Posted on 07/12/2007 12:02:39 PM PDT by Pyro7480
Thursday’s edition of "Good Morning America" featured a Diane Sawyer anecdote that unintentionally revealed the low opinion Americans have of journalists. After wrapping up a July 12 segment on a Massachusetts man who is in trouble for attempting to avoid jury duty, the ABC co-host recounted the "hurtful" experience she had in a courtroom:
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7:34am
[Wrap up of segment on getting out of jury duty.]
Diane Sawyer: "You know, I wanted to sit on a jury once and I was taken off the jury. And the judge said to me, 'Can, you know, can you tell the truth and be fair?' And I said, 'That's what journalists do.' And everybody in the courtroom laughed. It was the most hurtful moment I think I've ever had."
>>>>>>>The funny thing is that she still doesn`t understand!<<<<<<<<<<
Thats because the believe there own spin to be facts.
Tell a lie often enough and..........
That made my day!
Everyone should see the short video.
I’m thinking about writing Diane Sawyer, and asking her if she really thinks anybody believes journalists?
‘The funny thing is that she still doesn`t understand!’
I’d say it proves shes a natural blonde...../
Pauline Kael lamenting the fact that McGovern lost the 72 election.
All the best liars do. Have you ever worked with a really good salesperson? They all believe their own BS (at least until they close the sale).
I hate to defend Sawyer, but she was laughing and joking when she said “it was the most hurtful experience I’ve ever had.”
Because to them the truth is a relative thing.
I cannot believe that these lying leftists are so deluded they can actually think of themselves as “honest”. They know they lie every day.
He ended up as foreman too.
I'd have been ROTFLMAOPMP if I'd been hearing Sawyer that day.
Reporters, reporterettes, their editors, producers and managers should be prohibited from being on juries.
HA HA!
Of course they laughed, Diane. It was a great joke. Now tell us the one about the honest politician...
Tell a lie often enough and..........
“It’s only a lie if you think it is a lie.” - George Costanza
If she’d been really clever, she would have said that journalists are just about as truthful and fair as lawyers...
Pathological liars believe with all their hearts that they’re telling the truth.
The media is pathological.
And, they lie like rugs.
Hahahaha! So true, so true :)
Funny, but probably true
LOL!! I was reading the replies first, and then I had gone back and copied that shortcut to paste here, but you beat me to it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864937/posts
Apparently reporters do not have to check their perception now and then so when something hits them like the jury story they can’t figure it out. See reporters perception below.
When a visitor to a small town in Georgia came upon a wild dog attacking a young boy, he quickly grabbed the animal and throttled it with his two hands.
A reporter saw the incident, congratulated the man and told him the headline the following day would read, “Valiant Local Man Saves Child by Killing Vicious Animal.”
The hero told the journalist that he wasn’t from that town.
“Well, then,” the reporter said, “the headline will probably say, ‘Georgia Man Saves Child by Killing Dog’.”
“Actually,” the man said, “I’m from Connecticut.”
“In that case,” the reporter said in a huff, “the headline should read, ‘Yankee Kills Family Pet’.”
Demonstrating that Diane isn't just a journalist.
She's a blonde journalist...
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