World News anchor Charles Gibson admitted on Tuesday, "I worry about the lack of objectivity and the future of the news business." According to the Boston Herald, the ABC host spoke before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and said of Fox News and MSNBC: "I don’t like the fact that they’re delivering news based on the conviction of its viewers." He also derided some viewers who "watch news that plays to their own prejudices."
With no sense of irony, Gibson attacked Republicans for being obstructionist on health care: "It’s not being very productive to have an opposition party that simply says, ‘We are going to fight the president no matter what on health-care reform. We are not going to give you a single vote and we are going to march in lock step against you." He added that this is "not good for the country."
Although Gibson did note that "Democrats similarly stood in lock step in opposition to President George W. Bush, and that was a great mistake, too," he’s long had issues with a "lack of objectivity." On September 15, 2009, five days after a massive story about ACORN and corruption broke, the anchor was interviewed on a Chicago radio station and asked about lack of coverage.
He laughingly dismissed, "I didn’t even know about it. Um. So, you’ve got me at a loss. I don’t know. Uh. Uh. But my goodness, if it’s got everything including sleaziness in it, we should talk about it this morning."
When Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 9, Gibson commented on the President’s "humble" tone and extolled, "The Nobel Committee feeling that he has inspired a new sense in the world."
On June 4, 2008, the ABC host famously offered this softball to Obama after he won the Democratic presidential nomination: "When everybody clears out, the staff is gone, you're in the hotel room at night, and you're alone, do you say to yourself, 'Son of a gun, I've done this?"
Instead of worrying just about Fox News and MSNBC, perhaps Gibson, who is retiring in January, should think about the reporting of his own show and network.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.
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The subprime media keeps
November 11, 2009 - 13:08 ET by pwozThe subprime media keeps demonstration their desperation. They are so out of touch, it's hilarious!
Isn't this the guy who bowed to Obama?
November 11, 2009 - 13:40 ET by jazbo"Democrats; Breeding voters like farm animals since 1962"
Negative. That would be
November 11, 2009 - 13:48 ET by JerNegative. That would be Brian Williams. You need to get your media sychophants straight.
Jer
But they are all so similarly O-bsequious!
November 11, 2009 - 14:13 ET by jazbo"Democrats; Breeding voters like farm animals since 1962"
What?
November 11, 2009 - 15:36 ET by Patriot IIIs this clown amazing or what? talk about dense......."duh, iz kaint see no forest...fer all dem trees!"
How does Gibson know it's
November 11, 2009 - 13:11 ET by ConservativeRexHow does Gibson know it's not good for the country? It's not been tried before.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Mr. Gibson, my prejudices
November 11, 2009 - 13:21 ET by ForeverOnTheRightMr. Gibson, my prejudices are I want my news fair, balanced and without filtering out what I you feel I don't need to know. I want the whole story so that I know what really is going on, not what you want me to think is going on. No bias please.
And in summing up....
November 11, 2009 - 13:17 ET by StarAZWhen Gibson sits alone at night does he say, "I am a huge bag of goo who does not read anything except the teleprompter each night, but by God, I have influenced the country to believe a totally untested president who may lead us into bankruptcy--but dadgum, I am cool"?
Does he say...
November 11, 2009 - 13:25 ET by CCsteelcityHe doesn't have to sit up at night worrying about anything obviously. He didn't, or says he didn't know anything about the ACORN issue, well what about the weeks following the first one? There have been 6 more videos come up and still no news about it... what's the excuse now?
Oh and he shares the same teleprompter with Obamajama!
"The bottom line is that the idea that government bureaucrats have enough knowledge to manage an economy well is the height of conceit." - Friedrich Hayek
Projection
November 11, 2009 - 13:25 ET by cvgbuckeyeIs it possible at all that these people can be totally ignorant of the perfect storm of hypocricy that they represent OR are they aware and are just convinced that the American people are that stupid not to see it.
Actually, if it is possible, I think that it is a hybrid of both. Like Bernie Goldberg, I think that if these people were asked on a lie detector test if they were biased, they would answer no and be so convinced of the fallacy that they would pass the test.
Unbelieveable. Like Pontius Pilate said, "Truth ?, What is Truth?"
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‘I Worry About the Lack of Objectivity’ in News Business
November 11, 2009 - 13:27 ET by Tim EarlDoes Mr. Gibson worry about how irrelevant his opinion has become?
Pot calling kettle!
November 11, 2009 - 13:29 ET by BlondePositively NUTS!
I truly hope he reads this blog posts and gets a clue how utterly rediculous he sounds with his platitudes.
I hope he fails, too.
Stunning
November 11, 2009 - 13:42 ET by Forbin001After all the tea parties, town hall protests, polls, the recent election, you would think these events would penetrate the thick skull of Gibson. Didnt happen, he is locked into complete denial of reality.
No kidding
November 11, 2009 - 14:05 ET by BlondeI'd love to have him sitting in a chair across from me, looking down at me with his glasses on the tip of his nose, whilst tapping his foot up and down like he needed to use the facilities.
I'd give him a clue. Even if it took a clue bat.
I hope he fails, too.
→ A clue bat?
November 11, 2009 - 14:14 ET by Cool ArrowNow that's funny, I don't care who y'are.
I'm gonna' borrow your clue bat from time to time. If that's a Blondeism, it's a classic.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Alas, CA
November 11, 2009 - 14:15 ET by BlondeI only borrowed the clue bat....but I'd be happy to lend it to you whenever.
I hope he fails, too.
→ Thanks Blonde
November 11, 2009 - 14:17 ET by Cool ArrowI just went online and purchased a clue-by-four.
I'd never heard either term, but they're great.
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Alrighty then
November 11, 2009 - 14:27 ET by BlondeI may have to borrow yours.
I cannot tel a lie (I was a Girl Scout)....it's so funny you would say that about "blondeisms".....that started way back in High School, a friend of mine even inscribed much the same thought in my year book! Continued in college, too (one of my favorites was the Ritz Onion for the Reitz Union Student Center)....and continues to this day, I guess. People who know me well understand my shorthand. LOL. I guess that means you know me well.
I hope he fails, too.
New to me too,
November 11, 2009 - 14:27 ET by DEVILDOCMOMbut I will certainly use a clue bat and a clue-by-four...wonderful!
Blonde/Cool~
November 11, 2009 - 14:30 ET by Georgia GirlChocolate fudge with pecans? Yummy. Conservative efforts to take back the country? Encouraging. Blonde's description of Gibson? Priceless.
Oh, and Cool (re: the clue-by-four): as always, you're so darn witty. :)
"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."~Helen Keller
whilst tapping his foot up and down...
November 11, 2009 - 15:00 ET by CCsteelcityThat's the sitdown version of the "peepee dance".
"The bottom line is that the idea that government bureaucrats have enough knowledge to manage an economy well is the height of conceit." - Friedrich Hayek
Gibsons' answerer
November 12, 2009 - 10:20 ET by Jerry MackGibsons' answer to Forbin001: Gee. when did all this happen?
Objectivity doesn't sell in
November 11, 2009 - 13:41 ET by AnkharanObjectivity doesn't sell in the media, on either side of the isle. We still believe in capitalism don't we? we can see by the current ratings which side of the political isle is more interested in watching a nes media that reflects its views. Commercialism at its finest. As it should be.
Everything on TV is TV
November 11, 2009 - 13:46 ET by CO2MakerRepeat that: Everything on TV is TV.
It's all edited (with the exception of live programs like sports events and the OJ chase). Eveything is scripted and, if an interview, at least edited. There was more to Gibson's 2008 interview with O'Bama than what was broadcast, meaning that ABC chose to include that Diane-Sawyer-ish "how do you feel" question for only one reason: to appeal to their viewers in some way.
Repeat: Everything on TV is TV.
Sorry Charley
November 11, 2009 - 14:01 ET by iveseenitallComplete Republican opposition to communist "health care" which will bankrupt the nation is not only "not good" for the country, as you put it, it would be GREAT for the nation. Too bad you are wrong again, there isn't total opposition---the RINOS will cave, sooner or later. Sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
What a Hypocrite!
November 11, 2009 - 14:21 ET by DaMamaGibson is such a hypocrite. His obvious liberal bias is peppered throughout his newscast, as is Brian Williams, Katie Couric and everyone on CNN.
Gibson, like every other liberal TV newscaster, fawns over Obama, denies the obvious ties of the Ft. Hood shooter to radical Islam, promotes the Democrats and talks down to Republicans and conservatives.....I could go on an on.
Diane Sawyer isn't going to be any better when Gibson retires in January. They are all liberal lapdogs, and the reason why talk radio and internet news sites are so popular. We can't trust anyone on TV anymore - they are all liberally biased.
Charles Gibson.. interviewing Palin
November 11, 2009 - 14:22 ET by Gary HallHow can one forget the stark contrast in how Gibson conducted a mean-sprited, confrontational and subsequently highly edited (such that context and facts were thrown out the window) interview with Gov. and then VP candidate Palin, compared with the soft-ball laced love chats that he conducted with Biden and Obama.
As Helen Thomas said of the Obama White House controlling the news, " ..they ought to be hanging their heads in shame."
So should Charlie Gibson.
(;~/ gary
They have no shame, Gary.
November 11, 2009 - 14:30 ET by BlondeNor facts, apparently. They're rather long on opinions, and of course, HIGH opinions about themselves and their claques.
I hope he fails, too.
Objectivity!
November 11, 2009 - 14:30 ET by blazermaniacCharlie, the lack of objectivity has been there as long as you've been at ABC and you still don't notice it! Then again, you didn't know what in the hell was going on with ACORN, so it's obvious that you are an IDIOT!
To the lamestream media,
November 11, 2009 - 14:39 ET by KStormTo the lamestream media, liberalism is objectivity.
Boy is he dumb.
November 11, 2009 - 15:00 ET by AlanaBoy is he dumb.
Alternate Reality
November 11, 2009 - 15:16 ET by allanfGibson said:
Apparently, Democrat talking points are more important to Gibson than actual facts. Republicans have been all but excluded from the Pelosi bill preparation table. They are in the minority. It is opposition within Gibson's own party that is holding this up.
A few Democrats may actually still care what the American people think.
AND there actually was a
November 11, 2009 - 15:30 ET by deerjerkydaveAND there actually was a single Republican who voted for Pelosi health care!!!!! And by the way a whole bunch of DEMOCRATS sided with the Republicans AGAINST Pelosi care!!!! But no, he's upset with the Republicans! Gibson is such a hypocritical empty suit it is embarrassing to hear him speak. That's why I tune him off. Is it 2 PM yet? Time for Glenn Beck! At least he is honest about who he is.
Propagandist or Fool?
November 11, 2009 - 16:00 ET by allanfThe term "useful idiots" is no longer in favor. But one has to wonder, when Gibson repeats such pablum whether he is a propagandist or a fool.
allan... I've always
November 11, 2009 - 16:02 ET by bigtimerallan...
I've always liked 'useless idiot' much better.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
If the roles were reversed
November 11, 2009 - 19:00 ET by deerjerkydaveIf the roles were reversed by Republicans and Democrats, the media would be critical about how the Republican's were split and couldn't hold their party together. Gosh they're carrying that line right now over Senator Graham and the New York congressional race!
The liberal media will always be against the Republican party. This is why it is so damaging to put up liberal progressive candidates within the party. Let them criticize the conservative candidates. They will always side with the Dems in the end. Case in point: John McCain. They loved him until he became the nominee for President. I saw it from miles away that they would turn on him and he would get slaughtered. Amazing. Which party is going to actually shrink the Federal budget? Nobody has ever done it in the history of this country. Here's why:
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.
Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage." - Alexander Tytler
The latest largesse is health care.
A question for Mr nose glasses
November 11, 2009 - 15:48 ET by TomoramaThat is the play here with these liberal pussies, make it like MessNBC and Fox are equally biased and everyone else are virtues of journalism fairness.
I have written this on many sites and have gotten zero posters to even fight me on it:
FOX news has far more Liberals/Democrats on than any of the others have Conservatives/Republicans on to state their views and it isn't even close.
Anyone care to dispute that from the "dark side"?
They all KNOW that MessNBC has ZERO fairness and they need to lump NUMBER ONE BY A MILE in the same pile, but it "aint" working and it is flat out BS.
A great man once said, YOU only get out of life what YOU put into it, he obviously wasn't a liberal.
"ZERO fairness",
November 11, 2009 - 19:29 ET by Jer"ZERO fairness", Tonorama?
MSNBC provides a three hour political forum hosted by a Reagan conservative every weekday morning. Identify a similar venue for a liberal spokesperson on Fox.
End of debate. You lose. Gosh, that was easy.
Jer
Jer:
November 11, 2009 - 19:31 ET by SickofLibsI wouldn't exactly describe Mika as a "Reagan conservative."
SoL...
November 11, 2009 - 19:39 ET by JerAnd I wouldn't exactly describe the show as "Morning Mika". Her political input is about one-tenth of Scarborough's.
Jer
PS...But as I've noted before, I wish MSNBC had not shifted further leftward over the past few years. Previously, it had been much more balanced [and watchable].
Jer - I always assumed the 'joe' referred to java
November 11, 2009 - 20:38 ET by SickofLibsI gotta give it to Mika, tho - who else could spend 2.5 hours with the upper half of their body fully rotated at 90 degrees?
I'd be at the chiro every afternoon.
Which she loves to do...she
November 11, 2009 - 20:45 ET by bigtimerWhich she loves to do...she can't take her eyes off of herself for thirty seconds...it's so obvious, if I were her, I'd watch repeat of the shows and take a lesson of what not do so much.
Either she's insecure, or egotistical..which I think it's the latter.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
I'm betting the
November 11, 2009 - 21:26 ET by JerI'm betting the former...there is precious little to justify egotism.
Jer
SoL...
November 11, 2009 - 21:32 ET by JerThe whole set logistics thing seems askew. Nortice how Geist and Barnicle are forced to share the same armpit.
Jer
→ I norticed
November 11, 2009 - 21:34 ET by Cool ArrowLots of norticing around here.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
خال - Cool
November 11, 2009 - 21:36 ET by Free StinkerCool,
you Putting Jer on Nortice? ;-)
خال
→ Yup
November 11, 2009 - 21:37 ET by Cool ArrowHe better toe that lien.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
You're just now noticing
November 11, 2009 - 21:38 ET by JerYou're just now noticing that?
Jer
Charlie you arrogant ass
November 11, 2009 - 16:16 ET by WorriedHop back in your sailboat and keep on sailin'.
You are a disgrace just like that Marxist POTUS you keep cheering for.
You are a stupid a-hole for thinking that Marxist POTUS cares about anyone's healthcare.
I suspect..
November 11, 2009 - 16:57 ET by smgxI suspect he had his glasses resting down on the tip of his arrogant red bloated nose. What a pompous ass.
I suspect..
November 11, 2009 - 16:57 ET by smgxI suspect he had his glasses resting down on the tip of his arrogant red bloated nose. What a pompous ass.
Chuck, we know that
November 11, 2009 - 17:05 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonChuck, we know that you are a slow learner and need this job in front of a camera because in the real world you couldn't make it, however....
All these people you claim have a right to healthcare, also have the same right to PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES, the same RIGHT the rest of us have.
You don't much like to cost of healthcare?
Then start REPORTING the FACT that costs are directly related to government interference in the healthcare indusrty.
http://gjresult.com
The Nobel Committee feeling
November 11, 2009 - 17:21 ET by Radical1979The Nobel Committee feeling that he has inspired a new sense in the world."
Yes Charlie, Obama has inspired a new sense in the world. The sense that America is now weak and ready to be ruled by Europe. The committe is wrong, as we will show them in 2010.
If ABC wants...
November 11, 2009 - 22:04 ET by talkradio55... to be objective, when Chuck Gibson steps down, they should put Jake Tapper in there. He's the closest thing ABC has to an actual journalist.
Liberalism is a lie unto itself.
Actual -objective journalist- ?
November 11, 2009 - 23:35 ET by NevadanConservativeThere is such a thing, in these troubled times?
Maybe we ought to be looking for other previously considered extinct species, such as the dodo...
Oops, my error, already have them in excess in the MSM and the Democrats.
Couldn't these ...individuals... confine themselves to facts and leave out the editorialising?
Old new guy on the block here, finally glad of a forum that likely IS on barry's enemies list.
How would I clean up the Senate?
THROW
Toss
Harry
Reid
Out
Willingly
→ Nevadan
November 11, 2009 - 23:52 ET by Cool ArrowThey have one. Jake Tapper.
Most posters here respect him for his honest reporting and refusal to play the MSM bonaphone.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Harry Reid toss--
November 12, 2009 - 00:41 ET by matthewdeanHey Nevadan:
I will see your Harry Reid toss, and raise you a Barbara Boxer bump out.
Since you, as a Nevadan, are willing to hurl Harry, I'm going to, as a Californian, in addition to the Boxer bump out, ante up with a Pelosi purge, and what the hey, throw in a Feinstein flip.
No losers in this hand, except the politicos mentioned as part of the hand.
Cheers.
MD
"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Hey Gibson....SHUT
November 11, 2009 - 22:31 ET by AcoustechHey Gibson....SHUT IT..
Nobody gives two craps what you think.
Just go away..
Your irrelevance can only compare to sh** on my shoe.
Charlie:
November 12, 2009 - 09:54 ET by HockeyKidCharlie: buh-bye.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
"He also derided some
November 12, 2009 - 10:30 ET by misterbee241That's because, Charlie, after 40 years of getting hammered with only the liberal slant to news, it's refreshing to get some of the other side.
"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."
Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941