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Media Bias Revealed

Real Teen just grabbed off the US News Wire a marketing firm who not only confirmed the X was intentional but that when callers called in, they were told by the CNN newsdesk to “tell Cheney to stop lying”. One such call was recorded.

Here is what came across on the newswire.

Sure, news agencies have free speech, but at least they should be honest that they are promoting an agenda and not “objective reporters of news” anymore. The organization is here and has submitted releases in the past, though not of this nature. I have some skepticism of this being the real deal or just someone playing a prank and sticking it to Team Hollywood Inc. at the same time. If they have the tape, they should post it.

But if this is true, I think we can safely skip past all the mindless debates about CNN being objective.

November 22nd, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | National, Politics | 3 comments

No Agenda - Democrats Have to Make Stuff Up

Democrats have no message, this has been known for years. Sure, you know what they are against but that’s not how you move a country forward, you need to have something you are FOR. They’ve been focusing on messengers and not on the message. Cindy Sheehan, Joe Wilson, Rep. Murtha. They trot out their credentials and then say their positions cannot be criticized because of who they are. Disagreeing with Rep. Murtha is a vicious smear and labels him unpatriotic.

It isn’t because Murtha is against the war that he’s unpatriotic. He’s unpatriotic because instead of using his free speech and engaging in a debate, he tried to stifle debate by preemptively labeling all criticism as out-of-bounds. This is why they don’t win elections. Because they try to shut up the rest of America because their messengers are beyond this think we like to call debate. Call it rule by the elite.

Now, I pay pretty close attention to politics, even when I’m not posting. I have heard nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, that indicates Bush would be so incredibly stupid as to pardon Libby after Woodward has so generously blown Fitzgerald’s case to shreds. If Libby lied he SHOULD go to jail and I’ve heard no conservative say otherwise. See, we still consider perjury a serious crime.

But here comes the e-mail from the Dems that says a pardon is imminent. Based on what? Well there have no sources and nothing in the public sphere suggests ANY conservative or Republican has suggested a thing. Why? Because it would be STUPID. Slipping in 11th hour pardons on the way out the door is one thing, to do it in the middle of the term would not go unnoticed and would have huge political reprecussions. It would take a complete fool to think otherwise.

The Democrats are making this up to make the administration look worse, which makes me believe things aren’t quite so bad. Why lie when the truth is on your side? There is no pardon coming, especially after the fiasco with Woodward and the fact we have *2* reporters who have been lying the whole time about the matter. The Democrats, in trying to overcome Fitmas, is trying to claim there is some big scandal brewing here to scare up their base.

That’s because it is all they have left. Fear.

November 22nd, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | National, Politics | one comment