ABC anchor Charles Gibson on Wednesday night had time to convey President Barack Obama's praise of Edward Brooke for “breaking barriers” as the first popularly-elected black U.S. Senator, but not to inform viewers he broke that barrier as a Republican. On NBC, however, David Gregory noted Brooke's party affiliation: “The Massachusetts Republican urged the lawmakers who gathered to congratulate him to put aside partisan differences and work together.”
Neither Gibson nor Gregory pointed out that after two terms representing Massachusetts, in 1978 Brooke, a fairly liberal Republican, was challenged and beaten by one of the media's liberal heroes, the late Paul Tsongas -- a Democrat who was a white guy.
The CBS Evening News didn't mention the honor for Brooke, which was actually approved more than a year ago.
Gibson announced on the Wednesday, October 28 World News:
And today, President Obama presented former Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, the first popularly-elected African-American Senator, with the Congressional Gold Medal. The President called Brooke's life an unlikely journey. He grew up in a segregated neighborhood and served in a segregated army. The President praised Brooke, now 90 years old, for breaking barriers and bridging divides across the country.
On the NBC Nightly News, with Brian Williams in Afghanistan, David Gregory handled the domestic news:
And here in Washington, a high honor for the first black man elected by the popular vote to the U.S. Senate. Edward Brooke, who is now 90 years old, was presented with a Congressional Gold Medal today at a Capitol Hill ceremony. The Massachusetts Republican urged the lawmakers who gathered to congratulate him to put aside partisan differences and work together.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Voila! Liberal Journalism:
October 28, 2009 - 21:02 ET by needleThe Columbia School of Journalism could use Charlie Gibson's handling of this as a text book example of the kind of journalism they advocate:
Present all of the facts that align with you identity politics, and suppress any fact that interferes with your identity politics.
- Relying upon the State Run Media for your information is like relying upon an embezzler for your portfolio management.
- I didn't leave the Republican Party; the Republican Party left me.
The LSM
October 28, 2009 - 21:05 ET by BondPlainBondAnd their heinous sins of deliberate omission.
Karma.
This is odd, Pravda er
October 28, 2009 - 21:08 ET by rockyracoonThis is odd, Pravda er SRM, never fails to identify a Republican up front when they are in trouble.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Gibson also did not mention the Barbara Walters sex affair.
October 28, 2009 - 21:53 ET by Red JeepThat's according to Walter's latest book. She and the married Senator Brooke had an affair in the 1970's.
From a May 1, 2008 New York Daily News article, "When her lover, who's now 88, told the newswoman she was the oldest
woman he had ever been with, she wanted to say - but never did - "Oh
yeah? Well you are the blackest man I have ever been with," Walters
writes."
Gee whiz, Walters works for ABC, and not a mention as a special person in Brooke's life. How sad.
http://www.nydailyne...
Uh..Holy crap! who woulda thought?
October 28, 2009 - 21:59 ET by MightyMouth"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
I always wondered why
October 28, 2009 - 22:16 ET by Radical1979I always wondered why Walter's wrote that. To prove what a liberal she is? And what did Brooke think of her letting the world in on that?
Or...
October 29, 2009 - 08:45 ET by threepiecestraightjacketPerhaps Barbara Waw-wa wrote it to prove what a whore she is so she could sell more books.