Posted on 09/11/2005 11:16:29 AM PDT by jmc1969
NBC's Brian Williams says the lasting legacy of Hurricane Katrina for journalists may be the end of an unusual four-year period of deference to people in power.
There were so many angry, even incredulous, questions put to Bush administration officials about the response to Katrina that the Salon Web site compiled a "Reporters Gone Wild" video clip. Tim Russert, Anderson Cooper, Ted Koppel and Shepard Smith were among the stars.
The mute button seemingly in place since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been turned off.
"By dint of the fact that our country was hit we've offered a preponderance of the benefit of the doubt over the past couple of years," the "Nightly News" anchorman said. "Perhaps we've taken something off our fastball and perhaps this is the story that brings a healthy amount of cynicism back to a news media known for it."
Hundreds of reporters, in all media, did heroic work on the Gulf Coast in the deadly storm's aftermath. None arguably was as financially and symbolically important to his company as the job turned in by Williams.
Williams said he sensed trouble brewing already that Sunday, Aug. 28. At the Superdome, he saw National Guardsman barking orders at people seeking shelter, and patting down small children and the elderly for weapons. The crowd was angry about being forced to stand in line in the rain even though there was a large overhang a few yards away, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at tuscaloosanews.com ...
"The media can't deal with the fact that this storm destroyed three American cities, and in two of the three the governors ordered in the national guard and the local people went immediately to work rescuing their neighbors and chainsawing the fallen trees and digging their way out of the rubble.
Only in one of the three did the society collapse, the people turn on each other, the people turn on their rescuers, the governor sealed the victims in and the rescuers out. Only one. And the people who did this think we should put them in charge of the whole country."
Problem here is the man possibly believes what he has said. The sick delusion of it all.
Good bye Jennings. Hello Williams.
Yep. I agree, Soul Seeker.
Yes and arrogant SOB's also.
This article has a lot of GAUL calling the current crop of inept news talkers as Journalists.
ya know...two can play this game...I'm sure we have enough Freepers to organize an in-depth background investigation of every media person that cares to start SH*T.
We actually have more resources and our labor is free. Wonder what Bryan was doing in HS and college......Does he have any felony convictions?? How bout the rest of the MSM?? One at a time we can Blather them and expose them.....
2000 (late) -- When Bush was running for president we journalists were prepared to treat him with respect, but now that he has stolen the election this changes everything! Now the gloves are off!!
2001 -- When Bush was vegetating in the White House we journalists were prepared to treat him with respect, but now that we have been attacked by terrorists, this changes everything! Now the gloves are off!!
2002 -- When Bush was leading us in the days after 9/11 we journalists were prepared to treat him with respect, but now that he has invaded Afghanistan this changes everything! Now the gloves are off!!
2003 -- When Bush destroying the terrorsts in the Taliban we journalists were prepared to treat him with respect, but now that he has invded Iraq, this changes everything! Now the gloves are off!!
2004 -- While Bush had his first term we journalists were prepared to treat him with respect, but now that he intends to continue his efforts to turn this country into a Right-wing Theocracy, this changes everything! Now the gloves are off!!
2005 -- Even though George Bush lied to us about WMD, lied to us about the Texas Air National Guard, lied to us about Valerie Plame, and caused thousands of our soldiers to die in a pointless war, we journalists have always treated him with respect, but now that he has a bungled operations at the state and local level in the wake of Katrina, this changes everything! Now the gloves are off!!
There is another quote by Twain which goes something like; Journalists being self righteously aggressive for seeking out the lies of others who may have profited by them. But strangely reticent and silent as to investigating their own lies to sell newspapers,
Oh, yeah. Pouty-Boy is all about speaking stupidity to power - at least while the evil George Boosh is *in* power.
This clown is not only light in the loafers, he's light upstairs.
Both Williams and the writer of this article are fools to suggest that the media has been giving the President their kid-gloves treatment.
An absurd and rediculous thing to believe and say ... and so true to type of the Leftie thought process.
LOL (snort) LOL (snort)
Wrong. There are a lot of independent voters out there who are neither indecisive nor apathetic. They strongly disagree with elements in the platforms of both parties. So they are independents.
I guess I was "hearing things!"
I must have missed something somewhere along the way.
Did they ever have the gloves on???? That's the question.
The media is traitorous in their grandstanding for the "insurgents" in Iraq but they are despotic in their trashing of conservatives/Republicans in favor of socialists/Rats.
I wouldn't say that they are seditious because unlike the far left, they want to keep the framework government our Constitution calls for. The far left wants the whole form of government changed. The MSM is quite willing to keep it so long as they can establish one party rule (D) and dictate to the masses through the courts.
Lets you see just how to the left they really are. That or it is an admission that they will lie ("NOW we are taking the gloves off").
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