Time Magazine has a headline today that screams out "Bush Motorcade Kills Cop." After reading that one, you'd think Bush's limo ran over a policeman or something (I'll say policeman instead of the more vulgar "cop" Time used). Talk about a misleading headline! It turns out that Bush's motorcade didn't "kill" anyone. The unfortunate death occurred when an officer lost control of his motorcycle and died in the wreck. But Time has to turn an unfortunate accident into an accusation that Bush killed a "Cop" with his motorcade! This is Bush Derangement Syndrome at its finest and most ridiculous.
(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — A police officer in President Bush's motorcade crashed his motorcycle and died Monday, less than a year after a crash in Hawaii killed another motorcycle officer accompanying the president.
And, then there is the bringing up of the other incident as if it is a sure thing that Bush's motorcade is somehow negligent, even as they make no such accusation directly. Quite a deft way to cause doubt in a reader by stealth.
But after the blaring and misleading headline and the first questionable paragraph, we finally get some truth:
The 40-year-old Rio Rancho officer, whose name was not released pending notification of relatives, crashed at the Albuquerque airport at a point where a road enters an underground parking garage, said Trish Hoffman, a spokeswoman for the Albuquerque Police Department. He was pronounced dead at an Albuquerque hospital.
Hoffman said the one-vehicle crash is under investigation and "it's way too soon" to pinpoint a cause.
One vehicle! This means the officer simply lost control and the Bush motorcade didn't "kill" anyone!
It's the MSM with their BDS on full display again!
Thanks to John Sexton for the tip. You can see his take, plus a screencap of the Time article, at Sexton's blog, Verum Serum.
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I knew, as soon as I heard
August 28, 2007 - 10:28 ET by Chris NormanAs soon as I heard this yesterday, I knew that this would be the way it'd play out. The MSM has grown so predictable, we could write their stories for them, as parodies, and not stray too far from what's actually written.
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Time Mag. The NYT's
August 28, 2007 - 10:32 ET by bassndudeTime Mag. The NYT's shameless hussy!
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
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August 28, 2007 - 10:47 ET by mattmIn partnership with CNN, don't forget...
Oh, but there's no such thing as Liberal media bias...noooooo!
Is it just me, or does it seem like the MSM is populated by burnt out high-school dropouts...?
Time off
August 28, 2007 - 10:41 ET by ThisnThatIt's time Time took some time off.
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Bush hates cops too - got
August 28, 2007 - 12:20 ET by TruthMongerBush hates cops too - got it...next...
Killing fields
August 28, 2007 - 10:43 ET by ThisnThatIs Time suggesting that Bush's motorcades are simply 21st-century Killing Fields?
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Bush got Sally Fields TOO?
August 28, 2007 - 10:44 ET by Warner Todd HustonBush got Sally Fields TOO? Oh, the humanities. When will they stop him!?
Sally forth
August 28, 2007 - 10:49 ET by ThisnThatTime thinks so, and they Sally Forth whenever they smell an opportunity.
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That's the Sally Fourth
August 28, 2007 - 10:57 ET by Hero SquadThat's the Sally Fourth Estate for ya!
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Bush got all the Fields?
August 28, 2007 - 11:08 ET by Mica the MagnificentHas anyone heard from Sidney Fields lately?? OMG! Bush got the entire cast of the old Abbott and Costello Show too??
This must stop!!
Now I am waiting 'til
August 28, 2007 - 11:12 ET by Warner Todd HustonNow I am waiting 'til someone says Bush nuked Strawberry fields... or wait. I just did it. CRAP!
Did you say football
August 29, 2007 - 11:47 ET by fosstenDid you say football fields? Bush hates football? He wants to kill football players? Dang...
Forget 911, I dial 9MM.
I'm still waiting for the
August 28, 2007 - 11:09 ET by Sorceress17I'm still waiting for the "eyewitness" who saw Bush open the limo door and kick the motorcycle out from under the officer. He can do that kind of thing you know. Especially when you hate him enough!
Adding to the list of Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS).
August 28, 2007 - 11:14 ET by CrashAre you suffering from writter's block? Blame it on Bush. BDS is best way to write nothing, while speaking volumes. Doing a puff peice on Obama, but can't quite find anything good to write about the "handsome, well spoken" candidate? BDS is for you. Now available on DVD.
Also, available: Right-Wing Consperacy DS and Rove DS. For a limited time only, buy any one in the series and we'll throw in Gonzalas DS or 'Scooter' Libby DS, absolutely free of charge! Act now while supplies last.
Clean, too
August 28, 2007 - 17:41 ET by ThisnThat"handsome, well spoken" candidate. Don't forget, he's also clean, articulate, and bright.
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Does anyone know where Bush
August 28, 2007 - 11:22 ET by MightyMouthDoes anyone know where Bush was the day Princess Diana died?
hmmm.. think about it!
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MM, you are thinking
August 28, 2007 - 12:49 ET by MikeBMM, you are thinking small. Think BIG. Where were Bush and Rove when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor? The assassination of Franz Ferdinand? Man, that was Cheney having another hunting accident. The San Francisco Earthquake was caused by a design error when the two were tuning their weather machine. Who do you think frightened Mrs. O'Leary's cow into kicking over that lantern? Pompeii, Herculaneum? I heard a rumor that Rove used his time machine and dumped a doodoo load of Fizzies into the top of Mt. Vesuvius. Do you really believe it was an asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs? Thou fool! It was Bush and Cheney on a hunting trip. Wake up, MM. Listen to the MSM, and you shall know the truth, and the truth(ers) will set you free.
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This is the same
August 28, 2007 - 11:40 ET by Jinx McHueThis is the same Left-Stream Media that ignored the incident in which Hillary Clinton's motorcade actually was responsible for injuring a policeman:
http://newsbusters.o...
Remember this?
August 28, 2007 - 11:52 ET by landsharkCompare and contrast with the Hillary motorcade incident at the Westchester County Airport in 2001.....
http://www.papillonsartpalace.com/hillaryR.htm
I beat you to it. (Still,
August 28, 2007 - 12:23 ET by Jinx McHueI beat you to it. (Still, great minds think alike, obviously.)
Actually that's Hickham AFB in that picture, not Albuquerque
August 28, 2007 - 13:13 ET by terrigWhat a shock that the MSM used this tragedy to further their own mental issues. If that's the picture Time is running, then they're really stupid because that is the picture of last years crash out at Hickham AFB, where one of the Honolulu PD motorcycle officers was injured when he skidded on the wet pavement and died a few days later.
It's really a sad society we live in where an unfortunate accident becomes the fault of the President.
*ATTENTION NB MASTHEADS*
August 28, 2007 - 14:38 ET by Six String SpiffIf what Terrig says is true, and looks to be, then that is despicable behavior on top of what TIME has already done. THis is a story in and of itself!
What? Couldn't get a 'good enough' (if it bleeds it leads) picture, so you had too drag up another unfortunate situation and smear that all over you front pages. You people are ill, and worthy of numerous beatings.
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Terrig, I believe you are
August 28, 2007 - 20:38 ET by MikeBTerrig, I believe you are correct about the photo. I don't recall any palm trees in Albuquerque. Cactus and yucca plants abound, but palm trees? I don't think so.
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Time magazine kills credibility.
August 28, 2007 - 13:34 ET by superconThe open unrestrained hostility that the old media shows the President is a new low even for them.The title of the article is clearly meant to be inflammatory and was an attempt to smear the President.They tried to imply that the President's motorcade ran down a policeman and kept right on driving.They did it on purpose because they think it's funny to insult the President in print.The really sad thing at Time Magazine is that no one else working there thought any different.When it comes to politics they show no more professionalism or responsibility than a high school newspaper ...and they wonder why they're losing readers.
Victory in Iraq.
Newt for President.
Hmm... Policeman
August 28, 2007 - 13:41 ET by WhoIsJohnGaltHmm...
BUSH'S Fault. Wow. Not bad. Six degrees to George Bush, my butt...Time did it in two degrees flat! Now, if they could just figure out how to work Karl Rove into it...
I am a retired "Cop". To me
August 28, 2007 - 14:11 ET by ahusserI am a retired "Cop". To me "Cop" is offensive and a perjorative term. The media constantly uses that word rather than Officer, or Deputy, or Trooper, or Policeman(woman), or Police officer. I have also been on Presidential details, Secret Service Officers have related the basic "Cop" hating reality of the Democrats when they were/are in office. One anecdote I heard from a Secret Service Officer was then VP Al Gore with his son in the VP limo, they were discussing his sons poor grades in school. Al said that if his grades didn't improve that he (his son) would end up like him (Al Gore pointing to one of his Secret Service protectors). Escorting a Presidential motorcade is very dangerous. It is the Secret Service which dictate the pace of the motorcade and it is fast, inherently dangerous to many of the escort vehicles especially the Motor Officers.
They took it down
February 22, 2008 - 20:09 ET by dronetekDid anyone else notice they took it down?
Terms of Endearment
February 22, 2008 - 20:27 ET by ThisnThatIt's either Cops or Pigs. Guess who says which, and which one is respectful vs. disrespectful?
Maybe we should just cut out all shorthand? No more GIs or Grunts -- these are Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, or Marines from now on. And don't say NB'ers -- we are Users or Guests of the Newsbusters On-line Blogger Forum. Anything less will be dishonerable. And no more Grey Lady -- it will always, now, be referred to as THE New York Times. Same applies toWaPo.
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