Norah: WaPo, NY Times The 'No Labels' Of The Media
What would be worse: if Norah actually believes it--or if she doesn't?
Norah O'Donnell has claimed that the Washington Post and the New York Times provide straight-up information, without bias, of the sort that would be appealing to members of the putatively non-partisan "No Labels" group.
Norah's mind-boggling assertion came on today's Morning Joe during a discussion of AOL's acquisition of HuffPo for $315 million. Reacting to indications that Arianna Huffington may be guiding her creation toward the center and away from its leftist roots, WaPo's Jonathan Capehart argued the move made sense on the theory that people such as those at No Labels are hungry for straight-up reporting. That's when Norah broke in to claim that such unbiased reporting is already being provided by, yup, WaPo and the Times.
View video after the jump.
Let's try to imagine the MSM sea in which Norah swims, where two newspapers of the left look right down the center to her.
JONATHAN CAPEHART: She [Huffington] has been bought or merged or whatever it is with AOL. She's got a much bigger audience, a much bigger platform. And as we know, if you want to get people to your site, buy your product, buy what you have to offer, you can't be in the extremes. And I'm not saying Huffington Post is in the extremes--please, don't blow up my Twitter or my FaceBook. But just, she's going to have to broaden a bit.
PAT BUCHANAN: Jonathan, look, whatever credential she got or money she got is because she ran a left-wing website, anti-conservative, beating up on them. And it seems to me in the media today the folks who are clearly defined, no pale pastels, are the ones doing well. And if she moves now if you will into sort of the mushy center, is there really that much of an audience on the web for that? don't people go to the web to confirm what they believe and to provide evidence for what they're left and right?
CAPEHART: I hear your point, but if you look at groups like, say, No Labels. You've got people who, they just, there's such a thirst and hunger for ideas, whether they come from the right or the left. And if there's one place where they could go, just to: health care, gun control, arms control. Who has the ideas, whether it's from the right or the left? So the center doesn't necessarily have to be mushy.
NORAH O'DONNELL: Aren't the Washington Post and the New York Times and other things providing that already?
CAPEHART: Um, yes. There's the Washington Post, and the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. There doesn't have to be just one.
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Nora the Idiot
Submitted by Texndoc on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 3:59pm.
Best memory ever: Nora stating during the BP spill her "close friends working at the White House" were practically in tears and losing sleep - when the day before photos had come out of White House aides at a chug-a-lug party.
And "No Labels" is a dud.
BwaHaHaHa
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 4:00pm.
Stop it, Norah, you're killing us...... Oh wait, you really believe that eyewash? Pity, you failed reading comprehension back in the days.
That was a great punch line Norah....
Submitted by Boil It Down on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 4:09pm.
What was the joke. I didn't hear that part. You just can't make this stuff up.
Norah. So hot. So very
Submitted by Van Halen on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 4:11pm.
Norah.
So hot.
So very dumb.
That's because their idea of "center" is different.
Submitted by Phryj1 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 4:24pm.
See, these are "enlightened" liberal progressives and therefore they can dictate where the 'center" actually is, as well as fliter all news and information through a liberal prism, because they're better and smarter than everyone else.
At least that's what they tell themselves.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
Lesser of two evils.
Submitted by Ashrak on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 4:35pm.
It would be better if she believed it. At least then she could offer an honest reason for doing so. She is intellectually challenged in the critical thinking department and could offer ignorance as excuse. Whereas, if she doesn't believe it, and says such a thing anyway, then she is just a run of the mill liar.
A tough choice it is for her to make though. Either an idiot or a liar she be.
Lesser of two WEEVILS
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 4:42pm.
~ Captain Jack Aubrey
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
But, but, but..........
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 4:45pm.
This is really tough for me, I love Red heads with green eyes, but I DEMAND SOME BRAIN MATTER so we can talk sometimes, maybe I can play this off as her WICKED funny sense of humor as it is a knee slapper.................
Ya, ya, let's go with that as NOBODY can possibly be that stupid to believe WaPo and the Slimes are anywhere down the middle.
Call me Nora, call me, we cool.............
Tomorama,
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 5:46pm.
I've talked to people who believe the Washing Post and NYT to be part of the right wing establishment and therefore part of the great RWC.
Yep, me too
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:38pm.
Aggie, I have heard the same thing from people, talking about how far right the media really is................
Maybe they have the sound off?
turning off the sound
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:47pm.
The ones I know talk about the big media business and all rich business men are conservative Republicans. The one I work with actually believes Ted Turner is right of center.
There are a tremndous number
Submitted by celator on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 4:53pm.
There are a tremndous number of studies which show left leaning media bias. Here is an excerpt from one of them:
"All of the news outlets except Fox News’ Special Report and the Washington Times received a score to the left of the average member of Congress. Consistent with many conservative critics, CBS Evening News and the New York Times received a score far left of center. Outlets such as the Washington Post, USA Today, NPR’s Morning Edition, NBC’s Nightly News and ABC’s World News Tonight were moderately left. The most centrist outlets (but still left-leaning) by our measure were the Newshour with Jim Lehrer, CNN’s NewsNight with Aaron Brown, and ABC’s Good Morning America. Fox News’ Special Report, while right of center, was closer to the center than any of the three major networks’ evening news broadcasts."
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/groseclose/Media.Bias.8.htm
Thank you for that link
Submitted by bbboss on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 5:56pm.
Very informative....it will be an excellent resource.
Was that some sort of joke?
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 10:43pm.
Any study that concludes The Drudge Report is relatively centrist and the Wall Street Journal is the farthest left--by a wide margin--of all of the surveyed news sources has about as much credibility as a 1952 edition of Pravda.
Absolutely laughable.
Jer
As is the notion---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 11:14pm.
that Obama has become more of a centrist.Good point, md...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 11:33pm.
I would say that he has moved a bit toward the center in some areas while keeping in mind he was formerly ranked as the most liberal senator in Congress.
Jer
Just Once!
Submitted by Bourbeau on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:45pm.
Just once, you want to see someone like Nora O'Donnell spew her nonsense and have a serious journalist as her coldy, "Are you stupid?" It's stuff like this that makes one wonder if anyone in management ever watches these people, and if they ever get callled on the carpet for suggesting this level of stupidity.
Source: NBC "News" Brain Trust
Submitted by politicalpaw on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:57pm.
PROPAGANDA SOURCE: Norah & the NBC "News" Brain Trust's "CRAPPY PIECE OF LEGISLATION" http://bit.ly/gK7N7X
Norah O'Donnell is genuinely
Submitted by shannon76 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:22pm.
Norah O'Donnell is genuinely THAT dim. Everyone here remembers her "all black people are good ATHLETES" gem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnWndWRrgw4
Agreed, shannon'76
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:54pm.
She really is a poster-child for clueless journalism. Listening to her is painful.
TIME FOR A POLL.......
Submitted by Herbster on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:02pm.
Lst's take a poll.......who is dumber......Nora the nitwit or Contessa the cretin?
I'll start it off with a vote for Contessa..........
Trick question
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:39pm.
It depends on witch one is talking.
That post, Boudin---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 9:54pm.
is a classic reply.
MD
Jonathan Livingston Capehart thinks the WSJ & NYT are similar
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 10:02pm.
He almost as delusional as O'Donnell.
Norah O'Donnell's belief in an unbiased news media is proof
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 1:07pm.
that senility can strike a person any time in their life. It's very sad that someone as attractive as O"Donnell has been impaired so early in her life.
Please help Norah, Chris Matthews, and others with that condition by contributing to your local Alzheimer's Association.