Tim Russert - Democrat Shill

Sweetness and Life ^ | November 14, 2004 | Sweetness and Life

[an amused spectator]

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Timmy The Potato is at it again.

I quit watching this Demmie apologist back during the impeachment wars. Wonder why Fitzgerald would take The Potato's word over Libby's word? Demmies of a feather...?

[zook]

When a supposedly intellegent man misleads this way--and fails to apologize-- it can't be out of ignorance or oversight. It's a lie.

[cardinal4]

If the left can't lie, they can't win elections for even dog catcher, imo.

Even when they do lie they can t win, if John Kerry is any inidication..

[nuconvert]

"it can't be out of ignorance or oversight. It's a lie."

It certainly isn't ignorance. He knows what he's saying. But it isn't a lie, since he's stated the facts. So it's manipulative. And he's good at it.

[an amused spectator]

For an interesting take on The Potato's methods, check GOPJ's post #27

[kabar]

They should send this to Scooter Libby's attorneys. Another example of Russert distorting the truth.

[federal]

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[Ouderkirk]

Dude !!!

You need to stop watching that crap. All of it !! Meet the Depressed, This Liberal Week, Deface the Nation, Dateline, 48hrs, 60mins, CNN, CNBC, and Fox. It's all garbage infested with liberal liars and schills for the DNC. I for one have stopped watching all of it including the evening news on any network including Fox, and my life is infinitely better for it. I'm much happier and I don't have my good mood ruined by those commie-lib SO-B's. I won't let my wife watch that crap either. She's slowly getting the idea, that even she is better off without all that noise.

[Peach]

I've cut waaaay back on my viewing but was interested in watching Dean on MTP. But you're right -- the less I watch, the happier I am.

BTW, I'm a dudette (not a dude) :-)

[Peach]

And recently, Andrea Mitchell tried to worm her way out of an interview she had on CNBC where she was quoted as saying that "everyone" knew that Plame was an agent.

[kabar]

That's the "lie" that's harder - and more frequent. That said, I still feel Russert is often an outstanding interviewer.

What Russert did here was more than just a confrontational interview. He deliberately took Powell's comments out of context and then used them to butress his question, "That’s the secretary of state. So why can’t Democrats now say that the administration deliberately misled the American people?"

This isn't a "hard" question, it is a deliberately misleading one. It is entirely different from the example you used, i.e., the "fun" experience you had on a local TV show. Russert is not/not an outstanding interviewer if the purpose of an interview is to ferret out the truth and not knowingly try to mislead the guest with bogus information. This isn't responsible journalism. Mehlman should demand an apology and a correction.

[Texas Jack]

Hello!

Tim Russert was Michael S. Dukakis' press secretary.

He is part of the "old media"/Democrat Party propaganda cabal.

[Peach]

A good reminder; thank you.

[GOPJ]

I agree. Russert was wrong.

What Russert did here was more than just a confrontational interview. He deliberately took Powell's comments out of context and then used them to butress his question, "That’s the secretary of state. So why can’t Democrats now say that the administration deliberately misled the American people?"

[GOPJ]

exactly

Thanks :)

[MEG33]

I've stopped watching Imus..It just became too much dem spin..

[Piquaboy]

All the so called big three talk hosts are Rat shrills.

[MEG33]

I like Special Report with Brit Hume..

[johnny7]

As long as it's just FOXNews, talk-radio & the Internet providing the facts, the 'saturation-effect' of the MSM will continue to pay election-day dividends to the left.

[Lazamataz]

I briefly tuned the Sunday Screaming Faces show on, and Russert was sitting across from Howard Dean.

The liberal mutual fellatio was disgusting.

I turned on a DVD of Terminator II.