on for survival. They saw FOX killing them while being partisan and have decided to go the same route. As an added bonus, I'm sure they enjoy tweaking the blogosphere(see Lierberman,Joe) as proof.
How come nobody is going after this unsavory goon?
His (John Edwards) secret mistress Rielle Hunter and her baby were upstairs and Edwards had just spent hours with them in a secret rendezvous (at approximately 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, July 22 after Edwards came off an elevator and appeared to be attempting to leave the hotel unseen).
As Butterfield and Hitchen tried to question Edwards, he ran down a hallway and ducked into a men's public bathroom. The reporters attempted to follow him in and Edwards pushed the door shut from inside.
Hotel security showed up and intervened. The reporters charge that not only did one security guard threaten to break their camera but that security also violated several statutes of the California Penal Code, including false imprisonment and preventing a guest from entering land.
The ENQUIRER reporters were registered guests at the hotel, while Edwards was not.
By the way, what proof do you have Edwards fathered the child or had an affair with that women. If he did it pales by comparison to the list below.
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october17200...
Immigrant beaten to death by 3 white guys.
It is sad to think that kids are still brought up with racial hatred and anger.
Hope they get the maximum sentence.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25854696/
Guess he's doing the same for McCain now.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07...
slightly OT-
here's another interesting phrase used by the angry McCain campaign, frustrated over Obama's "presumptuous" activities...
"dancing in the end zone"
tell me...is this a dog whistle to grumpy old white folks shaking their heads in disgust as the black football player celebrates the TD in the end zone?
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/25/presidentia...
now who's acting all presumptuous?
http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/02/mccains-alrea...
WHO AM I? WHO AM I? WHO AM I? Will you vote for me for ???
universities. Names which carry respect from their prior or present journalistic
activities. Their rejection of journalistic violations would impose a stamp
of disapproval. This would clean up the present fiasco known as MSM despite
the corporate control which plagues us.
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The GOP knows this and put a minor push on him and he caved. Too easy.
The media is chock full of way too many weaklings. And yes, often the louder they are, the weaker and easier to take down. (Chrissie, Rove, etc.) Those with huge egos are the easiset to destroy. DUH Why someone doesn't do this is beyond me. I guess many are too nice to want to reduce them to a rubber room -- but trust me -- it would be relatively easy.