hollies65 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202457_pf.html If you remember Gibson's softball interview with Obama, this episode exposes him as a hack with a agenda. Heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fresh Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 On the O'Reilly Factor yesterday,he asked 3 former Bush administration people about the "Bush Doctrine" and all three couldn't agree on it.There are four separate parts to it and Sarah Palin focused on the 4th part.Gibson is a left-wing hack and had no intention of giving a fair and balanced interview.His goal was to make Sarah look bad,which did not happen.He was barely cordial to her.But when the messiah(Obama) is on ,they all fall all over themselves trying to kiss his butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 What shocks me is that so many of us seem shocked that the media is biased... a large percentage are "left-leaning" and not ashamed to show it... They've been wearing their political agenda's on their sleeves for decades now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I agree Steve: heh heh heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 What shocks me is that so many of us seem shocked that the media is biased... a large percentage are "left-leaning" and not ashamed to show it... They've been wearing their political agenda's on their sleeves for decades now... Hmmm, and Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coultier, and Bill O'Reilly are "neutral?..just sayin'...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Quote:Originally posted by pauliemississippi: What shocks me is that so many of us seem shocked that the media is biased... a large percentage are "left-leaning" and not ashamed to show it... They've been wearing their political agenda's on their sleeves for decades now... Hmmm, and Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coultier, and Bill O'Reilly are "neutral?..just sayin'...Jeff I'm not sure you can count Rush Limbaugh in this argument... he makes no bones about the fact that he's conservative... and does not try to pass himself off as a journalist. Like him or not, he acknowledges he is a "talk radio host"... and so, IMHO, he's not to be held to the same "neutral" reporting that a supposedly "agenda-free" reporter should be...Again I hearken back to my younger days... when we were taught that "Journalism" is "who, what, when, where, how & why"... and that any opinion... the readers, the editors, or the reporters... was to be kept to the editorial pages... If you wrote a story with any visible slant to it, you were... well, an unprofessional hack who ended up relegated to writing copy for "The National Enquirer"...Now it's all about how sensational you can be... how much of the story you can be... and how much of your point of view you can inject into the story... even if it means fabricating the news... misleading the public to the point of lying... just to try to force your views on people... without really having the balls to stand up and say "This is what I believe..." While we have "freedom of the press" in our nation, we need "freedom FROM the press"... because they have mutated into a monster... like a disease-infested, puss-dripping, scab-covered characature of what they were intended to be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I agree that Charlie Gibson is a hack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I haven't been following things so close, but I saw parts of this interview, and was kinda shocked. Charlie Gibson always seemed like a responsible, decent guy/journalist.But in the interview, if you looked at his face, he appeared to hold her in utter contempt - stared at her as if she was a Jeffrey Dommer, John Wayne Gacy, or somebody else in that class of human being. And when she answered a question adroitly, he seemed to be crushed...as if his only objective was to humiliate her..He lost me. Won't watch him again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Hmmm.... I thought Charlie did a nice job.--LC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 In fact, there was a point where, when Charlie realized that Sarah had no idea what the Bush Doctrine is, he defined it for her! He was trying to help her by explaining something that she should already have known.... Check it out, around 50 seconds in on this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75QSExE0jU&feature=related Heck, he could have persisted, and said, "Tell us what the Bush Doctrine is. You don't know, do you?" Instead, he told her. I thought that was a nice way to let her off the hook a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 PS: When I watch that clip of Sarah trying to respond to the Bush Doctrine question, man, it brought back some bad memories. It's that moment when the prof hits you with a question from the chapter you didn't read the night before, because you'd been out partying or chasing women or goofing off. So you pause, and you hem and haw a little bit, and then you launch into a bumbling batch of bullcrap that you hope -- beyond all hope -- will slither past the prof. But he knows all too well that you don't have an iota of understanding of the subject.... Ouch.... Just thinking about it gives me a cold sweat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I'm still getting to know her, but so far I like her a lot. I'd be comfortable if she got thrown into the presidency tomorrow. She's got as much pertinent experience as Obama, though I haven't ever argued against Obama because of experience....I've got other issues with him.To me principal, stand on issues, personal qualities, and success with the experience you have trumps quantity of experience...and she seems to be strong on these things.Another thing. She has more political experience than did Woodrow Wilson, and Abraham Lincoln when they entered the White House. And they did pretty OK - I'd put each in the top 5 of alltime great presidents.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretender Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Now I suppose Katie Couric is a liberal hack as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 Heh...Larry, it sounds , from your responce as if you are a bit fuzzy on what the "Bush Doctorine" is...I mean you know it has changed in meaning a few times...right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 Heh... Pretender if McCain wins your gonna off yourself! Me...I'm concerned with the economy. Whoever wins this election is screwed...and folks, real pain is coming from the financial mess...no matter who is elected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 Oh no...Katie Couric is one of the greatest journalists ever. Her ratings on the CBS Evening News alone bear this out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 And of course her legacy just continues to grow! http://www.nypost.com/seven/09262008/tv/mad_about_letterman_130739.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretender Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Gibson and Couric are both lightweight And Palin had trouble dealing with both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Heh...Larry, it sounds , from your responce as if you are a bit fuzzy on what the "Bush Doctorine" is...I mean you know it has changed in meaning a few times...right? H-65, it sounds from your response as if you don't know how to spell "response." Heh-heh. (Is it one "heh" or two?)Seriously, I don't doubt that most Americans would have the same response that Ms. Palin did if asked about the Bush Doctrine. But she's the one running for VP! She needs to know! It would be like a candidate for a head coaching job in football not knowing what a 4-3 defense is!PS: Sarah, if you're reading.... Here's a useful Frontline/PBS page on the Bush Doctrine that details its chronology, if you care to read: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/iraq/etc/cron.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I (James) declare this thread to be over. Hollies (as usual) wins. Final score: Hollies (and helpers): 102 LC: 1 (we'll give LC a point for appreciating Sarah is hot) Austinberries, Pretender Etc. etc -3 (it would have been a -10 but they at least try hard)James has spoken.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Hey... I wanna point... I think Sarah is hot too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I'm sure H-65 loves your support and rule (and smoke-blowing?). But fortunately, James, you're not the boss of me, or this thread! Whew!Now get back to wallpapering your room with those Sarah Palin pin-ups! Do you have any of the swimsuit-contest ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Here's a Sarah vid for your collection: a 1988 bit when she was a TV sports news anchor. Check it out.... Pretty interesting, and cute as a button as she sort of jitters through reports on college hoops, the NBA, and spring training (remember Gregg Jefferies, Mets fans?), as well as the big story in Alaska, the Iditarod. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20222714,00.html (PS: Did she really make mention, at 40 seconds, of "the state's beaver round-up"?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Each time James visits Alaska, the state's beaver round-up officially begins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 There's a bit of irony in trying to "embarrass" Sarah in that all this shows that she is not someone who has "desired" the office all of her adult life... where as Obama, Biden, and even McCain to a degree, have wanted the supposed pinnacle of world power for the biggest parts of their lives... And personally I find Sarah hotter now than when she was the "sports-babe"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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