CBS whining - Bush declared "War" on Big Media (My Title)

Newsmax.com ^ | 10/15/03 | ShuShu

[ShuShu]

Yep, they're now whining because President Bush is going around them since they can't manage to tell the truth about the situation in Iraq. Poor Babies!!!!

"Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003 10:23 a.m. EDT Big Media: Bush Has Declared War on Us

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's 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 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 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 - have a reasonable chance of getting a fair shake."

[Let's Roll]

"War" on big media - I certainly hope so.

I pray daily for the "destruction of the liberal American media".

[MizSterious]

Are the transcripts up for last night's "Nightline"? What a disgrace Koppel was last night! Compared this to the Vietnam war, and mentioned that Johnson had "tried" the same thing--and (paraphrasing here) said that it didn't cover up the truth in Vietnam, and this attempt won't cover up the "truth" in Iraq. Pigs do fly after all--I understand Koppel frequently boards airliners.

[Mr. C]

Hey all,

Here's another little anti-bush ditty written by columnist Richard Cohen from the New York Daily News who should definitely be "Freeped" by everyone.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/127239p-113859c.html


I can't stand this guy. He's another one of those leftists idiots who fills the un- and mis-informed souls out there with distortions and lies.

[.cnI redruM]

Ahhh, the power of the free market. Now that there are more media outlets competing for the same story, there is no information choke point. People can just shun reporters who grind axes rather than trying to tell an accurate story.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET


LBJ should have declared War on CBS News from the very beginning of the Vietnam War. WHY..?

CBS News, DON HEWITT, WALTER CRONKITE, DAN RATHER and MORLEY SAFER were all misreporting the Vietnam War to the American People from the very beginning, just like CBS News is now the Iraqii War, to suit its own Anti-U.S. Liberal Agenda against us.


Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer / Vet-U.S. 7th Cavalry's Opening Days of the Vietnam War-1965

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm
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NEVER FORGET

[ALOHA RONNIE]

"All the Southern States should secede from America's Union" =

...Anti-U.S. Internationalist & HILLARY's 2004 Presidential Run's No. 1 Media Defensive Linebacker ..WALTER CRONKITE.. at a 2000 World Conference in London, England.

Follow..?

[Happy2BMe]

"Those of us who've payed close attention to that rag have been calling it Stars and Lies for as long as I can remember."

The Stripes just came out with a very negative troop morale survery from Iraq.

The press just hit Rumsfeld with it in his press conference.

Rumsfeld basically said he didn't give the Stripes poll much credence since it wasn't a "scientific" survey.

[Always Right]

The bombings begin in 10 minutes....

[Grampa Dave]

It is amazing as you note how ABCNNBCBS protected Soviet Spies.

I find it even more amazing how they have made saints out of mass murderers like Castro, Ho Chi Min, Mao, Gorby and other communists.

Now we see them doing the same thing with the top Islamofascist/Nazis.

[SuziQ]

CBS's 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."

Those folks are so damn full of themselves, it's disgusting!

[talleyman]

Bump!

[SpinyNorman]

Troops coming back are giving a much better picture than the liberal media.

The administration is missing a golden opportunity here. Instead of sending out the usual suspects, they should ask local troops returning home to do stories or interviews for the local papers. Let them tell the truth about what is happening in Iraq from their own first hand experience. A local boy/girl telling the truth will easily trump the talking liberal heads from the networks.

Think of thousands of Jessica Lynch's telling the story to their neighbors!

[SpinyNorman]

Troops coming back are giving a much better picture than the liberal media.

The administration is missing a golden opportunity here. Instead of sending out the usual suspects, they should ask local troops returning home to do stories or interviews for the local papers. Let them tell the truth about what is happening in Iraq from their own first hand experience. A local boy/girl telling the truth will easily trump the talking liberal heads from the networks.

Think of thousands of Jessica Lynch's telling the story to their neighbors!

[Redbob]

Big media don't think they "own" the President - they think they own all news!

[miloklancy]

Bush has ever right to go after the media. I think Bush has probably had the toughest time with the media, simply because they don't like him. They engage in thinly veiled ad hominem attacks on the President that are really unprecedented, rather than debate his policies on their merits.

[Happy2BMe]

Have you read "Treason" by Ann Coulter yet?

She lays out the liberal media like you would not believe!

[The Wizard]

sounds like a war GWB can win

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

I declared war on the media on March 19, 2003. (^;

[OrioleFan]

If President Bush wants to reach a large number of folks who are willing to listen, he should have a regular post on FreeRepublic. We'll get the message out. Are you listening Mr. Rove?