[Laverne]

Spot on article. The press really made fools of themselves over this story. NBC and the ever-self-absorbant David Gregory thinks this is all about the media, he could care less about Mr. Withington. Shameful display of arrogance and childishness by David and his old media cohorts.

[Bon mots]

In March 2000, CNN showed a picture of the Virgin Mary made out of dung:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/STYLE/arts/03/27/museum.flap/index.html
Right there on CNN’s website you have a picture of "The Holy Virgin Mary" by British artist Chris Ofili. He used elephant dung and images of female genitalia in that ‘work’.

This garbage posing as ‘art’ was deemed offensive to Christians. CNN had no qualms about showing it and offending Christians. It has remained on their web site until today. Nearly five years now.

In fact, if you click on the link above, you will see this ‘work’ - still proudly displayed on CNN’s website.

Now the violent Muslims are rampaging and burning things - again - about a few cartoons, and CNN says, “CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons out of respect for Islam.”
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/cartoon.protests/index.html
Follow this link and read the last line in the article.

Hypocrisy?
Do not trust the MSM.

[Falcon4.0]

The Jackals in the Left Stream Media want their carcass to feed upon.

[wideawake]

It's pretty amazing that the Vice President is being criticized for not doing the reporters' jobs for them.

I thought reporters were paid money to go out and find stories, not have them wrapped up with a bow and hand-delivered on a silver platter to them by other people who have their own jobs to do.

It shows how out of touch the MSM is when they make their own laziness the centerpiece of this otherwise interesting story.

[Jemini]

I read that the MSM is complaining that the VP "picked" his interviewer, i.e. Fox News. Since when has a high level politician not selected the interviewer?

[arasina]

Great points, Mr. Sowell.

[CPOSharky]

Is Mary Jo available for comment?

[SMARTY]

To challenge the GOP they need a battering ram. They don't have one so they use a piece of straw and wonder why no one takes them seriously. They hyperventilate over everything because the DO NOT know what is important and what is not.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

[BibChr]

bkmk

[Publius6961]

The people who mattered -- were informed immediately about the hunting accident.

This, after all the dust settles, is all that truly matters.

"Stuff it!" should become a standard response in the White House briefings playbook.

[halfright]

I'd like to see a Freeper investigation into the left wing media. I wonder what skeletons David Gregory has in his closet. Collectively, we have the numbers to do it. It would be great just to let them HEAR we are investigating every one of them. Put the same kind of heat on them that they do the President.

[TheForceOfOne]

It would have been proper and fitting for Scott McClellan to have the camera's turned off while he gave David Gregory a spanking over his knee. If he wants to act like a child, he should be treated as one. Everytime I see David Gregory I think of the John "Silky Pony" Edwards.

[auboy]

Spot on article.

I have three words for the media: Able Danger, Iran.

[Fintan]

 

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

NBC White House correspondent David Gregory was shouting at White House press secretary Scott McClellan, as if Mr. Gregory's Constitutional rights were being violated. It was a classic example of a special interest demanding special privileges -- as if they were rights.

There is nothing in the Constitution or the laws that says that the media have a right to be in the White House at all, much less to have press conferences.

. . . and certainly nothing which would entitle some journalists to exclude other people on grounds that they are not journalists.

[wouldntbprudent]

Compare to the deference--no, reverence---accorded Bill Clinton's (ahem) "private life" --- which "private life" he conducted in the Oval Office, while on the phone discussing matters of war with Congressmen, etc. etc. etc.

That was to be overlooked and considered an allowable instance for "personal lying" while Cheney's private life accident is not.

And, oh, the Sinkmeister was the President of the United States. Cheney is not.

[Bigh4u2]

If I were McClellan, I would pull a 'Helen Thomas' on Gregory and totally ignore him from now on.

[Galveston Grl]

It is time to retire the white house press pool. With technological changes, the decline of the Democrat Party media, etc. the White House needs to figure out a different way to answer the questions of a much broader audience which is Internet based. The old media has Internet sites and should not be held up any higher than other Internet press sites.

Why should Republicans continue the tradition of entertaining a dino "media" that is so biased and hateful? Liberals are all for ending tradition and bringing change, after all. The doings should love it!

[SuziQ]

The media are so full of themselves -- among other things that they are full of -

I just love Thomas Sowell!