MRC/NB's Bozell on Hannity & Colmes Re Blogger Advocating Killing Rush; Couric's Slap


Brent Bozell, President of the Media Research Center which publishes NewsBusters, appeared Monday night on the Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes. Topics: The liberal blogger who wants Rush Limbaugh and Ted Nugent killed, a posting reported by WorldNetDaily; and the New York magazine profile of CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric which reported that, frustrated with her low ratings, she had “slapped” a colleague: “Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested -- 'sputum' -- and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him 'over and over and over again' on the arm...” On the blogger, Bozell pointed out how the media and liberals pounced on Ann Coulter, distorting her comment about John Edwards into how she advocated assassinating him when she said no such thing. NB's Coulter items. MRC CyberAlert on NBC's distortion. MRC's June 28 press release.

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In a profile of Couric in the July 16 edition of New York magazine, Joe Hagan relayed:

....Couric seems determined not to let anyone see her suffer, but according to several people familiar with the situation, she is privately frustrated ("Going through hell," says one producer) and moody about the ratings. The stress has caused her to blow up at her staff for small infractions on the set. During the tuberculosis story in June, Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested -- "sputum" -- and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him "over and over and over again" on the arm, according to a source familiar with the scene. It had seemed like a joke at first, but it quickly became clear that she wasn't kidding.

"I sort of slapped him around," Couric admits. "I got mad at him and said, 'You can't do this to me. You have to tell me when you're going to use a word like that.' I was aggravated, there's no question about that." But she says she has a good relationship with Cipriano. "We did ban the word sputum from all future broadcasts. It became kind of a joke."...


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My hat's off to Mr Bozell. He

My hat's off to Mr Bozell. He has a stronger will than I. I don't know how he can go on Hannity and Colmes. And not want to hit Colmes.

That being said. That was offensive where as Couric actually hitting staff is a joke.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge will be shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods. Albert Einstein

Hypocrisy runs deep doesn't i

Hypocrisy runs deep doesn't it when it comes to the thin skinned left...

...but Hart saying he had dibs on Rush blah blah blah....

....why that is perfectly okay.

Leave it to Colmes to twist and spin...but...but...he says he doesn't advocate this type of thing...

..almost a week of what a terrible woman Coulter was when Matthews and crew set her up with Eliz Edwards....why that is okay.

I have had my fill of these people.

Great job Mr. Bozell, I am glad H&C had this on tonight for a lot of people to know the hypocrisy of the msm and death threats against Rush and Nugent....

Can anyone imagine if this was the other way around...eh?

They would be fired...and investigated...

I for one am glad Mr. Bozell thinks there should be an investigation.....so do I.

Not sure about Rush, but they

Not sure about Rush, but they better be careful if they go after Ted, he scares me and I am fearless

Agreed gc....I live like Nuge

Agreed gc....

I live like Nugent does...so you are correct.

LOL....

Ted Nugent is Tough

Many "Rock Stars" have body guards to protect them from rabid fans and many have them stand guard at the stage so that fans can't rush the stage and possibly hurt or at the least interupt the performance.

Once, a fan tried to rush the stage and was pushing against one of Ted's body guards. He motioned to let the guy up on stage at which point he used his guitar as a club....

Needless to say, no one tries to rush the stage at a Nugent Concert after that.

Gotta love those crazy, crazy

Gotta love those crazy, crazy commies on the left, and how they love to swim in thier toilet bowls of irony, and hypocrisy.

This folks is the kind of scum, that are pulling the Democrat puppet strings.

For a member of the party of peace, with a staunch desire to get rid of our second amendment rights, Hart sure doesn't mind invoking his desire to keep, and bear arms, and kill anyone who doesn't agree with the leftist creed.

(Or maybe this is what a Lib means by "late term abortion", albeit an extremely late one)

BRING IT ON SCUM!!

 "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

                   - Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

Wow, I am sorry I missed this

Wow, I am sorry I missed this one.  I hope Brent Bozell came in on the side of not killing Ted and Rush!  There is a lot going on in the world and I am glad that Brent got to weigh in on such a major issue.  It is not as if they asked him which ass cheek Paris Hilton should be slapped on.  For the record, I prefer the left, of course!

You’ve got to be kidding, Dave High

Leave it to a Liberal to th

Leave it to a Liberal to think killing people is funny.

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Fred Thompson and Ann Coulter walk into a bar. The bar is instantly destroyed because that much awesome cannot be contained in one building.

Free,After the severe ass-w

Free,

After the severe ass-waxing Davie here received from Noel earlier this evening, one would think he would be more cognizant of his rantings on this site, as surely he is on, at the very least, double-secret probation. I mean, pissing Noel off to that point is an accomplishment in and of itself.

Perhaps he has a sub-conscious desire to join tumbler in permanent exile. That way, he can run back to his Daily-Kommie friends and complain.

Help Fred defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary-Obama Axis, & win the White House in '08.

I have no doubt that it is

I have no doubt that is what he wants.

Then he can rationalize his not coming here anymore as being kicked out, instead of running away.

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Fred Thompson and Ann Coulter walk into a bar. The bar is instantly destroyed because that much awesome cannot be contained in one building.

You are right, of course.  D

You are right, of course. 

DH

Ta ta Troll!

Ta ta Troll!

Good night, sweet dunce. An

Good night, sweet dunce. And flights of liberals sing thee to DailyKOS.

Dave R, I saw that exchange

Dave R,

I saw that exchange earlier today. I'm guessing Dave has come to the conclusion that he's going to be banned so he might as well go out fighting.

Unfortunately, "fighting" involved sneaking into his dad's liquor cabinet and taking a few swigs of cherry schnapps so he could really let us have it with his biting and oh so hurtful comments.

hyd,LOL-I think Dave got in

hyd,

LOL-I think Dave got into something other than the cherry schnapps.

Help Fred defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary-Obama Axis, & win the White House in '08.

Wow DaveThere's lots of stuff

Wow Dave

There's lots of stuff on KOS i think is really dumb

that's why i don't post there (remember what your grandmother told you)

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

Dave High, You might want t

Dave High,

You might want to look at the top of this page. See that part that says "Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias"? It's right under that big "NewsBusters".

Let that sink in for a moment.

Now, try to make a relevant comment with that in mind.

}}----> Dave High, you bigoted ass

On 4/4/68 Martin Luther King was killed by someone who had plenty of support from people with snide little "just joshing" comments.

You're just a "good ol' boy havin' a few beers jokin' around" with your sick hick friends. 

You're still a bigoted ass.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

J, Edgar did it

The FBI was behind the killing of MLK, jr. didn't you know.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower

Dave H, nobody is worried abo

Dave H, nobody is worried about a liberal with a gun. First, liberals are anti-gun, so they dont own one. Second, seeing as how they are anti-gun and dont own one, they couldent hit what they were shooting at anyway. Third, conservatives are faster on the draw, and shoot straight.

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Hiring illegals

Although a lot of liberals hire thugs to protect them, I do see them hiring illegals for this job. Is protecting liberals a job only Americans will do?

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower

You guys have no, nada, ninch

You guys have no, nada, nincha, ninka sense of humor.  Absolutely none.  The fact that Brent Bozell is on Faux News debating on Hannity and Colmes whether or not Rush Limbaugh and Ted Nugent should be killed is an absolute riot.  Sweet Jesus, don’t these people have anything better to do?  Wait, I should be asking myself the same question.  Why am I wasting my time debating you over this crap?  Let’s get back to Paris Hilton’s ass cheeks.  Far more interesting in a way, doncha’ think?  Left, right or right, left.  I observe.  You decide.

Welcome to the “New Media” and laughing my ass silly, Dave High

Perfect, Dave High,You're now

Perfect, Dave High,

You're now responding to your own silly trollishness.  Keep it up.

Focus on "Paris Hilton's ass cheeks".

That's just about your speed.

Blonde:You always bring out t

Blonde:

You always bring out the worst in me, so I dare not ask about your ... baby cheeks.

Are they pinchable?  Dave High

Bugger off, creep.

Bugger off, creep.

Aw, come on.  It was a funny

Aw, come on.  It was a funny line.  Don't you guys ever laugh?

DH

Believe me Dave - we all ar

Believe me Dave - we all are.

Dave High, Turn off the com

Dave High,

Turn off the computer and sleep it off, dude.

Really.

Really, as I said, no sense o

Really, as I said, no sense of humor.

DH

Did you say something funny?&

Did you say something funny?

"Your best is an idiot,"  Bender

We're supposed to have a se

We're supposed to have a sense of humor about sexual harrassment?

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." --Thomas Jefferson

I don't know, Dave.I though

I don't know, Dave.

I thought my comment (below) about your insecurities was pretty funny.

It made me laugh.

THIS IS THE TROLL ALERT SYSTEM

THIS IS THE TROLL ALERT SYSTEM!

THIS IS NOT A TEST. A TROLL HAS BEEN DETECTED.

}}----> Troll alert

Sad, isn't it?

This is "la creme de la creme" sent to us by the Left blogs to divert us from point.  They're not even that much fun to kick.  They just tell you how they feeeeel.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Ha ha, someone moderated your

Ha ha, someone moderated your stupid comment!

Dave High, So you go to the

Dave High,

So you go to the trouble of registering an account and spending time posting on a website which deals with the topic of bias in the media - and then you dismiss that topic as trivial, while doing the self deprecating thing (very unoriginal, by the way).

Wow. So, what's it like being so insecure that you find it necessary to go onto a website where you can try to anonymously belittle others in a shallow attempt to make yourself feel better?

You got me all wrong, bro. 

You got me all wrong, bro.  Pretty funny rejoinder, though.

Yuk, yuk, DH

Sure Dave. Sure.And as you

Sure Dave. Sure.

And as you drift off to sleep tonight with images of conservatives in overalls with missing teeth and shot guns, I'm sure you'll be able to forget about what an ass you made of yourself tonight.

Sweet dreams.

Most of my conservative frien

Most of my conservative friends play Bluegrass and I respect them for it. 

Sweet dreams, Dave High

}}----> Bleugrass

And sit on bridges pickin banjoes waitin for Ned Beatty.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

A finer bunch of real conserv

A finer bunch of real conservatives you will never find. 

http://aimlesspursuit.com/

DH

Wow, DaveYou're not even tr

Wow, Dave

You're not even trying anymore, are you?

Well, I really do hope you are drunk or just tired, cause the lazy thing isn't much of a asset.

It's tough keeping pace with

It's tough keeping pace with you, Hydro.  These conversations always seem to go down the drain.  My last posting was in response to some who mock bluegrass, or at least their perception of my perception of bluegrass and country.  The guys I put up are all old high school buddies, some radical conservatives, whom I respect.  I guess my point is, I know and respect radical conservatives as friends.  These guys are way talented.  It's kinda' cool to be associated with them.

Breath, DH

Dave, It's cool dude. I kin

Dave,

It's cool dude. I kinda figured that the link (which doesn't work, by the way) was to a band you weren't doggin on - it was too obscure for that.

By the way, I was just through the Philly airport this weekend and I have to say, I've never seen so much garbage at an airport in my life.

}}----> How sad Dave High

Most of my conservative friends play Bluegrass and I respect them for it.

And if they played reggae, you would not respect them for it?

You condescending lout.  I know, you support the troops but not the war.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

dhigh,You need a wideband con

dhigh,

You need a wideband connection to view the video on this thread. I urge you to upgrade  from 14,000 baud, it time !do it today! catch up .

 IRANIAN  URANIMUN, 220 lbs and counting. 

Murder Incliberals

No one has examined the exact wording of the blogger advocating the murder of Rush Limbaugh and Ted Nugent, so I would like to place some understanding on this.

A Conservative when they become passionate to anger about a subject never resorts to violence as they are secure in who they are usually based in God. A liberal on the other hand reflects what this blogger was stating. He was stating, "Murder Limbaugh and Nugent BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SAID AND DID TO MY LIBERAL COMRADES".

Now everyone can agree that Limbaugh and Nugent have not raised a finger or firearm at any liberal. They have not tried to fairness doctrine them to silence nor have they had any direct contact with these bloggers....and yet these bloggers are so insecure that their first reactions like Al Franken is to call for murder.

The reason is liberals exist in a body of fear like herd animals in psychology. They have no faith in a better tomorrow nor in any accomplishment which they might be able to generate. A liberal only gains self esteem WHEN A LIBERAL IS ELECTED TO OFFICE.

I want to point out former leftist Ron Silver when Bill Clinton was elected was furious when fighter jets were flying over the ceremony until as he stated it dawned in his mind, "Oh those are now OUR jets".

Understand, a liberal does not view America as America. They see police as thugs who will arrest them for their secret debauchery. The military as thugs who will attack them for their anarchist schemes and Americans as these wild animals ready to bash them with Bibles. They exist in fear and need government programs and political leaders to make them feel safe.

This is why this insecure blogger was quite deliberately advocating murder in is comfort zone has been so violated by the simple TRUTH which he in his lies can not defend. This blogger gets up every day knowing he is lying to himself and Truth when it comes in destroys all of those lies Pelosi, Clinton and the mob tell themselves.

In some ways it is like Dave High coming onto this site to get people to respond to him. It is his narcotic and the thrill of the day when he can get people on here to respond to the foolish things he posts. It is his payback to Conservatives for making him uncomfortable in the veneer of liberal skin he exists. I hope the best for him in compassion as this kind of interaction always wears a soul out as there is only so much nonsense the soul will accept before it starts telling the liberal, "You know very well what you are about and doing in not being honest and trying to play people on this site".

The world saw a manifestation of this conscience when Al Gore jr was arrested in his 100 mph plea of running from the nonsense daddy is begging to be saved from the liberalism which is burying him.

As for Perky Couric, a phobia about certain words. That is very Freudian interesting which I hope Mr. Bozell researches and expands upon as it reveals Ms. Couric is so weak in character that her entire being is made secure by how she controls a script someone else is writing.

Her slapping another liberal is not the story. The story is Ms. Couric in what makes her tick all of her life. The blogger needs a politican elected to make him feel secure and Couric needs typed words in order of her choice to make her feel safe in her skin.

Wow, liberalism the enabling poison which destroys the soul. Both telling Freudian examples on display and these 2 have no clue what they revealed.

*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS

I may bother you, but you are

I may bother you, but you are a spooky, spooky poster.  I challenge your fellow NBers to come to your defense.

Boo!  Dave High

Dave, I've noticed that you

Dave,

I've noticed that you like to pretend that you "bother" folks on here. You did that in a post to Noel as well.

Why is that? Do you find self worth in the idea that you can get under people's skin? Does it validate your ideas? Is your life so empty that you need to think you make a difference in the lives of anonymous people online in order to cling to something?

If so ... Dude. Get a friggin' cat.

Dave High,You know, another t

Dave High,

You know, another troll here was afflicted with the same haughty attitude as you are displaying here tonight, just before he had his plug pulled.

I guess pride really doth goeth before a fall, eh, Dave?

Help Fred defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary-Obama Axis, & win the White House in '08.

}}----> Good Post Lame

Perky goes physically violent over "sputum" but "castration" is funny.  You're right.  There do seem to be psychological reasons for Katie's behavior.

Would they have fired Bob Schieffer for slapping a female writer?  The answer of course is yes, and this double standard just shows that CBS buys into the myth that women should get a free pass when it comes to physical violence because of natural female hysteria.  (hence the term hysterectomy)

Nice to see Ms. Couric pigeonholed so easily.  The sad part is that she has to cling to the CBS and public diagnosis to dodge the punishment she deserves.

She might want to talk to Isaiah Washington.  See how that rehab stuff works.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

I haven’t watched the news

I haven’t watched the news for a while. I think the Ann Coulter bait and switch move pushed me to not watch it for a while. The paste and drag mentality. (we cut out this part, and put in that part..) is so completely driven by the liberal template its nothing short of shocking. I just sit and watch with my mouth open. My wife yells at me to go do something else so I don’t get so mad. I was watching some show the other night and heard that the reason there are (more blacks in the military then whites is they cant find jobs). I think its 10-12% (like the general population). It never stops.

I found out at my wedding a year ago, two brother-in-laws got in to a screaming argument about of all things: Global Warming. My one brother-in-law has lived in Europe for the past 8 years. It is like he just dropped in from another universe.

While visiting, brother-in-law in Italy last year, his father-in-law tried to pick a fight with me for 5 days. Being a guest I did not take the bait. Day 6, I had had enough, let him have it with facts and figures. His great solution for terror: “We need someone like a Nelson Mandela for peace” As he stomped out of the room I over heard my wife tell him, I told you not to argue politics with him, unless you have your facts in order.

Some times I feel as though we are trying to dig the sand out of the Sahara.

I’m glad for the people of NB, they can watch these shows that I sometimes do not have the stomach to do.

Good Job.

These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day

I cannot stand Alan Colmes. 

I cannot stand Alan Colmes.  He fails to bring the ENTIRE truth with his argument.  Plus, if he can hit a guest over the head with ANYTHING the Bush Administration does, he will.  As soon as the guest says, "But, Alan... Bill Clinton did the same thing."  Alan expertly counter-attacks with, "We're not talking about him right now..."  ARGH!!!!

I'd pay any money on a Pay-Per-View show to see Ann Coulter smack the crap out of Alan!  (Proceeds go to Fred Thompson's campaign, of course :P )  Oh, wait, McCain-Feingold would put limits on how much I can donate/spend.

"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."

-- Fred Thompson as Admiral Josh Painter (The Hunt for Red October)

I'd drive cross country and b

I'd drive cross country and buy ring side seats to watch that one.

I'd put my money on Ann.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge will be shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods. Albert Einstein

Coulter is an Entertainer

I heard Ann say she wanted Edwards dead. But she's an entertainer not a spokesperson for Republicans, and from my point of view few people take her seriously. She needs better writers. She might get tips from her BFF Bill Maher- who irritates me but is actually funny.

I heard Ann say she wanted

I heard Ann say she wanted Edwards dead.

Actually she didn't.

She said something along the lines of it being okay for lib***l "satirists" to joke about assasinating the Vice President; so instead of joking about Edwards being a faggot, maybe next time she should joke about him being assasinated instead

Slightly different, I think you'll agree.

You've seen the spoof. Now see the spoof of the spoof on YouTube: The Clintpranos: Bada Bong

She didn't say faggot. She sa

She didn't say faggot. She said "the F word". Pointing out people try to get you fired for saying that word. Pointing out the hypocracy of the libs.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge will be shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods. Albert Einstein