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What About Williams? Vieira Claims Only Blogs Went After Palin Family Matters
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 09/05/2008 6:19:44 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Hard to believe, but Meredith Vieira is apparently not a regular NewsBusters reader. The Today co-anchor would otherwise have avoided an embarrassing lapse. On Today this morning, Vieira claimed that it was only "blogs" that went after Sarah Palin's family matters. That left her vulnerable to McCain senior adviser Steve Schmidt's zinger, pointing out that one of her own network's anchors had questioned Palin's ability to serve as vice-president while attending to her children' needs.

Schmidt was presumably referring to Brian Williams. As we noted yesterday in Williams Hides Behind Pantsuits to Take 'Who's Minding Baby?' Shot, the Nightly News anchor, on MSNBC yesterday, asked former Mass. governor Jane Swift:

Are the women who consider themselves feminists, and are perhaps working women with several children, are they wrong when they express fears or doubts that she should be able to do this, that she should be doing this?

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008rncconvention; brianwilliams; mccainpalin; meredithvieira; palin; propagandawingofdnc; sarahpalin; steveschmidt; theshrew
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1 posted on 09/05/2008 6:19:44 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; MEG33; PGalt; ...

Vieira denies MSM went after Palin family ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 09/05/2008 6:20:36 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Keeping track of the MSM so you don't have to!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Am I the only one who sees Viera as nothin’ but fluff? Talk about a role that diminishes women.


3 posted on 09/05/2008 6:24:08 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Viera should check with her Magic Eightball.


4 posted on 09/05/2008 6:24:13 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hmmmm ... who should we believe, Meredith? You, or our lying eyes?


5 posted on 09/05/2008 6:24:19 AM PDT by The G Man (The NY Times did "great harm to the United States" - President George W. Bush 6/26/06)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
does NBC have any shows in prime time that anyone watches? Law and Order was the only lately I watched but its lost its appeal after Fred left.

GE stock has tanked

CBS and Fox have winning shows for me.

Numbers, NCIS and American Idol. NBC doesn't even have College Football.

6 posted on 09/05/2008 6:26:57 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Amy Rohrbach comes to mind...


7 posted on 09/05/2008 6:27:36 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

What about Alan Colmes? The same person can trash someone on their blog as long as they tone it down slightly when they’re on the air?


8 posted on 09/05/2008 6:29:38 AM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Obama's speechwriter was 10 years old when Sarah Palin was first elected to public office.)
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To: sarasota

Fluff? Fluff?

Why this woman is host of “Who wants to be a Millionaire?”

She’s in a class with Regis.

No fluff there.


9 posted on 09/05/2008 6:29:38 AM PDT by norge
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I can't get over all the sour-puss facial expression of all the Liberal Big Media like Vieira here and Dianne Sawyer interviewing Cindy MeCain, or MSNBC Bobble-heads expressions of disgust at anything Conservative or Republican.

Newsbusters should do a montage: All smiles for Obama/Biden and scowls of indignation for anything MeCain/Paling.

10 posted on 09/05/2008 6:29:52 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: norge

OK. So because she hosts that show, she’s a brainiac?


11 posted on 09/05/2008 6:33:40 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

With this election, we’ve pretty much had to roll with the punches. When the media (all the media!) went after a 17 yr. old girl and a Down Syndrome infant, that was it. Now, the gloves come off! There is no impartiality in the MSM, there is no “fair and balanced” coverage of one half of this race. Merry is a “The View” alum, why would you be surprised that she could be so low and clueless?


12 posted on 09/05/2008 6:39:19 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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To: sarasota

Sarcasm, chief, sarcasm.


13 posted on 09/05/2008 6:39:30 AM PDT by norge
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hmm, I guess she must not have a newsstand in her town.


14 posted on 09/05/2008 6:43:26 AM PDT by weegee (Better to support a pitbull in lipstick than to be in a party that is putting lipstick on a pig.)
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To: norge

Wow. Shows me I’m taking things a little too seriously this morning. Please pass the coffee. :)


15 posted on 09/05/2008 6:44:22 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: TexasCajun

Andrea Mitchell’s got them all beat. That woman is in permanent funereal mode. It’s actually kind of creepy to watch her, she just appears “overmedicated.”


16 posted on 09/05/2008 6:45:19 AM PDT by workerbee (Vote for Obama? No thanks, I already have a messiah.)
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To: TexasCajun

Lib women sure get catty, don’t they?

Their calls for feminism were a lie.

When push came to shove, they defended a serial rapist who sexually harassed women in the workplace all because he was “for” abortion. Adulterers generally LIKE to cover their tracks so it comes as no big surprise.


17 posted on 09/05/2008 6:45:41 AM PDT by weegee (Better to support a pitbull in lipstick than to be in a party that is putting lipstick on a pig.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

see there is a difference

Old Style Journalist states crazy gossip about conservative candidate.
Crazy left wing blogger states identical crazy gossip about conservative candidate.

An obvious difference....One has to pay for NYC taxis the other has to pay for san francisco trolly cars. see different.

(/s)


18 posted on 09/05/2008 6:47:39 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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Watch Megan Kelly take on the MST US Weekly!
19 posted on 09/05/2008 6:52:38 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Rush was right when he said: "You NEVER win by losing.")
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To: sarasota

No prob. (Clicking cups)


20 posted on 09/05/2008 6:53:18 AM PDT by norge
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