On "The View" facts apparently don’t matter. After all, on the ladies chat show, a co-host claimed "fire can’t melt steel." The show’s October 18 edition was no exception. During a conversation about Vice President Cheney’s relation to Senator Obama co-host Joy Behar smeared the vice president with this false assertion.
"I think Cheney can do whatever he wants. His daughter is a lesbian. Nobody even calls him on that, and he’s anti-gay in many, many ways."
A quick search will reveal to Behar that Cheney’s only public disagreement with the president involves the Marriage Amendment, which the vice president said repeatedly he opposes.
This was not the first time this incorrect position was mentioned on "The View." Last season, the co-hosts spent an entire segment echoing this false claim. Unlike last time, Barbara Walters, a veteran journalist, was at the table where she had the opportunity to correct the record. Walters said nothing.
A few seconds later, Behar made another inflammatory statement about Cheney opining, "he gets away with anything. He's like a dictator!"
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TM correctly labels behar
October 18, 2007 - 14:25 ET by TruthMongerTM correctly labels behar "the anti-Christ"
libs who are "tolerant" of gays are still effectively anti-Gay too - otherwise libs are just as intolerantly anti-anti-Gay towards us
go ahead libs - pick your intolerance for us:
1. acceptance of different views: the acceptance of the differing views of other people, e.g. in religious or political matters, and fairness toward the people who hold these different views
2. tolerating of somebody or something: the act of putting up with somebody or something irritating or otherwise unpleasant
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/tolerance.html
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Nobody calls him out on
October 18, 2007 - 14:22 ET by candanceNobody calls him out on that? Did she sleep through the presidential debates back in 2004 when John Edwards brought it up on national TV?
I swear these people make stuff up as they go along.
card holding member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
Where was Hasselbeck with
October 18, 2007 - 14:28 ET by MightyMouthWhere was Hasselbeck with an easy question: "In what ways is Cheney anti Gay? Give an example."
That would have shut Behar up. Guess we know who wears the pants on the "View".
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Joyce BeheMOUTH
October 18, 2007 - 14:35 ET by merlin61Every day, she opens her mouth she reinforces
how "dumb and uninformed" she is. Glad I
refuse to watch the View.
Whi is Joy Behar that
October 19, 2007 - 04:10 ET by Andrew H.Who is Joy Behar that anyone should listen? I mean, geeze--she's quick to spout off nonsense and provides the silly program another boring liberal voice.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
"Where was Hasselbeck with an easy question.."
October 18, 2007 - 14:36 ET by Chris NormanAnyone who would take her
October 18, 2007 - 14:37 ET by DCC1Anyone who would take her word for anything is an idiot, from the little bit I have seen her in clips and on other shows, she is a total idiot, they mine as well have Brittney Spears up there, giving her political thoughts, cause Behar a total moron!
Crazies to the left, and Whimps to the right
Influence
October 18, 2007 - 14:51 ET by MaximusBraveheartUnfortunately they do influence young people and hardened Dems who do not know better yet. They are on TV & that is as good as print nowadays. You know what they say about that once it is in writing; it must be true... Well that is how the MSM works; repeat biased info as fact long enough and magically more than 45% of the population will believe it. That is what it takes to win an election. No need for 50% even! Me-thinks conservatives need their kids to go into journalism so things are "fair & balanced."
I see what your saying, but
October 18, 2007 - 15:11 ET by DCC1I see what your saying, but I think even the most naive and staunch liberals can see she is down right dumb.
As for your other point, Journalism just isn't seen as an honest profession. I'm an undergrad right now, and when I look at the journalism majors all you see is a bunch of neo-hippies, and everyone just gets turned off. I personally would never consider journalism because I couldn't pander to the extremist professors.
It's bad enough going through chem and bio, since I'm a healthcare administration major, (typical conservative I know) listening to that crap, but I think I would outright fail out of school if I wanted to be a journalist! It's kind of like a screen set up to weed out any conservatives! Sadly, I think it will be a long time before this country see's "fair" journalism...
Crazies to the left, and Whimps to the right
the Clueless Clux Clan
October 18, 2007 - 15:20 ET by TruthMongerBehar's comments here stem from the same brain activity as the old southern bigots - she is instilling predjudice against conservatives with this kind of commentary
the View is simply an electronic lynch mob
liberals are essentially the Clueless Clux Clan when it comes to conservatives and Christians
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Look out for the
October 18, 2007 - 18:27 ET by DCC1Look out for the CCC!
Joy Behar: Fat, ugly,
October 18, 2007 - 14:41 ET by fitzfongJoy Behar: Fat, ugly, uninformed and unfunny...in other words, the perfect "comedienne" for The View.
Is Barbara Walters just
October 18, 2007 - 14:46 ET by motherbeltIs Barbara Walters just plain worn out by this gaggle of morons? Has she just decided to sit back and let the inmates run the asylum? It looks that way.
It's a shame that this show will probably be what pops into people's minds when they hear her name. She should have retired when she had the chance, and gone out on a positive note.
When Walters tried to jump the shark
October 18, 2007 - 15:04 ET by RJby disrespectfully telling Nancy Pelosi (the Speaker of the House) that the women on the panel wanted to "do" her husband, it was the official end of "Barbara Walters, media icon."
Miss the Point
October 18, 2007 - 14:57 ET by KillgraveIt takes something called nuance to entertain the notion that conservatives have conflicting views towards homosexuality, some being more tolerant then others.
The big brush is a much easier tool, especially making cheap-shot "jokes", which is this slack-titted gorgon's job.
Invoking the Marry Mapes
October 18, 2007 - 15:10 ET by Right2thePointInvoking the Marry Mapes offense, illegal use of mouth. I call a technical foul.
IQ on the "Spew"
October 18, 2007 - 15:35 ET by DanoTotal IQ for four ..............46.7
Woa, it's gone up since Rosie left :-o
October 18, 2007 - 16:31 ET by MightyMouth"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Many many ways.. can you
October 18, 2007 - 17:02 ET by USA4freedomMany many ways.. can you name just one. thats all just one..
These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day
Mika, Katie Couric, Ann
October 18, 2007 - 17:31 ET by drillanwrMika, Katie Couric, Ann Curry, Hannah Storm, Whoopi, Rosie, Joy Behar ...
This is the best we liberated women have to offer???
Cripes!
I know...
October 18, 2007 - 18:47 ET by greenfairieWhy not just have a daily feature called "Joy Behar's Brain Flatulence of the Day?"
"Anti" means not in favor
October 18, 2007 - 19:50 ET by GregE"Anti" means not in favor of, or opposed to. Ok, what if Cheney is "anti-gay?" So what, so he's opposed to gayness, not in favor of it. Who cares, that should be a non-story.
But the word "anti" has been pushed to mean something much more than it is, and is tacked onto "gay" to push an agenda and help to decry hate where it isn't.
When one manipulates a people's language, one manipulates the people. Liberals know this. Communists knew it well too.