Posted on 06/22/2004 9:40:16 PM PDT by Williams
Anyone who saw Nightline tonight saw the power of the liberal media to completely hide facts and spoon feed a message to the American people straight from the DNC. Tonight's Nightline was a 30 minute John Kerry campaign commercial.
It was mentioned that John Kerry became a "peace activist" after the war, and we heard Karen Hughes in a 5 second clip saying that Kerry accused his fellow soldiers of horrendous acts. We were never shown what Kerry said about the soldiers.
We were told there was some controversy about John Kerry throwing medals, but not told what the controversy was. Instead, we heard only John Kerry responding to questions that I believe were raised by ABC, stating "this is done by a Republican campaign that can't even account for whether George Bush showed up in duty in Georgia." No explanation that Kerry misled people about throwing his medals away for decades, or that the George Bush National Guard issue was eliminated by a total release of all Bush records, or that Kerry didn't answer the questions about his own actions and instead stooped to the worst of the Dem campaign tactics - insinuating that the president was a deserter. No, Kerry's false accusation was presented as the end all answer to questions that we never heard.
Almost all of the show was heart wrenching testimonials by the Kerry swift boat crew. Zero mention that he uses in his campaign a photo of veterans who overwhelmingly oppose him and say he is unfit.
We were told quickly that Kerry's 3 purple hearts "meant that he could be sent home." Zero about the fact he immediately requested to come home to a cushy job in an Admiral's office.
Ted Koppel was shocked that the Republicans were making Vietnam an issue in light of Bush's questionable record. This was to the live guest, a NYT reporter who agreed.
There was nothing about what Kerry did to undermine the U.S. after the war. Zero. The entire program pretended that crazy republicans were somehow criticizing Kerry's heroic war service. Even though the real issues have been almost totally about his anti-war behavior.
We saw the footage of Kerry walking through a village with his rifle. No mention that he was the kind of man who staged the scene with his own photographer for political use.
In summary, the message was : Bush and Cheney are shirkers or worse, Kerry is an incredible war hero, and that was the end of that. After watching the show - no, after the first five minutes - you could not doubt that Koppel and the producers of this "news" show had to know exactly what they were doing. Had to know they were burying the real issues about John Kerry, that they were presenting a one sided love song to the most left wing, anti-military, anti- Cold War member of the U.S. Senate.
It was despicable, but then it was Nightline. Oh, and they topped it off with the latest casualties in Iraq, in case you missed the already overt message that we need a war veteran in the White House to clean up this mess.
Nightline is so blatantly biased against Republicans that it is now an absolute disgrace to "journalism." I can't stand to watch it, even for 30 seconds. The only good thing about Nightline is their ratings are so low that it doesn't have much impact on anyone these days.
Sorry I typed Georgia, it was the Alabama quote
great post.
Defeat the INSURGENT LEFT-WING MEDIA
i remember koppel pulling this during the bush vs. clinton campaign. i gave up on nightline at that point.
i thought it had been cancelled.
koppel is a narcissistic liberal. but he probably keeps a whole stable of people employed doing his hair, which is good for the economy.
LOL, gee, I missed it.
As did all but a handful of people who don't have cable or dish yet.
Your point is valid but overstated. Very few people are going to be swayed by a boring, stale old news show like Nightline or its has-been host, Koppel. That scumbag and his show are gasping for air at this point. It is on its last legs largely BECAUSE it is strictly a Democrat operation. Decent people are sick of it.
Hopefully, the whole franchise will die soon.
Regards,
LH
What the F@$^&*** are you doing watching Ted Koppel? He died over 8 years ago. That is just his ghost or a shadow person inhabiting his earthly shell.
I used to enjoy Nightline. Now I won't turn on that channel at that time of night.
Williams description was dead on; there was no mention of the Swift Boat veterans - the vets on the show were the same 3 or 4 that are always with him, the ones he called in 1996 to rescue his campaign for the Senate.
It was very slanted. Not a word about what he accused his fellow veterans of.
That's all they have -- but the press seems determined to hand him the presidency.
I wonder....We have become so used to the outrageous media, and as disgusted as we are, do we even recognize the magnitude of what the media is trying to do - essentially determine the outcome of an election in a free republic? What does the media and its political allies really want? If Kerry wins - and if he does, it can all be attributed to the media - what does it bode for future elections? In Kerry's 4-8 years, will things become so stacked in favor of the Communi...er, I mean, Democrats...that the conservative voice will be, essentially, silenced? Limbaugh doesn't get it. He says liberalsim is all but dead. Yet, it runs the college campuses and is, in an understatement, the dominant ideology in the media and entertainment industry. I think that if Kerry wins, regulations and such will be so enacted that conservatism will be totally hamstrung. Now, AP is suing the Pentagon for all of Bush's military records. The story of the election is not Iraq or the economy. It is that the media is so blatantly trying to win a national election for the side it prefers, with no pretense of objectivity and fairness.
No doubt about that.
The question is whether they still have that much power.
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How can ABC News, in good conscience, deny after tonight's Nightline that it does not have a liberal bias and an ongoing "Dump Bush" agenda? Your far-left news programing has driven me and most of my friends to the more "fair and balanced" Fox News as the only alternative to the propagandist alphabet networks.
Regards,
Lenny
IMO, it's looking pretty grim. In my life, I've never seen such out and out lies spoken as fact.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bush did not win.
It also proves how worried they are about this topic
I believe Saudi Arabia owns a large interest in ABCommunists. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
The islamocommie model is alive and well in America - the enemy of my enemy is my friend...today.
Ping about another awful 'Howdy Doody' Nightline show!!
He undermined the Viet war when he got home and he was just a soldier. Imagine what he`s going to do as President. Democ-rats keep saying "This may be the most important election of your life" Damn straight it will be. If this moron wins, we can expect terror attacks that will make 911 look like a baby burp by comparison. Sort of like Pol Pot 2. Johnny Kerry said leave the animal alone back then and the animal ended up slaughtering 2 million people.
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