Posted on 07/30/2009 8:54:55 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Chuck Todd and company at NBC News are outraged that conservative talker Beck won't --or can't-- be fired for calling President Obama a "racist." They blogged as follows:
*** On the Glenn Becks and Howard Beales: The White House doesn't want to give Glenn Beck a bigger platform or extra oxygen -- especially regarding his remark yesterday that the president has "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture" -- so they won't comment, even off record. Beck, after all, is a radio DJ who somehow ended up getting a national platform to give his opinion on politics. What's most amazing about this episode is that what Beck said isn't a fireable or even a SUSPENDABLE offense by his bosses. There was a time when outrageous rants like this would actually cost the ranters their jobs. But not anymore; if anything, it's now encouraged. And all of this could turn ACTUAL journalists into the next Howard Beales. It's getting nuts that the folks who are creating the perception of an ideological/polarized media world are people who have never really spent their lives being journalists. Whether it's former political consultants-turned-TV execs or former radio DJs, or former California socialites, the folks helping to accelerate the public's perception of the media off a cliff made their livings trying to do other things. Of course, Beck's crazy language could have one unintended consequence: It could cost him bookings with any Republicans who want to be popular outside Beck's hard-core bizarro-land viewers.
So much for the national discussion on race relations that leftists and journalists say America desperately needs.
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Pretty funny coming from a guy who works for the company that employs Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, and Rachel Maddow.
I seem to recall Gates on the President Clinton commision on race relations when he was still in office and something about Gates stood out in my mind, but I can’t seem to find the article.
No. Greta. Wait, Shep. Okay, Shep and Greta.
Well,I guess we won’t be watching another one anymore.Who’s got the list?
ABC
CNN
NBC
Anymore for the long__________________________________list?
Doesn't drive because of a loss of depth perception caused by a head injury. In 1980, he hit his head on the top of a subway door while running into the waiting car. - imdb.com
NBC can’t handle the truth......way to go Glenn!
NBC News Bias - White House Press Briefing by Dana Perino 5/20/08
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
http://www.whitehousepresscorps.org/labels/NBC.html
Or how about George Stephanopoulos - who was a political hack for Democrats? Lots of dems transform themselves into “objective journalists” - trashing the concept of a free press in the process. You should have mentioned some of them...
bttt
Right! Like when Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews and Bill Maher were suspended and/or fired from their broadcasting jobs for their repeated vitriolic "outbursts" against our last president.
Good to see Glenn is doing a fine job ;-)
Libs are running out of people to attack....now that Coulter and some of the other faux-cons have gone Kos-HuffPo
I wrote and called FOX, others can do the same if they really cared.
Got to take of the gloves and hit them where it hurts. You can’t play nice with these people. Beck lets them have it.
Bears repeating, lmao
I’m sure Beck would appreciate the free publicity - except that no one watches or listens to NBC.
I want Jim Cramer fired. And Olberman. Stuff it NBC/CNBC
It seems the sh!t is hitting the fan.
So Beck calling Obama racist is bad, but some lib calling Bush that isn’t?
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