Remember the days when news agencies claimed they were the fourth estate? Remember when they claimed to be "objective" and pretended at being separate from the controlling power in Washington D.C.? Apparently that whole claim has proven somewhat chimeric if the several stories we've detailed this week are any indication. And now, to add to the gathering evidence that the Old Media are actively joining Team Obama and the political left, comes CNN to hawk a new line of Obama T-Shirts. So much for being objective. So much for staying above joining a political campaign.
Judi McLeod of the Canada Free Press was alerted by one of her readers to CNN's participation in Barack Obama's permanent political campaign with its new capitalist venture. CNN's headline shirts, where CNN fans can pick from various CNN headlines and have them emblazoned on a T-Shirt for their wearing pleasure, have been a round for a little while, of course. But never before has the TV Cable Newser dedicated an entire series of such shirts to celebrate a single politician... until The One descended upon Washington.
So, what is going on with our purported news agencies? In the past, they've tried to hide bias behind a facade of objectivity, tried to hold themselves out as an important, autonomous institution so important that without them we'd no longer, they claimed, have democracy. They've said that as "journalists" they must remain separate from government, separate even from patriotism to the point where many of them refuse to flay American flags, stand for the national anthem, or deign to wear American flag lapel pins. They assume of themselves quite an exalted role in our American system and assume of themselves the role of the cynic.
But, we've seen this week on NewsBusters that these lofty claims have become but a fond memory. Or if not just a fond memory, then a shedding of the false front held up by the Old Media to obscure the singular fact that instead of disinterested, objective observers interested in "truth," they are active players that line up behind the political left. We've just this week seen a Time Magazine photographer working for both Obama and Time Magazine and learned of the daily left-wing strategy sessions that are joined by influential members of the media and the Chief of Staff of Obama's White House. These incidents seem to reveal a media complicit with the Obama White House as opposed to a media standing outside that orbit, reporting with a cynical eye on its operations.
And now to add to the above examples we have CNN assisting Obama to continue selling paraphernalia in the form of T-Shirts. The question occurs, of course, would CNN find itself disposed to sell George W. Bush T-Shirts? How about John McCain T-Shirts? Will they be ready to help out Sarah Palin should she want to run for president?
Here are the Obama sayings you can have on your chest should you be so disposed:
This is America happening
Obama's era of change arrives
Obama fever goes global as hope rises
44th president is a 1st for the nation
Obama's moment arrives
1st couple boogies; 2nd couple sways
Obama: It's time to remake America
Change comes to Washington
Obama: 'We have chosen hope'
Obamas juggle inaugural balls
'This is my moment too,' witness says
Obama fever spreads around the world
Don't you just feel the hope-n-change in the air? Oh, and the collusion, too?
(H/T NewsBuster reader Tina)
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"Obama Raises Hand. Lifts a Nation"
January 31, 2009 - 02:39 ET by Rush FanIt won't be too long before CNN is hawking a T-shirt that reads:
Obama raises middle finger and says "I Won".
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"There is no longer a media in this country. There is simply an established propaganda arm for the Democrat Party and any and all who relate to it in any way, elected and unelected." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I caught this on Drudge
January 31, 2009 - 03:00 ET by R D HelmI caught this on Drudge earlier.
Laughed my ass off, too. :-)
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
Not funny, Dave...
January 31, 2009 - 07:55 ET by motherbeltbut I know what you mean.
If you don't laugh at some of this stuff, your head will explode.
I guess the funny part is they don't see anything wrong with it.
Once again, they prove that they have no shame.
mb,
January 31, 2009 - 11:12 ET by R D HelmActually, I was laughing out of pity for the poor fools.
The funny part will be if we are still seeing these ridiculous shirts around two years from now.
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
OBAMA: SERIAL LIAR
January 31, 2009 - 08:02 ET by reelman46OBAMA: SERIAL LIAR
Rachel Maddow on MSNBC noting how many exceptions there are already to Obama’s NO LOBBYISTS RULE: 13 !
Then a woman who has megamillions from foreign countries in her husband’s ‘Foundation” is the new Secretary of State…
then a man who did not pay his taxes for 4 years is put up as Secretary of the Treasury…
A Republican could never get any these appointed to anything because a super stink would be raised…but nooooo…
“The Chicago Way”..the new “breaks all records” culture of corruption…no problem, the lib-media changes their diapers daily.
Obama just smiles and lies then lies and smiles…ahhh the confident liar, nothing like it…
Ya got a “bump” in your ethics road?
Obama will “self-investigate” and pronounce it “no problem”…so there you go…das change!
Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D. (theconservativecrawfish)
"Ya got a “bump” in
January 31, 2009 - 19:02 ET by R D Helm"Ya got a “bump” in your ethics road?"
Actually, in Obama's case, I think its a sink hole.
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
Can they be a political oranization
January 31, 2009 - 04:29 ET by Army Bratand be a "news provider" at the the same time?
Does the Constitution still cover their ass when they have become what they are?
They are clearly no longer a journalistic enterprise. A free press...? What the hell is going on? This is so wrong.
They should be called the Obama Ministry of Propaganda and Misinformation.
Can they sink any lower? I'm willing to bet they can.
Happy Trails...
Sure they can
January 31, 2009 - 09:23 ET by misterbee241Sure they can - just look at the BBC. The alphabet newtworks and CNN should merge and become the OBC because that's what they are anyway. Then they could all get on the same page at the same time, getting their talking points and orders from Emmanuel, Begala and Carville.Then they'd at least be honest about who and what they are.
"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
Can they be a political organization
January 31, 2009 - 14:11 ET by needle"...and be a "news provider" at the same time?"
You betcha! And not only that: there are 2 TAX DEDUCTABLE ways to contribute to the Democratic Party: NPR and PBS, both tax supported, by the way.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
This is so shameless it's
January 31, 2009 - 04:34 ET by RR GOPThis is so shameless it's actually an odd combination of nauseating and scary.
If there are any rich conservatives out there, they could set up or buy out an existing news network and make it ultra-conservative. Get Rush on there and entice some of the folks from Fox News to come over. Show John Wayne movies on the weekends or something. Have original family-oriented series without the usual Liberal, wise-ass potty humor. Have shows about great Americans and patriotic music videos.
They'd make a killing.
The pretense of 'fair and balanced' news from these guys is no longer tenable, and there are tens of millions of conservatives that would love to have their own channel. Fox News is simply the best we have, but not the best possible.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Ob-ject-tivity... Wha
January 31, 2009 - 06:23 ET by Jcon96Ob-ject-tivity...
Whazzat?
(Last heard in the CNN boardroom)
You said it Jcon96
January 31, 2009 - 07:23 ET by sentforth5This is media malpractice.
... you meant to say media
January 31, 2009 - 07:29 ET by Warner Todd Huston... you meant to say media common practice, right?
I will buy them all.........
January 31, 2009 - 06:29 ET by old crobut add another line or two with my sharpie........
Obama raises hand,
lifts a nation
Throws under bus,
right at the station
This is America happening
and this is America happening on obama (map of U.S. swirling down a toilet bowl)
Obama's era of change arrives
I can tell by the smell of the stimulus
Obama fever goes global as hope rises
so come and get your prizes
bend over and touch your knees
so your temp can be taken, please
44th president is a 1st for the nation
new math in action coming soon
to a school near you this June
Obama's moment arrives|
we will be lucky to get out with our lives
1st couple boogies; 2nd couple sways
While Duh1 and wife hoof it
The plagiarist sticks hoof in mouth
at least every other day
Obama: It's time to remake America
In my image if you please
and all of you better not forget
to fall down to your knees
Change comes to Washington
Found: Sourse of stimulus smell
Obama: 'We have chosen hope'
No, we've got a dope
Obamas juggle inaugural balls
strike out inaugural, insert Rino's
'This is my moment too,' witness says
Free cars, free rent, free food for all
While working America pays
Obama fever spreads around the world
like a misty fog in morning
as conservatives all over hurled
and shouted out a warning
Humph...
January 31, 2009 - 06:37 ET by HeavyChevymore like Obama lift hands "Razed" nation.
No No No! The shirt should
January 31, 2009 - 07:02 ET by gopsteveNo No No!
The shirt should have Obama's likeness and CNN logo with the phrase "We Won."
CNN is recouping expenditures
January 31, 2009 - 08:34 ET by kgCNN is recouping expenditures they used to help get Obama elected.
MSNBC is coming out with a whole line of clothing and accessories.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Remember how lefties would
January 31, 2009 - 07:47 ET by Dave DRemember how lefties would complain about Bush having his talking points and would try to force the media into using them?
"Raises his hands, lifts a nation"
"Team of Rivals"
"Hit the ground running"
"An honest mistake"
Anybody else want to add any Obamapoints that the press regurgitates as they're told?
Obamapoints pushed by press
January 31, 2009 - 08:26 ET by ekslibDaveD wrote:
"Anybody else want to add any Obamapoints that the press regurgitates as they're told?"
Obama likes to refer to projects that are "shovel ready"
A Yahoo web search on the words...
Obama "shovel ready" ....yields 1,700,000 hits
Failure will be My Success - Barack Obama
January 31, 2009 - 08:20 ET by Retired GeekObama's Dialectical Conundrum
Obama and his Liberal supporters, followers, and worshipers are trapped in a 'Dialectical Conundrum' or the struggle of the opposites.
Liberals struggle at being the victim of paralyzing oppression and the mind numbing guilt of oppressing others with their policies and solutions.
Obama and his cadre of Liberal minions must oppress and make 'Victims', to ensure a steady supply of 'Victims' for their solutions and programs, or those solutions and programs will fail.
The 'Obama Perfect Government' is about rewarding incompetence and punishing success, for the successful can't be successful unless the failures fail, hence Obama must boost the failures back up, to bring Obama equality to America again.
Obama believes failure will be the success of his Administration.
Fifth Column
January 31, 2009 - 09:08 ET by misterbee241Yeah, now they've become the fifth column.
"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
Che enge you MUST believe in!
January 31, 2009 - 10:30 ET by totalkaosdaveTotalKaosDave
Che enge you MUST believe in!
http://changeyoumust...
Get your shirts today!
Cnn carries water for Obama vs Rush
January 31, 2009 - 11:40 ET by exLibCNN's Velshi and Cambell Brown have now stepped in, like an older brother to protect a younger sibling, and have come out swinging against Rush for failure to genuflect at the Gov't altar.
Realizing that Obama made a HUGE mistake in taking on Rush Limbaugh and actually calling out a member of the media for opposing him, CNN is now in full force damage control mode - a position usually relageted to a lackey in the administration who would then be torn to shreds by a watchful media.
Now Rush is challenged to "debate" Velshi on CNN to somehow "prove" himself or shut up and get with the program. Either way CNN, once again acting like the right arm of the Obama propaganda machine.
My T-Shirt says: Obama
January 31, 2009 - 11:50 ET by TN MomMy T-Shirt says: Obama Appoints Tax Cheats to Key Cabinet Possitions , But You Won't See That CNN.
two important points
January 31, 2009 - 13:05 ET by NiftySwell1- It has long been a contentious point that if only members of the media would state their political leanings prior to reporting a story then the public could take what was said after that 'on balance'. We finally have that not just from a reporter but from an entire news organization- it is no different from Google finally diffusing their 'failure' bomb only after their candidate is in office.
2- For whatever reason the media has decided that only the percentage of people who voted for this man are important to their business model. Even though many of these people only voted for the flavor of the few weeks leading up to the election where he had at one time been behind the polls. Many of them without any information provided by the same media of what an Obama presidency would entail. They are still campaigning for this guy and are in danger of facing the same rejection that eventually comes to all leaders elected to power by the American public after the honeymoon is over. They have already lost their credibility...but go on thinking everyone believes in Obama as they do without any regard to polling data that demonstrates Mr. McCain was unable to get his party to the polls for him.
I believe we should celebrate the self outing of the media- We no longer have to claim they arent being objective when they just come out and state if you listen or watch our news we arent going to say anything negative about our candidate. Even more - we arent going to say anything positive about the opposition party. You will have to figure that out for yourselves or tune into a different station.
It would be interesting to find out who approved and knows about these shirts- how far up the chain it goes because forever more we will be able to openly claim they are subjects of the Democrats and arent afraid to admit it and show it.
I saw the following on
January 31, 2009 - 14:19 ET by needleI saw the following on another web site about this ridiculous T-shirt:
Certainly
Not
News
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
1- It has long been a
January 31, 2009 - 17:03 ET by Dave DActually that probably wouldn't work. What I'd expect would happen is that a bunch of them would claim to be Republicans and get hired to be the "balance". However in reality they would at best be slightly to the right of the other guys. So then the news company would claim to have people on both sides but it'd all really be make believe and everyone would still lean left.(I mean there is incentive for them to lie in that scenario and just pretend to be conservatives in their bios but be liberal in their reporting.)
I Agree
January 31, 2009 - 19:12 ET by Rush FanYour comment reminded me of all the people who consistently call in on CSPAN on the Republican line, and then spew Democrat or liberal talking points.
------thought for today----
Prediction is very difficult,
especially about the future.
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Email CNN
January 31, 2009 - 14:54 ET by The Smokin FrogFor what ever it is worth everyone should email CNN and expess their outrage at their shilling for Obama. I did. They can hardly pass themselves off as objective journalists. This should not go away without flooding them with complaints.
TSF Protests!