Kristol: N.Y. Times and CBS 'Conspiring' With Kerry to Defeat Bush

NewsMax.com ^ | 10/27/04 | Carl Limbacher

[kattracks]

What a treat on "Fox & Friends" this morning: William Kristol hammered the pro-Democrat New York Times and pro-Democrat CBS for "colluding" and "conspiring" with Sen. John Kerry to topple President Bush.

Even Kerry's own handlers now admit they have no proof to back up the issue the Democrats concocted with their media allies.

Kristol notes in his new column for Weekly Standard: "Pressed on Tuesday afternoon about the accuracy of the allegations on Fox's Big Story with John Gibson, Richard Holbrooke, a senior adviser to the Kerry campaign, said: 'You don't know the truth and I don't know the truth.' He later underscored this point: 'I don't know the truth.'

"That minor issue hasn't kept the Kerry campaign from creating a television ad based on what may well be untruthful claims. ... Shouldn't he at least make sure that such a charge is true?"

But in the Democrat playbook there's no entry for truth. The party's longtime strategy is to repeat a lie until people believe it. Thanks to their media collaborators, and President Bush's wimpy refusal to denounce the Times and "60 Minutes" and Kerry and John Edwards, the stunt could succeed.

At least a few voices are speaking out. "Kerry gins up his attack machine based on a flawed New York Times story," the Republican National Committee noted Tuesday.

Richard Lessner, executive director of American Conservative Union, blasted the story "a cheap, baseless and partisan hit-job on President Bush" and pointed out that "neither the Times nor CBS has much interest in reporting the facts."

[Mr. K]

CBS (see BS) TAKES ANOTHER CREDIBILITY HIT

[Rodm]

N.Y. Times, CBS & Terrorist 'Conspiring' With Kerry to Defeat Bush

we need to be accurate!

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Will the last one out of the Old Media please turn off the lights?

[ArmyBratCutie]

>>>Thanks to their media collaborators, and President Bush's wimpy refusal to denounce the Times and "60 Minutes" and Kerry and John Edwards, the stunt could succeed. <<<

I agree....Pres Bush should be out there HOLLERING that this is a lie... everyone in his CAMPAIGN should be on TV HOLLERING this is a lie and call The NY TIMES and CBS what they are .. LIARS......

[Josh in PA]

It looks like all these wafflers like O'Reilly and Kristol (and others), are coming out of there Halloween costumes the final week and finally speaking what they believe instead of towing the Fox News line.

[DarthVader]

"No weapon formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that rises against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn. For this is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord for their righteousness is of Me." Isa 54:17

Everyone claim this for Bush until the election is over.

[badmrbunny]

amen. knock it out of the park,W.

[uncleshag]

Good Morning,

"That minor issue hasn't kept the Kerry campaign from creating a television ad based on what may well be untruthful claims. ...

I wrote and complained, just to see what would happen. Here is the reply below.

Although the FCC licenses broadcast stations, we have virtually no control over the content of what they broadcast. That's because of the First Amendment's freedom of expression and the no-censorship provision of the Communications Act. Thus, we cannot tell stations what to air and what not to air. (A notable exception to that is obscenity and indecency, because the U.S. Supreme Court has held that obscenity is not protected speech under the First Amendment.) Consequently, in most cases, it is within the station's discretion to determine what it will air. A key exception to that is candidate advertisements. Section 315 of the Communications Act prohibits stations from censoring the content of candidate-provided programming. Therefore, both the FCC and the stations are without power to censor the content of candidates' advertising - even if the information included is false. Moreover, stations are forbidden from adding a disclaimer advising viewers of the falsity of such an ad.

Sincerely,
Mark Berlin
Policy Division (political office)
Media Bureau

[solo gringo]

Cbs and the NY SLIME should be shut down and the doors locked or register as part of the dnc.

[Manic_Episode]

President Bush has people that do that for him while he takes the high road.
This strategy has worked pretty well for him so far, don't you think?

[ArmyBratCutie]

they make toothpaste commericals have a disclaimer, but not political lies.... very telling to the state America is in..

[madison46]

Kristol has the 'wimpy' part right

[TexasTaysor]

I got the same message back from FCC

[eyespysomething]

Didn't he mention the 'wrongness' of leveling such untruths, or at least unknown truths against a sitting President? I was in and out of TV range, and thought I heard that.

[Quilla]

I watched the first segment of Kristol's appearance on F&F this morning. ED (Established Democrat) attempted to brush off Kristol's observations of collusion as a typical political ploy. I was spittin' nails.

[I still care]

I remember in the O'Reilly interview Bill was pushing Bush to say something about the CBS debacle. Bush's response was something to the effect that he wasn't going to say anything, that he wasn't "foolish enough' to make an enemy of CBS in an election year.

Bush is probably playing a political game. Because I am sure he knows CBS is ALREADY the enemy.

[milford421]

CBS has no credibility...they can't even keep their own stories straight...

Check this out from 2003http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/04/iraq/main547667.shtml

[ArmyBratCutie]

so far, but we are in count down days...if Kerry keeps saying this INTO TV cameras, it looks like Pres Bush is running from it....since HE is not calling Kerry a liar...and adding that CBS and The NYTIMES are part of it.. it CANT HURT and it SURE CAN HELP ...

[ArmyBratCutie]

:)