MSNBC Frets About ‘Unhinged’ Conservatives Who Are ‘Scaring’ Seniors

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MSNBC’s graphics department on Monday provided some visually obnoxious examples of media bias, fretting about "unhinged" conservatives and "health care hysteria." Throughout the morning, the left-leaning cable network featured on-screen texts promoting the Democratic agenda. At 11:35am, MSNBC News Live host Carlos Watson anchored a piece urging liberals to get tough in supporting universal health care. The graphic screamed, "Are Liberals Being Too Weak?"

At the beginning of the 12pm show Dr. Nancy, Nancy Snyderman discussed whether or not conservatives such as Sarah Palin are frightening the elderly over health care. This time, the on-screen visual spun, "Health Care Fight: Scaring Seniors?"

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At 11:15am, anchor Watson presided over a similar segment and was paired with a graphic that hyperbolically suggested, "Conservatives Coming Unhinged?" Watson asked Peter Roff of U.S. News and World Reports, "You and I have, kind of, talked on and off over the several days about whether there’s a conservative revitalization going on or whether [sic] conservative movement, frankly, between the birthers and Sarah Palin’s comments and some of the other things, whether they’ve become unhinged. Your thoughts?"

At 9:18, during the Morning Meeting program, host Dylan Ratigan looked into the health care town hall meetings and the conservatives who have been loudly speaking up. Providing no objectivity at all, the MSNBC visual attacked the "Health Care Hysteria" that the cable network clearly believes is disrupting the President’s agenda.

At 9:56, Ratigan teased yet more coverage of the health care debate and condescendingly lectured, "Subsidized abortion, one of the rumors inside this health care debate. Advocating euthanasia. Another nice nightmare to try to get people worked up. We will separate fact from fiction on the health care debate."

He dismissively announced that MSNBC would see "if we can actually create a conversation as opposed to a bunch of hooting and hollering." Perhaps Mr. Ratigan should read the AP, because that news outlet explained on August 5 that abortion coverage is in the health care bill:

Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that would affect millions of women and recast federal policy on the divisive issue.

Federal funds for abortions are now restricted to cases involving rape, incest or danger to the life of the mother. Abortion opponents say those restrictions should carry over to any health insurance sold through a new marketplace envisioned under the legislation, an exchange where people would choose private coverage or the public plan.

—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.


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Pot v. Kettle.

Pot v. Kettle.

Addendum:  I seem to remember a concerted effort on the part of "unhinged" Liberals to scare seniors into believing that Bush's social security reform would put them out in the street.

I have those memories also.

I have those memories also. I had the unpleasant task of explaining to my folks that the Dems were just being their normal self... a-holes!

Obama’s Thugs In Action

 

 

http://iamnotaracist.wordpress.com/  

What is funnier than heck

What is funnier than heck now is both sides of the aisle and those in-between politically out in the real world are all out protesting this O-Care take over that will destroy SS/Medicare, and they know it...the left are in big trouble...they are not going to be able to undo this.

Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh

And why is the MSM suddenly

And why is the MSM suddenly fretting over "scaring the seniors" in the first place? The MSM had no problem scaring seniors when they lied about New Gingrich's Social Security speech back in '95 -- quoting it dishonestly and out of context, claiming Grigrich said Social Security should just 'die on the vine' when he said nothing of the sort.  And how many Democrats have been elected to office over the years rushing over to the senior center and creating a mini-panic with cock-and-bull stories about how Republicans want to take away their S.S.  I guess it's ok when Democrats scare seniors if the end result is a Democrat gets elected to office. The Media and the Democrat Party have a long history of working together to scare and even flat-out lie to seniors, minorities, the disabled, vets, etc.  to achieve their nefarious ends  and never seemed to have a problem with it - why are they suddenly so upset about it now?  

MSNBC really has become a

MSNBC really has become a parody of itself. Actually, it's become a parody of a parody of itself. 

I almost can't mad at it anymore - it's so perfectly ludicrous in pretending it's a news network.

Be careful MSNBC. Current TV is breathing down your neck...

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

5 Million Soros Bucks

I just read Socialist Daddy pumped in 5 million dollars just today to save ObamaCare.  You can bet his "children" at MSNBC know Papa is watching every show today and they better not screw up.

It must make Soros all warm

It must make Soros all warm and fuzzy to support these people. Bottom-feeders all!

Obama’s Thugs In Action

 

http://iamnotaracist.wordpress.com/  

I wanna know why....

 

Since congress has opted out of this 'healthcare debacle', and they will be allowed to live as long as medical science can keep them alive, I understand their pushing this.

What I DO NOT UNDERSTAND is every media talking head demands that themselves, their parents, aunts, uncles, sibling be givven indocrination counseling on how to end their lives beginning at age 65?

Basically what they are telling me is that their hero worship is so strong that they are saying:

"Please live as long as possible, I'll help kill off my family so you don't have to die early too."

Will somebody please ask Brian Wiliams, katy kurrick, etc why they prefer to get 'end of life' counseling but deny that same counseling to congress persons?

 

http://gjresult.com

 

Shaping opinion

They're openly trying to soothe the public's fears about the proposed bills. Now why would they try to soothe fears? Shouldn't they be looking to see if there's anything to fear?

And any report that starts with the suggestion that they're going to separate fact from fiction ... is guaranteed to label fiction as fact.

Note: if they go to the text, read the exact words, and ask a Republican what the problem is with those exact words ... then maybe I can give credence to the argument. But instead, all they have are generalizations, and they only ask Democrats and "independent" analysts.

What a disgrace to be the

What a disgrace to be the last commentator standing on CNBC.  Have they elminated all the independent thinkers yet?  You can see the changes progressing rapidly.

Word Picture

Why is it then, when I hear the word "unhinged" I immediately think of Keefy Uberdouche, not my friends and relatives exercising their First Amendment rights? MSNBC judging others? Yeah, right.

"unhinged"... how ironic

The embarrassing truth is revealed when the green-screen is removed...

       More fom the

       More fom the idiot pool. The ones scaring everyone is the government.      Congress hasn't earned any respect.                                                                                                                                                        

Scaring Seniors, or Seniors Doing the Scaring?

I just watched a video of an elderly man, whose adult disabled son was in a wheelchair, grilling John Dingell of Michigan.  He was screaming at Dingell, apparently demanding that Dingell tell him where in the Health Care bill was the provision that would give full care to his son (had a hard time with the audio, so I can't tell you EXACTLY what he was saying).  Eventually, several police came in and escorted the man (and his wheelchair-bound son) out of the auditorium (and I wonder by what authority they took the son out - he wasn't yelling at anyone!).  As he was being escorted out of the hall, he kept calling Dingell a fraud - an accurate (and polite) description, in my opinion.

But that's a long way of getting to my point - it is the Seniors who are doing the scaring, and they are scaring the pants off the politicians, who are doing everything they can, including lying (Dingell denied that the new bill would provide abortion funding) and disrespecting the citizens (Pelosi, Hoyer, etc.).  I think that tactic is as repugnant as anything I've seen in the last 25 years.

I think a lot of these politicians better make sure that Plan B is in effect - you know, the contingency plan for when they leave elected office and become regular citizens again.  I believe (at least, hope) that a lot of these Dems will not make it through their primaries; whether the Republicans can capture the seat in the general election is another story.  But just to see some of these people get booted BY THEIR OWN PARTY MEMBERS will be very satisfying!!!

nan... I saw this a few

nan...

I saw this a few days ago also.

Ditto your sentiments...the congress-critters are on a path to self-destruction!

Big time.

I can't wait until 2010.

Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh

There are few "journalists" left in America.

The vast majority of them have joined the Obama Ministry of Propaganda and Misinformation.

We have been and are being betrayed by those that are supposed to protects us...shed light on the  politicians that disregard the wishes and best interests of the American citizen.

Our government is supposed to fear us...that we might replace them with new representation.  Now they plot openly to insure their unending re-election through the funding of radical groups like ACORN, already busted for voter fraud. 

Our representatives call us un-American, violent, uninformed and dangerous.  They have lost their fear of us as voters and treat us as a nuisance to be dealt with accordingly.  Ignored.  Demeaned.  Dismissed as ignorant and unable to judge for ourselves what it best for us.

For the first time in my 53 years as an American,  I'm beginning to fear my government.  I don't like that feeling.

I can add to my tag line, one more thing that Truth is killing.  It's killing the attempt to turn American into a Socialist/Communist nation...and Obama does not like that one bit.  You need to shut up, sit down and let him get on with the destruction of Capitalism.

Obama is a liar and Truth is killing his agenda.

 

islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.

AB... I love the line you

AB...

I love the line you added...it's the truth.

Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh

Seniors

Seniors should be scared.  And the ones who are doing it are the Democrats.

But it's the elderly that

But it's the elderly that are against this bill! Don't try saying that the elderly will be just fine under UHC, because you're lying!

The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy