Networks that Railed Against Rhetoric of Tea Parties Offer No Comment on Hitler, Dictator Signs at Wis. Protests
The same networks that assailed the allegedly extreme invective from the Tea Party have, thus far, not found anything interesting about signs implying that Scott Walker, Wisconsin's Republican governor, is a Nazi or a dictator in the style of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak.
On Thursday's newscasts and Friday's Today, Good Morning America and the Early Show, the extreme rhetoric of some of the signs went unremarked. Some of the images, which included pictures of Walker as Adolf Hitler and signs that read "Scott Mubarek [sic]: Get Out," were seen briefly during crowd shots.
But, none of the programs raised any objections to the hateful rhetoric surrounding Wisconsin's plan to reform collective bargaining and force federal workers to pay for part of their retirement.
On CBS's Early Show, Cynthia Bowers defended, "And tens of thousands of people are expected to once again descend upon this capitol building today to protest what they say are anti-union legislation rules....more than 10,000 protesters rallied against a proposed budget bill they called drastic and extreme."
Over on ABC's Good Morning America, Chris Bury sounded a similar theme: "Last night, more public workers, including these firemen, poured into the capitol. Some families camping out overnight, in a last-ditch effort to protest budget cuts they fear would cripple their union rights."
Today correspondent John Yang explained, "They are angry over proposed budget cuts, which include a plan to end collective bargaining rights for many state workers."
None of the networks discussed signs deriding, "Scott Walker = Adolf Hitler." They didn't focus on a poster with a target over Walker's head, demanding, "Reload: Repeal Walker."
More of these signs can be found here.
To see how the networks trumpeted alleged incidents of violence and racism by the Tea Party, go here.
— Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.
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The democrat party network
Submitted by Chandran on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 5:13pm.
Thy hypocrisy knows no bounds.
the way they always get away
Submitted by TruthMonger on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 6:08pm.
the way they always get away with it knows no bounds
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
And they are...
Submitted by ThisnThat on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:06pm.
...getting away with it. Anyone who doesn't believe this is a coordinated response simply isn't consious. Like puppets on a string -- someone is in very tight control of the message.
But the Tea Party is scheduled to counter protest on Saturday. We'll get a direct comparison of the MSM response then. My prediction -- the Tea Party will be hammered by the MSM.
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...that was my thought as
Submitted by msh1973 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 8:10pm.
...that was my thought as well.
MSM hypocrisy? Here is my shocked face---- :o0
Submitted by merly1 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:22pm.
Yes, :oO
Every government employee
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 5:29pm.
Every government employee that holds up a sign that screams out the intelligence level of the person holding it should be terminated with predjudice immediately.
The TAXPAYERS of Wisconsin DESERVE and PAY FOR THE VERY BEST public servants.
If they don't like the benefits package or payscale the TAXPAYERS can afford, then they need a new line of work.
Let the unions pay their unemployment checks and leave the TAXPAYERS off the hook!
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
What I hope is the result
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 8:19pm.
of the high profile of this debacle is the education of more voters. If unions spent their money on their members, they'd have no need for the taxpayers to do it for them. Of course, the union leaders wouldn't have their house in the Hamptons and their golden parachutes either.
JOURNALISM BY OMISSION............
Submitted by Herbster on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 5:24pm.
If you questioned any of these empty suits and empty skirts that read the news as to their double standard, their indignant response would be, "Are you questioning my journalistic ethics?" Talk about an oxymoron. Don't forget, these folks are basically pimps and pimpettes for the democratic party.......
That's When You Say "No, I'm Not..."
Submitted by Tenebrous on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 5:57pm.
...because you can't question something missing entirely.
Visions and Principles blog
Or
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 6:25pm.
You can't question a mythical animal.
And really isn't "journalistic ethics/integrity" becomming kind of an oxymoron?
And I wouldn't hold my breath
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 6:20pm.
waiting for journalsts to browbeat every national Dem on every interview show to denounce the actions of the state senators in Wisconsin.
They wanted Boehner to chime in on governor Barbour's refusal to denounce a license plate, and Boehner non-denouncement of Barbour's non-denouncement was supposed to indicate something wrong with Boehner I gather.
A couple of months ago, the media ddn't understand the problem with Obama accusing the GOP of holding something hostage. So we should point out that since this is an acceptible metaphor, we've got a worse hostage situation here, what with hiding out and fleeing across state lines and all.
Fire or lay them off, enough
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 6:45pm.
Fire or lay them off, enough of these unions thugs and their useful idiots.
If He Would Just Fire Them All
Submitted by JustAl on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 7:07pm.
He would walk into the White House in 2013 without doing much anything else in the way of a campaign IMHO.
DO A REGAN
Submitted by Der Alte on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 9:10pm.
Do a Regan, Fire all their a**es!
Lamers
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 9:40pm.
Lamers: Oh those signs were being held by Tea Party plants. If not they were just some of the hard working union members joking around. Or as they say in other countries: Monkeying about! Hahahaha. My goodness they do have a sense of humor! I do hope that no one takes those jokesters seriously. YUKYUk
all of this is happening as
Submitted by jkwtrading on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 9:42pm.
all of this is happening as the 3 biggest democrat states all losing their butts, CA, Illinois and New York just sit on their hands hoping it all goes away..
I hear the ring of the "piped piper" soon to be caling his tune in CA, New York and also Illinois.
JKW
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:12pm.
Our outstanding Governor Jerry (Captain Moon Beam) Brown is well on his way to solving Ca's $25,000,000,000 deficit. He took cell phones away from several thousand state workers. Estimated savings is around $5,000,000 per year. As you can see his big move is a few bucks short. He also has proposed a big tax increase that he wants voters to approve in a special election. Usal rhetoric has already started to flow. Schools close, Firefighters and Police laid off,ect. Only doomsday not predicted is Plagues sweeping Ca., Illegals forced to pay for their health care, welfare recipients looking for work and birds flying backwards. But I will be shocked if the D.A.s in this state do not pass it.
So if the phones cost 100 per
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 9:35am.
So if the phones cost 100 per month, which is a heck of lot for commercial accounts the size of Cali, then a bit over 4K people lost phones. Cali will fall into the ocean because of an earthquake ... it will be their debt that tips them over.
If I were a parent of one of the students brought to this
Submitted by Cape Conservative on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:04pm.
gathering as a social studies outing, I would be at the next school board meeting expressing my outrage at such an action!
How can anyone be proud of their educational system when their educators are acting like nothing more than THUGS! Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't an individual in a private business be let go if he or she was carrying a sign depicting their boss as Hitler???
RESPECT is EARNED and by their own actions, these teachers have lost ALL respect from Americans across the country! They will live to regret the day they decided to march on the capitol! What kind of an example are they setting for the students????
I'm sure there are enough college-educated unemployed in Wisconsin to fill every classroom with a teacher probably MORE qualified and MORE interested in the welfare of the students than those who have deserted them to protest.
It is PAST TIME to put an end to public employee unionization...let them find out what the rest of us have known for our entire working careers in the private sector...you get an honest day's wages for an honest day's work...NOTHING more NOTHING less! And if you don't show up for work for no good reason, you WILL pay the price and your employer has the right to, and WILL, fire you!
As for the NY teacher situation, perhaps if the labor union would schedule the hearings for all those teachers who sit in the 'rubber rooms' awaiting arbitration while collecting FULL SALARIES, they just might be able to keep some of the teachers they plan to lay off!
We MUST allow our newly elected officials the opportunity to try to right the ship of state - BEFORE it sinks! Our country is so UPSIDE-DOWN!!!!
"M-U-B-A-R-E-K"
Submitted by Teamcheeser on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:14pm.
Wisconsin teacher?
What Conservatives Like Glenn Beck Don't Understand About Unions
Submitted by im41 on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:14pm.
Unions are the only reason a logical thinking person would ever even consider voting for a democrat. No person in their right mind could overlook the harm liberals have done to America, and vote for the likes of Jimmy Carter or Barack Obama. Not unless at some level that decision made sense to them. Here is where conservatives like Rush, Beck and Hannity have let us down.
By grouping Beck in there
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:34pm.
I can see what you and the post author don't understand about Beck. He's quite a bit less corporations want you to live in mud shacks, but pretty much the same as how the unions have been taken captive by radicals.
meanwhile bloomberg is laying
Submitted by dmacleo on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:43pm.
meanwhile bloomberg is laying off 6k teachers in NYC and not a peep, this guy tries to save those jobs and see what he gets.
I told friend in WI he should shelf this, fire 6k teachers, then bring this back under emergency session.
screw them.
LOL
Submitted by stunned on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 2:10am.
Well at least with Obama coming out for the mob we will be spared the cutsie MSM slogan, "Obama is a Centrist" this weekend. But don't worry once the Demmies are dragged back and the Wisconsin reforms pass with a bi-partisan vote they'll be back trying to convince us he is just a misunderstood moderate once again.
tired of liberal lies
Solidarność! The Freaker of The House lends her support
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 10:07am.
"“Wisconsin's workers, teachers and public servants must have a seat at the table to fight for a safe workplace,” she said. “I stand in solidarity with the Wisconsin workers fighting for their rights, especially for all the students and young people leading the charge.”
So these teachers are fighting for a "safe workplace"? No, they're fighting over $100 a month.
And the students should be in school, not being indoctrinated to be little marching moonbat agitators.
Reductio ad Hitlerum. Le
Submitted by wiwf on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 10:35am.
Reductio ad Hitlerum. Le sigh.