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Hey, MSNBC/CNN: Let's see you play this clip all week

August 25, 2009 9:15 pm ET by Jamison Foser

Over the past few weeks, there's one thing the media -- particularly cable news -- has made clear: Nothing, but nothing, is more newsworthy than a citizen voicing a complaint at a town hall.

With that in mind, let's see if MSNBC and CNN and the rest of the media keep replaying and talking about this clip from tonight's town hall held by Rep. Jim Moran:

Here's the comment, in case you can't view the video:

I'm very concerned about the quality of the debate.  You know, not only the screaming of misrepresentations, but also the fact that the press really doesn't seem to want to cover policy.  You know, they want to cover gossip, and I'm very disappointed, and I would like all of you press to start covering the policy.

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    • Author by all your eyes (August 25, 2009 9:28 pm ET)
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      Um.. somehow I doubt it. MJ all week.
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      • Author by carlileb5935 (August 26, 2009 3:39 am ET)
           
        "With that in mind, let's see if MSNBC and CNN and the rest of the media keep replaying and talking about this clip from tonight's town hall held by Rep. Jim Moran"



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    • Author by heffleyjr (August 25, 2009 9:29 pm ET)
         
      BINGO! This man is calling it like it is without screaming. Was he unpatriotic? Disrespectful? Or did he just state a fact?

      This will never appear on the mainstream media.
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    • Author by DAWUSS (August 25, 2009 9:39 pm ET)
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      Maybe it'll appear on Countdown and TRMS?
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    • Author by mustardman (August 25, 2009 10:09 pm ET)
         
      Look a shiny object! Let's go see what it is.
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    • Author by thebewilderness (August 25, 2009 10:42 pm ET)
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      Sooner or later someone is going to stand up and say "Bring on the government bureaucrats. I'll take them any day over the insurance corporations bureaucrats whose job depends on denying me health care."

      I have Medicare. I wish everybody did.
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    • Author by dmhack (August 25, 2009 10:46 pm ET)
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      Who the hell let this guy in?
      His reasoned thinking and thoughtful comments have no place in today's media.
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    • Author by congero6189599 (August 25, 2009 11:37 pm ET)
         
      Ummmmm...you don't think we will see this on Faux?:-)
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    • Author by WorldViewer (August 26, 2009 12:21 am ET)
         
      Maybe if enough MM readers vote for this blog entry on Digg?
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    • Author by Romario (August 26, 2009 12:36 am ET)
         
      I watched the entire townhall even on CSPAN...it was great. The anti-reform crowd was there and was shouting and being disruptive, however the pro-reform crown out shouted them and dominated the hall.

      Moran and Howard Dean were excellent...glad I watched it.
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      • Author by epkklk851 (August 27, 2009 7:37 pm ET)
           
        I was there, but outside. The crazies were out. A guy with Obama signs had his signs ripped from his hands and got punched in the face. There were so many people there, there were more left outside than inside. I still haven't seen what happened inside. I am at a business conference, so I haven't had access to computers or much TV all week. I was told that as a Federal employee, I am elitist royalty and I don't pay taxes, and it is terrible to be forced by school loans to have to work for the government for ten years to pay them off! One nasty woman behind me described Planned Parenthood as "abortion mongers" and she mocked me when I was trying to give her facts to back up my positions. However, I would say that the pro health care reform side outnumbered the anti-reform crowd, and some of the anti-crowd were trying to provoke violence.
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    • Author by ReasonAndResolve (August 26, 2009 1:52 am ET)
         
      Rest in peace, Edward Kennedy.

      Step up, Progressives. Don't let the liars despoil the final legacy of the Lion of the Senate.

      Health care reform, NOW!
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