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MEDIA BIAS SHOWN ON THE TODAY SHOW!!! THIS IS A MUST SEE!!
PROTEST WARRIOR.COM ^ | 6-30-04 | PROTEST WARRIOR

Posted on 06/30/2004 9:37:32 AM PDT by cody32127

OPERATION BIAS CHECK -- DEBRIEFING

Newsflash! The so-called mainstream media is biased! It must be true - I saw it on the Today Show.

My fellow ProtestWarriors and I arrived early (4am, if you want to get a good spot) in the morning at Rockefeller Center and stood in line with the tourists. This is a great example of the impact that even just a couple of people can make, so take this as encouragement to make your voice heard even if you are small in numbers.

The crew does check the signs as people are let in, but we easily snuck ours through, as mine was covered with a façade that had "HAPPY BDAY LOLA!" scribbled across it. These two huge guys in front of me allow me to put my sign out over the rail in front of them, saying it was for my granny's 101st birthday. When they realized what the sign actually said, the Bubba to my right grabbed the sign out of my hands and threw it to the ground, and their Michael Moore-sized bodies closed in on me, pushing me back. But no matter - the damage was done.

The ProtestWarrior behind me was tall, and from his position he cleverly managed to move his sign up and down at just the right time to lull the weary camera man back into a long shot during Toby Maguire's interview.

Tomorrow's release of the Spiderman sequel was apparently the big news of the day, and if propaganda is a crime, we did a little bit of our own crime busting. In between the so-called news items (Laci Peterson, the latest teacher sex scandal, and the usual America-bashing spin), we got NBC to broadcast our message "DON'T BELIEVE THE LIBERAL MEDIA!" on national television.

While we were displaying our signs Matt Lauer was repeatedly referring to the Iraqis' pending trial of Saddam Hussein as a "show trial." To hear an American leftist describe the trial of a genocidal dictator, complete with his own defense attorney, as a show trial was truly infuriating. After so many dictators, i.e. Hitler, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Stalin, Mao, and Castro, have gotten away with their genocidal crimes without being tried, it thrills our hearts to know that Saddam's crimes will be reviewed in a court of law by the people he brutalized - something freedom-loving people should celebrate. Unfortunately, Matt Lauer compares this process to the murderous trials of the innocents conducted by Stalin and Castro. Castro's televised trials in the late 1950's took about 15 minutes per innocent defendant, who was executed by firing squad immediately afterwards, no defense lawyers present. That's what "show trial" has always meant. And on the first day of the handover in Iraq, NBC and Mr. Lauer slander the new Iraqi regime and the Bush administration.

But thanks to talk radio, Fox News, a handful of newspapers, the internet, and fed up citizens across the country, America is no longer totally beholden to the liberal networks with their left-wing anti-America slant.

-Rona, Tony, and Mark


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aar; cool; nbc; nbcnews; protest; protestwarrior; slamming; todayshow; too; warriors
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1 posted on 06/30/2004 9:37:35 AM PDT by cody32127
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To: cody32127

I just heard Rush talking about it on his show as well. Great job!!!!!!!!!!!


2 posted on 06/30/2004 9:39:01 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (Proud to be a Reagan Alumna!)
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To: cody32127

I just heard Rush talking about it on his show as well. Great job!!!!!!!!!!!


3 posted on 06/30/2004 9:39:05 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (Proud to be a Reagan Alumna!)
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To: cody32127

Well done, warriors!


4 posted on 06/30/2004 9:39:27 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: cody32127

I am so proud of you guys -- so impressed! WOW! Very cool!


5 posted on 06/30/2004 9:39:27 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

bttt


6 posted on 06/30/2004 9:39:33 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (http://www.osurepublicans.com)
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To: cody32127

Show trial? Saddam is responsible for the deaths of millions, and Lauer has the nerve to refer to his trial as a show trial? Despicable. Every time I think the left cannot possibly become more unhinged, they prove me wrong.


7 posted on 06/30/2004 9:40:40 AM PDT by dirtboy (John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
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To: cody32127

I saw a Michael Moore lookalike showing his love of freedom of speech by shoving the sign away.


8 posted on 06/30/2004 9:41:57 AM PDT by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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To: cody32127

Is this the picture?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1163017/posts

When I first saw it I figured it was photoshopped since it looked too good to be true. Good job!


9 posted on 06/30/2004 9:47:05 AM PDT by TMD
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To: cody32127
While we were displaying our signs Matt Lauer was repeatedly referring to the Iraqis' pending trial of Saddam Hussein as a "show trial."

Maybe we could subject Saddam to a "Today Show trial."

Judge Couric: "Saddam, you didn't have any Weapons of Mass Destruction, did you?"

Saddam: "Of course not, Madame Judge. Those sarin shells were planted by the CIA!"

Judge Lauer: "And Saddam, you didn't kill hundreds of thousands of your own people, did you?"

Saddam (blinking coyly): "No! Those were all victims of economic sanctions applied by the evil U.S.!"

Judge Couric: "And Saddam, you never gassed any Kurds, did you?"

Saddam: "That's all lies! The Turks did it at the direction of Nato to discredit me!"

Judge Lauer, voice rising in indignation: "And Saddam, isn't it true that the Reagan Administration ordered you to attack Iran?"

Saddam (suprised): "Uh, YES! Yeah, that's it! I was doing the bidding of the CIA!!

Both judges, leaping to their feet: "Bailiff, RELEASE THIS POOR MAN! He is a victim of that most evil terrorist, George Bush! And call the Florida Supreme Court, we need to overturn the interim government and restore him to power!"

10 posted on 06/30/2004 9:47:19 AM PDT by dirtboy (John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
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To: cody32127

So like the Gestapo, they actually check all signs?

They just can't outsmart the smarter. Great job.


11 posted on 06/30/2004 9:47:28 AM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: cody32127

OUTSTANDING!!!


12 posted on 06/30/2004 9:48:41 AM PDT by JohnMac
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To: cody32127

13 posted on 06/30/2004 9:50:09 AM PDT by Diogenesis (We do only what we are meant to do)
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To: JohnMac


14 posted on 06/30/2004 9:51:56 AM PDT by Diogenesis (We do only what we are meant to do)
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To: cody32127

PROTEST WARRIORS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


15 posted on 06/30/2004 9:52:23 AM PDT by sasafras (sasafras (The road to hell is paved with good intentions))
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To: cody32127
Fantastic!

And the pic will never die, it will be immortal.

16 posted on 06/30/2004 9:54:36 AM PDT by No Blue States
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To: cody32127

Do you mind if I send your link to Joe Scarboro and others? I think it would be great if the guy ripping the sign from the hand of your warrior got some national news attention.


17 posted on 06/30/2004 9:54:45 AM PDT by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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To: cody32127; eastsider
To hear an American leftist describe the trial of a genocidal dictator, complete with his own defense attorney, as a show trial was truly infuriating.

Bring this sign along, the next time you go!


18 posted on 06/30/2004 9:57:06 AM PDT by NYer ("Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels.")
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To: cody32127

Great job - LOL!


19 posted on 06/30/2004 9:59:58 AM PDT by talleyman (Never question the patriotism of Democrats - there's none to question)
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To: NYer

Great poster! : )


20 posted on 06/30/2004 10:03:56 AM PDT by eastsider
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