Posted on 09/05/2006 5:45:49 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
September 5, 2006 - 20:32
In the coming hours and days, my colleagues at MRC and NewsBusters are sure to provide comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Katie Couric's debut this evening as the anchor of the CBS Evening News. From the opening segment, whose message was that things are worse in Afghanistan than you realize, to an interview with MSM foreign policy fave Thomas Friedman decrying tax cuts, to anti-McDonald's crusader Morgan Spurlock, ahem, spuriously trying to pass himself off as an opponent of hype, it was all pretty predictable liberal stuff.
But Katie did - unintentionally no doubt - permit a telling moment of candor to slip through the MSM filter. Introducing a segment on Pres. Bush' speech today on matters of national security, Couric said:
"The war on terror began of course with the September 11th attacks on the United States."
"Of course"? Really? Did Katie Couric just acknowledge that despite the multiplicity of terrorist attacks on US interests during his administration - from the first bombing of the WTC in 1993, to Khobar Towers, the African embassy bombings and the attack on the USS Cole - Bill Clinton failed to recognize the threat and launch a war on terror? Is Katie really admitting that it took 9/11 - and George Bush - for the US to take terrorism seriously?
Sure sounds that way.
I watched it...same drivel, same liberal bias, same doom-and-gloom reporting without context...but new graphics!
She's bound to turn around the spiraling ratings and save broadcast news!
Uh, klintoon actually did declare war on terrorism. He just did nothing else but declare it.
LLS
By the way, when I switched back (couldn't watch the whole thing) they were juxtaposing Bush with Hitler and Stalin. They were commenting on his speech from today, but I didn't think we needed to see that image to understand CBS' perspective on Bush.
One more thing (something about Katie p's me off)...the "Free Speech" segment, while perhaps interesting in theory, has already begun its fade to black when they put the "Super Size Me" idiot on to act in front of a camera, in a small room, by himself, pretending to be concerned about what he was saying.
By the time Rush gets there (on Thursday, that's how bad it was), it will be known as a "Free Bathroom Break" after listening to uninformed losers spout lame platitudes and lefty drivel.
Take #1 off. Sirhan Sirhan was NOT a Muslim.
The list isn't about being a Muslim; it's about terrorism.
http://www.answers.com/topic/sirhan-sirhan
the focus was to be on the content of the information ... or am I wrong?
Exactly correct. I don't think I've ever met a person who religiously watched one particular person on TV to get the news. I never cared either.
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""Of course"? Really? Did Katie Couric just acknowledge that despite the multiplicity of terrorist attacks on US interests during his administration - from the first bombing of the WTC in 1993, to Khobar Towers, the African embassy bombings and the attack on the USS Cole - Bill Clinton failed to recognize the threat and launch a war on terror? Is Katie really admitting that it took 9/11 - and George Bush - for the US to take terrorism seriously?"
Great Catch!
Now her remarks and your clarification are on Free Republic.
Even leftwing MSM mediots like Perky Chunky know that there was no WOT under the Clintoons.
"She wore white? I look forward to her wearing black if the pubs hold the senate and the house this november."
Didn't she do that the morning after GW clobbered Moi Kerry after the November 2004 Election.
...came off like something from Entertainment Tonight or the View.
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Well, they are all equally important and valid in the eyes of these phony dingbats.
For the American left, WW2 began with Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.
;)
yes..hoping for a repeat
"yes..hoping for a repeat"
I might watch her after we win in 2006 and 08.
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