"I don't know why he's attacking Time magazine," a puzzled Seton Motley told "Fox & Friends" host Steve Doocy this morning, referring to the president-elect's former longtime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. On Sunday the retired minister -- who married the Obamas and baptized their children -- issued a fiery screed against the media -- calling the mainstream media the "gates of hell" -- from the pulpit of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.
"They [Time magazine] were certainly much nicer to him than a lot of journalistic outlets were, and by nicer I mean hiding him and preventing him from being a bigger player in the presidential race," the MRC director of communications added. "Look, the media's not going to cover this guy in the way that they should because of his 20-year relationship with Barack Obama." [audio available here]
Doocy and Motley also discussed the media's reticence on reporting on Obama's Bill Ayers connection during the campaign. To see the full appearance, click the play button on the embedded video to your right.
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Reverend Wright
December 9, 2008 - 11:40 ET by KC MulvilleAs a faithful reader of The Onion, I read an "arts & entertainment" parody article asking the question: "Why don't they make a sequel to The Godfather?" It's bogus, of course, but the writer brilliantly captured the spirit of a Clueless Reporter.
I think of that article because the Clueless Reporters are very likely to be the ones to deal with Obama's Revered Wright problem. It isn't hard to predict that sometime in the near future, probably on Reverend Wright's book tour, the reporters are going to handle Wright as if the election never happened. Wright will issue all kinds of accusations and ideological broadsides, but no reporter will connect them to Obama. The task will be to isolate and inoculate Obama from any damage. The Clueless Reporter, oblivious to the history and relationship between the two, will just treat Wright as some out-of-the-blue phenomenon.
Once again, they're setting us up.
Great interview
December 9, 2008 - 11:41 ET by thebutlerdiditI loved the comment about Ayers and the puppy. That was a hoot. And the Wright Channel. I just hope you aren't the next target for Wright's vitriol. Well, actually, that would be must-see-tv right there. Here's hoping that like Oprah, Wright has been "unleashed." We already know he is "untethered," so it will be a great combo.
The media thought they were
December 9, 2008 - 11:59 ET by flyingmonkeyThe media thought they were doing Obama and the Democrats a favor by running interference between Obama and all of his former associates to make "The One" seem like an innocent bystander. What they didn't realize was that Obama, Wright, Ayers, Rezko, and yes, the Illinois governor Blagoyovich are just some of the many heads of one large, corrupt, anti-American monster. The corrupt Daley machine has now gone national with Barack Obama as it's figurehead.
This will be worse, more corrupt, and much more damaging to the country than the Clinton Administration.
Chicago is just becoming a
December 9, 2008 - 14:04 ET by SeashellChicago is just becoming a joke. Nothing that happens there will surprise me anymore. The people of Chicago need to wake up and see they are becoming the laughing stock of the country. They need to clean house and elect people that will look after their interests.
I'm waiting for all the hens to arrive in the henhouse.
December 9, 2008 - 15:10 ET by dammitNot much chance of them roosting though. The Chosen One will set up his Imperial government on 1/21/09. He is protected and inoculated by the Lamestream Press and media.
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