Posted on 02/16/2006 11:18:44 AM PST by Kaslin
The press has spent so much time this week obsessing over Dick Cheney's hunting accident that some reporters have been rendered completely oblivious to other important news developments.
After delivering yet another breathless report on Cheneygate Thursday morning, usually reliable ABC Radio News reporter Ann Compton was caught clueless about the takeover of six major U.S. ports by a Dubai company based in the United Arab Emirates - a country said to have ties to terrorism.
Compton's exchange with WABC Radio's John Gambling went like this:
GAMBLNG: What else [besides Cheneygate] is being talked about in the White House?
COMPTON: Absolutely nothing. This has sucked the oxygen out of President Bush's trip yesterday. He went all the way to the Wendy's hamburger headquarters in Ohio to talk about health care. . . . . Is that on the front page of any paper today? I did not do a single spot on it yesterday . . . .
COMPTON: [Cheneygate] really has dominated everything else . . . It is a fascinating story and one that ABC has reported very, very vigorously at the ground level and I think very responsibly.
GAMBLING: Ann, let me ask you a question. Is anybody talking about this story . . . about the Dubai Ports World Corporation running our major ports in the United States? You know anything about that?
COMPTON: Whooops. [Nervous laughter]
GAMBLING: The reason I ask you is exactly what you just finished talking about - sucking the oxygen out of the White House and Washington press corps . . . . This is like letting Saudi Arabia do security in our airports. And I think that Washington reporters need to jump on this thing.
COMPTON: Well, send me a quick email, John. It sounds like something I need to see. [END EXCERPT]
You grew up listening to either his dad or grand dad. This John Gambling is 54 years old.
... or Able Danger revelations? I'll bet any amount of meney she's never even heard of that program!
It's pretty sad when little people like us with only keyboards and an internet connection constantly scoop the "elite" media.
bookmk ping , John Gambling is pretty good ,...
... we're lucky to have him
I like "Legacy Media", too. "Antique" implies value, while a legacy is simply something you've got because it's been around a long time.
Thanks
I'm on it sam.
Hopefully he will
It was worthless trash. I am sorry I stayed up to watch it. I should have known anything ABC does is worthless trash.They would never report anything that made this administration look good.
You're not alone in your need for medication. When I am in any bookstore I turn the copies of liberal publications over. If they are stacked, just turning the top one does the job. The back covers are usually useless. Silent rebellion is necessary.
The Buggy Whip Media can ONLY handle EASY stories!! Don't give them anything the least little bit complicated!
I SWEAR I didn't read your post before I did mine...honest! It IS the Buggy Whip Media!
I have no idea what Legacy Media means.....color me stupid.
Since I've been watching Olympics, has even FOX covered Gore's treason? Have any of the other networks even mentioned it?
k, glad i missed it. instincts told me it would be garbage if it made bush look remotley good or vindicated. i'm glad my circadian rythmns knew better.
Yep. The MSM (and by extension, the nation) has a fixation on DC, especially the White House.
Ordinarily though, Anne's a good person. Honest.
I'll have to take your word for it.
The last time I turned on ABC, the Patriots were beating the Jets ...
The 4th Estate is a 5th Column!
CA....
That's what I'm told. I have no idea if it's true or not.
CA....
Wasn't Ann Compton the one who, when asked about Bush's reaction to the planes striking the World Trade Center on 9/11, said, "He knew"?
CA....
Yep. But, IIRC, that was in regards to he (Pres. Bush) knew about the the first aircraft before he walked into the classroom that morning.
Ann was in the press pool for the President's school visit on Sept 11. At the time she had no clue of what was going on in New York. When she got caught up with the news of what happened, she put two and two together and decided that 'He knew' (about the first plane).
Of course the liberal tin-foilers (shiny side in) quoted it out of context to castigate Bush and the Bush-bots (shiny side out) quoted it to slander Ann Compton.
LOL me too!
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