Bozell, Hannity Tackle Media Double Standard Between Iraq and Libya
In the lead-up to the Iraq War, the media "hammered Bush" about getting congressional approval, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted on last night's "Hannity" during the "Media Mash" segment. Yet such scrutiny has been missing in President Obama's actions on Libya, he noted.
What's more, the media have failed to press Obama on violating his own standards on presidential use of military force:
Here's the reality. Barack Obama on the campaign trail said that the president had no constitutional right to declare military action without congressional approval. Joe Biden thundered on the campaign trail that if Bush ever tried doing something like this without congressional approval, he would lead impeachment hearings against them.
And what do you have right now? The Obama/Biden administration just went into kinetic military action without congressional approval, and, except for one statement on ABC, there's been nothing from the networks about this.
Aside from that, "one week into a kinetic military action, and we don't know why we're there.... We don't know who's in charge," the Media Research Center president complained.
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But Hannity playing footsie
Submitted by bsny on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:06am.
with Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann - that's fair and balanced journalism for 'ya!
And when you turds reply, please don't say Hannity is not a journalist, he's a commentator, because it is my expectation that everything on FNC is fair and balanced, they say so themsevles.
bsny,
Submitted by Ashrak on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:16am.
Don't want to deal with Obama not going to congress as Bush did, huh? You don't want to address Obama's own contradiction do you? How about Biden and the impeachment thing, eh? Why go to Palin and Bachmann? Afraid of Obama's own words?
Well, Imagine that.
See, it ain't about Hannity, it ain't about Palin and it ain't about Bachmann.
This is about OBAMA and BIDEN and their own "clean articulation".
So let;s see you defend them on their own words. Can you even try? Do you have anything whatsoever to offer in that arena? Anything at all?
This is a MEDIA blog
Submitted by bsny on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:39am.
and I'm commenting on members of the MEDIA, fancy that!
bsny,
Submitted by Ashrak on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:47am.
Really? What media outlet does Bachmann work for? So I guess you have zero to offer about the substance of Obama's and Biden's contradictions then, eh?
Nothing to fancy there, for it is "typical" and trite.
Hey Bull Scat, the fact of
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:26am.
Hey Bull Scat, the fact of the matter IS that Hannity is a commentator.
Look even wikipedia states that!! Sean Hannity (born December 30, 1961) is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. (emphasis mine).
You appear to have very high expectations from everyone but your Messiah, The Absentee President. Do you not have a comment of how he has repeatedly gone back on his word? Nothing?
Guess what
Submitted by bsny on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:42am.
I voted for McCain - i have many issues with BO. But the fact is that folks like Hannity and Bozell bitch and moan about the media bias all day long, but they are just as guilty on the "right" side.
bsny,
Submitted by Ashrak on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:54am.
As far as positions go, Obama and McCain are very similar in their nature, flip flops included. How about we try it this way? You say that Hannity and Bozell "bitch". Well, I propose to you that what is said here by those two is accurate. This example is not untrue or spun up. Obama and Biden said what they said and Bozell and Hannity are calling them on it with a specific example.
How about you do that same thing?
All you have done so far is claim that Michelle Bachmann is a media member, along with other unsupported claims. So be a sport, will ya, and demonstrate what it is you are talking about. You want to claim equivalency, OK, lets see an example of it to be scrutinized. Absent you doing so, your claim holds as much merit as your Bachmann being a member of the media does, which is nil, nada, zilch, zero, none.
Ashrak, Bull Scat lost the
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:06pm.
Ashrak,
Bull Scat lost the argument when he called anyone that responds to him a turd. I highly doubt we will get any sort of intelligent response from him.
Scuba,
Submitted by Ashrak on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:44pm.
That might be true, but I view it like this; It never hurts to ask....
For far too long in this country, folks have thought that, when they see comments filled with foolishness, others see the foolishness as they themselves do. As a result, the foolishness went unchallenged. This caused many to look at things unchallenged as if they were true. Combine that with everything challenged looked at as untrue, because it was challenged, and you have a nation thinking that the leftists have the high ground.
I believe this nation's prosperity, via the return of Liberty, is found in challenging the foolishness, at every turn, so that folks who only read, rather than participate, see it challenged. Then, they can decide for themselves which side of the debate they side with.
Some tell me that I am on a fool's errand. Maybe they are right. All I know is that America is in deep trouble and ignoring it isn't making it better, indeed, it is making it worse.
I was taught that the best way to protect rights was to exercise them, fully and often. That lack of exercise brings about atrophy and even extinction. I submit that is what has happened to us and trolls going unchallenged exemplify that. I don't look for meaningless tangles, heck, that would make me a troll myself, I look for the free exchange of ideas that provides for open debate that people can judge for themselves.
The more people who do so, the more Liberty is strengthened.
In this case, I disagree profoundly that Bozell is biased. I haven't seen that myself. How Hannity on the other hand, I throw things at my TV sometimes when he contradicts himself. This is why I asked for examples. As an example, Hannity snaps about government regulation, but he calls for some of that himself from time to time, gay "marriage" and abortion are a couple specific ones. In that way, he tries to have it both ways. Government regulation when he agrees and no government regulation when he doesn't agree. Imho, that is the same thing Pelosi does and the same thing Mathews does.
As Bozell goes, I see a straight shooter who calls for truth as it is in reporting. If someone was to report that Hannity contradicted himself, Bozell wouldn't decry it so long as it is true. I will happy to stand corrected on that note if I have it wrong, but I don;t that is the case.
Everybody, myself included, is open to the hammer of truth. This is why I am as open and honest as I can possibly manage, see, I fear that hammer and aim to avoid getting nailed. ;)
You are not on a fool's
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 1:24pm.
You are not on a fool's errand. It is that after a while you can pick up which troll will make an attempt to respond and which one just comes here for a drive by. Bull Scat started out responding but when it saw others firing back they opted for a drive by. Facts and logic are not something they can readily handle.
Keep up the good work. Because if we do not fight back against the lies, slander and omissions of the LSM we may surely lose the right to exercise those rights that our Founding Fathers had given us.
Decline of society
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 1:31pm.
My brother in law is too involved in Church to be involved in politics. I think this attitude of keeping out is exactly what the Progressives wanted and what led to the decline of values and morals from the 60's onward. You did not speak about morals or God as I went through school in the 70's and 80's. If I had the role models I see now, I think my life would have been a lot different. I would not have been led astray in state college so easy either. Speaking out and being involved is key. Don't let their lies suffice as truth if let go unchallenged. This is the key to I-bomb-ya's success. The media has not torn into him as he fully deserves. Where the heck are his records? If it were a conservative they would have been relentless. Based on HIS WORDS and HIS ACTIONS, we have someone who hates the USA in charge of the USA. Good job media (sarcasm), was it worth it? Do you think it is a good idea to hire an enemy of the state as the captain of your ship?
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Examples of Media bias in Dallas
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 1:19pm.
For those who live in Dallas, have you noticed how biased the media (TV & paper) have been on the TX budget issue & cuts? Ch 8 news was out right promoting the web site to protest against the "outrageous" Perry budget cuts, and frequently show kids protesting or saying don't fire my teacher... And did anyone (like Tea Party) counter protest in Austin? If so, it was not covered at all on the news.
Today's DMN "Briefing" (the free version they keep putting on my driveway) has the top story "Job losses may be huge under proposed budget" in BOLD, then below in large print: "A nonpartisan agency warns that the House's plan would eliminate 600,000 positions over the next 2 years. Page 6." Certainly bias plus deliberate misleading. How many are out of work if the State is bankrupt after the rainy day funds are all spent on keeping administrators at full pay for only 1 year?
Then for more spin, this time on Obama; on Wednesday 3/23, their headline was "Obama: US to hand off control within days" and below it: "The president said other countries will soon take the lead as Gadhafi's attacks continued to terrorize civilians. Page 10."
No they are not taking over the lead... just the management of part of it. We are the lead force & where is the criticism for being a cowboy, or who happens to have a much smaller coalition and no Congressional approval? Nothing headlining about Obama & Bidens's quotes from 2007 where this would lead to impeachment...
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
BSNY, your ignorance is practically breathtaking.
Submitted by Lord-come-soon-... on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 3:41pm.
Hannity and Bozell are POLITICAL COMMENTATORS. Hannity doesn't report "hard news", because his only function on Fox is to host a one hour opinion program. Bozell leads a media watchdog group. He does not report "hard news", he simply points out the obvious examples of the Mainstream Media's leftist bias. The subject of their scorn is the national "media", who pose themselves as objective news reporters, when, in fact, they are simply reporting press releases for the Obama Administration. If you cannot perceive the difference, you should consider either going back to fourth grade, applying for a job at MSNBC, or going to work for George Soros. I also hear Keith Olbermann is looking for someone to clean his bathtub every week.
To add to it
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 4:26pm.
The closest thing that Hannity does to reporting the news is if it's a topic that he's going to discuss which is in the news, he'll say what it is, what's happening and THEN go into the commenting on it.
And some of the others on FNC have done just that, they'll report the news if it was the top of the hour or bottom or whatever, like Julie Banderas, Allyson Camerota, even Jon Scott and some of the other guys.
But if they have segments that they have to do with panels to get discussions and comments from, they'll do them, which is not quite the same as the hour (or half-hour) shows that they have. You can tell which of the commentators are versus the straight up reporters.
For CNN and MSNBC, it doesn't even get CLOSE to the above, it's pretty much all opinion, all the time with slanted reporting by AP/Reuters.
-Jon
Blind man driving the bus-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:29am.
once again-this is not a classroom theory exercise.
hypothetical is over-real deal and this guy is unprepared.
Our troops are truely in harms way-bring everyone home now.
JIMMY,
Submitted by Ashrak on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:00pm.
Questions -
If every American soldier, from everywhere around the world, was brought home, and they went so far as to put down all their weaponry, would the war waged against us be over? Would the attacks upon us end? Would there be "World Peace"?
If we turned out backs on Israel and offered no support whatsoever, would war be ended? Would we be "safe"?
"Bring the troops home" makes for a good soundbite, but that is as far as it goes.
I like this one better.
Stand down for tyranny, stand up for peace.
Reagan had it right. Peace through Strength.
I think the difference
Submitted by marpel on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:19pm.
I think the difference between Bush and BO is that Bush would have gone in a lot sooner rather than twiddling his thumbs and going to Carnival. I think going in sooner would have put a stop to a lot of crap that gained momentum. I'm not concerned that we're in Libya...but I am concerned about the time it took for us to go in.
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
lets try this
Submitted by egutopia44 on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 1:16pm.
lets try this. lets remove the president and replace him with president george bush doing the same thing with libya. how many liberals will defend george bush. anwer...none.
I Love
Submitted by Rycher660 on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 6:53pm.
challenging Liberals... they always think they're the smartness people ever. That their beliefs are the only way, and no matter what you tell them, they will never admit that they are wrong. They won't comment on any facts that you put in front of them ... and it will always end in them calling you names.