There is a special place in Hell reserved for ABC radio(post-speech dirty ambush)

lying sorry bastards at abc radio news division | 9/7/03 | Angry American sick of journalistic lies

[Diddle E. Squat]

Immediately after the President's speech on Iraq, ABC radio went to its damage control and counterattack segment(under the guise of analysis). First up was a foreign policy 'expert', which they loudly trumpeted as working for the Reagan, Bush, and (suddenly mumbled) Clinton administrations, implying that he was oh so impartial. He immediately began to attack Bush's credibility, focusing on how there was no connection between Al Queada and Iraq. Said Bush wants badly to imply such a connection, while being careful not to actual state any proof, since "clearly there is absolutely no connection between Iraq and Al Quaeda." I guess this supposed 'expert' had never heard of Salman Pak, never heard of the top Al Quaeda leader travelling to Iraq both before AND after 9/11, never heard of the Al Quaeda members captured in the north mountains of Iraq(Kurd territory) even while the war was taking place? Even leaving out the disputed meeting with Atta in Prague(which the Czech and other intelligence agencies stand by) how can one state that there is 'clearly' no connection if one has even halfway followed the Iraq situation the last 2 years? Either he is an ignorant buffoon(which is near impossible, given how long he served) or a flat out liar smearing Bush for political gain. Same goes for ABC news, which, and this does seem pretty clear, seems to have chosen this expert because he could be counted on to criticize Bush.

Next came Howard Dean. He rattled off the expected baloney. No problem there, good journalism would present the other side of the political argument. Except that their preceding guest had already presented that, under the false pretense of an objective analyst.

Then came former Clinton staff member George Stephanopolous. More baloney, and clearly piling on. This was a planned ambush by ABC radio from the get go. At this point I am practically screaming at all the lies streaming from the radio, so they turned it off before I ran us off the road! But it was almost the top of the hour, and I am nearly certain that there was no other guest brought on to present the GOP side. So Bush, then 3 liberals, and no rebuttal of the liberal lies. Nice job ABC, as usual.

And they will get away with it. What can one do? E-mail's will do nothing, it would be no different than e-mailing Hillary's office. There has been a clear agenda at ABC news for several years, no other network(not even CNN) comes close to their increasing level of bias and slant. Boycott would be nice(considering how ABC entertainment has publicly proclaimed for several years that they were trying to 'push the envelope', what they have done to Disney, and the questionable ethics/morals/innuendo that they have even infected the ABC Family Channel with), but it would never work, being too hard to formulate a simple grassroots message explaining the need for such.

But there is comfort knowing that if not in this life, they will get what is coming afterwards. Sorry, some may disagree, but I think some of the worst elements of the media do have real negative impacts, does influence major policy and political decisions, decisions that do produce major and long-lasting damage. How many lives were lost because a Clinton failed to act, while a George H.W.Bush or Dole might have changed the course of history? The myth of the 'worst economy of the last 50 years' did influence enough persons for a while to change history, and change it for the worse. There are blood on the hands of the accomplices. My thread title is somewhat in humor, yet I also believe it to be quite true for some people who advance evil.

[dufekin]

American Broadcasting Corporation
Terrorist Military Dictator Support Network

[Lunatic Fringe]

WBAP is an ABC affiliate, and I believe owned by Disney Radio.

I cant start my day without listening to Hal J and the Gang.

[CedarDave]

It was an ABC station (Drudge affiliate) that I was listening to.

[Consort]

One more reason to vote straight Republican until further notice.

[arasina]

HOWARD DEAN'S SPEECHWRITER

[Wolverine]

The most effective way to influence the media is thru THEIR LOCAL AFFILIATES. Everyone usually goes to the top of any media organization.

 

Note the advertisers who support the local media. Identify them by email and let them know what you think.

 

Local advertisers respond to local viewers. The national media is impervious to the local viewer.

 

I'm sure you have seen threads about getting FOX on local stations....they made the ultimate decision to carry FOX...they responded to local calls to carry FOX.

 

The same idea applies to changing  or influencing local programming... ultimately, local stations make their local situation known to the national media. When enough local stations begin to complain to their national providers changes can take place.

[martin_fierro]

But haven't you heard?

There's a Conservative Bias in media.

I heard a bunch of rabid "journalists" tell Marvin Kalb as much on C-SPAN this morning.

< /sarcasm >

[Exit148]

I usually laugh, since the ABC station I listen to is 770 in NYC. They have wall to wall conservative shows on the air that have often already refuted some of the more outrageous stuff on the top and bottom of the hour news. ;-)

I know what you mean. The other day Jennings was going on about something in the top of the hour news. I just laughed. Those who listen to 770 usually know their stuff, and dismiss Jennings and anything he has to say. His voice on that station is like a gnat that needs swatting.

[StriperSniper]

The local reporters are pretty good, like Babita(sp?) and Bruce Anderson. Bruce tries hard not to have an ideological opinion, but seems to be fairly conservative, or at least a common sense kind of guy.

[need_a_screen_name]

But haven't you heard?

There's a Conservative Bias in media.

That's EXACTLY what most DU'ers claim. Incredible!

[ChadGore]

Re:Same goes for ABC news

[JohnnyP]

Vic Ratner is the worst.

[Proangel]

As soon as I heard the ABC Radio Anti-Bush diatribe, I switched stations to the Tennessee/Oakland game. I'm not going to waste anytime listening to their BS.

[maica]

Conservative talk shows make money and ABC sells their news feed for peanuts. It is time for those of us who call local shows to phone in when the most egregious statements are made. Then the refutation is heard on air.

I have found that a call to the office of the news director of the local station often stops the extra repetitions of the most hateful stuff.

[tubavil]

I heard it, it was crap. Completely transparent anti-Bush sandbagging.

The only good news is that they are really desperate to be so blatantly obvious.

[Born Conservative]

Unfortunately, our local "conservative" radio station is a Clear Channel station, and use ABC radio for their news. Very ironic that the station carrying Rush, Sean, and Savage would transmit the liberal propoganda from ABC Radio News...

[joesbucks]

I heard what you are writing about. However, tell me what was incorrect about what Stephy said. He mentioned that it was a change of tactic by the adm (which it was), that Wolfowicz had mentioned that rebuilding Iraq would be able to be paid by oil revenues (and now the adm is asking for $$) and something else.

It may have been anti-Bush, but I heard nothing from Stephy that was incorrect.

[cyncooper]

I would be very interested in the name of the "expert", because in the nineties the clinton administration most definitely said Iraq and bin Laden were forging an alliance.

[The UnVeiled Lady]

I emailed my local clear channel station and said they need to get foxnews feed. and included this article it is ridulous for us to be forced to listen to ABC.