Why Bush's America hates the media; Also, Time ponders the person of the year

CBS MarketWatch.com ^ | 11/12/04 | Jon Friedman

[zahal724]

Ill take that bet...$500 they do name him, you have $500 they dont. I want to win...
;)

[Barset]

Yes. But they'll never nominate him. Where can I find a larger pic of this amazing face? Want to frame it with Orwell's quote: we sleep soundly at night because rough men guard us against those who would trouble our sleep.
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[G.Love]

Karl Rove would be my choice.

[jackbill]

Taking the success of Fox News one step further, I wonder why the right wing hasn't mobilized yet and created a print version of that TV network.

Has this idiot ever heard of the Washington Times?

[CWOJackson]

That's my choice...great pictures. The meek Elmer Fudd who tromped the combined efforts of the DNC, Soros, Hollywood...the world. This is the guy who kicked YOUR BUTTS.

[jackbill]

The Times Person of the Year should be Bill Clinton. He and his minions saved us from having John F'n Kerry as our president.

[The Hollywood Conservative]

Person of the year WILL be George Bush.

[Veto!]

I'll say this for the "Wal-Mart Republicans," as the column dubbed the Bush loyalists:

If we're Wal-Mart Republicans, we ought to be taken out and flogged. Wal-Mart is the largest importer of Chinese goods, most of which could be made right here, giving people jobs. Mega-billions of dollars go to China through Wal-Mart. In the long run and maybe the short, very bad for our economy.

[hinckley buzzard]

"Arafat is their person of the year."

Gets my vote. For the same reason that Pigguh Carter got the Nobel, and Ronald Reagan did not. TIME Magazine loves to sneer at America, same as the euro-effluent at Stockholm do.

[Chode]

"Why Bush's America hates the media": in two words... YOU'RE BIAS!!!

[Barset]

The exact quote from George Orwell is, "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."

The soldier with the cigarette dangling from his lips, blood and grime on his face, is that rough man. Time magazine will likely choose ex-seminarian Michael Moore.

[45Auto]

Who the hell is Jon Friedman? And why does he think he's so clever? The falling ratings of the broadcast news media has been going on for years, if not a decade or more. The falling circulation of what were once considered great newspapers has been going on for at least a decade. This trend has nothing to do with President Bush, nor the policies of the Republican Party. If Friedman is so smart, why is it he cannot fathom why people would rather hear and read the truth instead of the blathering of the "party line" every day? The constant drumbeat, "socialism is GOOD for you, socialism is GOOD for you" has gotten a little wearisome over the last two or three DECADES. I guess he thinks its perfectly O.K. to present forged documents as "news".

[kesg]

His pick (and Time listened to him last year, he says) is at the very end of the article and you'll just love it!!! (I think, maybe...)

Nope, although I liked it. The POY is George W. Bush. No question about it.

[mtbopfuyn]

Michael Moore for delivering us Bush for 4 more years.

[NickRails]

I also thought it was a feeble protest, but done to protest the FCC's recent crackdown on broadcasters. (Let's see how those right wingers like it when we censor stuff they like)

[doug from upland]

Person of the Year ------- F R E E P E R S !

[greyfoxx39]

They will probably pick Soros the lion for making a valliant stand against the Christians.

[raybbr]

Actually you and I are making the same bet. Those wastrels at Time can't connect with reality.

[Billthedrill]

Took a minute or two, sorry - here's a thread from TomGuy that has bigger versions.

Click Here

[maxwellp]

I agree with you. John O'Neill definitely!