Three Weeks After Solyndra Scandal Began MSNBC Prime Time Programs Still Haven't Reported It
Today is the three week anniversary of the beginning of the Solyndra scandal, and the prime time programs of the so-called "news network" named MSNBC have yet to report one single word about it.
This is despite daily revelations about the growing controversy for the Obama administration including the following from the San Jose Mercury Tuesday:
The top executives at Fremont's bankrupt solar manufacturer Solyndra plan to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to answer questions when they appear at a congressional hearing Friday.
Brian Harrison, Solyndra's CEO, and W.G. "Bill" Stover, the company's chief financial officer, have voluntarily agreed to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday and had previously assured congressional staffers they would testify.
Attorneys for both Harrison and Stover sent letters Tuesday to Reps. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., and Diana DeGette, D-Colo., informing them of their clients' plans to remain silent due to the highly publicized FBI raid of Solyndra's offices and the ongoing criminal investigation by the Department of Justice. Copies of the two letters were obtained by this newspaper.
As the Mercury noted, this is serious business:
The Solyndra saga has riveted Washington, and the committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is looking into the Fremont company's $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy and subsequent bankruptcy and raid by the FBI.
Solyndra, its investors and individual executives have retained top-shelf lawyers as the company, once the Obama administration's poster child for the promise of green jobs, juggles a thorny bankruptcy proceeding, a widening congressional investigation and a criminal probe into potential fraud.
It was also reported Tuesday that the $535 million Solyndra received in stimulus funds was more than 35 states were given from that spending bill for the construction and/or repair of highways, roads, and bridges. This is extremely controversial given the President's new stimulus proposal requesting additional federal expenditures for similar supposedly job-producing infrastructure activities.
Yet MSNBC's prime time commentators Chris Matthews, Al Sharpton, Lawrence O'Donnell, Rachel Maddow, and Ed Schultz haven't done one single report on this scandal since it began three weeks ago.
Exactly how can the executives at MSNBC and parent network NBC condone such an overt demonstration of media bias?
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For the last several nights, I have gone to bed...
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 9:57am.
...with visions of the Dear Ruler (and his #1 grape peeler Herr Erich von Holderen) in shackles before a federal judge, dancing in my head.
No wonder I have been waking up with a smile on my face. :-D
But even if it really does happen (I am soooooo praying that it does) MSNBCCCP won't be reporting it because they are going to be too busy crying in their borscht and vodka.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
But, but, but, but Noel it was mentioned at 9:00 am Sunday...
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 9:59am.
Noel, I sent you folks an e-mail this weekend and noted that "Up with Chris Hayes" on Sunday morning brought this up.
He started the segment with "What the right wing calls a supposed scandal" or something to that effect and he has as an expert on..... a CEO of a Green Solar company who bashes everyone who isn't a "believer" and of course she brings up Bush started the program back in 2006.................................
NO mention that Bush SAID NO to the deal after review
NO mention that Obama's own EPA said it was not ready for prime time
NO mention that the deal was redone so the DEM loving CEO got paid before us
CONSIDDERING HIS OWN PEOPLE PREDICTED they would be out of business by Sept 2011 - THE FIRST AND ONLY correct prediction......
NO mention he was a HEAVY bundler for Obama
NO mention that this was fast tracked as SOON as Obama took office
NO mention that the lawfirm telling them to shut up is a HUGE, HUGE Dem contributor
Pretty much this "supposed news corporation" brought up NO facts on what the whole ISSUE is about.
Instead it was an infomercial on how great the green solar companies are
Of course being from Massachusetts I am a bitter clinger because 58 million dollars went away with Obambi clone Devalue Patrick GIVING it to now defunct EVERGREEN SOLAR
Sgt. Schultz
Submitted by Joe W. on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 9:56am.
Was it not the good sergeant who often times said "I see nothing".....??? Maybe the moon bats at MSDNC believe that if they ignore this, it will all just "blow over".....Their collective silence on the matter is deafening.
The MSNBCer's. . . doesn't
Submitted by rickbren on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 9:58am.
. . . even cain't spel jernalist. But now they all is one. . .
It is getting more and more
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:08am.
It is getting more and more sickening seeing the LSM do everything they can to prop up this failed Administration and the child that is in charge.
When can we expect to see the pink slips handed out to the Guthries, Schultz's, Maddcows, Williams and Matthews of this rancid industry?
When can we expect to see the
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:45am.
When can we expect to see the pink slips handed out to the Guthries, Schultz's, Maddcows, Williams and Matthews of this rancid industry?
Hopefully it will be thirty seconds after we hear the Sgt. at Arms step forward and say, "Mr. President, stand down."
Yeah, I know I'm fantasizing a bit here. Okay, maybe a lot, but it's the only thing really keeping me going right now.
Tthese cretins, through their overt corruption and hideously destructive economic policies, have stolen three and a half years of my life, and even though I will never get them back, I at least want to see the hammer of justice land on the goons responsible like a ton of bricks.
Every last one of them.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Fact is Dave
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:47am.
These creeps will never understand they are part of the problem, witch led to the upheaval of the dimwits
Boudin,
Submitted by texasborngranny on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:56am.
I think the saddest part is that they are so invested in the left's lies they must refuse to see that facts. This applies especially the academics whose whole lives are based on those lies.
"Loose Lips Sink Ships"...
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:09am.
posters hung in all MSNBC facilities.
SoL,
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:21am.
I am so hoping that this brewing scandal, combined with Fast and Furious, will be enough to sink the Dear Ruler's ship, along with its entire crew of corrupt, thuggish goons.
And the sooner, the better.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave, let's not forget the
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:30am.
Dave, let's not forget the other scandal that is LightSquared.
Can this Administration be vying for the title of most corrupt?
Scoob,
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:36am.
Actually, I think they blew right by that dubious distinction some time ago.
LOL - This collection of goons, thugs, liars, and crooks makes Nixon's crowd look like alter boys.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
You got that right
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:45am.
Surprised they are still walking the streets
You don't...
Submitted by retrocon on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 12:50pm.
You don't put "Rulers" out on the street, they have propaganda machines that placate the masses, feed the mindless, and ensure that truth is ignored or twisted to their every benefit.
Unlikely to ever happen
Submitted by texasborngranny on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:37am.
Unlikely to ever happen. The people who support The Big 0's regime refuse to hear, see, or read anything that does not come from the leftist (abcnbccbsmsnbc, etc) media and the leftist media refuse to report anything that doesn't prop up The Big 0. Great big vicious circle.
tbg, You are probably right
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:33am.
But I would attribute that not so much to the Dear Ruler's supporters and his MSM naval-polishers, but more to the apparent unwillingness of congressional repubs to do much of anything when it comes to Obama.
If this situation were reversed and Obama had an "R" after his name, every dem that could walk, crawl, or be carried, along with every MSM dem dog-washer you could name, would be lining the rooftops of DC, screaming at the top of their lungs for Obama's head on a platter.
With a tiny handful of exceptions, the repubs just sit there, stone faced and almost paralyzed.
They remind me of a guy sitting in a lounger across the street from his house, watching some goons taking jackhammers to its foundation, and he just sits there with a bowl of popcorn in his lap and a beer in his hand - even though he has a cell phone in his pocket and a loaded shotgun is just feet away.
That is exactly how I view the republicans.
Even if they don't have enough votes in the Senate to stop him (but the repub-controlled House could be doing far more to), at least they could be out there raising some serious hell.
Little wonder they have been having their heads handed to them so often over the last 40+ years.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave, ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 5:10pm.
Agreed.
I would hope some things are being attended to 'under the radar', so to speak, but past Republican "accomplishments" are most certainly not anything to brag about.
That said, I love texasborngranny's definition:
The Big O = Great Big Vicious Circle.
That is spot on and beautiful.
MD
In agreement here, Dave.
Submitted by texasborngranny on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 9:23am.
Either "Dear Ruler's supporters and his MSM naval-polishers" or "the apparent unwillingness of congressional repubs" would be bad enough singularly, but the combination is certainly lethal.
We need a new CCC... Conservative Congressmen with Cajones.
They must have come off a two-week meth bender
Submitted by JLin on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:09am.
Hard to concentrate on that news thingy stuff....
nothing to see here
Submitted by ohio granny on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:20am.
Nothing to see on MSNBC regarding corruption in the Obama White House. That is why the viewers are moving on to another network.
Talk about proping up this
Submitted by inquiringmind on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:56am.
Talk about proping up this administration, Matt Laure even trotted out the little boy Rachel Maddow to give us his thoughts about it all.
He ( Rachel) even had on his Smart boy glasses today.
They won't report it..not any
Submitted by jkwtrading on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:36am.
They won't report it..not any more, they are all too blind to see anything from their leader. we see it they don't, in time they will pay for their blindness.
Guilty!
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:39am.
Indictment by silence.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
It's MSNBC - The Official WH Press Room
Submitted by Conservator on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 12:27pm.
And it would be unpatriotic for Chris Matthews, Al Sharpton, Lawrence O'Donnell, Rachel Maddow, and Ed Schultz to utter a single word of truth if it hurts Obama.
It's all Bush's fault that.....
Submitted by FistsforLiberty on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 12:46pm.
they haven't reported on it yet!!!!
They didn't report it because
Submitted by jessieH on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 2:27pm.
They didn't report it because they aren't a news outlet. They are a propaganda outlet.
M.S.N.B.C.is not a news network.
Submitted by greatj on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 6:33pm.
This shows that M.S.N.B.C. is not really a news network but a propaganda operative for Obama and the Democratic party.Their job is not news but to attack all Republicans and Conservatives.They will avoid,lie,humiliate,and personally destroy everyone that they are told to by the Democratic party.They are hateful and disgraceful.
That is a sound definition
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 6:36pm.
For most so called "media outlets"