Todd on Sammon's tea party comment: A "crazy accusation" that "hurts journalism on every network"
February 09, 2010 8:42 am ET
From the February 9 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
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I am glad, however, that you and other journalists are finally starting to speak out against Troglodyte Propaganda. I just hope it's not too late to save the Free Press.
How can I put this politely? When MSNBC voluntarily invites people like Betsey McCaughey on and gives them air time to spew their lies, you can't get off the hook by blaming FOX for the sorry state of journalism today.
Explain your logic. I assume it will be a spin on "they are wrong and we are right."
That the majority of the so-called 'liberal' media was nearly silent while Bush/Cheney were destroying this nation in nearly every corner and upon the election of a Democrat, they suddenly wake up?
The cancer was allowed to go untreated for eight years and it has grown into what we have today.
There is still journalism going on in isolated pockets, after all. Perhaps the sleeping giant has awakened and wants the fleas out of its bed. We'll see.
Supposedly he put the holds on, he says disingenuously, in order to get Obama's attention. Well, if that was the case, why did he put holds on 70 people, and why does he STILL have holds?
That's all right--I assure you Shelby couldn't either...
"Hurts journalism on every network"?
Since when is there journalism on any television network?
These hacks in the business of make-up hairstyle wardrobe read the copy off the teleprompter former cheerleader beauty contest runner-up toothpaste commercial model focus group-tested faces and voices, they love to flatter themselves and refer to each other as "journalists", and to what they do as "journalism"...
Big joke.
So, how will Republicans and FoxNews "spin" away from Palin and TPN? 1) Publicly make 'outrageous statements; 2) MSM cover the outrageous statement non-stop for a few days; and 3) Palin and TPN gets swept under the rug. Wink, wink. Yeap, works everytime with MSM - LOL.
(* Or as the picked-upon Fox commentator Sarah Palin calls him: that "charismatic guy with a TelePrompter".)
Everyone can see how the blue dog democrats and the republicans are blocking real efforts for change.
Bush and his cronies blue thru a surplus like their was know tommorow and the press will not explain where all that money went.
Obama is stuck with the check and the press gives the blue dogs and the G.O.P. a pass.
Christie just raised taxes on the people of Jersey. The press is silent.
Why does the press want the G.O.P. back in control? Ask Bernie Madoff.
Seems to me that they've given the Wasilla Twit more exposure than she deserves, and they covered the Teabaggers as if they really represented some kind of spontaneous grassroots movement, which we know it isn't.
Where's your evidence, Troglodytes?
Mr. Todd, you better watch yourself in using the word "crazy". Princess Sarah, may have a little bit of that in her family which would make you a terrible person for saying that terrible "C" word.
I don't.
"Why is America a Christian nation, and why is Christianity better than every other religion?
"How does the cherry-tree-chopping incident prove that George Washington hated liberals?"
"Cite three examples from the Federalist Papers that prove that the Founders wanted America to be white-people-only."
His test would not be designed to show "civic literacy," but merely another RepugnantCon trick to cage out liberal voters. It is, therefore, perfectly legitimate to class this exactly alongside poll taxes and literacy tests, two other famous ways to keep the "undesirables" from getting to vote...
By the way, FOX is dominating CNN/MSLSD because people are tired of the brown-nosing and soft reporting they do. While I don't particularly care for Hannity, Beck, and O'Reilly, they are mopping the floor with liberals.
Because, guess what? America isn't liberal, it's conservative.
Nice try, though.
Nice try, though.
1. If it moves the meter (or product) it must be right.
2. If they believe it it must me true.
3. If they scream loud enough--it must be true.
Then the 4th and final for pundits, treat them like idiots, because they are--it is scary, but seems to be working quite well. Most of us know FOX is a joke, but the real problem is the remaining media, who believe that copying their crap is the way to go.
Let me see if I can put this in a way that they can understand.
There's an old saying that goes "You can attract more flies with honey than with vinegar". While that's undeniably true, see what happens if you plop down a big old pile of steaming sh!t next to them. I guaranty you that it is neither the honey NOR the vinegar that will win THAT particular ratings war. The flies will go absolutely nuts, buzzing around the sh!t pile and trumpeting it as "the ratings giant in fine foods". They will wax poetic about it, and cite their own frenzied numbers as 'proof' of the inherent superiority of sh!t.
And... worst of all... they will mock those of us who still prefer the honey as being 'out of touch' with the rest of the fly community.
Liberals and independents.
20% CNN
20% MSNBC
20% PBS
20% CNN HN
so it is obvious since faux just caters to one type of viewer but all the other stations try to be more factual and fair. So they get a variety of all the other people watching.
(Please don't use my numbers a etched in stone facts, they are more as an example.) Also google "news network ratings" for lots of better statements then mine to prove this point.
You can add up all the viewers of the other channels and they will not add up to FOX's ratings. The reason I use that point is just to show the mood of the country. I don't even watch FOX Skews.
Sounds to me like you're talking out of your ass.
When I said I didn't watch it, I didn't mean that I have never watched it before or any of its pundits. I just don't currently. Do I really need to explain myself?
Also check out this poll Dave, 20% conservative? Try 40%.
Gallup Poll
The (formerly) MSM is still playing the F-Newz game -- treat the crazies as if they were actually sane, and eventually everyone will accept insanity as sanity.
Helllooooo, Chuck! Just look at who's show you're delivering your remarks on -- Joe Scarborough's -- the guy who went after Bill C. for getting bj's . . . after his mistress was found dead on the floor of his congressional office back in 2001.
Talk about hypocrisy.