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ABC’s Halperin Woos ConservativesPosted on Oct 31, 2006
During interviews with Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity, ABC News’ political director Mark Halperin said that the weeks before the election offer a chance for the mainstream media to prove that they understand conservatives’ grievances.
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By walt, November 1, 2006 at 4:41 pm Link to this comment
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Liberal media. What a fucking joke. If you call spinning the latest remark by some democrat for days on end as if its newsworthy while downplaying the smut put out by rush limbaugh and other CNN, MSNBC and Fox teleprompter readers about how great bush, cheney and rummy are then how can you describe any of them as journalists?
Report thisBy 3reddogs, November 1, 2006 at 12:04 pm Link to this comment
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I hate to break it to this jackass, but liberals have no more use for his pathetic attempts at journalism and news than do the conservatives. In fact, after watching the MSM give the Bush administration a free pass for almost 6 years, it seems to me that the liberals have a much bigger grievance than do the conservatives. Somebody should probably tell Mr. Halperin that ABC’s reputation is way too far gone to “rebuild” especially when its political director gives every indication that he’s a very conservative Republican . And, by the way, Mr. Halperin, instead of whining to Hannity and O’Reilly and sucking up to the neocons, you should have used the air time to make a commitment to report the facts and truth in your newscasts and let the chips fall where they may ... unless or until you do that you’re not going to have even a shred of credibility.
Report thisBy mark, October 31, 2006 at 3:40 pm Link to this comment
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Mark relax, you and ABC will never be considered to be liberal. In fact you’ll never be considered to be journalists.
Report thisBy Erik, October 31, 2006 at 1:33 pm Link to this comment
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Nancy Pelosi is an “extreme liberal”? Really? My understanding of her positions would suggest she is a moderate and I understand that most of her constituents would regard her that way. The reason we have a House of Representatives whose members are elected only with votes based on the views of the people who live in those local districts is so that the House will include representation of all viewpoints which are strong enough and popular enough to win those elections. The fact that Mr. Haleprin is advocating the media begin their coverage of her by labelling her an “extreme liberal” would not only be slanting the truth but also reveals his personal political leanings. And to make an additional point: the mainstream media the last few years have been truly lax in their reporting of conservative policies and their real world consequences—essentially they have been stenographers not journalists when it comes to informing the public in the last few years. Democrats are increasingly disappearing from Sunday News Talk Shows on TV and in the print media as well. If a Conservative has to resort to claims of bias in this environment, if they can’t sell their program via today’s passive media which rarely challenges them, then I think they might want to question the viability of political policies that even without being opposed directly the public recognizes as unreasonable and unpalliative for all but the top 1% economically.
Report thisBy Tom Coleman, October 31, 2006 at 12:16 pm Link to this comment
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Sounds like Halperin is auditioning for ABC’s most prestigious showcase: “Dancing With the Stars.”
Report thisBy Ask The NSA, October 31, 2006 at 9:00 am Link to this comment
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Grievances?! What grievances? Telling the truth about them?
This clown is just further proof of how far the right has subverted media in this country.
Report thisBy Grayson, October 31, 2006 at 7:55 am Link to this comment
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Poor Mark Halperin, he still thinks TV is real.
Report thisBy anonymous, October 31, 2006 at 7:31 am Link to this comment
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ABC has a news department?
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