Posted on 01/26/2012 11:56:41 AM PST by My Favorite Headache
So much for Matt being fair and balanced and showing just headlines and stories others will not...no...he has 14 stories front and center all anti-Newt right now.
No excuse for this...not even ABC/NBC/CBS have 14 anti-Newt stories on their front page.
Bias? What bias?
Conservatives can trust about nobody in media today and this proves exactly why.
Because they want to feel like they are really needed....all ads are just seduction, wooing etc. Some people like to feel important...those are the people who vote emotionally....
Mrs CT Hillbilly for Uncle Mel
“Conservatives can trust about nobody in media today and this proves exactly why.”
You are spot on, “conservatives” really have know where to go. Even though every survey shows we are in the majority, we are universally HATED by the left/Democrats, the MSM, the RINO’s, the Republican party (as a whole) and now even the so-called “alternative ‘conservative’ media”. This is why I left the Republican party a couple of years ago. I refused to be treated by the Republican party the way that the Democrats treat blacks . . .assume they will tow the line because they have nowhere to go.
Funny, in the last election, I held my nose and voted for McCain. I still think he is an honorable man, but is no conservative and would have done zero to advance conservative principals. I would hear some people call in to talk radio and say, “I will not vote for McCain even though I am a conservative. . .”. I couldn’t understand those folks! How could they NOT vote! How could they let such a buffoon take the helm of the greatest country on earth?! Sadly, I now get it. Everyone hits their own personal wall at different times/stages. I have finally hit mine. If Mitt’s in, I’m out. Also, I’m done being a sap for the “so-called conservative media”. I no longer go on Drudge (even though I almost used to ‘live’ on the site). No longer watch Fox News at night. And now minimize talk radio to pretty much just Rush (still some sanity coming from him). And of course, still sticking with Free Republic. If Obama gets re-elected, so be it - I’m done. The Republican party doesn’t give a flying FOXTROT about me as a conservative and now, after many years, the feeling is mutual.
It was written by a Reagan staffer. Some of those people have also endorsed Gingrich.
All day he was calling the attacks on Newt a ‘hit’. (almost those exact words). So, yes. (he didn’t say the specific word ‘edited’, but he may not have known.. instead he was saying it was a ‘hit’ and countering everything with his own knowledge of Newt or counter-soundbytes.)
Please. If we look more closely, we notice Rush simply reports on the attacks. He does NOT defend Newt FROM the attacks. In fact, he brushed off the magnitude of the full conservative assault on Newt, by trailing off on how Myth is being attacked by the left, and then wondered back to Newt, and then broke the pace up with his comments on his stupid tea! Then it was a commercial interruption. Come on, this guy is a master at timing and excellence. The closest Rush came that I heard was that speaking of all this, was when he incidentally mentioned, that “this” was not the Newt he remembers, speaking on some of the attacks. Then he goes into repeating them. Sheesh to Rush!
what no tongue?
Did you not listen today? He was defending him left and right. He played soudbytes of Nancy Reagan praising Newt, he talked about his own experiences learning about Newt, he quoted Reagan officials who liked Newt, and so on... He may not have used the exact words you wanted, but the overall theme today was defense of unwarranted attacks.
Pulling the band-aid off quickly.
The fact is all this stuff is out there and was going to come out so
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We can PRAY for a well deserved BACKLASH against the media elites, conservative elites and the tools and stooges of the Establishment, (including Santorum) by Tuesday.
We have FIVE days to create a backlash but it has to be done in Florida, not just here on FR. Newt needs us on the phones.
Okay. Thanks!
My best guess is that Romney and the elite Republicans know that if Mitt doesn’t win Florida, it’s all over for him. The reek of failure about him will be too strong and Newt will have all the momentum. They are firing their greatest volley against Newt in one last, desperate attempt to get Mitt a win.
The good thing about this, though, is even if Mitt does win Florida, they have spent probably all of their ammunition. Losing Florida, Newt could hang on and still win the nomination.
I am noticing too, that Newt, despite having the momentum coming out of South Carolina, seems to have that underdog charm about him. People who care want him to beat Mr. Plastic Teeth and Hair. Romney personifies that Joe Popular/Big Man on Campus that everyone hates.
Coordinated Avalanche Against Newt Doesn't Match My Memory of Reagan Years
The full transcript is there. That is probably the most time he has spent on any one candidate thus far in a segment, and it is all defending against these attacks.
I no longer trust Rush. Each to their own, but when this election is over, I will no longer listen to his show.
It bothers me to say that, because I have been with him from the beginning.
Here is a little media inside baseball. If someone throws out a line like "It's not really that it's been doctored..." that is basically saying "It has obviously been doctored...". It is leaving 'doctored' in the audience's mind. Words like that are chosen for a reason. That is a LOT stronger than saying 'edited'.
Sorry but that is not at all clear to me from reading the transcript on the FR thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2838305/posts
It reads more like phony shock to me. Like he didn't remember Newt that way and these anti-Newt stories are unsealing his puppy eyes. Audio and transcript can be vastly different but I am not liking what I read.
He was NOT defending Newt. He reported the Reagan soundbite. Rush, himself, did not defend Newt. He triangulated on the Romney-Newt attacks by underplaying the Newt assault when he tried show them as equal, the equalizer, being that Romney is being attacked too, from some lefty organizations, AS IF THEY WERE of THE SAME MAGNITUDE. Nope, Rush is triangulating at a crucial time, and it will not be found helping Newt if today’s program is an example. IMHO. I am just disagreeing with the premise, but not you and altura.
I posted a link in 72, people can judge for themselves. That seemed to be a pretty srong defense to me, not just saying that ‘others’ disagreed, but even personal observations that the attacks weren’t true.
He also implied the use of ‘doctored’ soundbytes against Newt.
Yep FL is the line in the sand for Mittens. If he loses it he will lose the nomination.
Tomorrow will only be worse than today and the day after even worse.
We need Newt Presidential tonight and hitting them out of the park.
Someone on another thread posted this, and it is what I heard also. (and yes I am getting too lazy to write my own posts).
“Rush is jumping the shark too as we speak.
He is supposedly just reporting on the hit pieces on Newt today.... But he is also injecting comments about Snerdley’s jaw on the ground and his “surprise” at some of the stuff that is coming out.
Opinions via association.,,voice inflections.
A caller is taking him to task.”
Ping!
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