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1/9/2009: 12:39 pm: Markpolitics and politicians, news, mainstream media

Palin browbeats the pro-Obama press, Tapper whines his denial

Filmmaker John Ziegler interviewed Sarah Palin for his new documentary Media Malpractice… How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Smeared, and ABC News’ Jake Tapper predictably whines because the governor calls the media on its beyond-blatant bias. These people of t times seem to lack the intellectual ability to undergo some healthy introspection. Tapper is certainly not one of the worst as far as a pro-Obama bias, but his self-righteous defenses over the campaign were like a drunken opera soprano singing one note badly.

11/24/2008: 9:52 am: Markmainstream media

Time Mag’s Halpering admits failure

Mark Halperin of TIME magazine had this to say about the U.S. media at the Politico/USC conference on the 2008 election:

“It’s the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war,” Halperin said at a panel of media analysts. “It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage.”

Thank you for the admission, Mark, but you are a little late. Some of us were pointing out this bias as it was being evinced. You, Halperin, were part of the media effort to throw the election into Obama’s lap with misreporting, lack of reporting, and lies. Realizing that he is part of the incompetent mess which was our media, Halperin excuses himself:

“You do have to take into account the fact that this was a remarkable candidacy,” Halperin said. “There were a lot of good stories. He was new.”

That does not forgive the puerile, nauseating bias. You have FAILED.

11/23/2008: 1:16 pm: Markpolitics and politicians, mainstream media

The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: The Review

Sunday, November 23, 2008PREFACE:

On FNS, David Axelrod said that his role in the Obama Administration will be working with the President on the communications end of it, not policy formation. Next on FNS, House Republican leader John Boehner refused any blame for the House Republicans’ 50-seat losses in the last two elections. He said that the GOP has to again become a party of solutions based on “our principles.” Sitting next to him, House Dem leader Steny Hoyer argued that Obama will cut taxes for 95% of Americans and that tax cuts have given us the worse economy “since Herbert Hoover.” Go figure.

On TW, Axelrod said that Obama won’t give an answer on Hillary as Sec of State until after the holidays. Next up, Senator Richard Shelby said that the government should not bail out Citibank. Senator Schumer argued that the government should have bailed out Lehman Brothers.

On MTP’s first segment, James Baker said that the Republicans could support what moderator Tom Brokaw described as a “massive public stimulation program that is directed by the government,” suggested by Obama for the start of his term, depending on what is in it. Obama advisor Bill Daley said that it was more likely that Obama let the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010 than repeal them next year.

Next segment, Joe Lieberman smacked Brokaw’s derisive tones around on whether or not he insulted Barack Obama at the RNC. Lieberman also seemed to tacitly accept the Tina Fey-David Frum notion of Governor Sarah Palin.

On FTN, Austen Goolsby suggested that the government could provide “bridge financing” to the auto industry while credit was tight, provided it was not a “bridge to nowhere.” Next on FTN, Nancy said that federal government wanted to be a “partner” to the auto industry but that at some point, Congress might have to fire the Big Three auto execs.

On LE, Mitt Romney favored a bailout package for the auto industry provided they detail a plan for success. (This was contrary to his NYT op/ed and in line with the Pelosi plan.) Next, Michigan Governor Jenn Granholm seemed caught off guard by Romney’s sudden reversal, prepared as she was to attack his op/ed.

Read the show-by-show review at RedState.com

11/22/2008: 9:51 am: Markpolitics and politicians, mainstream media

The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: a preview

For Sunday, November 23, 2008

FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace hosts Obama political op David Axelrod and House Republican Leader John Boehner & House Dem Leader Steny Hoyer.

This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos chats with Axelrod, Chuckie Schumer, and Senator Richard Shelby.

Meet the Press (NBC): Moderator Tom Brokaw (?) talks to James Baker, former Clinton commerce secretary William Daley, and Joe Lieberman.

Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer hosts Nancy and someone named Austan Goolsbee.

Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer talks to Carl Levin (Michigan, Senator), Jenn Granholm (Michigan, Governor), and his usual cast of thousands and thousands.

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Axelrod is going to be a White House Senior Advisor, the Karl Rove of the Obama Administration but beloved of the media. On TW, Schumer and Shelby will argue about the Auto Bailout plan. Chuckie’s all for it, but Senator Shelby has been steadfast agin it.

I don’t know what’s going on with MTP.

On FTN, Nancy’s persona grates and Austan Goolsbee is an Obama economic advisor. (David Brooks will wet himself. Goolsbee is a product of Yale with a PhD in economics from M.I.T.)

I’ll have the review of this stuff over at RedState.com.

11/19/2008: 7:39 pm: Markpolitics and politicians, mainstream media

Media keeps Obama voters ignorant

John Ziegler ccommissioned a Zogy poll which indicated that Obama voters knew a lot about the unfortunate statements, etc., associated with McCain/Palin but almost nothing about the bad points regarding Obama/Biden.

For instance:

Obama voters did not fare nearly as well overall when asked to answer questions about statements or stories associated with Obama or Biden — 83% failed to correctly answer that Obama had won his first election by getting all of his opponents removed from the ballot, and 88% did not correctly associate Obama with his statement that his energy policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry. Most (56%) were also not able to correctly answer that Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground.

Nearly three quarters (72%) of Obama voters did not correctly identify Biden as the candidate who had to quit a previous campaign for President because he was found to have plagiarized a speech, and nearly half (47%) did not know that Biden was the one who predicted Obama would be tested by a generated international crisis during his first six months as President.

The media covered the McCain/Palin statements but not the Obama/Biden Gaffes.

BTW, 87% of Obama voters said that Governor Sarah Palin boasted that she could see Russia from her house. She did not. That was funny gal Tina Fey pretending to be Palin.

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