Classic Media Cheerleading

[onmyknees]

Some of you liberal lap dawgs like to single out Fox News for what they see as embedded editorializing, but when it comes to all the other media outlets blatant cheerleading, or basic malfeesence, you insert their collective heads up their collective asses. Here's a perfect example of what I'm referring to...

Watch the unedited clip of the meeting between Obama and Jan Brewer. Seems fairly cordial to me, from what we can see...but neither I nor anyone else can hear the conversation. Even Obama categorized it as "not a big deal"....but that apparently matters not to the liberal talking heads...

Raw Video: Tense Exchange Between Obama, Brewer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mRhJwjwXqc&feature=player_embedded)

This is how the senile old liberal fool Bob Schiffer categorized the meeting between Obama and Jan Brewer after he exited Air Force One in Arizona. One might ask how Schieffer knows the content or context of the conversation, but it really doesn't matter you see....he can't help himself... that's where his bias comes blasting through.



"This is just another sign of the growing incivility and really vulgarity of our modern American politics," Schieffer declared, fretting "these campaigns have gotten so ugly and so nasty, that they're now tarnishing the whole system." He despaired it demonstrates "the coarseness of our culture in this age of social media." Then he got personal in condemning Brewer as an historic embarrassment to the nation:
I can never recall a President stepping off Air Force One, which is itself a symbol of the presidency in American democracy, and being subjected to such public rudeness. I think really we're a better people than this little incident illustrates."

This is how MS (DNC) anchor and liberal loon Melissa Perry saw the 60 second meeting....



MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY: The fact is, when I see that still, I cannot help but to be reminded of the still photograph that was captured in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, of the young woman Hazel screaming at a young Elizabeth Eckford on her way trying to get into Little Rock High School, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. And the reason I bring up that image is because what we've come to know about Hazel in the years later is that as a young woman, Hazel, the young woman who was screaming at Elizabeth Eckford, was not herself sort of particularly, you know, full of racial animus or anything like that. But she was, she was caught up in this moment of racial anxiety, of making this point against these people who were coming in and trying to force their way into the school, and she sort of enjoyed the show or being able to yell at Elizabeth Eckford in this moment. But that image captured all of the ugliness, all of the nastiness of the larger political milieu, and I feel that this picture does as well.

LMFAO...Think we're a little over the top here? Embedded editorializing? Hardly. Flat out progressive hysteria and race baiting is more like it....
These fuckers are shameless shills and apologists. Oh and that envelope Gov. Brewer had for Obama....an invitation to lunch. lol

Fox...#1 cable news network, and gaining on the big 3 everyday. The hacks have had their day !!:dancing::dancing:

[trish]

Embedded editorializing?Definitely not. It was not embedded in a news segment. It's straightforward editorializing. On MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry's job is neither anchor nor reporter...she's a commentator... doing her job....flat out 'commentating' from the progressive point of view. So what's your beef with that??? :)

[onmyknees]

Definitely not. It was not embedded in a news segment. It's straightforward editorializing. On MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry's job is neither anchor nor reporter...she's a commentator... doing her job....flat out 'commentating' from the progressive point of view. So what's your beef with that??? :)



LMAO...Weren't you the one that's been demanding a confession from me for 2 days about something that occurred on Fox news? Funny....I notice no mention of Bob Schiffer and Scott Pelly's little back and forth, but what's a little cheerleading during a hard news program when you're a sycophant....? and isn't CBS the network of the disgraced Dan Rather? Only the faces change...the agenda remains the same. And they thought things would improve when they dumped Katie. Ya see....I understand you hypocrites....it's ok if CBS or The NY Times does it ....you can excuse it away because it's your agenda too, and that makes it OK...Your hypocrisy is a source of great entertainment for me. I don't get a chance to see Comedy Central, so I hang out here, and watch Sharpton.


Now as far as my problem with the other loon at MSBC, it's called proportionality. Even opinion journalism should have some basis in proportion, relevance and fact.... but feel free to associate your self with another race baiting hysterical back bencher. Anyone who would compare a 60 second meeting between a governor and a president where there is no audio, and appears somewhat cordial, with 1957 Jim Crow Arkansas should turn in their press credential and go to work for Solyndra. And they wonder why Nancy Grace has better ratings than most MSNBC shows...lol... but you're right....Schiffer's flat out repulsive, she's just hysterical .

Lean Forward

[trish]

Schiffer's flat out repulsive...Fascinating criticism.:roll:

[BluegrassCat]

Even Obama categorized it as "not a big deal"

BREAKING: OMK goes on the record as saying Obama is honest and a truth-teller. We can believe what he says.

We'll hold you to that.

[Silcc69]

breaking: Omk goes on the record as saying obama is honest and a truth-teller. We can believe what he says.

we'll hold you to that.

lol!!

[onmyknees]

BREAKING: OMK goes on the record as saying Obama is honest and a truth-teller. We can believe what he says.

We'll hold you to that.


Did he ....or did he not say that? I referred to him as no such thing (truth teller) .... I'm simply quoting him directly. The point was not that I believe him, the reason I used his quote is that you believe everything he says. I have to slow things down for you, I realize. Get it now?

You pulled out the most insignificant sentence in the entire post. Got anything else, or did you empty the gun on this one? lmao

[Ben]

Some of you liberal lap dawgs like to single out Fox News for what they see as embedded editorializing, but when it comes to all the other media outlets blatant cheerleading, or basic malfeesence, you insert their collective heads up their collective asses. Here's a perfect example of what I'm referring to...

Watch the unedited clip of the meeting between Obama and Jan Brewer. Seems fairly cordial to me, from what we can see...but neither I nor anyone else can hear the conversation. Even Obama categorized it as "not a big deal"....but that apparently matters not to the liberal talking heads...

Raw Video: Tense Exchange Between Obama, Brewer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mRhJwjwXqc&feature=player_embedded)

This is how the senile old liberal fool Bob Schiffer categorized the meeting between Obama and Jan Brewer after he exited Air Force One in Arizona. One might ask how Schieffer knows the content or context of the conversation, but it really doesn't matter you see....he can't help himself... that's where his bias comes blasting through.



"This is just another sign of the growing incivility and really vulgarity of our modern American politics," Schieffer declared, fretting "these campaigns have gotten so ugly and so nasty, that they're now tarnishing the whole system." He despaired it demonstrates "the coarseness of our culture in this age of social media." Then he got personal in condemning Brewer as an historic embarrassment to the nation:
I can never recall a President stepping off Air Force One, which is itself a symbol of the presidency in American democracy, and being subjected to such public rudeness. I think really we're a better people than this little incident illustrates."

This is how MS (DNC) anchor and liberal loon Melissa Perry saw the 60 second meeting....



MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY: The fact is, when I see that still, I cannot help but to be reminded of the still photograph that was captured in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, of the young woman Hazel screaming at a young Elizabeth Eckford on her way trying to get into Little Rock High School, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. And the reason I bring up that image is because what we've come to know about Hazel in the years later is that as a young woman, Hazel, the young woman who was screaming at Elizabeth Eckford, was not herself sort of particularly, you know, full of racial animus or anything like that. But she was, she was caught up in this moment of racial anxiety, of making this point against these people who were coming in and trying to force their way into the school, and she sort of enjoyed the show or being able to yell at Elizabeth Eckford in this moment. But that image captured all of the ugliness, all of the nastiness of the larger political milieu, and I feel that this picture does as well.

LMFAO...Think we're a little over the top here? Embedded editorializing? Hardly. Flat out progressive hysteria and race baiting is more like it....
These fuckers are shameless shills and apologists. Oh and that envelope Gov. Brewer had for Obama....an invitation to lunch. lol

Fox...#1 cable news network, and gaining on the big 3 everyday. The hacks have had their day !!:dancing::dancing:

Quoting Edward Bernays:


"Those who manipulate the unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. In almost every act of our lives whether in the sphere of politics or business in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind." - Edward Bernays 1929

:: Edward Bernays : on Propaganda and Public Relations :: - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0OrT-8gXMs)


Mind Control - Weapon of Mass Persuasion - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3D43vAadVI)

[Ben]

How to Brainwash a Nation - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ8ZvYNlxiM)

[trish]

FYI

Flat out editorializing = okay, that's what you see in editorials.

Editorials embedded in the headline news, supposedly factual graphics and the non-opinion pages = not okay. That's a propaganda technique.

[onmyknees]

Seems liberals still have thier panties in a twist over this tarmac incident. To Maureen Dowd's credit, she's not quite as hysterical , but what she lacks in hysteria, she more than makes up for in hypocrisy. Here's a few lines from her opinion column this week.....

Brewer told ****** Crowley, subbing for Sean Hannity on Fox News, that she had given the president a letter inviting him to join her at the border to discuss enforcement. She said he shot back that her account of a 2010 Oval Office meeting on the topic, published in her book, “Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media and Cynical Politicos to Secure America’s Border,” was distorted.
“He was patronizing,” Brewer wrote about the president in her book, adding: “He’s treating me like the cop he had over for a beer after he bad-mouthed the Cambridge police.” (The president’s recent performances are boosting sales of Brewer’s book and Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.”)
With typical Fox balance, Crowley told Governor Brewer that she admired her for “getting in the president’s grill,” adding, “You go, girl.”



the key sentence.." "With typical Fox balance, Crowley told Governor Brewer that she admired her for “getting in the president’s grill,” adding, “You go, girl.”

Here we have a 1 percenter writing on the opinion pages of the most left wing newspaper in the country, where progressive op-ed writers out number conservatives 10-1,and who's ombudsman readily concedes he wishes they had more balance....and she's commenting on Fox's lack of balance on an opinion show...Oh the richness is precious. I'll bet those of you who read the NYT read right past that and never gave it a thought...that's why you need me !!

Perhaps Ms. Dowd didn't get Trish's memo about commentary, which is what the Hannity program is...... Would someone get that out to her please?? I mean even you liberal weenies have to see the hypocrisy here...it's ok if you don't admit it, as long as you see it. lmao

[trish]

Ms. Dowd was right: Crowley in fact displayed the bias that is generally typical of FOX's non-editorial programming. But on the Hannity show (where explicit opinion is the point, and can be expected to trump fact on every broadcast), I would've expected far more than the typical amount of FOX bias. So congratulations to Crowley for holding back.:dancing::dancing::dancing:

[russtafa]

most left wing jurno's would lie and cheat to get their own way [proven time and time again in Australia] i don't know what it's like i the rest of the world but i assume they follow the same rule book.the majority of Australians don't trust these lying scum buckets and that's why our conservatives will romp in.Any of you lefties want to bet on the results of Australia's federal election 2013 i am happy to put cash on the bet but i doubt any lefty would have the guts to put cash on it .

[onmyknees]

Ms. Dowd was right: Crowley in fact displayed the bias that is generally typical of FOX's non-editorial programming. But on the Hannity show (where explicit opinion is the point, and can be expected to trump fact on every broadcast), I would've expected far more than the typical amount of FOX bias. So congratulations to Crowley for holding back.:dancing::dancing::dancing:


There are none so blind as those who fail to see, and you're at the very top of that dubious list. People can justify anything if they try hard enough, and you work it pretty good... Speaking of that....Are you still trying to justify the behavior of the low lives of The Occupy Movement? Spend a moment or 2 and explain (justify) this weekend's Oakland events and subsequent 400 arrests. I'll wait here.

Ms. Dowd is the epitome of the soft sell of liberal bias, a upper west side 1 %er limousine liberal working in a group think environment insulated form the real world, and diverse thought. She gives new meaning to the phrase "Gray Lady Down" lmao

[trish]

People can justify anything if they try hard enough, and you work it pretty good... Name calling and diversions aside, I'm sorry you couldn't refute my post. :dancing::dancing::dancing:

[onmyknees]

http://www.mrctv.org/videos/ny-mag-editor-admits-national-tv-he-never-reported-john-kerrys-income-tax-rate-2004



Today's example of blatant progressive press hypocrisy. Sometimes it's difficult to actually choose just one, but today's winner was an easy get....This is so rich, it almost gets me hard. Does this ass licker Helimann have any idea of how fucking stupid he sounds? Lap it up liberals....he's one of your own. :dancing::dancing:

[onmyknees]

Name calling and diversions aside, I'm sorry you couldn't refute my post. :dancing::dancing::dancing:

There was a point to that? I mean other than the sarcasm there wasn't a whole lot there. If you can't see the irony of Dowd sitting in her office at the NY Times editorial board pointing the finger of indignation at Fox...then how can anyone respond to you. it would be....well.....pointless. :whistle::whistle:

[trish]

Thank you then, for responding. :dancing::dancing::dancing:

[giovanni_hotel]

Why post the AP raw footage if the actual exchange is blocked by the limo??
Regardless, a state governor looks like an ass pointing her finger like that in the face of the POTUS.

She's supposed to be above acting like a hysterical teabagger.

Fail.

[onmyknees]

Hey....Somebody's got to provide you pious progressives with some good news, and it may as well be me....so here's a double dose. Seems like Media Maters traffic has dropped from nearly 600k a year ago to under 150 hits in January 2012. The only thing left is to stick a fork in them and yank their not for profit status. I feel particularly broke up for Ben who'll have to troll harder for all his material once this scum bag outfit pulls the plug. :dancing:



http://siteanalytics.compete.com/mediamatters.org/


Item #2....

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/01/31/cable-beats-broadcast-mondays-the-oreilly-factor-tops-rock-center-with-brian-williams-viewership/118273/

The O'Reilly Factor on FOX News topped NBC's Rock Center (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/rock-center-with-brian-williams-ratings/) with Brian Williams viewership 3.417 million to 3.293 million
As in all cases of cable v. broadcast, the broadcast network is available in noticeably more US households, NBC is in approximately 115m households and FOX News is in approximately 99 million.

But hey....look on the bright side. The "Lock Up" series on MSNBC was up a few clicks. :dancing:

[trish]

That last post was some Classic Media Cheerleading! We're all very happy for you and Bill. :D

[onmyknees]

How about some visual aids this morning...........? NBC/MSNBC leaning forward with balance and bias !:dancing:

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[onmyknees]

Or...............we have this gem in the event you still hold some pretense regarding objectivity.......
Mr Williams asked his viewers the day of the Jan Brewer dust up..."Who would speak to a President in this manner ?"
Well Mr. Williams.....you would...or don't you think we'd remember?? I wondered who came up with this lean forward campaign....LOL

[trish]

You go cheerleader, you go. Rah, rah, FOX! Boo, boo MSNBC!

[onmyknees]

You go cheerleader, you go. Rah, rah, FOX! Boo, boo MSNBC!

Simply pointing out the liberal media hypocrisy. It's so rampant I'm considering hiring a full time staff. Maybe start a blog...Interested? lol

I mean shit....what else can I do to overcome the jury nullification in here. Even pictures won't convince you sycophants! If the glove don't fit........you must aquit !! lmao
.
I think there's two groups of people....The first group is too ignorant to know when they're watching the evening News ...they're being had. The second group is particularly hideous. They're smart enough to know they're being had, but since the hypocrisy falls in line with what they believe...they go happily along for the ride. Which group do you fall into?

[trish]

Rah Rah Rah! FOX good (cheer); MSNBC bad (boo). Once again, some Classic Cheerleading there, OMK.

[onmyknees]

Rah Rah Rah! FOX good (cheer); MSNBC bad (boo). Once again, some Classic Cheerleading there, OMK.



Just rubbin' your nose in reality Trish.....like paper training a puppy! LOL

Here's one for ya...



The downward slide of media credibility continues. A Pew survey released a few days ago found 67 percent of Americans see “a great deal” or “fair amount” of “political bias” in the news media, a record high for the poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press which pegged the level at 63 percent just four months ago (http://people-press.org/2011/09/22/press-widely-criticized-but-trusted-more-than-other-institutions/). Specifically:

Currently, 37 percent of Americans say there is a great deal of bias in news coverage and 30 percent say there is a fair amount of bias. Far fewer see not too much bias (21 percent) or none at all (10 percent). The percentage saying there is a great deal of bias has increased six points, from 31 percent to 37 percent, since 2008.

http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/Pew-linegraph-260.jpgDo people perceive a media bias to the left or to the right? Pew didn’t ask, but their data indicates – no surprise – more conservatives than liberals recognize a tilt in the news media: “About half (49 percent) of Republicans say there is a great deal of media bias, and this rises to 57 percent among conservative Republicans. By comparison, 32 percent of Democrats and 35 percent of independents see a great deal of bias in the news.”

Back in September, Gallup documented (http://www.gallup.com/poll/149624/Majority-Continue-Distrust-Media-Perceive-Bias.aspx) the public detected liberal bias by a nearly three-to-one margin: “The majority of Americans (60 percent) also continue to perceive bias, with 47 percent saying the media are too liberal and 13 percent saying they are too conservative.”



I've covered all bases for ya. Don't like the findings of the right leaning Pew Research? OK have it your way....that take the left leaning Gallup results.
In fact I like those results better because it identifies the bias as liberal.
So the progressives here on HA by virtue of months of posts would fall into that minority that sees no liberal media bias, which then begs the question....are you hopelessly ignorant.....or just plain dishonest??:dancing:

[trish]

Sis Boom Bah
Rah Rah Rah

How do all you Christian types find the time to post to porn sites on Sunday morning? Isn't Jesus watching?

But on to the point. Tell us, do you put on a pleated plaid skirt before you fall on your knees to before Bill O'Reilly? You must be Fox's number one fluffer! You go Cheerleader, you go!

[martin48]

[QUOTE=trish;1093289]Sis Boom Bah
Rah Rah Rah

How do all you Christian types find the time to post to porn sites on Sunday morning? Isn't Jesus watching?

Where's the "Like" button?

I like Jesus, but he loves me. So it's difficult :):):):)

[giovanni_hotel]

Brian Williams yes pointed his finger at Dubya, but IMO his intent appears totally different than Gov. Brewer.

Mr. Williams doesn't appear to be yelling or screaming at Bush. Gov. Brewer does.
It's inappropriate for an elected official regardless to yell and berate the POTUS using their finger as a point of emphasis.

If we're going to be strictly technical about ALL finger-pointing as wrong, then I won't argue.

But I would wager Gov. Brewer was screeching at Obama.

[Faldur]

But I would wager Gov. Brewer was screeching at Obama.

Lets see, the federal government has filed suit against a free state of the US that is taking measures to do what the federal government should be doing.

The bitch should have slapped him.. :)

[giovanni_hotel]

Nice one. U.S. Border Patrol officers are federal employees. The complaint from border states is that the Feds should be doing more, not that they aren't doing anything.

Obama has committed more resources and manpower to control illegal immigration at the Southern borders than any previous U.S. President.

Jan Brewer should have slapped Dubya.

Besides Gov. Brewer said the the POTUS was criticizing her for mis-characterizing a meeting he had with her at the WH.

It had nothing to do with border security.

[trish]

And Faldur is mis-characterizing Brewer's most recent finger jabbing encounter with the POTUS. Distortion, diversion, mis-characterizing, misrepresenting, misdirecting and outright lying is what the right does best. Holding them up to a better standard would severely handicap them, and that would be unfair and unbalanced.

[Faldur]

And Faldur is mis-characterizing Brewer's most recent finger jabbing encounter with the POTUS. Distortion, diversion, mis-characterizing, misrepresenting, misdirecting and outright lying is what the right does best. Holding them up to a better standard would severely handicap them, and that would be unfair and unbalanced.

Damn, I can do a lot with 34 words..

[Faldur]

And Faldur is mis-characterizing Brewer's most recent finger jabbing encounter with the POTUS. Distortion, diversion, mis-characterizing, misrepresenting, misdirecting and outright lying is what the right does best. Holding them up to a better standard would severely handicap them, and that would be unfair and unbalanced.

And why not just cut to the chase Trish, we know where your hatred would like to lead. Why hide it...

http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/thumbnail.php?file=Camp_de_concentration_714680417 .jpg&size=article_medium

[trish]

we know You know shit and you proved it over and over again.

[onmyknees]

You know shit and you proved it over and over again.

I don't know if I agree with that....he certainly knows how to get under your skin ! :dancing:

[onmyknees]

And Faldur is mis-characterizing Brewer's most recent finger jabbing encounter with the POTUS. Distortion, diversion, mis-characterizing, misrepresenting, misdirecting and outright lying is what the right does best. Holding them up to a better standard would severely handicap them, and that would be unfair and unbalanced.


LMAO...finger jabbing?????? And wasn't it you who where just telling us how Faldur was "mis-characterizing" ? Priceless.

[onmyknees]

Hey.....Did you guys hear the one about Soros step child, Media Matters writing the scripts for MSNBC anchors and on weekly strategy conference calls with Valerie Jarrett? What's that you ask....how can they be a not for profit? LMAO....

What media collusion? And why should it matter as long as the ends justify the means?

[Faldur]

Just lil ole me "mis-characterizing" more info...

CABLE NEWS RACE
NITE OF JAN 13, 2012

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,292,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,117,000
FOXNEWS BRET BAIER 1,908,000
CMDY DAILY SHOW 1,811,000
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1,788,000
FOXNEWS THE FIVE 1,744,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,632,000
CMDY COLBERT 1,509,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 944,000
CNN PIERS MORGAN 901,000
MSNBC MADDOW 901,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 861,000
CNN COOPER 825,000

http://ericatwitts.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/just-the-facts_edited-1.jpg?w=600

http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/images/11/2012/01/39e6a54047e29853d72cb2ff128fe3eb.jpg

[Silcc69]

Just lil ole me "mis-characterizing" more info...

CABLE NEWS RACE
NITE OF JAN 13, 2012

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,292,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,117,000
FOXNEWS BRET BAIER 1,908,000
CMDY DAILY SHOW 1,811,000
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1,788,000
FOXNEWS THE FIVE 1,744,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,632,000
CMDY COLBERT 1,509,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 944,000
CNN PIERS MORGAN 901,000
MSNBC MADDOW 901,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 861,000
CNN COOPER 825,000

http://ericatwitts.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/just-the-facts_edited-1.jpg?w=600

http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/images/11/2012/01/39e6a54047e29853d72cb2ff128fe3eb.jpg

And why did they let Glenn Beck go again?

[trish]

You don't judge the veracity of a news network by the number of viewers it has, but by the number of viewers who know what veracity means. The most interesting man in the world says...

[Stavros]

Maybe, Trish -but who is he?

A man with class
Drinks his beer from a glass...

[Faldur]

And why did they let Glenn Beck go again?

Well in my opinion it wasn't for viewership. He averaged 2.2 million per day, and in a time slot outside of prime time. Not too bad. But in case you haven't noticed the dude is a little whacked. I think he represented a larger liability than Fox was ready to carry. I don't follow his GBT program, but it appears to be off to a good start.

[Faldur]

Maybe, Trish -but who is he?

A man with class
Drinks his beer from a glass...

A man of class drinks scotch..

[Dino Velvet]

A man with class
Drinks his beer from a glass...

Ain't nuthin' wrong with a can as long as it's cold and 24 ounces.

http://zenstoves.net/SimplifiedZenStove/14.JPG

[onmyknees]

You don't judge the veracity of a news network by the number of viewers it has, but by the number of viewers who know what veracity means. The most interesting man in the world says...


The only Fox this guy's ever heard of his the former Mexican President who famously sent half his citizens north ! I don't think he can get Fox News anyway on his Mexican cable system, so he need not lament....Another thing he appearently can't get is good beer....he can drink his piss water and watch CNN Mexico...lol

[Silcc69]

Well in my opinion it wasn't for viewership. He averaged 2.2 million per day, and in a time slot outside of prime time. Not too bad. But in case you haven't noticed the dude is a little whacked. I think he represented a larger liability than Fox was ready to carry. I don't follow his GBT program, but it appears to be off to a good start.

I can't stand his ass but if he was bringing in numbers and he can't be no worse than Hannity. He was extremely good at promoting Faux's right wing agenda.

[Stavros]

A man of class drinks scotch..

On which we agree; but it doesn't identify the dude with the sun tan and a trimmed beard -is he a Country 'n Western Grandee?

[fred41]

On which we agree; but it doesn't identify the dude with the sun tan and a trimmed beard -is he a Country 'n Western Grandee?

he's actor Jonathan Goldsmith...google it - the Dos Equis Man.

[trish]

Golly, and OMK was assuming Jonathan Goldsmith (American born actor and activist against child trafficking) was a worthless Mexican with "appearently" (whatever that means) no appreciation for the higher tastes of the upper 1%. What a bigot!

[hippifried]

Well in my opinion it wasn't for viewership. He averaged 2.2 million per day, and in a time slot outside of prime time. Not too bad. But in case you haven't noticed the dude is a little whacked. I think he represented a larger liability than Fox was ready to carry. I don't follow his GBT program, but it appears to be off to a good start.I can't stand his ass but if he was bringing in numbers and he can't be no worse than Hannity. He was extremely good at promoting Faux's right wing agenda.
Viewership numbers had nothing to do with Beck leaving FOX. It was $$$$. Ratings are a tool for selling advertizing. The folks who pay the bills, the sponsors, pulled their ads because they didn't want to be associated with him in the minds of their customers. Apparently, their polling showed that he was more of a liability than an asset. Oh well. I guess they weren't all that concerned with alienating his audience. Hmmmm... What does that say about those who would take him seriously?

[Stavros]

Sorry, America, I have googled the man's name and read his wikipedia entry, but I have never before heard of The Most Interesting Man in the World, or Dos Equis Beer,and don't recall seeing any of the Tv shows he was in although I think I once saw an episode of Charlie's Angels, without Farrah Fawcett but with that butch girl with short black hair. Some things pass me on this side of the Atlantic.

I wonder, who qualifies as The Most Interesting Woman in the World, or even The Most Interesting Transexual in the World, and do they -like the next (ex?) President of the World Bank- have to be American?

[trish]

It's just an ad[] campaign. The tag line is: I don't always drink beer, but when I do I drink Dos Equis."

Personally, when it comes to Mexican beer, I prefer Negra Modelo with a slice of lime.

Most Interesting Man In The World - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bc0WjTT0Ps)

[Stavros]

Thanks for the further clarification; but the more facts that go on show, the less impressive it sounds....but...a slice of lime...in a beer? I think I'll stick to Scotland's finest.

[Prospero]

Oh yes - Mexican beer with a slice of lime is wonderful. Sol is not a bad one. Though in the end i prefer dark beers. But my favourite mexican tipple is a good margharita (with salt)

[Stavros]

Curious, it sounds horrible, but now it seems I must try it -one day, in Summer.

[fred41]

Personally, when it comes to Mexican beer, I prefer Negra Modelo with a slice of lime.

I like Negra Modelo too (without lime)...but Dos Equis Amber comes a very close second (either one is fine with a meal)...and most Mexican beer (like Modelo Especial and Pacifico) is drinkable - especially at a barbeque.

[onmyknees]

Need a Bump....This is some classic shit right here! LMAO

What Hypocrisy ?


From the left leaning Politico.......



Unions gave $200K to MSNBC's Ed Schultz


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By DYLAN BYERS (http://www.politico.com/reporters/DylanByers.html) | 3/9/12 4:06 PM EST


Ed Schultz, the host of MSNBC's "The Ed Show" and a champion of labor unions, received almost $200,000 from unions last year, a spokesperson with the network confirms. But in accordance with the network's rules, all of those funds were donated to charity -- in this case, the American Cancer Society.
"Any speaking honorariums have been donated to the American Cancer Sociery," Lauren Skowronski, director of communications at MSNBC, said.
The conservative media watchdog group NewsBusters reported (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2012/03/09/ed-schultz-paid-nearly-200000-unions-2011-according-labor-dept) this morning that Schultz was paid $190,000 in 2011 "for what the U.S. Department of Labor categorized as 'representational activities,'" and an additional $9,900 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, according to the U.S. Labor Department. Skowronski said that all of those funds came from speaking engagements. Schultz, who advocates for unions on his MSNBC show and his radio program, "The Ed Schultz Show," often delivers speeches at union conventions. (See UPDATE below).
Andrew Becker, a spokesperson with the American Cancer Society, said the Society's policy is not to share information about individual donations. "Donors may choose to talk about their contributions," he adds.
The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative publication that also picked up the Newsbusters report, notes (http://freebeacon.com/ed-schultz-paid-nearly-200000-by-unions-in-2011/) that Schultz has criticized others for their financial ties to partisan groups. Last year, Schultz suggested Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was in the pocket of Fox News because its parent company News Corp donated $1.25 million to the Republican Governors Association "to help elect union-busters like Scott Walker in Wisconsin and former Fox News host Jon Kasich in Ohio."
This year, Schultz also criticized (http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-ed-show/46032855#46032855) Mitt Romney for receiving nearly $375,000 in speaking fees in 2010: "He casually says the money he gets from speakers fees is not very much. But according to his own financial disclosure forms, Mitt Romney made $374,327 in speaker fees in one year," Schultz said in January. "That ain't bad on the rubber chicken circuit, folks."
Romney's tax returns show (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-01/romney-tax-returns-show-7-million-in-donations-over-2-years.html) that he donated $7 million to charitable causes between 2010 and 2011, though it is not clear how much of that came from his speaking engagements.
UPDATE: Schultz will address the issue on his show tonight, per an email from Skowronski.
Skowronski also emails to correct her earlier confirmation that all $199,900 came from speaking fees. Some of the money given to the American Cancer Society was from advertising purchased on Ed’s website.
“Any speaking honorariums have been donated to the American Cancer Society, per MSNBC policy," Skowronski writes. "In addition, independent from MSNBC, Ed’s radio show website sells advertising to a variety of businesses–both union and non-union.”
Of the $199,900 given to Schultz by the unions, only $100,000 was donated to the American Cancer Society.

[Ben]

What if there Really was a 'Liberal' Media? - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXiOkbsrG2w)

[hippifried]

The conservative media watchdog group NewsBusters reported this morning that Schultz was paid $190,000 in 2011 "for what the U.S. Department of Labor categorized as 'representational activities,'" and an additional $9,900 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, according to the U.S. Labor Department. Skowronski said that all of those funds came from speaking engagements. Schultz, who advocates for unions on his MSNBC show and his radio program, "The Ed Schultz Show," often delivers speeches at union conventions.
Oh boo hoo hoo! An admitted liberal made some money. Sob sob... That can't possibly be allowed, can it? Waaaaaaaaaaaa!

Welcome to America, you snivlin' peck.

[paulclifford]

>>>Ed Schultz, the host of MSNBC's "The Ed Show" and a champion of labor unions . . .

Something else about MSNBC:

It's owned by General Electric, which accepted federal "stimulus" money (i.e., taxpayer dollars).

So taxpayer dollars are being used to finance, in part, a far left media outlet like MSNBC. Can you imagine the uproar by the left if taxpayer bailout money had been used to finance any part of Fox News?

However, that would never happen. While MSNBC's ratings are constantly in the crapper, pretty much everyone who watches cable watches Fox — mainly because Fox does a pretty good job of separating and distinguishing its straightforward news reporting from its news commentators and editorialists (like O'Reilly and Hannity). Many viewers also appreciate the fact that even Fox's right-of-center commentators give air-time to leftist "Fox News Contributors" such as Juan Williams (previously a regular on NPR before he was fired for making a politically-incorrect remark about Islam) and former congressman Dennis Kucinich.

[trish]

General Motors, which recieved government bailout money, contributes "taxpayer" money to Fox. So where's the uproar?
http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=4087

Btw, you can regularly find both conservative and liberal commentators on both venues. Thank you for not falsely characterizing the facts in the future, 'cause in the present you're not doing too well.

[paulclifford]

>>>General Motors, which recieved government bailout money, contributes "taxpayer" money to Fox.

Wrong. Read your own link. General Motors contributes nothing to Fox. It purchases advertising time so viewers will buy its products and it can (with any luck) make a profit.

You don't understand the difference between a contribution and a purchase?

[trish]

And by the same token, MSNBC did not directly receive government money did it? Money passes from one hand to the next. You might as well argue that since the U.S. mints it's own money, everybody who gets paid in U.S. currency is receiving a government subsidy. Find another boat, this one won't float.

[paulclifford]

>>>MSNBC did not directly receive government money did it?

MSNBC is owned by GE. When GE received bailout money, it used some of those funds to prop up a far-left media outlet that probably couldn't survive on its own if it only had to rely on ratings and ad revenue. Its ratings suck.

That's obviously different from a company accepting bailout cash and then using it merely to BUY something from someone else (chairs, tables, advertising time).

[Prospero]

MSNBC... far left... from an inhabitant of cloud cuckoo land!!!