President Obama Highlights a Favorite Cause of Bloggers
At his Town Hall at the DNC the other day, President Obama took notice of how dysfunctional the media’s role has become:
“…I have to say, part of the reason it spreads is the way reporting is done today. If somebody puts out misinformation, ‘Obama’s Creating Death Panels,’ then the way the news report comes across is: ‘Today such-and-such accused President Obama of putting forward death panels. The White House responded that that wasn’t true.’ And then they go on to the next story. And what they don’t say is, ‘In fact, it isn’t true.’
“You know, it’s fine to have a debate back and forth — he said, she said — except when somebody else is just not even telling remotely the truth. Then you should say in your reports, ‘Oh, and by the way, that’s just not true.’
“But that doesn’t happen often enough.”
You got that right. He made this observation after being asked a question via Twitter wanting to know where all of the lies about the reform effort come from. Not only did he point the finger at certain cable channels, but reminded folks that they are not being informed by a media who thinks that objectivity is just reporting the he say/she say.
More like this please!
And if you are interested in the entire video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdrXh7wunMM[/youtube]
Tags: Complicit Media, President Obama
The dumacrates have it wrong again.
Such a mature and cogent analysis by Carl. I think all of us liberal bloggers will just hang it up now.
Such a dumb comment by Carl. It always fascinates me when people have the nerve to call others dumb but can’t get the spelling of their own warped terminology correct. By including an “e” in the word “dumacratEs,” Carl has turned the second “a” into a long-a. Meaning it’s now pronounced “dum-a-crAYts.” Crazy Carl may want to familiarize himself with the long-a sound by clicking here.
Geez, dude, if you’re gonna lob an insult and call someone dumb, at least make sure you get it right.
It’s “dumocrats.” Dummy.
MM, that’s some pretty weak shit, you are out of practice.
and in other news, the Senate is pulling the death panel provision from the bill, that was never in the bill.
OK, Mike, how’s this? You’re a dipshit
You forgot to end your sentence with a period, liberbill.
`harping in spelling and punctuation???????
IMPOSTER! your no Mike Mathews!
the real MM has a brain and a spark of creativity
I generally don’t correct spelling and grammar. It doesn’t interest me as it’s simply nitpicking and doesn’t advance an argument. However, when one makes such a patently DUMB comment, but can’t spell the invented word correctly, then I think they’re fair game.
All in good fun, my dear anoni.
Mike, you’re a good person, plus or minus 100, now minus. Great! One always knows where you stand, untied to most partisan garbage, which is why I always like to hear what you have to say on here.
My other point is to call attention to an example of where the press does a great job, this one appearing in today’s WaPo, entitled: “5 Myths About Health Care Around the World”. It is a very well researched article written concisely, the best I’ve seen to date. I recommend reading it, therefore you can find it right here.
Specter Calls for Hearings on End-of-Life Care Guide for Veterans (Obama’s program)
fox news ^ | 8/23/2009 |
Sen. Arlen Specter on Sunday called for hearings to scrutinize a guide for veterans’ end-of-life care which one former Bush official says sends a “hurry-up-and-die” message to injured troops. The guide, called “Your Life, Your Choices,” was suspended under the Bush administration but has been revived under the current Department of Veterans Affairs. Jim Towey, former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, told “FOX News Sunday” that the pamphlet makes injured veterans feel like a burden, encourages the severely injured to die and should be tossed out. Asked about the document, Specter, a member of the Veterans’…