Posted on 01/01/2008 7:25:34 AM PST by Graybeard58
H ere are some of the Media Research Center's Notable Quotables for the worst reporting of 2007: Dynamic Duo Award for Clinton Idolizing "There was this great story in The Atlantic this month about your philanthropy, the (Clinton Global Initiative) and your other activities at the foundation. And the author says you're basically reinventing philanthropy, or trying to reinvent philanthropy. ... He writes that, 'As a result of this, history may remember Bill Clinton as the philanthropist who happened to be president.' You OK with that?" — ABC's George Stephanopoulos, a former Clinton White House aide, to Bill Clinton, "This Week," Sept. 30.
Damn Those Conservatives Award
"I'm just saying if he did die, other people, more people would live. That's a fact." — Host Bill Maher on his HBO show "Real Time," March 2, lamenting how an attempt to assassinate Vice President Cheney in Afghanistan had failed.
Madness of King George Award
"Probably there should be a rule against it. But there's a rule against murder. If someone had murdered Hitler — a journalist interviewing him had murdered him — the world would be a better place. I only feel good, as a citizen, about getting rid of George Bush, who has been the most destructive president in my lifetime. I certainly don't regret it." — New Yorker writer Mark Singer explaining why he donated $250 to the liberal Victory Campaign 2004.
Politics of Meaninglessness Award
"As part of our ongoing series of reports on the environment, 'America Goes Green,' we take on the question that can make otherwise competent adults quake with fear. We've all been there. You come to the end of the checkout line and then comes that question: 'Paper or plastic?' For that one brief moment, we grocery buyers are made to feel like the fate of the planet hinges on our decision." — NBC's Brian Williams on "Nightly News," May 7.
Media Hero Award
"He was not what I expected. He was very dignified. He was warm, friendly. He likes the U.S. It's George Bush that he doesn't like. He also was very personal. He talked about how hard his life was, that he wished he could be in love but you can't be when you are heading a country." — ABC's Barbara Walters recounting her interview with Venezuela's communist President Hugo Chavez, March 16 "Nightline."
Good Morning Morons Award
"So I'm running in the park on Saturday, in shorts, thinking this (warm weather) is great. But are we all gonna die? You know? I can't, I can't figure this out." — Co-host Meredith Vieira on global warming, NBC's "Today," Jan. 8.
Tin Foil Hat Award
Co-host Joy Behar: "Is there such a thing as a man-made stroke? In other words, did someone do this to him?"
Co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck: "Why is everything coming from the liberal perspective a conspiracy?"
Behar: "I know what (the Republican) Party is capable of." — Discussing Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson's illness on ABC's "The View," Dec. 14, 2006.
Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity
"I just want to say something: 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists? ... If you were in Iraq, and the other country, the United States, the richest in the world, invaded your country and killed 655,000 of your citizens, what would you call us?" — Co-host Rosie O'Donnell on ABC's "The View," May 17.
Drive By Media Award
"A top Democrat is coming out guns blazing against conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. It's an angry new shot in the dispute over the war in Iraq and Limbaugh's charge that some veterans who are criticizing the war are, in his words, 'phony soldiers.'" — CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room," Oct. 1. Limbaugh was talking about leftist anti-war groups touting fabricated tales of U.S. atrocities by Jesse Macbeth, a soldier who flunked out of basic training and who is going to prison for making it all up.
Quote of the Year
"As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch" — Headline over Oct. 16 story by McClatchy News Service reporters Jay Price and Qasim Zein.
Runner Up
"Al-Qaida really hurt us, but not as much as Rupert Murdoch has hurt us, particularly in the case of Fox News. Fox News is worse than al-Qaida — worse for our society. It's as dangerous as the Ku Klux Klan ever was." — MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann in an interview with Playboy magazine, October.
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Chronicles of Bias XVIII for year 2005:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551201/posts
“Chronicles of Bias XIX” for year 2006:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760913/posts
Chronicles of Bias XVIII for year 2005:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551201/posts
There’s some really dumb people out there.
Ping to a Republican-American Editorial.
If you want on or off this list, let me know.
“He talked about how hard his life was, that he wished he could be in love but you can’t be when you are heading a country.” — ABC’s Barbara Walters recounting her interview with Venezuela’s communist President Hugo Chavez, March 16 “Nightline.”
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Didn’t Hitler say pretty much the same thing about his marital status?
Shprink time fur Hugo undt Shermany!
ok.. in Matts mind, which is worse, paper or plastic
I always ask back---What do YOU prefer to do? Kill a tree, waste a barrel of oil? Sometimes they grin, sometimes just a dumb look....
What media research cronicles is not bais in the MSM, but written and spoken ad copy of well conceived DNC marketing campaigns.
The MSM has absolutely nothing to do with journalism and everything to do with marketing for the DNC.
ROTFLOL
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