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CBS's Byron Pitts Concedes He's 'Excited' by Obama's Nomination
News Busters ^ | 6-9-2008 | News Busters

Posted on 06/09/2008 6:36:16 PM PDT by Kleebo151

On Sunday's Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz played a clip of CBS reporter Byron Pitts on Wednesday's CBS Evening News hailing Barack Obama's Democratic nomination victory as proof "one of America's oldest and ugliest color lines has been broken, and there is a new bridge for a new generation," then proposed: "You obviously are paid to be an objective journalist, but some part of you must be excited that Barack Obama won this nomination." Pitts confirmed his excitement: "Well, certainly. I mean, as an African-American man, this is significant. I mean, look, for my entire life I've been able to, as a man, dream of doing great things. But a dream I could never have was being President of the United States. Now, for instance, my sons, my nephew, they can have that dream. And I think those kinds of images are important." The record, however, shows it may not be African-American candidates who enamor Pitts, but all liberal Democrats, black or white.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008electionbias; dnctalkingpoints; legtingle; mediabias; puckerin; tingling; twitching; yellowjournalism; zogbyism
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No wonder a new Rasmussen Reports poll found that most Americans believe journalists are more "advocates of their favorite candidate" than they are objective judges.
1 posted on 06/09/2008 6:36:18 PM PDT by Kleebo151
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2 posted on 06/09/2008 6:38:00 PM PDT by The_Republican (Hillary is a turd that won't flush.)
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To: Kleebo151

Didn’t Fox just fire some behind the scenes person for outwardly expressing support for McCain?


3 posted on 06/09/2008 6:39:47 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: Kleebo151

them sm will not let obama lose.......... very clear to me...


4 posted on 06/09/2008 6:40:30 PM PDT by nikos1121 (Thank you, Jimmy Carter for all you've done to make the world a safer place.)
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To: Kleebo151

It proves nothing of the sort. Bad interpretation of data, due to prejudice inherent in ‘observer.’


5 posted on 06/09/2008 6:40:39 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: Kleebo151

them sm will not let obama lose.......... very clear to me...


6 posted on 06/09/2008 6:40:58 PM PDT by nikos1121 (Thank you, Jimmy Carter for all you've done to make the world a safer place.)
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"Well, certainly. I mean, as an African-American man, this is significant. I mean, look, for my entire life I've been able to, as a man, dream of doing great things. But a dream I could never have was being President of the United States. Now, for instance, my sons, my nephew, they can have that dream. And I think those kinds of images are important."

It is significant for me as well, Mr. Pitts. For my entire life I've been dreaming of the moment when maybe, just maybe, people like you will shut the hell up.

7 posted on 06/09/2008 6:44:05 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Kleebo151

Pitts is for Obama-Obama is the pits.


8 posted on 06/09/2008 6:46:40 PM PDT by 444Flyer (Marriage=One man+One woman! Vote to amend the California State Constitution this November.)
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To: Kleebo151
What the hell is a Byron Pitts?


Byron Pitts

Ah...I get it now.

9 posted on 06/09/2008 6:49:52 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Kleebo151

Racial prejudice does not have to be against a race. It can be someone favoring one over another based on sharing the same race.


10 posted on 06/09/2008 6:50:28 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: Kleebo151

not fair not fair! I didn’t get to vote for a vagina.


11 posted on 06/09/2008 6:50:36 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (DENVER DENVER DENVER DENVER DENVER DENVER DENVER!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Guess these people aren't "inspiring" enough for Mr. Pitts.
12 posted on 06/09/2008 6:51:48 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." --- Edmund Burke)
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To: Kleebo151

Maybe this clown....sorry,”objective journalist”...can get together with Chrissy Matthews and compare notes on the tingly feeling they get in their legs.


13 posted on 06/09/2008 6:55:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings? We're only seeing singing Hitlers.)
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To: Bratch
Obviously you haven't been paying any attention............

Uncle Tom

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14 posted on 06/09/2008 6:59:50 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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"Pitts confirmed his excitement:"

Hmmmm! Chris Matthews had a "Tingle" go up his leg when he heard Obama speak. I wonder what body part Pitts "Excitement" effected.

15 posted on 06/09/2008 7:04:13 PM PDT by Spunky (You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
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To: Bratch
PERHAPS THE BEST OF ALL -


16 posted on 06/09/2008 7:23:06 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: Kleebo151

For Obama supporters, it’s all about race and sticking it to whitey - nothing else.


17 posted on 06/09/2008 7:33:37 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Average White Conservative)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Give me Walter E Williams for President!


18 posted on 06/09/2008 7:47:38 PM PDT by Rodm (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
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To: Clintonfatigued

A severe disappointment from my fellow high school alumnus.


19 posted on 06/09/2008 8:01:40 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: doug from upland
How do you think the black community would have reacted to an Obama/Watts race?

(Just wanting an opinion)

20 posted on 06/09/2008 8:13:23 PM PDT by taraytarah (He will come as a thief in the night. Are you ready?)
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