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Media Spurn Majority for Rosie
Bozell Columns ^ | 3-2-04 | L. Brent Bozell III

Posted on 03/02/2004 2:39:43 PM PST by FlyLow

Do you ever read those oftentimes annoying little tickers that crawl under the TV newscasts? Even the tickers can carry a liberal bias. Take ABC’s "Good Morning America" on February 27, in the show’s first two minutes. Notice where ABC placed (and didn’t place) the quote marks and the word "so-called" as these sentences crossed the screen, in order:

– "Days before Super Tuesday, Democratic presidential rivals John Kerry and John Edwards spar over trade, agree on opposing gay marriages in debate."

– "House passes ‘Laci and Conner’s bill,’ makes harming an ‘unborn child’ a federal crime."

– "Justice Department subpoenas regarding the so-called partial birth abortion ban demand medical records for all surgical abortions performed at six Planned Parenthood affiliates in the last year, ABC News has learned."

– "Rosie O’Donnell weds longtime girlfriend in San Francisco after criticizing President Bush over his stance on gay marriage."

What school of thought teaches that "unborn child" is a nebulous, hard-to-define concept, but "gay marriage" is not? "Gay marriage" in quotes ought to be required, since a majority of Americans resent that terminology as an assault on the dictionary. Even Kerry and Edwards know that, which is why both have clearly signaled they don’t think it’s politically wise to have the M-word applied to gays just yet, but want gay couples to have every government privilege that married couples have.

The "news" media, by contrast, find no need to recognize the sensitivities of the American voter. They see their job as bullying and dragging the public to the left, persuading them that marrying Peter and Paul will soon be seen as a "once-radical" idea, while never implying it’s radical right now, in thought and in deed.

Even liberals are admitting that neutrality’s taking a holiday. New Republic Senior Editor Jonathan Chait, who claims most media-bias arguments are "overblown," admitted the media’s "cultural predilections" are showing like shirt-tails, and "coverage of the gay marriage amendment offers a perfect example."

Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post, the liberal newspaper in the nation’s capital, has discovered how the media have treated San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom like a hero. Newsom’s defy-the-government tactics may resemble Alabama judge Roy Moore, who defied federal orders to move a Ten Commandments monument out of a government building. But only Moore was compared to segregationist Gov. George Wallace. Too few news stories acknowledged that Newsom was defying not some antique state law, but a 58 percent majority of California voters who supported a 2000 ballot initiative to protect the definition of marriage.

Perhaps the most blatant pro-gay bias comes in the absolutely undisturbed celebration of Rosie O’Donnell, that pitiful figure who no longer has a career outside of gay activism. The media not only grant her the right to "marry," they’ve granted her the right to sound like a complete nitwit on television without rebuttal.

In what seems like the seventeenth "exclusive interview" with ABC, O’Donnell proclaimed on "Good Morning America" that "I think the actions of the President, which are, you know, in my opinion, the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by a sitting President, in my opinion."

This was a taped interview, where Diane Sawyer didn’t so much ask questions on camera as helpfully set up Rosie’s pronunciamentos. So it’s additionally sad that ABC "News" didn’t take the time to scan what President Bush actually said in the White House on February 24 that was so "vile and hateful."

Bush never said – gasp! – that homosexuality was an unacceptable lifestyle choice, or a path that separates a person from God. He didn’t even call gay-agenda pushers "liberals." The harshest thing he said was that "Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society."

Bush’s speechwriters brought out rhetorical Hi-Liters to underscore their almost exhibitionistic civility: "Our government should respect every person, and protect the institution of marriage. There is no contradiction between these responsibilities. We should also conduct this difficult debate in a manner worthy of our country, without bitterness or anger."

None of this matters to our media, the so-called watchdogs of public civility. To them, Bush has knuckled under to "ultraconservatives" (MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann) and is preparing to run a "very hard-right campaign" (NBC’s David Gregory). Conservatives "browbeat" Bush, reported CBS’s John Roberts.

But how deep and wide is this so-called "hard right"? It must include the solid majority of Americans that oppose "gay marriage." CBS’s own polls show Rosie O’Donnell loses on redefining marriage, 62 to 30 percent. Among Republicans, it’s 80 to 14. Among Democrats (!), it’s 53-39 against.

The media have spurned and insulted the majority on this issue. They are firmly planted with the political minority in the exotic – dare we say it? – fairy land of Rosie O’Donnell.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 03/02/2004 2:39:43 PM PST by FlyLow
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To: FlyLow
Who was that said something about a "Revolution" every now and then was good for a country?

Maybe it is time for our Third Revolutionary War ?

Anyone want to participate?
2 posted on 03/02/2004 2:48:37 PM PST by steplock ( Or)
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To: steplock
Who was that said something about a "Revolution" every now and then was good for a country? Maybe it is time for our Third Revolutionary War ? Anyone want to participate?

I believe that would be DA MAN Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Madison...and if we get to wear cool uniforms, I'm with ya!

3 posted on 03/02/2004 2:52:34 PM PST by nobody_knows (<a href="http://http://www.michaelmoore.com/" target="_blank">moral coward)
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To: nobody_knows
Count me in. Honestly, either it is a nation of laws or it isn't. I just contacted Arnold AGAIN. "We the People" have taken a strong stand against gay marriages; if this is truly a nation of laws, well, then, enforce them." I am ordering a Battle of Bunker Hill flag -- the one the PATRIOTS flew when they started their conservative Revolution. Anarchy is not so attractive to me, but that seems to be what Arnold, etc., are thinking is ok. goood GRIEF.
4 posted on 03/02/2004 2:57:35 PM PST by bboop
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To: nobody_knows
Count me in. Honestly, either it is a nation of laws or it isn't. I just contacted Arnold AGAIN. "We the People" have taken a strong stand against gay marriages; if this is truly a nation of laws, well, then, enforce them." I am ordering a Battle of Bunker Hill flag -- the one the PATRIOTS flew when they started their conservative Revolution. Anarchy is not so attractive to me, but that seems to be what Arnold, etc., are thinking is ok. goood GRIEF.
5 posted on 03/02/2004 2:57:36 PM PST by bboop
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To: FlyLow
bump
6 posted on 03/02/2004 2:58:43 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: nobody_knows
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” ---Thomas Jefferson

SCOTUS - lawyers - politicians = TYRANTS!

Perhaps it *IS* time?
7 posted on 03/02/2004 3:02:05 PM PST by steplock ( Or)
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To: FlyLow
bttt
8 posted on 03/02/2004 3:03:06 PM PST by King Black Robe (With freedom of religion and speech now abridged, it is time to go after the press.)
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To: steplock
I think a revolution is in motion. The "conservatives", as we are called, are the majority and they are getting more and more angry with the minority trying to "sound" like the majority. Fortunately for them, we are just "getting" more and more angry... wait till all of us ARE REALLY MAD.
9 posted on 03/02/2004 3:09:50 PM PST by Integrityrocks
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To: FlyLow
I don't "know" about "all" this. But "sometimes" certain "reporters" can make "news" very difficult "to actually" "follow". "Biases" can make "reading" some of "this crap" tedious. "Not to mention" over use of " quotation" marks.
10 posted on 03/02/2004 3:14:30 PM PST by tbpiper
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To: All
Words of warning (prediction?) for the activist judicial courts who dare usurp powers that are not theirs:

“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience [has] shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce [the people] under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.”

--- Thomas Jefferson


And as was so eloquently stated:

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

--- Ronald Reagan

11 posted on 03/02/2004 3:22:43 PM PST by steplock ( Or)
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To: steplock
What school of thought teaches that "unborn child" is a nebulous, hard-to-define concept, but "gay marriage" is not?

If these people would just pick somewhere and STAY there, they could have it--a new "Confederate States of America" if you will. But they are determined to remake the whole country--or, really, the whole world--in their evil image. Quite obviously, the war has long been underway, and just as obviously, the good guys are losing.

12 posted on 03/02/2004 3:39:37 PM PST by madprof98
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To: steplock
Count me in too.
13 posted on 03/02/2004 3:45:35 PM PST by RedMonqey (Its is dangerous to be right when your government is wrong)
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To: steplock
They're already trying to get your ammo so you can't rebel.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1089355/posts
14 posted on 03/02/2004 4:11:57 PM PST by RightthinkinAmerican (Try and tackle ME, Franken.)
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To: *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; ...
Homosexual Agenda Ping.

Some very reasonable comments and observations. Oh yeah, it's Brent Bozell, I usually agree with him :-)!

(Note to Brent: Please don't use the word "gay" any more when referring to homosexuals. It's just caving into their propaganda.)

If anyone want on/off this list, pingify me!
15 posted on 03/02/2004 5:14:42 PM PST by little jeremiah (...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
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To: steplock
Maybe it is time for our Third Revolutionary War?

It's getting close, thats for sure. And I'm not looking forward to it.

16 posted on 03/02/2004 5:21:55 PM PST by upchuck (I am upchuck and I approved this message because... well, just because.)
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To: steplock; little jeremiah; scripter

Words of warning (prediction?) for the activist judicial courts who dare usurp powers that are not theirs:


Now, now - we mustn't upset the queerlings:

'Activist Judges' Phrase Offends Homosexual Advocacy Group


Great quotes - thanks for posting them!

17 posted on 03/03/2004 7:20:15 AM PST by EdReform (Support Free Republic - All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!)
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