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Media Mash: Debt Ceiling Edition

By NB Staff | July 15, 2011 | 11:13

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"You know, in Journalism 101, if you're going to ask a question of someone like the president, what you do is, you take, respectfully, you take the opposition's best argument and you play devil's advocate," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued on the July 14 edition of "Hannity."

But instead of taking that approach -- which, Bozell noted, the famous liberal reporter Sam Donaldson took both with Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton -- the media have been actively working with Obama to forward the Democratic narrative regarding the debt ceiling negotiations.

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Noted the Media Research Center founder:

Instead, what you've got [in press conferences] is Barack Obama choosing these people who he knows are his allies in that room to do his talking points for him. So who does he choose to ask an objective question?

The Huffington Post.

What kind of question do you think you're going to get?

So he's setting them up for softballs and they're calling it a press conference. It's making a mockery of this thing called journalism.

Later in the segment, responding to MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski saying that cutting a deal on the debt ceiling increase that included some spending cuts and tax hikes was a "no brainer," Bozell noted that similar deals to that effect haven't worked before:

If she just knew a little bit about these grand bargains, she would know that every time the Democrats make a deal with the Republicans where they'll cut spending and they'll raise taxes, they always succeed in raising taxes and raising spending.

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Help me out here

Submitted by Prester John on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 11:28am.

Over 60% of people agree with the Republicans in Congress to not increase the debt ceiling.

Over 60% of people disapprove of the way BHO is handling the economy.

Yet more people trust BHO with the economy than the Republicans in Congress?

"Stupid people are ruining America"
Herman Cain 2012

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We the lamestream media?

Submitted by deadeyedan on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 1:02pm.

Aren't we all glad that the document actually reads "We the People"?

The media assumes that their First Amendment rights will always protect them. But it only protects them from the government, not necessarily we the people.

At some point we're just going to have rise up against these numbskulls and trash them. It's their job, as Brent eloquently implies, to be adversarial to all parties, not just any they choose.

The opening of the preamble to our Constitution allows us to watch what's going on and correct the situation as we see fit, including physically putting down the press if we so desire.

Liberalism - government of the people by the theories and for the ideologists - deadeyedan

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BHO is getting nuked again at Politico

Submitted by Prester John on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 2:13pm.

"The 2012 card is played"

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0711/2minute_analysis_0069c241-0...

The consensus among people making comments is that BHO is either delusional, crazy, on something illegal, or all three.

Wow.

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Herman Cain 2012

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As just another liberal website, Politico must be gritting their

Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 7:53am.

teeth when they read all the slams and criticisms regarding the man/boy who they voted for. I'm certain that the editors and journalist at Politico will chalk the comments up to the type of people Barack has talked about: uninformed and uneducated people who cling to their guns or religion.

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This is no surprise

Submitted by JLin on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 2:15pm.

The MSM outlets have been the Socialist's fifth column for 50 years. They are traitors to America and most certainly not journalists.

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The Fifth column is now the Fourth estate!

Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 7:01pm.

I love this segment, when Brent can let loose on the libs-but geez, can Sean STFU for 5 seconds? If hes not playing clip after clip, or rattling off on his POV, he interrupts Brent every chance he can, and doesnt give him enough time to pontificate! But they BOTH hit it out of the park during the last clip, with George Snuffleofogus-what a loony lib, saying O'Bozos done as good a job as anyone given the awful job he inherited! Give me a BREAK!

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. BEN FRANKLIN
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BOOOSH !

Submitted by AGreer on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 4:56pm.

Blaming Bush for "what Obummer inherited" NEVER gets old.

Neither does the "race card".

/sarc off

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It's a time-honored political tradition.

Submitted by Jer on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 5:37pm.

Here, for example, is Bush while campaigning in 2003 for re-election:

"...Two-and-a-half years ago we inherited an economy in recession, then the attacks on our country, and scandals in corporate America and the war affected our people's confidence. But we acted. We passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account..." (Applause.)

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Politicians do tend to blame the other party---

Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 8:46pm.

for ills, real or imagined.

Few politicos live that mantra the way Obama has.

MD

"The credibility of the story is undermined by the selection of sources." - (h/t Jer)
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