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Nets Skipped Or Barely Touched Durbin & Clinton, Now Jump On Rove (Liberal MSM Bias Exposed Again
Media Research Center ^ | June 24, 2005 | Staff

Posted on 06/26/2005 1:08:17 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist

When Howard Dean made any number of his outlandish attacks on Republicans, Senator Hillary Clinton described Republicans as "people who have never been acquainted with the truth" and Dick Durbin slimed servicemen by equating detainee treatment at Guantanamo with Nazis and the Soviet gulag, the broadcast network evening and morning shows ignored the remarks, or got to them fleetingly months or a week or so later. But when Karl Rove, the White House Deputy Chief-of-Staff, observed that "liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding to our attackers," the networks pounced within hours. ABC's World New Tonight, which had never shown the allegations from Clinton or Durbin, jumped on Rove.

(Excerpt) Read more at mrc.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: durbin; karlrove; mediabias; mrc
Read #2 and #3 below this alert.

#2 Morning Shows Pounce On Rove, Inlike Handling Of Dem Comments.

#3 Washington Post Buried Durbin, But Puts Rove On The Front Page.

There is info on CBS as well.

The Liberal Mainstream media has been exposed yet again.

You would think that CBS would have learned its lesson after the flap over the forged Bush Guard Memos.

Looks like they haven't.

1 posted on 06/26/2005 1:08:18 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: All

It seems that there is yet again a big-time example of journalistic bias from the liberal MSM.


2 posted on 06/26/2005 1:10:23 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Since I have not watched redstream news in years I wouldn't even know what they were up to if not for posts like this.


3 posted on 06/26/2005 1:11:02 PM PDT by Nateman
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

disgusting...more of the same


4 posted on 06/26/2005 1:14:57 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Rove must be loving this, because what is he being accused of? Attacking people for not being strong enough in their defense of the US.

Do the Democrats REALLY think this is a losing issue for Republcans? I can hear the ads now: "If you don't want mean talk and a strong defense of the US--Vote Democrat!"

5 posted on 06/26/2005 1:20:30 PM PDT by Dr.Hilarious (If Al Qaeda took over the judiciary and mainstream media, would we know the difference?)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

It is no wonder that Libs hate Fox News. Fox News actually reports the news.


6 posted on 06/26/2005 1:34:22 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Recall Barbara Boxer)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Why? Because the stupid pubs didn't have the walnuts to DEMAND Durbin resign right there on the senate floor when they had the opportunity. The silence by the pubs is VERY disturbing and demoralizing! They just slapped him on the wrist and gave him a pass...ugh, I'm so sick of our party!
7 posted on 06/26/2005 1:35:19 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Could be why Rove said it.....he knew they would pounce....they can't help themselves. The media walked into the bear trap with the DEMS..


8 posted on 06/26/2005 1:49:26 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog

"Could be why Rove said it.....he knew they would pounce .... they can't help themselves. The media walked into the bear trap with the DEMS."


I think you make a great point .. and knowing that Rove is such a great architect of the conservative agenda .. he could have said it to bring them out of hiding.

Also .. when Durbin made his disgusting statement, the President's brother, Marvin, told a group of people he'd never seen the President so mad - and "the gloves have come off". When Rove made his statement .. I wondered if this was just part of it .. an opportunity to expose the REAL democrats/liberals.

Today on Fox News Sunday - Brit really nailed it! The last line of Rove's speech was - "No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals," Rove said. Well .. at the end of the program - while the panel was discussing the media's lack of interest in the Durbin statement - but pounced on the Rove statement .. BRIT SAID THIS: "No more needs to be said about the motives of the media".

WHOOOHOOOOO!! The rest of the panel tried to protest - but the program was out of time .. he he he he he!


9 posted on 06/26/2005 4:25:20 PM PDT by CyberAnt (President Bush: "America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth")
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; ...
MRC did a good job on this.





Also, "American Dad" on FOX [9:30pm(est)] is rerunning last week's episode w/ Karl Rove in it.

It's funny, they portray him like the left sees him.
10 posted on 06/26/2005 5:32:22 PM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: RoseofTexas

When John McCain was the FIRST senator to hit the microphone after Durbin's NON-apology, and practically kissed him for being so "brave",

I about puked...and it gave any REpublican senator after that to look like he/she was contributing to the division in the PARTY, by getting too upset...

Just like he did when he formed the Gang of 14, McCain put the REP leadership in a box...either way, he comes out smelling like a rose (pardon the term, ROT,) with the MSM!!!


11 posted on 06/26/2005 5:48:28 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice)
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To: OXENinFLA

i can't watch that show. It is not even funny. It is just one DUmmie wet dream after another. The sooner it is cancelled and replaced, the better.


12 posted on 06/26/2005 5:59:13 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: CyberAnt

Did you notice the NPR slime lady? She is doing the EXACT DNC talking point of trying to seperate the word liberal from democrat.

The NPR must be holding water for hitlary to try and do the fake argument of the democrat ("gay") party is not liberal.

THE ENTIRE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS LIBERAL

Liberalism today means left. The democrat party is left. The democrat party represents today's liberalism.

Juan and the NPR hag are too much slaves to the left. They are just laughable. If it was not for the NYT they would be in last place of the gravitas race.


13 posted on 06/26/2005 7:00:33 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: longtermmemmory

Poor Mara .. she is usually pretty mellow .. but she was not happy about Rove exposing all the lily livered liberals.


14 posted on 06/26/2005 10:56:58 PM PDT by CyberAnt (President Bush: "America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth")
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To: Dog

Yeah, Damnrats are left...out of power...out of sense...
out of...


15 posted on 06/26/2005 11:35:27 PM PDT by hdstmf
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To: OXENinFLA
It's nastier." NBC's Kelly O'Donnell passed along: "Adding insult, Democrats say after 9/11, both parties stood with the President." CNN's Aaron Brown chided Rove for his "silly" comments.

If I may take a quote from Bob Bryd

Hey Kelly & Aaron .. get off your high horse

16 posted on 06/26/2005 11:45:28 PM PDT by Mo1 (Democrats Sold Out America ... just to regain power)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Why should CBS have learned their lesson? The public still hasn't got a clue. I talk to people every single day who believe that the network news is the gospel. They don't realize it isn't news at all, it is instead propaganda for the extreme left. They are brilliant at this. I am beyond disgusted at the entire thing.


17 posted on 06/26/2005 11:45:55 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

It's not that cBS and the other liberal outlets haven't learned their lesson, they just don't care. They are gonna continue to pump out Dem Party talking points until the Dems win an election. And even after that. Look, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN all more or less represent the Democrat Party. They are outlets of that party. What do people not get?

Rather tried to take out Bush 50 days before the election with fradulent documents! None of those networks ever covered a single charge made by the Swift Boat Vets. Durban the Turban received minimal, if any, coverage.

NPR and PBS openly campaign for Democrat candidates in election after election. So none of the stuff reported in this article are a surprise.


18 posted on 06/27/2005 1:00:51 PM PDT by kjo
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