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Posted on 02/25/2006 6:08:56 AM PST by Phsstpok
This weekend I've added the Saturday night/Sunday morning Fox/WSJ "Journal Editorial Report" to the mix. It looks to be a very interesting addition (on "our side," maybe?).
Last weekend I clearly missed the MSM spin on the "White House is being too secretive" meme (though I was on the right track with the "they're being mean" idea). When I post a meme it is simply my best guess and I'm desperately reaching out for others to correct or augment anything I post. That's the purpose of my thread. Not to declare "this is what is" but to ask "is this close" and beg for the rest of us to add to, fix and extend or reject (but be kind).
As has been pointed out it won't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this weekend will be primarily screaming faces about the port deal. It looks to me that there is only one White House "friendly" voice from Congress, and that's John Warner. Any other White House defenders are administration officials, but I think they're being set up for attacks on the "secrets and conspiracies" front. Richard Gere is on for a gratuitous attack on Bush prior to his trip to India and I haven't got a clue why Joe Gibbs is on.
Journal Editorial Report FNC/Wall Street Journal (Paul Gigot)
- Meme:
- The ports - America is schizophrenic over the ports:
- "What the potential deal highlights most of all is that the U.S. cannot have it both ways: We cannot both advocate a global system of free trade with low barriers of entry and then cry foul when foreign companies try to buy U.S. assets." (WSJ Op Ed)
- The President - Some conservatives are angry at Bush for not being "their kind of Conservative"
- Topics:
- "The political furor over port management by a Dubai company. Is this a case of protectionism?"
- "President Bush's economic record. Is Mr. Bush a 'big government conservative'?"
- Guests
- Bruce Bartlett, author of 'Imposter,'
- Wall Street Journal's Steve Moore
- Journal Editorial Report contact information - jer@foxnews.com
- The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturday at 11 p.m. Eastern Time and again Sunday at 6 a.m.
Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)
- Meme:
- On the ports
- stand back and let the principles battle it out
- leaning towards "the press/critics jumped the gun, but the White House really screwed up"
- Money is "pouring into the states coffers?" Who knew?
- Topics:
- "The latest on the port debate: Pres. Bush assures Americans that controversial ports deal is nothing to worry about"
- "States have jumped into 2006 with ambitious plans to spend money pouring into their coffers"
- Guests
- Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend
- Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.
- Plus, Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.
- Joe Gibbs, head coach of the Washington Redskins
- Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com
NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)
- Meme:
- MSM lead meme - two parts: Bush White House secrecy and Republicans abandoning Bush
- Topics:
- "Exclusive interview with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger"
- "Port security & the violence in Iraq."
- Guests
- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Armed Services Cmte. Chairman John Warner, R-VA.
- Homeland Security Cmte. Chairman Peter King, R-NY
- What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
- Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)
CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)
- Meme:
- Bipartisan opposition to the ports deal and incompetent/criminal secret dealings by the White House
- watch for personal attacks on Stephen Hadley as the architect, with Dick Cheney, of the conspiracy to "out" Valerie Plame
- emphasis will be put on Graham/Schumer agreeing on how bad the White House is handling the ports deal
- Topics:
- none stated (note: guest lineup not posted at CBS web site, taken from San Jose Mercury News)
- Guests
- National security adviser Stephen Hadley
- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
- Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
- Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com
ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)
- Meme:
- MSM lead meme - same two parts, with a variation: Bush White House secrecy and real conservatives abandoning Bush
- Topics:
- "Escalating sectarian violence in Iraq"
- "Port security"
- "Voices: Richard Gere with a message to President Bush on the issue of AIDS in India."
- Guests
- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
- Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.
- Fareed Zakaria (roundtable)
- Torie Clarke (roundtable)
- E.J. Dionne (roundtable) (note: ABC has it spelled "Dione" on their web site, as of 12:30 CST Friday)
- George Will. (roundtable)
- Richard Gere (Voices section)
- ABC This Week comment web page
CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)
- Meme:
- MSM lead meme - Bush White House secrecy/criminal conspiracies and Republicans abandoning Bush
- looks like their matching CBS, but emphasizing Iraq over the ports
- also watch for "special treatment" of Hadley and questions about "conspiracies" to leak classified information
- Topics:
- "How days of bloodshed and violence in Iraq will affect U.S. troops."
- Guests
- Stephen Hadley: National security adviser
- Sen. Dianne Feinstein: D-California
- Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson: R-Texas
- Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie: Iraqi national security adviser
- CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)
This is NOT intended to be the live Sunday Morning Talk Show thread. I trust AB will do that as usual. This is strictly a preview of who will be on the main shows. The idea is to give folks a chance to muster their resources for that thread. I would particularly ask that anyone with specific knowledge or resources about the topics / guests announced for these shows post them here so that the rest of us can go into the shows with a heads up on what to look for. For example... well, crap... I don't see any obvious questions for these guests (other than irrelevant Richard Gere questions about hamsters) .... Oh wait! How long will Hadley be on either Late Edition or Face the Nation before he's asked about White House leaks?
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To: Seattle Conservative
Curious what their numbers are today on this topic? You saw the shift in coverage start on Thursday when the Failed Media FINALLY quit lying about "Arabs are going to take over our ports" and actually started to make some factually correct statements about the deal. As the information comes out, those numbers are changing. Look at the change in the polling data here on Freeper. The initial Jim Rob Poll was 50-30-20 against the deal, now it is 50-30-20 FOR the deal.
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posted on
02/25/2006 7:43:17 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
To: Friend of the Friendless
Thankyou, but it's only the warm up for the live discussion thread on Sunday morning that is posted by Alas Babylon!
We're like long distance runners doing our stretching exercizes before a marathon.
My problem on Sundays is that I fall so far behind the field that I'm posting what I think are witty and insightful replies to folks that are 200 or 300 posts "up thread" and have moved on to entirely different subjects or already made the points I'm making!
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posted on
02/25/2006 7:52:38 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
To: Bahbah
I disagree. Let's put the blame where it belongs. The Junk Media did a horrible job of reporting. They basically took a Democrat Election Year press release and published it without question. They then tuned out ALL correction of their errors for the 1st half of the week. It wasn't until about Thursday the FACTS actually started being reported in the Junk Journalist Coverage. Kind of hard for the WH to get in front of a story like this. That would of required clairvoyance on their part to go right from disarming the Cheney hype to preempting this story.
Conservatives might as well make peace with the reality that this is HOW the Press is going to act from now on. There is no magic bullet someone can fire to slay the Junk Journalist Monster for us There will be NO fair and balanced converge no matter what the White House does to try to preempt these attacks. People need to wake up to the reality that the Dinosaur Media is complete and actively ON the DNC's side now.
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posted on
02/25/2006 7:54:06 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
To: Bahbah; Txsleuth; MNJohnnie; eeevil conservative; Morgan in Denver; Alas Babylon!; ...
I'm heading out to see my surgeon now. This should be the last visit before the surgery and we'll pick the day, either this Monday or Tuesday, or the 6th or 7th. We're leaning towards Monday the 6th or Tuesday the 7th, but I just want it to be done so I can begin the process of getting vision back in that eye.
I'm assuming I'll be back on late this afternoon.
So far I'm very impressed with what has been generated on this thread. I think I'm going to ping folks like Tony Snow and Rush to AB's thread this week as suggested reading and show prep! (it's only fair, I use them for thread prep)
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:02:16 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
To: Phsstpok
Thanks for the links. Like minds, and all that. I knew it wasn't just me getting this stuff.
Part of this is our own fault. Nature abhors a vacuum and we've allowed one to creep in as the media is splitting Republicans into neo-cons, paleo-cons, classical conservatives, etc. All this versus a united front from Democrats, which is a lie in itself.
It must be driving the left nuts to have "one" indictment (Scotter Libby), which is of questionable illegality, compared to all the Democrats who were indicted and convicted under Clinton. It kind of turns the "culture of corruption" claim on its head.
To: mathluv
And they found ricin in one of the dorms. Coincidence? Good one. Wonder if it was because he was there or for him???
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:25:42 AM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(Change tagline as needed,)
To: Phsstpok
Good luck with the doctor.
Just remind him, you may be getting your eyesight fixed but he should leave your insight alone. It's doing just fine.
To: MNJohnnie
Good point, though, I think the MSM will continue to spin for the Dims, whichever way they want to go. Unfortunately, I don't think as many Americans are paying attention to the facts on this issue as much as FReepers, so, while the shift in opinion of the public as a whole would be great, I'm not holding my breath for it to happen soon, especially w the Longshoremens' protests across the country.
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:27:12 AM PST
by
Seattle Conservative
(God bless and protect our troops and their CIC.)
To: Morgan in Denver; Phsstpok
Excellent, Morgan!! And, I totally concur!
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:32:43 AM PST
by
Seattle Conservative
(God bless and protect our troops and their CIC.)
To: Peach
I'd like to see one of the commentators ask the democrats how it is that they are opposed to our profiling Arabs in airports but it's okay to profile an entire companyIts easy to explain democrats obstinance. What I dont understand is the vehement opposition here on FR to the port deal. Its much ado about nothing, Im sure. Yet Im seeing the same attacks that I saw during the Miers deal. Knee jerk Bush Hatred, IMHO..
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:34:27 AM PST
by
cardinal4
(The 9-11 Commission, America's National Shame)
To: Phsstpok
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:40:27 AM PST
by
VOA
To: cardinal4
Kind of courious to watch how this shapes up. The same people who rant and rave nonstop about being Conservative and being pissed about spending always seem to want the Govt to take over more and more of the Private Sector. Now it is Port Terminal operation they want to turn over the the Fed Govt!
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:47:06 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
To: Morgan in Denver
Interesting to note how the Dinosaur Media never questions the Democrats about being too close to Moveon.org or Act Up or the Unions or whomever but they always demand "Republicans show their independence". The more you watch and learn, the more you realize the modern Dinosaur Media Journalists have more in common with Soviet Era propagandists then Edward R Murrow.
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:52:13 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
To: MNJohnnie
Now it is Port Terminal operation they want to turn over the the Fed Govt!Another example of knee jerk liberalism..
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:55:35 AM PST
by
cardinal4
(The 9-11 Commission, America's National Shame)
To: MNJohnnie
Agreed. Old Media is slow to change and they are not happy over being exposed as being liberal. They also hate losing what they have perceived as their influence over readers and being replaced so often by New Media.
All this time they have been kidding themselves into thinking they were mainstream, and they are having a hard time coming to grips with the realization they are not.
To: cardinal4; MNJohnnie
This is why we need to keep reminding them of Katrina. With the exception of the military, every level of governnemnt failed in their responsibility to one degree or another.
To: Morgan in Denver
There were failures, yes. However a lot of the blame for those failures was misapplied. We have had dozens of catastrophic wx events in this country, but none of them ever hit a dem/welfare/socialist/corruption mecca. If anything, Katrina highlighted at least to the true "enlightened", just how miserable a failure Dem controlled welfare ideology is. But Im afraid that despite the honest and resonable people's knowledge of Katrina, the hurricane will always be termed a Bush failure..
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:22:56 AM PST
by
cardinal4
(The 9-11 Commission, America's National Shame)
To: Phsstpok
"__(except on Fox). )
Wouldn't that be interesting - if Fox asked for - one liner question to ask on Sunday!!
A --"what do you want answered this Sunday"
Too cutsey !! I think I would like that better than the last 3-5 minutes of 'the person of the week ' or whatever it is called. Some are ok!!
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:33:29 AM PST
by
malia
(The Impeached x42 clinton - a Paper Tiger President! MSM - bottom feeders! What a team!!!!)
To: Phsstpok
Impressive!
Bump for reading later.
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:36:39 AM PST
by
maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: Phsstpok
Sorry I didn't get here before you left....but I should be here when you get back...
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:41:31 AM PST
by
Txsleuth
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