Posted on 10/05/2007 1:41:17 PM PDT by freemarket_kenshepherd
On Friday's "Good Morning America," ABC reporter David Wright narrated a sympathetic look at Barack Obama's decision not to wear an American flag lapel pin and asserted that this country's "obsession with flag pins is relatively new." To further defend the Democratic presidential candidate, Wright pointedly noted that liberal bogeyman Richard Nixon wore such a pin. He observed, "Ike didn't wear one. JFK either. Nixon did wear the flag as he told the American people he had nothing to do with Watergate."
Of course, Wright himself was not wearing a pin with the U.S. flag on it. As the MRC has previously noted, ABC President David Westin banned on-air talent from having such pins adorn their lapels. In 2003, he deemed it the "patriotic duty" of reporters not to display the flag. At a journalist conference, he elaborated that "after 9/11, the question came up and we, as a matter of policy at ABC News, tell our people on the air, you shall not wear an American flag or any other symbol on the air."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
seems hillary almost never wears one...
Ok, remove all wedding rings.
Well, this article certainly backs up my determination to avoid ABC news at any cost!
I have no use for those who would feel that wearing an American flag would somehow be less than a simple way of showing support for our great country and the brave men and women who defend us.
If its good enough for BB King, its good enough for me.
Dracula never wore a cross.
John Stossel needs a new (television) home. That’s the ONLY thing ABC has going for it.
Hillary does before elections. After the elections, it’s gone.
Politicians of both parties love to wear patriotic attire. It’s a lot easier to do that than to actually defend our Constitutional liberties.
ABC pandering to its last five viewers - looney leftist losers.
“ABC Puzzles Over ‘Obsession’ With U.S. Flag Pins; Notes Nixon Wore One”
ABC has to keep up with The University of Missouri Journalism School,
the operator of the local NBC affiliate here in Columbia MO.
here’s the relevant excerpt from an article about the ties some
J-School emeriti professors has forged with....Al-Jazeera.
(excerpt)
The potential for controversy over a relationship with Al-Jazeera is
not lost on officials at the journalism school. They haven’t
forgotten state lawmakers’ criticism in 2001 when KOMU-TV wouldn’t
allow broadcast reporters to wear American flag lapel pins.
http://www.showmenews.com/2006/Feb/20060212News009.asp
Oh yeah...UMissour J-School is Uncle Walter Cronkite’s alma mater.
Wearing a pin is a personal choice, and Obama should have just said so instead of attempting to justify his decision. I don’t think any less of people who don’t want to wear pins, just as I don’t think any less of people who don’t want to put bumper stickers on their cars or hang flags on their houses. We should be free to express our sentiments (or not) as we choose.
The reason Nixon wore a flag pin and Kennedy didn’t was because the trend started during Nixon’s presidency. I remember it well. It was the result of a backlash against all the anti-war types back in the late ‘60s-early ‘70s. I had an American flag decal on my car at the time as did many others. It was also during that same time that police officers began wearing sewn on American flag patches on their uniforms.
Obama said that wearing the pin was a lazy way to claim you were patriotic. He said that he was/is genuinely patriotic in defending this country.
So what action has he taken on securing the border?
ABC President David Westin banned on-air talent from having such pins adorn their lapels. In 2003, he deemed it the "patriotic duty" of reporters not to display the flag.
And ABC banning all on-air talent from wearing a US Flag pin isn't obsessing?
Nonsense, ABC ... “I’m Proud To Be an American” is nothing new. We just don’t want that to turn into nostalgia.
I had forgotten about that. The "doves" gave me the finger many times because of that decal.
“Obama said that wearing the pin was a lazy way to claim you were patriotic.”
Then proudly wear a yellow plastic wrist band to prove you’re a patriot.
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