Documents show media plotting to kill stories about Rev. Jeremiah Wright

[KMAN]

I know this isn't really new to any of us... We all know that the media is trying to hide bad press for Democrats but thought it was worthy enough to post anyway.


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[chanel]

Not surprising. The NYT buried their own investigation of Acorn. The Washington Post chose not to report on the Panther story. Anything that may embarrass the President or doesn't fit with their leftist agenda simply isn't news. They will eventually put themselves out of business because they are so out of touch with ordinary Americans.

 

[Tech_Esq]

From the article:

In one instance, Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent urged his colleagues to deflect attention from Obama’s relationship with Wright by changing the subject. Pick one of Obama’s conservative critics, Ackerman wrote, “Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists.

This would be an example of Rule 11 of Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals"

Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

The Liberal Media is corrupt?? No way? Can't be? Man,the Liberal Media is and always has been corrupt. This story isn't surprising to me at all. Lets face it,anyone with just a little common sense knows that Liberal Media outlets like CBS,NBC,ABC,CNN,NY Times,Washington Post,AP,etc. etc.,are designed to get Democrats elected. That's their only purpose at this point. Most Americans understand this though. The Liberal Media can't get away with what they used to get away with 20yrs. ago. People with common sense know they're basically full of chit. This scandal is just par for the course for them. Just take what they say with a grain of salt. That's what i have done for many years. It is very sad but it is what it is.

 

[boedicca]

This is a fascinating read. The MSMS conspired to cover-up the truth about Obama in order to influence the outcome of the election.

...In one instance, Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent urged his colleagues to deflect attention from Obama’s relationship with Wright by changing the subject. Pick one of Obama’s conservative critics, Ackerman wrote, “Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists.”

Michael Tomasky, a writer for the Guardian, also tried to rally his fellow members of Journolist: “Listen folks–in my opinion, we all have to do what we can to kill ABC and this idiocy in whatever venues we have. This isn’t about defending Obama. This is about how the [mainstream media] kills any chance of discourse that actually serves the people.”

“Richard Kim got this right above: ‘a horrible glimpse of general election press strategy.’ He’s dead on,” Tomasky continued. “We need to throw chairs now, try as hard as we can to get the call next time. Otherwise the questions in October will be exactly like this. This is just a disease.”

(In an interview Monday, Tomasky defended his position, calling the ABC debate an example of shoddy journalism.)

Thomas Schaller, a columnist for the Baltimore Sun as well as a political science professor, upped the ante from there. In a post with the subject header, “why don’t we use the power of this list to do something about the debate?” Schaller proposed coordinating a “smart statement expressing disgust” at the questions Gibson and Stephanopoulos had posed to Obama.

“It would create quite a stir, I bet, and be a warning against future behavior of the sort,” Schaller wrote.

Tomasky approved. “YES. A thousand times yes,” he exclaimed.

The members began collaborating on their open letter. Jonathan Stein of Mother Jones rejected an early draft, saying, “I’d say too short. In my opinion, it doesn’t go far enough in highlighting the inanity of some of [Gibson's] and [Stephanopoulos’s] questions. And it doesn’t point out their factual inaccuracies …Our friends at Media Matters probably have tons of experience with this sort of thing, if we want their input.”

 

[LibocalypseNow]

The Liberal Press is designed to get Democrats elected. Stories like this shouldn't shock anyone. The Liberals do dominate our Mainstream News Media. This is just the way it is. This is the way it has been for many many years. I think most Americans understand this though. The Liberal Press has actually become a joke at this point. This story really is typical of them.

 

[Jarhead]

This is a fascinating read. The MSMS conspired to cover-up the truth about Obama in order to influence the outcome of the election.

...In one instance, Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent urged his colleagues to deflect attention from Obama’s relationship with Wright by changing the subject. Pick one of Obama’s conservative critics, Ackerman wrote, “Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists.”

Michael Tomasky, a writer for the Guardian, also tried to rally his fellow members of Journolist: “Listen folks–in my opinion, we all have to do what we can to kill ABC and this idiocy in whatever venues we have. This isn’t about defending Obama. This is about how the [mainstream media] kills any chance of discourse that actually serves the people.”

“Richard Kim got this right above: ‘a horrible glimpse of general election press strategy.’ He’s dead on,” Tomasky continued. “We need to throw chairs now, try as hard as we can to get the call next time. Otherwise the questions in October will be exactly like this. This is just a disease.”

(In an interview Monday, Tomasky defended his position, calling the ABC debate an example of shoddy journalism.)

Thomas Schaller, a columnist for the Baltimore Sun as well as a political science professor, upped the ante from there. In a post with the subject header, “why don’t we use the power of this list to do something about the debate?” Schaller proposed coordinating a “smart statement expressing disgust” at the questions Gibson and Stephanopoulos had posed to Obama.

“It would create quite a stir, I bet, and be a warning against future behavior of the sort,” Schaller wrote.

Tomasky approved. “YES. A thousand times yes,” he exclaimed.

The members began collaborating on their open letter. Jonathan Stein of Mother Jones rejected an early draft, saying, “I’d say too short. In my opinion, it doesn’t go far enough in highlighting the inanity of some of [Gibson's] and [Stephanopoulos’s] questions. And it doesn’t point out their factual inaccuracies …Our friends at Media Matters probably have tons of experience with this sort of thing, if we want their input.”

Fascinating read, perhaps.

Completely comproimising the integrity of our republic and what made us great? No question about it.

But, of course, THIS story will be ignored by the MSM as well and it will simply go down as another right wing conspiracy that was brought about becuase our current President is black.

 

[KMAN]

Isn't this what Socialist countries do? I guess we are closer to socialism than I thought.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Listening to Lou Dobbs right now. He really is summing up these creeps perfectly. The Liberal Press is a joke. Liberal Media outlets like ABC,CBS,NBC,CNN,NY Times,Washington Post,AP,etc. etc.,only exist to get Democrats elected. I think more & more people are catching on to this though. People aren't buying their B.S. like they used to. It's just a big scam in the end. Goebbels would be so proud.

 

[boedicca]

Fascinating read, perhaps.

Completely comproimising the integrity of our republic and what made us great? No question about it.

But, of course, THIS story will be ignored by the MSM as well and it will simply go down as another right wing conspiracy that was brought about becuase our current President is black.

Of course the MSM will ignore - many of whom are losing viewer/readership and looking to DC for a bailout. The same DC that is now attempting to put more restrictions on the alternate media (i.e. blogs). It's not a coincidence that the Feds shut down 73,000 blogs last week with no notice.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Fascinating read, perhaps.

Completely comproimising the integrity of our republic and what made us great? No question about it.

But, of course, THIS story will be ignored by the MSM as well and it will simply go down as another right wing conspiracy that was brought about becuase our current President is black.

Of course the MSM will ignore - many of whom are losing viewer/readership and looking to DC for a bailout. The same DC that is now attempting to put more restrictions on the alternate media (i.e. blogs). It's not a coincidence that the Feds shut down 73,000 blogs last week with no notice.

Yea this is incredibly disturbing. Socialism just doesn't work in the end. It always leads to terrible Government abuses like this. People like to obsess over the Socialist spending madness and they're right to be upset about that but it's things like this that should be even more disturbing to them. People better get out and vote. They're losing their country to the Socialists/Progressives. Better stand up now before it's too late. Make 2010 count people.

 

[American Horse]

The Liberal Media is corrupt?? No way? Can't be? Man,the Liberal Media is and always has been corrupt. This story isn't surprising to me at all. Lets face it,anyone with just a little common sense knows that Liberal Media outlets like CBS,NBC,ABC,CNN,NY Times,Washington Post,AP,etc. etc.,are designed to get Democrats elected. That's their only purpose at this point. Most Americans understand this though. The Liberal Media can't get away with what they used to get away with 20yrs. ago. People with common sense know they're basically full of chit. This scandal is just par for the course for them. Just take what they say with a grain of salt. That's what i have done for many years. It is very sad but it is what it is.

But wait! But wait! The media and the press....they're all corporate owned; why would they work to get tthe Dems elected? -

They really do believe this. That is how well their filter works. I have liberal friends, and they really do believe it.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Yea many corporate a*sholes give Billions of Dollars to the Democratic Party. George Soros is one of the richest corporate a*sholes in the world and he completely owns the Democratic Party. The Socialist/Progressive argument that the Mainstream News Media can't be controlled by them because of corporate ownership is complete Bull Chit. Look at GE for example. They own a large stake in NBC and look at all the constant boot-licking propaganda they provide for this current administration. GE stands to make $Billions off this administration's possible coming "Global Warming" legislation. They are absolutely in bed together.

Most of the Mainstream News Media is dominated by Liberals/Democrats. This is just fact. They are corrupt. This is also fact. They now only exist to get Democrats elected. The silver lining is that most Americans do understand this and aren't falling for their tricks anymore. We do have alternative media sources now as well. You can get the truth but you just have to dig deeper. One thing i will always stand by and that is...Never ever trust the Liberal Media.

 

[Gadawg73]

Most media is corrupt. The talking heads sell soap.
No one these days gets facts from media.

 

[The Infidel]

Not surprising. The NYT buried their own investigation of Acorn. The Washington Post chose not to report on the Panther story. Anything that may embarrass the President or doesn't fit with their leftist agenda simply isn't news. They will eventually put themselves out of business because they are so out of touch with ordinary Americans.

washingtonpost.com

Nahh... The Washington Post is too busy with seeing if BP doctored a picture!
Big wooptie doo!

If the MSM would actually do their jobs and investigate real problems and real issues, we might actually be able to have leadership in Washigton DC that was afraid of doing something untoward or dishonest -- hmmm imaging that