"The current town hall outbursts are coming from tens of thousands of folks at events at which they are supposed to exercise their First Amendment rights and speak out. The manufactured disruptions organized by Code Pink and their radical-left comrades were attempts by a handful of people to interrupt, even stop, lawful gatherings and to deny thousands of other folks those same First Amendment rights."
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Showing posts with label Huffington Post. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Huffington Post. Show all posts
Friday, September 4, 2009
Follow Up: Networks Coverage of Sheehan During Bush Years
"When Cindy Sheehan arrives on Martha’s Vineyard tomorrow (Tuesday), to protest against President Barack Obama, will the news media be as drawn to her as they were in the summer of 2005 when she was condemning George W. Bush?...
Last week, ABC anchor Charles Gibson declared “enough already” when asked on Chicago’s WLS Radio about Sheehan’s plan to travel to Obama’s island vacation spot to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When she camped near Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch four years ago, that was hardly the view of Gibson and his colleagues. At the time, NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell aptly dubbed her “a media magnet.”...
Back then, the networks were eager to publicize her cause from the moment she arrived. Katie Couric, for instance, showcased Sheehan at the top of NBC’s Today show..."
Much, MUCH more here.
Last week, ABC anchor Charles Gibson declared “enough already” when asked on Chicago’s WLS Radio about Sheehan’s plan to travel to Obama’s island vacation spot to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When she camped near Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch four years ago, that was hardly the view of Gibson and his colleagues. At the time, NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell aptly dubbed her “a media magnet.”...
Back then, the networks were eager to publicize her cause from the moment she arrived. Katie Couric, for instance, showcased Sheehan at the top of NBC’s Today show..."
Much, MUCH more here.
Cindy Sheehan, The (Suddenly) Invisble Woman?
Did you know Cindy Sheehan is back protesting the War in Afghanistan?
No? Well, you certainly would not have found out from the media.
"Outside a short article by the AP there is very little coverage of Cindy Sheehan. The woman who once couldn’t go anywhere without a spate of cameras in tow, is now wandering the streets of Martha’s Vineyard completely alone. Her name is as forgotten by the locals as Mary Jo Kopechne. This despite the Island being packed full of journalists right now; journalists who couldn’t resist an all expense paid trip to the Vineyard to cover the vacation of His Presidency. I’m fairly certain there were a lot more journalists already on the island than there were in that ditch outside of Crawford four years ago..."
Cindy Sheehan: Where Have All the Cameras Gone?-Link Here
No? Well, you certainly would not have found out from the media.
"Outside a short article by the AP there is very little coverage of Cindy Sheehan. The woman who once couldn’t go anywhere without a spate of cameras in tow, is now wandering the streets of Martha’s Vineyard completely alone. Her name is as forgotten by the locals as Mary Jo Kopechne. This despite the Island being packed full of journalists right now; journalists who couldn’t resist an all expense paid trip to the Vineyard to cover the vacation of His Presidency. I’m fairly certain there were a lot more journalists already on the island than there were in that ditch outside of Crawford four years ago..."
Cindy Sheehan: Where Have All the Cameras Gone?-Link Here
Really Now? How About Some Respect? I'll Settle For Sanity...
"What’s more shameless than the Associated Press defying the wishes of a dying soldier’s family and splashing his bloody body all over the wires?
Why, the Huffington Post reprinting a massively large version of the image on its front page with an accompanying blog commentary praising the AP photographer’s work as “tasteful” — along with thousands of comments praising the decision and calling for even more bloody US troop photos to be published."
Think that's bad? How about this...
"And no, I’m not done with the AP yet. Blogger Ztower points out that the AP refused to reprint the Mohammed Cartoons because they were "offensive", but has no problem offending a dead soldier’s family for the Greater Journalistic Good of ginning up anti-war sentiment."
So let me get this straight, can't offend the people trying to kill us, but you can offend those trying to protect us, and their entire families? Not to mention a strong majority of Americans. Yeah, the media's real unbiased... To be honest, I'm getting really tired of this claim that things are 'offensive.' There's freedom of speech in this country, no matter how much certain groups may not like it. Stop trying to use a back door method to limit our First Amendment rights.
Source Right Here
Why, the Huffington Post reprinting a massively large version of the image on its front page with an accompanying blog commentary praising the AP photographer’s work as “tasteful” — along with thousands of comments praising the decision and calling for even more bloody US troop photos to be published."
Think that's bad? How about this...
"And no, I’m not done with the AP yet. Blogger Ztower points out that the AP refused to reprint the Mohammed Cartoons because they were "offensive", but has no problem offending a dead soldier’s family for the Greater Journalistic Good of ginning up anti-war sentiment."
So let me get this straight, can't offend the people trying to kill us, but you can offend those trying to protect us, and their entire families? Not to mention a strong majority of Americans. Yeah, the media's real unbiased... To be honest, I'm getting really tired of this claim that things are 'offensive.' There's freedom of speech in this country, no matter how much certain groups may not like it. Stop trying to use a back door method to limit our First Amendment rights.
Source Right Here
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