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Biden Watersports Don’t Inspire Confidence in the MediaPosted on Jun 7, 2010
What to make of elite journalists trading their quills and cameras for water guns and a few laughs with the White House subjects they’re supposed to be covering? Glenn Greenwald writes that “all of this just helpfully reveals what our nation’s leading ‘journalists’ really are: desperate worshipers of political power who are far more eager to be part of it and to serve it than to act as adversarial checks against it—and who, in fact, are Royal Court Spokespeople regardless of which monarch is ruling.” In case you missed it, media bigwigs such as CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Ed Henry got wet and wild at chez Biden over the weekend, giddily tweeting things like “Rahm was chasing Mrs Biden & she hid behind me so i got in his crosshairs—now i know how Sestak felt.”
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By skiwiz, March 30, 2012 at 1:32 am Link to this comment
Who are we to say what really went on behind the minds of those journalists. They might look like their having fun, but they actually might be lowering the guard of the politician in order to dig deeper secrets. Of course, this is just an opinion, so only the journalist would really know.
Report thisBy ofersince72, June 8, 2010 at 10:55 am Link to this comment
We can once again thank Democracy Now for giving fair
coverage on Helen Tomas’ resignation.
The former Senator made a very good point when brought
Report thisup the difference in coverage between the murder of
the nine trying to enter Gaza, and the resignation of
Tomas.
We live in a fascist state, lets quit denying it.
and Cris Hedges you are a FALSE FLAG and former fascist
New York Times reporter whose colors may not have changed
. Warning America about Christian Fascists. what a joke.
You are here to give so called “progressives” talking
points…..Your total solution so far… Boycott FedEx.
By pundaint, June 8, 2010 at 10:07 am Link to this comment
It’s hard to tell the difference anymore. It’s all Washington, and I say to
Report thishell with them all. Down the incumbents! Politics or news they are not
doing their jobs.
By NYCartist, June 8, 2010 at 9:43 am Link to this comment
Glenn Greenwald is right on target. From water sports to water boarding. Re latter, see today’s DemocracyNow http://www.democracynow.org Waterboarding as experiment…
Report thisBy ofersince72, June 8, 2010 at 9:38 am Link to this comment
There were celebrating the retirement of Helen Tomas.
Who would dare tell the truth ask meaningful questions
at press conferences. She dared mention a one state
solution.
Helen, we wish you well !!!!!!
Report thisBy FRTothus, June 8, 2010 at 3:39 am Link to this comment
“The media want to maintain their intimate relation
to state power. They want to get leaks, they want to
get invited to the press conferences. They want to
rub shoulders with the Secretary of State, all that
kind of business. To do that, you’ve got to play the
game, and playing the game means telling their lies,
serving as their disinformation apparatus.”
(Noam Chomsky)
“To say ‘I’m an embedded journalist’ is to say ‘I’m a
Report thisgovernment propagandist’.”
(Noam Chomsky)
By samosamo, June 7, 2010 at 11:17 pm Link to this comment
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Nothing about the msm surprises me much anymore, they just
continually depress me now, but wow, old biden yuking it up
with the ‘reporters’? And he is next in line to the presidency.
Maybe we need to protect o a little better until Nov. 2012.
Reminds of the good time interview w got from his buddy as fox
Report thisnews, carl cameron. Boy, real tough questions there, the only
thing missing was some beer and an 8 ball, razor and straw or a
$100 bill and a couple of whores, or maybe that was just after
the cameras stopped rolling.
By rollzone, June 7, 2010 at 6:07 pm Link to this comment
hello. a beach party. at an imaginary beach. ShanGriLa is having another party between partying. journalism takes a bath.
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