CNN Pulls a Fox SNEAKY


Bad times ahead with cable news deciding yet another bad president for us.

Remember how after the Gore/Bush debate, they were swooning how Bush looked so "presidential,"  and Al Gore looked so "angry?"
And how seriously cable news took the claims of the Swiftboaters.  So seriously that they had them on night after night.
I just watched distortive TV propaganda under the guise of a show called "Ballot Bowl"
The first reporter (didn't catch his name) quickly glossed over the scandalous Obama comment by not giving the full quote.  All the CNN viewers heard was Obama said PA people were bitter.
Candy Crowly quickly corrected this and hastily went over the full quote.  Even this was a little muffled. An elderly person would have had a problem understanding.
When CNN WANTS you to hear something, they speak real . . .  slowly . . .  and . . .  clearly.
Then CNN played the INAUDIBLE, source tape.  It could easily have been enhanced in the editing bay.  They did not do this, obviously because CNN did not want their viewers to hear it.  The text was shown on the screen over the audio, but oldsters, and people with reading or visual problems would not follow.
What was clear as a bell was an audio enhanced tape of Obama's response.  The high tones were enhanced so that no one would have trouble hearing it.
Obama spoke seriously, and clearly.  He talked on and on. And on.  He looked so presidential.  Who would believe he'd just called PA voters a bunch of backwater slugs?
Finally, CNN aired HRC commenting.  Once again, if a viewer did not quite understand the previous audio clip, he would not understand exactly what she was commenting on.
Especially when the male news reporter began blurring the subject by harping on Bill's Bosnia gaffe. 
This Clinton gaffe has nowhere near the serious implications of Obama's comments.  
In a moment of honesty, Obama clearly told Americans that he does not understand us.
He has lived in South Side Chicago most of his adult life, and views us from that narrow perspective.
He needs time to expand his horizons, and his range of friends.
How can he lead a country when he feels such disconnect with its people?
To its credit, CNN did air a little of a Bill Clinton speech that allowed him to refute Obama's sick claim that people were no more prosperous under Clinton than under Chimp Bush.
It's a little sad that CNN viewers pay through the nose to get news from a station that is only out to manipulate them for its own purposes.

NYT's Damaging Lie About Clinton


Hillary Clinton told one of the most heart-rending stories:  

A pregnant woman lost her baby, and then she died - all because a hospital refused to provide early treatment unless she forked up $100.

Then came the false claim that the story was not true.

The NYT has been bashing Clinton mercilessly since Obama's Wright debacle.  As if demonizing Clinton would take attention away from yet another of Obama's "boneheaded" moves, and level the playing field. 

This past Saturday, the NYT outdid itself.  They trounced Clinton with 4 hit pieces.  While Obama got a warm, fuzzy, "stumping in PA" article.

One of the articles repeated the claims that the hospital story was false. 

The article by Deborah Sontag is prominently positioned at the right of the page.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/us/politics/05woman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

The Washington Post researched the claim, and reported that Clinton had told the truth.  

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/04/07/clinton_told_true_tale_of_woe.html

And here is a You Tube video of Deputy Sheriff Holman telling the story to Clinton:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wqpEt_CdBk&e

I assumed that the NYT would act immediately to do the right thing.

To rectify the harm done to the Clinton campaign by by their damaging article.  That Clinton is not a birdbrain running around PA making up crap.

Today, I fully expected to see a high visibility piece stating that Clinton had told the truth.

That article did not appear.

Apparently, misinforming their readers is OK when it comes to the Clintons.

NYT Declares War on Working Class


Memo to: Hillary Clinton

From:  Political Staff (aka F*k Balanced Coverage),

NY Times


1. Clinton, you are not allowed to point out Obama's flaws.  Even though he is tearing into you.  You just spread your legs, Clinton

and take it quietly.  Got it, Clinton?


2. And if you don't, we'll let you have it.  We'll stick a hot pokerup your ass.  Understood, Clinton?


3. And every time we hear anything stupid that Obama did to hurt his candidacy, we will bury it, and go after YOU, Clinton.


4. And we'll put Obama on the front page EVERY SINGLE DAY, Clinton.

Shove that up your craw, and smoke it.


5.  We don't want to hear Bill Clinton anymore.  We don't respect him.  Even though he is the only democrat to win 2 terms in 500 years.

You are not allowed to have a strong voice campaigning for you. 

If you do we will distort everything he says. 

So SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE, BILL.  Or we will shut it for you.


6.  Clinton, You are George Wallace.  You Are Scooter Libby and Dick Cheney.  you are Hitler.  


Obama will win this election.  Got it Bitch?

If you stand in his way, we will steam roller over you.  We will burn you in effigy.  We will vilify you.  


CLINTON, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST OBAMA!!!!


YOU, CLINTON, ARE CRAP, SHIT, BITCH DUNG, PISS!!!!!!


Sincerely,



Mike McIntire

Patrick Healy

Deborah Sontag

John M. Broder

Michael Powell

Maureen Dowd

Frank Rich




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