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ABC's Peter Jennings exhibited hints of leftist concerns on the Late Show
Media Research Center via E-Mail | December 26, 2001

Posted on 12/26/2001 4:44:39 AM PST by PJ-Comix

Friday night on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman, ABC's Peter Jennings exhibited hints of leftist concerns as he twice fretted about the difference between "nationalism" and "patriotism," pleading for people to "respect the differences that exist in the country...especially...on the issue of patriotism," asserted that "campaigning against terrorism around the world" is "just too simple" since "there are a lot of root causes for dissatisfaction around the world," maintained global leadership is "not just American business or selling American culture around the world," and bemoaned how "Americans are pretty insular people for the most part."

Appearing on the December 21 show to promote the New Year's Eve coverage planned by ABC News in prime time, Jennings recalled:

"I spent a Saturday night in a high school in Boulder, Colorado filming, for a new series we're doing on the country, a high school production of Hair. Very white, suburban neighborhood, mostly Republican kids, I thought. I was immensely struck about their attitudes toward patriotism and their attitudes about nationalism and they helped me listen and look for it in other places and you do find it. You know, there are many definitions of patriotism, there's confusion between patriotism and nationalism. So yes, I think the country in the wake of September has looked very closely at itself, tried hard to understand ourselves. I think some of the public leaders have just been awesome. I know you've heard this a hundred times on his program, I think the Mayor and the President just had the right tone for so long."

Letterman soon wondered if it's important for leaders to ask for sacrifice in order to provide the "notion we are all in this together?" Jennings lectured Americans:

"I also think it's very important for us to respect the differences that exist in the country. I think that's especially true on the issue of patriotism. I think next year's going to be very challenging. The Middle East is going to be a huge challenge. What happens in the Southern Philippines in terms of terrorism. What's going to happen between India and Pakistan. I mean, I sometimes think India and Pakistan can hardly wait to attack each other. They both have nuclear weapons. And it isn't just about campaigning against terrorism around the world. That's just too simple. There are a lot of root causes for dissatisfaction around the world and I think for the country to exercise real global leadership, when globalization in itself is kind of complicated, it's not just American business or selling American culture around the world. I think it's a very big challenge for a leader to get us all engaged in that because, you know, Americans are pretty insular people for the most part."

But unlike Jennings, who is still a Canadian citizen, we are Americans.


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To: PJ-Comix
"Which reminds me. I still would love to see Peter Jennings' book list."

PJ -

That could be a thread unto itself!

Some ideas:
1. More Fun with Dick and Jane
2. The Art of Hair Gel
3. The Communist Manifesto

Any other ideas?

-CD

22 posted on 12/26/2001 5:23:23 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: PJ-Comix
Maybe some emails to ABC regarding the non citizen instructing real Americans on his news soap box could be why some of us do not watch him?
23 posted on 12/26/2001 5:26:20 AM PST by oldironsides
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To: PJ-Comix
the Palestinian chick that Jennings was shtooping

That would be Asnan Haswari(sp) who is interviewed as a palestinian spokesperson all the time on tv.

24 posted on 12/26/2001 5:29:10 AM PST by AmusedBystander
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To: bandleader
People from Colorado are conservative? I don't think so!
25 posted on 12/26/2001 5:30:08 AM PST by Sunshine Sister
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To: Rooper
Thanks for the early morning laugh!
26 posted on 12/26/2001 5:33:39 AM PST by Sunshine Sister
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To: Constitution Day
Any other ideas?

"How To Pick Up Chicks"

27 posted on 12/26/2001 5:36:08 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: opbuzz
You are correct. Boulder is by no means a Republican stronghold. Quite the contrary.
28 posted on 12/26/2001 5:37:48 AM PST by Bahbah
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To: Sunshine Sister
People from Colorado are conservative? I don't think so!

Isn't Boulder very liberal and filled with liberal Yuppies? My understanding is that Boulder is similar in many ways to Marin County, CA. Once again this proves how STUPID Peter Jennings is if he considers Boulder to be some sort of bastion of Republicanism.

29 posted on 12/26/2001 5:39:03 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
""How To Pick Up Chicks"

LOL! He needs to read that one if he thinks Hanan Ashrawi is a hot babe!

30 posted on 12/26/2001 5:40:10 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Prysson
I find it interesting...and annoying..that liberals always say we have to be accepting and understanding and tolerant to diverse opinions ....

Until you try to express a conservative opinion and they raise their voices and cut you off, drown you out, won't even let you finish what you're saying. I've also noticed that they are more than ready to hold forth about their own views and will do so, with very little encouragement, for hours. But they will never even ask you what you think. If you manage to indicate you even have an opinion that differs from them, they make it very clear that they don't want to hear it, and moreover, you shouldn't be allowed to say it to anyone else either. For the public good, you know.

31 posted on 12/26/2001 5:41:36 AM PST by Anamensis
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To: Bahbah
You are correct. Boulder is by no means a Republican stronghold. Quite the contrary.

Once again proving what a complete MORON Peter Jennings is if he considers Boulder to be a bastion of Republicanism. What next, Peter? Will you report that Broward County, FL is a Republican stronghold? You better go back to Canada, Peter, since your political analysis of the USA is completely erroneous.

32 posted on 12/26/2001 5:41:58 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
I have never heard a working definition of Nationalism from anybody who cast's it in a negative light. I can only presume that what they mean is the equivalent to Nazi Germany.

However, when I think of Nationalism, I think of the safety and well-being of our NATION, as in NATIONAL security. How anybody could confuse supporting our NATION with PATRIOTIC fervor with Nazi Germany is just plain loco... or, perhaps they have an agenda... as in to paint USA patriotism as Nazi-esque, therefore demeaning and defusing our vital national defense.

33 posted on 12/26/2001 5:44:02 AM PST by Godfollow
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To: Constitution Day
Any other ideas?

The Jungle, (socialist propoganda extraordinaire).

34 posted on 12/26/2001 5:45:20 AM PST by Anamensis
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To: PJ-Comix
Then you do remember the penis hangings at the Boulder library and subsequent theft. Bubba and Al would feel right at home in Boulder. The conservatives in the state live to the south in Colorado Springs...
35 posted on 12/26/2001 5:46:47 AM PST by Cool_V
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To: PJ-Comix
The left always equates "nationalism" and "patriotism" together, even though this is huge leap of logic. This belief also fits in well with their communist agenda of "international socialism", or INAZI for short.
36 posted on 12/26/2001 5:49:14 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Alas Babylon!
I can only say ewwwwwww!
37 posted on 12/26/2001 5:50:08 AM PST by texson66
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To: Cool_V
Here is a description of Boulder on a Colorado tourism Website:

Boulder's reputation precedes it. Long before you crest State 36 and glimpse this city set against the angular walls of the Flatiron Range, you know you are heading for a haven of fitness and liberal politics. As one popular comment has it, Boulder is "20 square miles surrounded by reality."

This is also a good description of Peter's brain: "20 square centimeters surrounded by reality."

38 posted on 12/26/2001 5:50:27 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: Constitution Day
No kidding!...here's what they are talking about


39 posted on 12/26/2001 5:52:44 AM PST by texson66
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To: PJ-Comix
He's stupid if he thinks the terrorism the world faces has anything at all to do with American nationalism or American patriotism. He needs to forget all that and open his eyes to what's behind the problems we face.
40 posted on 12/26/2001 5:54:51 AM PST by FITZ
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