Big Media: Bush Has Declared War on Us

NewsMax ^ | 10/15/03 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Now that President Bush has finally called the big media's bluff on its bad-news-only Iraq war coverage, mainstream reporters are squealing like stuck pigs.

CBS John Roberts sounded particularly overwrought the other night, complaining that Bush's decision to circumvent the networks and tell the Iraq story to local TV affiliates amounted to a declaration of "war."

"It was the public relations equivalent of a declaration of war aimed at the national media, President Bush claiming the American people aren't getting the truth about Iraq," Roberts announced, according to quotes picked up by the Media Research Center.

The CBS'er griped that Bush chose local reporters because "the White House feels [they] will go easier on the president."

Perhaps. But maybe if the big media stopped ignoring important stories that don't comport with their political agenda, the president wouldn't be compelled to do an end run around their reporters. And we're not just talking about news of the U.S.'s successful rebuilding effort in Iraq.

Remember how furious the press was when a Washington Post poll found that 69 percent of Americans believed that Iraq played a role in 9/11? Journalists spent weeks insisting that the great unwashed had fallen for a full-blown White House con job seeking to foster the 9/11 "myth."

But rather than tell the whole story, the big media kept its lip zipped about Iraqi defectors who described an airplane hijacking training facility in South Baghdad that offered instruction to radical Islamists on how to overcome U.S. flight crews using techniques that bore an eerie resemblance to those employed on 9/11.

And when, based in part on that testimony, Manhattan U.S. District Court Judge Harold Baer ruled last May that Iraq had indeed play a role in 9/11, Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather remained equally silent.

Two months later, when U.S. weapons inspectors found a significant contingent of the Iraqi air force buried beneath the sand near Baghdad, the press sat on that story, too.

Now that President Bush has finally shown that he's got the big media's number, here's hoping he sticks to his guns, and continues to favor press outlets where his administration - and America - has a reasonable chance of getting a fair shake.

[eureka!]

"And because of this strategy, Im missing it."

Not with FreeRepublic, you're not. Meanwhile, W is reaching millions of boob tubers, unfiltered....

[Onelifetogive]

This is old news...Bush declared the War on Terrorism two years ago...the national media would have been included in that...

[smith288]

I have been on FR alot for the past week and havent seen any threads. Maybe im missing them.

[jcb8199]

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[1Old Pro]

Now that President Bush has finally shown that he's got the big media's number, here's hoping he sticks to his guns, and continues to favor press outlets where his administration - and America - has a reasonable chance of getting a fair shake.

I'll second this.

[b4its2late]

Now that President Bush has finally shown that he's got the big media's number, here's hoping he sticks to his guns, and continues to favor press outlets where his administration - and America - has a reasonable chance of getting a fair shake.

I'll 2nd that!

[dirtboy]

The mainstream media has been waging war on Bush since he ran for president. Now they're all in a twist because he is going around them.

[DustyMoment]

The lamestream media didn't have a problem declaring war on Bush, they only seem to have a problem when he fights back.

What's so hard to understand about that?

[PhilipFreneau]

>> The mainstream media has been waging war on Bush since he ran for president. Now they're all in a twist because he is going around them.

General MacArthur did the same thing in the South Pacific with the Japanese. Rather than fight them island to island, he simply captured islands up the chain and choked off the Japanese supply line. Brilliant strategy.

[Timesink]

Apologies for the dupe, but this is the better thread. (This is what happens when Freepers post using false headlines.)

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[Helms]

Sorry I could not find an EGO large enough for the Media:

[GOPJ]

Big Media's been at war with Bush since the day they set eyes on him. Thank God he's finally fighting back.

[TheGunny]

Strategery!

[reformed_democrat]

I missed something...

Don't feel bad -- I missed it, too.

I would start watching TV again, but that would cut into my FreeRepublic time.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Remember the photograph a year or two back when he was leaving the White House and boarding the helicopter? He was carrying a copy of Goldberg's BIAS cover up and title conspicuous and in full view. Nice message.

[eureka!]

Yep. That was a classic. I do love his style...