Staff of NY Dem Rep. Anthony Weiner Trys to Ban TV Cameras from Town Hall Meeting - Video 8/12/09

Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | August 13, 2009 | BrianinMO

[Federalist Patriot]

Here is a video report on the attempt by Staff of New York Democrat Anthony Weiner to ban TV Cameras from entering a Town Hall Meeting there. Weiner eventually overruled the staff and let the cameras in, but not before arrogantly lecturing the camera crew, "This is not about you." . . . . (Watch Video)

[unixfox]

Fine, most TV stations only air what they want you to see anyway.

So...what about "personal" video cameras? They tell the real truth anyway.

[Oldpuppymax]

Typical, leftist-friendly CBS reportage. The politicians are heroic, the serfs in the audience, disruptive!

[EmilyGeiger]

The cameraman should have replied, “No sir, it’s not about YOU! I hate politicians.

[browardchad]

Simply brilliant remark by the Channel 2 reporter that the town hall meetings really "take the focus away" from the health care debate.

Weiner's people made a mistake on this -- the newsies are his allies.

[allmendream]

What a weiner.

[sarasota]

Did anyone hear Gibbs this morning on Today with Matt telling the audience that it’s the cable network news folks who are creating all the problems. He said this several times, appealing, I assume, to the older generation who are still being held captive by NBC/CBS/ABC. Heard this on Fox/Friends where Michelle Malkin did a rebuttal in which she said, “you know they mean Fox when they say cable network.”

[Personal Responsibility]

Every time one of these congressmen or senators winds up getting demolished on Youtube I am reminded of a scene from Braveheart.

The one where Edward Longshanks returns home to find out York was sacked and his nephew’s head is in a basket on his desk. He talks about sending out an emissary to meet with William Wallace and says (paraphrase) “But certainly not me...or it could be my head in that basket”

That is how these politicians are now viewing town halls. They see Specter, Jackson, Bishop and all the others getting dressed down on Youtube and think “I am not having one of those...That could be me”