NB Publisher Bozell Slams Media Taking 'Fire People' Comment Out of Context
"Using common sense," a skeptical news consumer can see right through the liberal media ripping Mitt Romney's "fire people" comment out of context, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told Fox News's Neil Cavuto on the January 10 "Your World."
"What you conclude is, here we go again, what did he really say?" Bozell added, noting that Romney was talking about the need to open up "competition in the [health insurance] market." [video posted below page break; MP3 audio here]
Not only are the liberal media to blame, Romney's Republican primary opponents should be castigated for unfairly using the quote out of context to score cheap political points. "It's an absolute, dishonest cheap shot," the Media Research Center president complained.
"I just think there's a much more of a gotcha mentality with going after Republican candidates than there is Democrats" among the major media outlets, Cavuto offered, to which Bozell heartily agreed.
"You've got countless gotcha opportunities with Obama and Biden! Joe Biden gives you a gotcha every single day if you wanted to go in that direction, but they don't," Bozell noted, because the media "understand that sometimes you word things incorrectly, you could word things more artfully," so they give liberal politicians "a pass every time."
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In a word:
Submitted by ThisnThat on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 7:51pm.
Macaca. Only this time -- it isn't going to work.
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
We need a Newsbusters segment
Submitted by Soldat44 on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 7:52pm.
We need a Newsbusters segment on FoxNews Television.
Romney said "I like to be
Submitted by MLC39 on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 8:36pm.
Romney said "I like to be able to fire people" not "I like to fire people". Big difference!
It's a HUGE difference, but that doesn't matter...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 9:12pm.
in the least, especially to the libnut press..Unfortunately, politics is perception, not truth, as this shows.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
I like the ability to fire folks also,
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 8:52pm.
And the reason my Team, and I, are so good at what we do, is I can be fired also!
Congratulations to Newt Gingrich for denouncing Mitt Romney and
Submitted by Rush Fan on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 9:01pm.
putting the spotlight on the unfairness of Capitalism. As websites, including Leftist Politico, reported, Gingrich contended that if the investor reaps a large profit and the employees took large losses, it’s not “fair.” Gingrich said in part:
Supporters of staunch Conservative Gingrich can now feel comfortable voting for a 2012 ticket they can be proud of:
You're on it
Submitted by HockeyKid on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 9:43pm.
Personally, I'd like to hear from Newt about how "fair" it is that he picked up $1.6million from Freddie/Fannie while they were running the housing market into the ground and destroying the lives of millions. If they were taking Newt's advice, then he's responsible for a heck of a lot more working-class destruction than any other candidate outside Obysmal.
I'm not happy with Newt. He'll never be the Reagan Republican he keeps trying to sell himself to be.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Newt Gingrich claims about Freddie Mac
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:08pm.
The last I heard from Gingrich is that he claims to only have personally received around $35,000 from Freddie Mac, over several years. He claims that a consulting firm got the bulk of the money. We'll never probably find out the actual money trail because no one will ever care enough to spend tens of thousands of dollars and hire a forensic accounting team to track the money. And Gingrich would cooperate anyways.
I heard some good things regarding Gingrich and TARP today on Limbaugh's show. As early as October 1st of 2008, Gingrich had the right call when he said that TARP should be repealed immediately and the new mark-to-market accounting rules that were destroying the brokerage firms should be suspended while lawmakers fixed the legislation that led to the Lehman fiasco and subsequent financial firms melt-down. But that would have taken approx. $800 billion out of the hands of politicians and that just wasn't going to happen.
My problem with Gingrich is that no matter how many good ideas he has, he always seems to have his blow up moments where he does or says something incredibly stupid and totally abhorant to the tenants of conservatism, as you so aptly point out.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
I can't stand Newt going
Submitted by okie-pastor on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:20pm.
I can't stand Newt going after Romney from the left. It makes me sick. He should go after "Obamneycare" or ask him about his willingness to work with democrats. That's what scares me about Romney. When the heat is on him he will forsake the base and give democrats what they want. I want to believe Romney, I really do but he just seems to go where the political wind blows. I think Gingrich would torch Obama in debate and would stick it to the democrats and the liberal media at the same time. He showed us what he could do (remember 1994)
I don't have any faith
Submitted by HockeyKid on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:44pm.
in Newt. Every time he does something good from the conservative perspective, he offsets it by doing something boneheaded, like the Pelosi ad. Then he explains himself later by saying something like, "it was stupid". Well, yes, it was stupid, but that's not an excuse. I'd much rather he stop doing the stupid things in the first place. "It was stupid" ain't gonna fix the economy.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
I hear ya, the pelosi ad was
Submitted by okie-pastor on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 11:13pm.
I hear ya, the pelosi ad was indefensible. What else could he say? And I agree saying "it was stupid" ain't going to fix the economy but then again neither is saying "I'm going to work with democrats". We both know that ain't going to fix the economy.
And as result the MSM can spin that to their advantage "voters turn out for the candidate who will work with democrats". "voters say they want compromise!". The more things change the more they stay the same.
But whoever wins (except Paul & Huntsman) have my vote
CLOSE YOUR EYES and listen to Megyn Kelly's interview
Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 12:18am.
today with Newt Gingrich. Here is the VIDEO. Doesn't he sound just like Obama? Note the number of times that Gingrich, like Obama, uses the word fairness.
Megyn Kelly came to the interview prepared. She revealed RINO Gingrich's hypocrisy in criticizing Romney's record at Bain Capital by asking him at the 6:24 mark about his (Gingrich) own ties to a similar firm Forstmann Little .
Gingrich's latest....
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 12:22am.
lost me. I was still going to vote for him in the Florida primary.
But all of his silly vindictiveness just lost me. I sent an e-mail to his campaign manager saying so, too.
Right now, I don't know who I shall vote for. But it won't be Newt. I'm sorry, Newt....but you lost me, not the other way around.
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Blonde....I was never a Gingrich fan because of his past
Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 1:06am.
close associations with Pelosi, Al Sharpton, and other Leftist. Gingrich, like RINO McCain, appeared too comfortable and friendly around Democrats, especially extreme Leftist nuts like Pelosi and Sharpton. It appears that even today, Gingrich hasn't changed.
Although I would much prefer a more true conservative candidate, we are going to have to make do with our current candidates. As I posted previously, I believe Mitt Romney is the best candidate among the current crop who is acceptable to independents and disillusioned Democrats and can beat Obama. We will just have to encourage and push him more to the right, when it's necessary.
Not a big Romney fan, but
Submitted by okie-pastor on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:04pm.
Not a big Romney fan, but this is such a ridiculous accusation. It should be the definition of taking a statement out of context.
If Romney wins nomination, I'll hold my nose and pull the lever for him. I know we are going to have to pull him to the right, but I'll be glad when we move from the not Romney discussion to the not Obama referendum!
Let's keep our focus on Obama! He is sweating now! I love it!
Gingrich 2012!
Like I have been saying, the Newtered RINO is not a conservative
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 12:24am.
Trust me.
I live in Georgia. :-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
The New World Order
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:07am.
Under Obama nobody gets fired because nobody has a job.
I've said he strikes me as a
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 9:26am.
I've said he strikes me as a creep, and I tend to understand his point {after it's been blown up and he has to explain it}
BUT Newt spends too much time trying to outsmart the D's, and not enough on core.
***edit:
I think Newt's saying here that Mitt was using Bain to pick winners and losers, but beyond that, he was *deciding* who would win or lose by how they leveraged/de-leveraged them, which what Pres. Obama has been doing with out tax dollars, so to Newt, Mitt=Obama in Big gov't style "takings"
Ronald Reagan
Picking Winners and Losers
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 10:10am.
Are you saying it's wrong for someone in the private sector to try to pick a winners and losers? Are you saying Newt Gingrich said that? Are you saying that Gingrich is equating the private sector incorrectly with the public sector? I'm not sure of your point here.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Me? HELL NO!!! That's the
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 10:47am.
Me? HELL NO!!! That's the *whole* point, right? It's how we got from typewriters to computers - private sector backing who *they* thought would be the winners!!!
Newt was on with Megyn and he kept talking about the difference between the free market and what he accused Mitt of - and *if* I understood his point, he was saying Mitt wasn't focusing on private sector backing who they thought would be winners, but how much $$$ they could loot from a company, in the guise of trying to help them.
Do I think he's right? No. BUT - our gov't IS trying to perform this function with "green" energy.
Ronald Reagan
Thanks for clarifying
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 5:09pm.
Thanks for clarifying. Your first post wasn't clear to me.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Kingfish17
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 5:33pm.
lol - sorry, but for you to think I agreed with the "gimme gimme" crowd - now that hurt!
Ronald Reagan
My sincere apologies
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:46pm.
But you must admit that the your sentence starting with "I think Newt...." is, to be polite, and slightly PC, grammatically challenged!
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Kingfish17
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 8:00pm.
You are correct - I *should* have done the double proofread.
I was trying to spit out what I thought Newt was getting at quickly, since I had deleted the show already. I know I have trouble being pithy and concise, so I tend to over explain - like now ;-P
Ronald Reagan