Brian Williams Corrects Laura Bush on Media Coverage of Iraq

Media Research Center ^ | December 15, 2006 | Brent Baker

[Zakeet]

On Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams highlighted how, earlier in the day, First Lady Laura Bush "placed the blame squarely on the news media" for why so few support the President on Iraq. But instead of addressing her contention about how "there are a lot of good things that are happening that aren't covered and I think the drumbeat in the country from the media...is discouraging" as she hoped for "more balanced coverage" in the future, Williams applied a non sequitur to dismiss her assessment of the news media. He noted how "the recent report from the Iraq Study Group, however, specifically found that there has been significant under-reporting of the violence in Iraq." But that's about the accuracy of U.S. military data collection and categorization, not the accuracy of news media coverage of the situation in Iraq.

[ValerieUSA]

brian "pompous ass" williams

[Amelia]

In my day we had Nuns and they were beyond strict, we learned or else...All American kids should go to Catholic School and some can skip the religion part.

In my day, most public school teachers had a "Board of Education" which was applied as needed.

Since then, parents have sued and corporal punishment is not allowed at most public schools anymore.

[chiefqc]

Brian needs to get over himself.

[NickatNite2003]

That's because when you are looking at
Brian Williams on the screen..you are
listening to a LEFTIST LIBERAL LIAR.

[xowboy]

And continually misleading and lying is a good thing for his family to witness? Nothing personal, just asking.

[Big Horn]

The correct name is Iraq surrender group.

[Washi]

President Bush was elected and he vowed to set a new tone in Washington D.C. Well certainly that did not work and he's probably the most hated President in the American history, perhaps even more than Abraham Lincoln.

Absolutely true. And it's not his fault. He has bent over backwards to "set his new tone," but the moonbats will always hate him, regardless of what he does.

He needs to stop worrying what the moonbats and the media (I know, kind of redundant) think of him, and just do the right thing. He'll get bad press regardless.

[Thumper1960]

My cursory reading of news sources best described as "mainstream" allow for nearly nil reporting of schools built by Americans and Iraqis and alliances formed between Americans and Iraqis. It would appear that for each casualty there is at least an equal concrete accomplishment made in Iraq. Where is the balance and where are the stories extolling the achievements of the troops? The mass mainstream media cannot claim to be a neutral force when it fails to do what it is purported to be responsible for: the dissemination of news.

[Let's Roll]

Hey, Brian, the tanning salon called - your check bounced.

[OregonRancher]

Hi Nitro! where have you been? Probably out drilling for oil, huh? Nice to see you back...

[Smokin' Joe]

From the CFR Website:Board of Directors

(I think you'll see a couple familliar names)

[Valin]

The vast majority of Americans are just plain old vanilla flavored stupid.

I don't find it true at all. Granted they don't obsess on it like some of us do. That doesn't mean they are stupid, it means they are uninformed.
So what are you doing about it?

[Nitro]

Hi Nitro! where have you been?

Been busy, alot of my regular FReeper buds faded and so did I......

Elections were won and I suppose I lost the edge.

Now, we will be confronted with the schreeching policies of Nancy bad-policy and it is time to get back in the fight.

[Nitro]

In my day, most public school teachers had a "Board of Education" which was applied as needed. Since then, parents have sued and corporal punishment is not allowed at most public schools anymore.

I read an article just today that stated sub-urban kids are fatter than urban kids.

I would have thought the opposite, urban kids have easier access to Mickey D's, while sub-urban kids need a ride from their fat mother.

Yes, my comments are not about education and even my earlier education comments weren't nescessarily about education.

they were about the very real idea that prosperity kills...

money makes you soft and soft can be easily killed.

Look at the heroes our kids have to choose from.........

Paris... or Btitney... or Lindsey...?

Whoever the girls choose, they are all whores.

The boy's are no better off....

they can choose from the basketball players that had a small riot at the "Garden" the other night or steroid using wrestlers, or steroid using football players, or steroid using baseball pleyers... or ..........

You can laugh all you want, but my boyhood pals and I could play all day with a single Spalding.

Depending on how many guys we had, that would dictate the game.

If I am a reminiscing a-hole sorry, but in 20 years humans will be traced........

not just their ATM cards, credit cards, cell phones and EZ-Pass.

It is finally 1984.