Critics Call Radio Hosts' Trip Propaganda Mission (Talk Show Hosts going to Iraq)

Fox News ^ | 07/03/2005 | Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

[Dad yer funny]

hey, I'm on yer side but "a little disappointed"??? I'm very disappointed and so mad at Fox I could chew 16p nails ,... what's with Ailes? Their Fair & Balanced is just BS , where was Brit when this was being put together, or Liz Trotta??? I'm aghast , thanks for nothin' Foxy

[Mo1]

But critics, including independent journalists who have reported from Iraq, say the trip is a propaganda mission for the U.S. military and the Bush administration and cannot be considered "journalism" by any standards.

Propaganda for the Military???

Hmmmm ... very interesting choice of words

Yes .. God forbid we find out what is really going on at Gitmo .. It might make the Military look good / sarcasm >

[Indy Pendance]

My daughter say Toby Keith at the Baghdad International Airport, don't forget our female contigent. I'm sure they'd not want to watch Britney, et al.

[tiredoflaundry]

[T'wit]

It's worse for girls having to watch Al Franken. It gives them zits.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

It's easy to be pro war from a tv/radio station thousands of miles away from the war zone.

It's also easy to criticize a job that you aren't doing - from ten time zones away or from close at hand, it doesn't matter. Second-guessing is still only second-guessing.

Let's face it, there's only one Oliver North. For the rest, we are lucky if they don't second-guess the troops and the president. The way that "objective" journalists and the rest of the Democrats do.

[Indy Pendance]

Good thing I just send a 'beauty' package to the females in her platoon! LOL!

[samantha]

Do you know how many death threats Hannity gets? Why don't you stop being so critical of people that are making a difference for our Military and our country and do something yourself instead of whining.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"If they were actually reporters out to tell the story, good, bad, warts and all, than it wouldn't be entirely objectionable," he said. "But if they are acting entirely as government propagandists, which seems to be the case here, it's improper."

"Objective" journalists posture as "independent" - but in fact they exist to criticize anyone who's actually doing good, and to praise their opposition. It's a classic means of attracting attention, an old advertising trick. Irritate the viewer.

That is the only side of the story the "objective" journalist thinks is legitimate "news." But that is a half truth at best, and can be a very big lie. Looking for the story that the "objective" journalists look past is entirely honorable, whatever the "objective" journalist thinks.

[Christian4Bush]

"This is the most pathetic thing I've heard in a long time. They should be ashamed of themselves," Peter Beinart, editor of left-leaning The New Republic magazine, said, "What's the matter? Don't they trust us?"

I don't remember the date last year, but I took great pleasure in watching Ann Coulter rip this gap-toothed Jim Carrey wannabe to shreds at a debate. It was right around the time of the release of "How to Talk to a Liberal-if you must".

On a different topic, E! is showing the Saturday Night Live episode that was not long after 9-11. Did anyone see it when it happened?

[ajolympian2004]

On a different topic, E! is showing the Saturday Night Live episode that was not long after 9-11. Did anyone see it when it happened?

Are you talking about the episode with then Mayor Guliani, and members of the New York police and fire department? The theme of the show if I remember correctly is that the show must go on.

[Christian4Bush]

I stand corrected (about Rush anyway). I agree that what Hannity is doing is a good cause, but he'd have more credibility with me if he did something which required him to put his a$$ in danger, like the troops are. It's easy to be pro war from a tv/radio station thousands of miles away from the war zone. He should do his show from the green zone for a month if he wants to show support for the troops.

/end rant, I just hate armchair quarterbacks

...like yourself?

[Christian4Bush]

Are you talking about the episode with then Mayor Guliani, and members of the New York police and fire department? The theme of the show if I remember correctly is that the show must go on.

That's the one. I was just wondering, aside from the moving opening with Rudy, Kerik, and the FDNY, how was it? Perhaps there was a thread on it. Unfortunately, I didn't have a tape to record it, and I don't recall hearing anything about it at the time...I was more concerned about kicking OBL's ass (and his friends IN IRAQ. (Still am.)

[ajolympian2004]

That's the one. I was just wondering, aside from the moving opening with Rudy, Kerik, and the FDNY, how was it? Perhaps there was a thread on it. Unfortunately, I didn't have a tape to record it, and I don't recall hearing anything about it at the time...I was more concerned about kicking OBL's ass (and his friends IN IRAQ. (Still am.)

The opening with Guliani, Kerik with the police and fire department is all I can remember from the show. It was the best opening to this day on SNL.

[elcid1970]

Thank you, sir, for your kind words. Not for me, but for the other thousands who are in much greater harm's way.

[ajolympian2004]

I found a link to the show details archived at this SNL site:

http://snl.jt.org/ep.php?i=0109298

Looks like they had the "Jeopardy" Sketch that night which would have been Will Ferrel playing Alex Trebek so besides the 9/11 tribute it was worth watching for that sketch alone.

[Milligan]

"What's the matter? Don't they trust Us?" NO! What's pathetic about the liberals; they just don't get it. If they know it or not they're sleeping with the enemy.(I think they are hot bunking it.) It's about time we campaigned for our troops to win this WOT. Nothing wrong with it!

I think FoxNews has to be fair and balance, right?