Posted on 01/21/2006 4:24:02 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
January 21, 2006 - 19:12
Q: How does a lefty media maven know when he's gone off the deep end?
A. When even fellow liberal Jane Hall laughs at him.
Neal Gabler should take the lesson to heart, because that's exactly what happened to him on tonight's Fox Media Watch.
The subject matter was the media's handling of Hillary Clinton's Plantation Declaration. Jane began with a surprisingly candid assessment of Clinton and her presidential ambitions:
"She's clearly running for President and I think the media should quit going around that fact. She's tiptoeing around that fact. The question I have was whether this was spontaneous or planned. She's been so planned - that's what she's been known for. If she reached for the race card, then that's a different context."
That's when Gabler weighed in with his risible notion that the MSM is dominated by . . . conservative spin.
"What we see here in the media coverage is the same old story. The MSM taking Republican spin points and just retailing them. It's one size fits all. If Al Gore gives a speech, if Howard Dean gives a speech, if Ray Nagin gives a speech, or if Hillary Clinton gives a speech, 'they're crazy, they're out of control, they're nuts!'"
Hey Neal, if the strait-jacket fits, wear it.
Jane tried to interject "but she [Clinton] is the one who [made the comments], Neal."
Gabler wouldn't be silenced: "Let me address that. What Hillary Clinton said - Google that, see how many Republicans including Newt Gingrich [have spoken of a plantation]."
That's when Jane literally laughed in Gabler's face as she sarcastically replied: "before a black audience on Martin Luther King Day?"
Neal, having Jane Hall laugh at you and your arguments about conservative media bias is the equivalent of a 5th-grader having his mother walk out on his piano recital. Time for reflection, Mr. Gabler.
Fox News Watch/NewsBusters ping to Today show ping list.
Looks like Cal Thomas shaved off his 'stache.
Makes him look younger!
Neal Gabler is a joke.
Neal Gabler is a sick joke.
Thanks for the laugh!
He also closed out that segment saying something similar to Republicans have no right to say anything since they have been against civil rights since the get go. Im amazed how so many liberals are allowed to say such slanderous things and not criticized.
And the longer they keep him on the show .. the more kooky and goofy the dems/libs look and sound.
Fine with me!
A few days after her plantation rant she was on a rant about us making sure Iran is disarmed. That the President has downplayed the seriousness of the Iranian situation.
That was her pander to the jews in NY.
Is there any group left that needs a pander?
Could be called the insanity hour.
Jane thought she too was defending Hillary when she explained to the panel. Jane said, the plantation remark was not part of Hillary's scripted speech, it came in response to a tough question from the audience. Jane might be right, I heard someone else explain it the same way, as if that makes Hillary's poor choice of words more forgiveable.
But it exposes something even worse. Hillary's inability to think on her feet. Without a script, the woman is a loose cannon. She's not ready for prime time, and will never be, has none of Bill's skills. An audience member challenged Hillary and her first impulse was to go into attack mode, to deflect criticism from herself.
When I heard the replay of Hillary saying, "And you know what I'm talkin bout", I laugh! Tucker Carlson called it Hillary's impression of Al Sharpton.
An hour? No need for that much time.
We'll just call it the "Two Minute Hate".
Burns introduces him as "media writer Neil Gabler". What the
hell is a media writer? The rest of the bunch seem to have
honest jobs.
Actually, Jane was agnostic on the issue of whether Hillary's remark was spontaneous or planned.
She did suggest it might have been an off-the-cuff response to a question, but then added: "but if she reached for the race card, then that's a different context."
LOL - great work!!!
Cause Simon Legree just won't let her!!!!!!
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