Anyone that didn't see this one coming....pinch yourself....
I wish we could clone Rumsfeld and have him as the Press Secretary.
Is that Scrum or just plain ole Scum?
Neither Clinton or even Ronald Reagan were treated as badly and rudely as President Bush.
These SOB's represent a new low in garbage urinalism!
America hates the DC Media because they are simply DNC water-carriers.
Partisanship aside, The Press Corps is a joke. If you sit down and listen to the conferences, you hear 2 or 3 questions that ask for facts. The rest are Begging the Question fallacies, moronic queries, or political agenda with a question mark at the end.
Anyone that didn't see this one coming....pinch yourself....
Sure, the press will be infuriated as will their followers. But a similar number of folks will view it as a good, long overdue move and support the administration.
There is nothing here that can't be accomplished by a web-based daily press release by the WH followed by hours of blow-dried liberal media whining about every last syllable.
McClellan: "David, hold on, the cameras aren't on right now. You can do this later."
Gregory: "Don't accuse me of trying to pose for the cameras. Don't be a jerk to me personally when I'm asking you a serious question."
McClellan: "You don't have to yell."
Gregory: "If you want to use the-that podium to try to take shots at me personally, which I don't appreciate, then I will raise my voice because that's wrong."
McClellan: "Calm down, Dave, calm down."
Gregory: "I'll calm down when I feel like calming down. You answer the question."
I guess NBC or the liberal known as Friedman forgot to put in the EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <---I found them here.
Quite true,but I would add the following;
The single greatest reason to "hate" the media is because they are, by definition, 'bystanders' and not 'do-ers'. I can think of very few ways in which one could earn a substantial living with less work -- there is no great physical labor in simply repeating 'news' that people would have found out on their own had they actually been there when the event occurred, in acting, or simply yacking on the radio. The only reason many of these people go to college is to learn how to disperse their 'take' in a way that makes it sound logical, concise and reasonable.
Only 'welfare queen' and 'civil rights activist' require less meaningful work than 'news reporter', 'commentator' or 'celebrity'.
That having been said, we must make exception for those who actually do some work in ensuring that what they put out to the general public at least includes a germ of turth and logic; these are people who have a genuine passion for debate and who recognize the responsibility that comes with their ability to affect the thoughts and lives of millions. These people are few and far between.
The vast majority, however, are simpletons and mere gossips, who wear the title 'journalist' in such a way as to appear to be relevant to society.
On a somewhat related note, did anyone see on C-SPam yesterday the International Law conference where Justice Scalia was taking questions? He had to suffer through a bunch of liberal nutjobs in their twenties who couldn't even get out a cogent thought. Some were foreign, others we blathering fools who didn't have the sense to use decorum or manners. One guy got kicked out. Any threads on this?
Wouldn't you love to corner one of these smirking bastards in a parking lot, after they gave you all the justification in the world to defend yourself? Yanking your car door open and shoving a microphone in your face...
Dream the dream...