Posted on 10/27/2008 7:11:28 PM PDT by Chet 99
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a room full of television industry executives, no one seemed inclined to defend MSNBC on Monday for what some were calling its lopsidedly liberal coverage of the presidential election.
The cable news channel is "completely out of control," said writer-producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, a self-proclaimed liberal Democrat.
She added that she would prefer a lunch date with right-leaning Fox News star Sean Hannity over left-leaning MSNBC star Keith Olbermann.
Olbermann was criticized by many who attended Monday's luncheon sponsored by the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The event was dubbed "Hollywood, America and Election '08."
Bloodworth-Thomason and others seemed especially critical of the way MSNBC -- and other media -- has attacked Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin while demeaning her supporters.
"We should stop the demonizing," she said, adding that Democrats have been worse than Republicans as far as personal attacks on candidates are concerned. "It diminishes us," she said of her fellow Democrats.
Bloodworth-Thomason even suggested a defense of Palin and her supporters should be written into TV programing, just as she went out of her way to portray Southern women as smart in her hit TV show "Designing Women."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Frankly, Olbermann’s political leanings are no different than Brokaw’s. He just presents them in a maniacal way.
Brokaw pretends to be intellectual.
Same crap, different delivery.
IMO, Lynn Forester de Rothschild certainly is! ROAR!!!
no...it’s rat-wingers showing their softer side so if hussien wins they can say, “well we spoke out against the demonization of Sarah Palin” as we bash 0bama....
If Obama wins KO loses. He is only effective(in liberal eyes) on the attack. If liberals were in power they would have no reason to get their “fix” watching him bellyache about all things Republican. He would simply fade away.
They’re just disgruntled hillary supporters thinking about what might have been.
IMO, not much difference between her heinous and his lowness.
Trash is trash and they’re both traitors.
If I ever ran into Olberman, I’d probably end up in jail for battery.
I’ve never seen “Designing Women” in my life. Not once.
I have a vague idea about the characters from some of the promo spots they used to run, but I’ve never seen the show.
I think it’s because as a man I have a phobia about “designing women”...... :^)
They will start implementing this change next Wednesday..
Sarah Palin Is Very Smart [Greg Pollowitz]
Via Hugh Hewitt, so says former Ms. Magazine editor-in-chief Elaine Lafferty. Well see, however, if Laffertys Daily Beast posting gets as much media attention as that other Daily Beast posting. An excerpt:
Its difficult not to froth when one reads, as I did again and again this week, doubts about Sarah Palins intelligence, coming especially from women such as PBSs Bonnie Erbe, who, as near as I recall, has not herself heretofore been burdened with the Susan Sontag of Journalism moniker. As Fred Barnes God help me, Im agreeing with Fred Barnes suggests in The Weekly Standard, these high toned and authoritative dismissals come from people who have never met or spoken with Sarah Palin. Those who know her, love her or hate her, offer no such criticism. They know what I know, and I learned it from spending just a little time traveling on the cramped campaign plane this week: Sarah Palin is very smart.
Im a Democrat, but Ive worked as a consultant with the McCain campaign since shortly after Palins nomination. Last week, there was the thought that as a former editor-in-chief of Ms. magazine as well as a feminist activist in my pre-journalism days, I might be helpful in contributing to a speech that Palin had long wanted to give on womens rights.
Now by smart, I dont refer to a person who is wily or calculating or nimble in the way of certain talented athletes who we admire but suspect dont really have serious brains in their skulls. I mean, instead, a mind that is thoughtful, curious, with a discernable pattern of associative thinking and insight. Palin asks questions, and probes linkages and logic that bring to mind a quirky law professor I once had. Palin is more than a quick study; Id heard rumors around the campaign of her photographic memory and, frankly, I watched it in action. She sees. She processes. She questions, and only then, she acts. What is often called her confidence is actually a rarity in national politics: I saw a woman who knows exactly who she is.
10/27 08:30 PM
The same thing was said about Rush Limbaugh when Bush won...
For a “uniter” Obambi and his minions have turned out too be the biggest polarizers in American history.
Hell has not frozen over. The new-found “generousity” of spirit toward Palin, etc is because they are utterly confident that they are going to rout the gop.
They see themselves on top, the ones in control, they have to manage perception. This is PR people.
Exactly...it's not like this bias is a new phenomenon.
Heres several millions (minimum) of PUMAs, etc..
Hillary Clinton Supporters For John McCain:
http://www.hcsfjm.com
Party Unity My A$$ PAC/People United Means Action PAC:
http://blog.pumapac.org
Democrats Against Obama/Nobama ever!
http://democrats-against-obama.org
Just Say No Deal:
http://justsaynodeal.com
Take a look around these sites for a half hour or 45 minutes....(there are hundreds more linked to these, just look for links)
Must be - Hollywood hates us. Hates our children. Hates everything about us...
They're losing money? One can hope.
I loved the pet pig.
People said basically the same thing about Rush Limbaugh after W. was elected yet Rush has been able to stay on top of talk radio with a Republican in the WH for 8 yrs.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.