Subject:
|
Re: Freedom from information
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.debate
|
Date:
|
Mon, 6 Jan 2003 17:29:51 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
478 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> I haven't griped about Bush in this forum for close to several weeks. So
> here goes:
>
> http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/01/03/MN120712.DTL
>
> I sense Copresident Rove's hand in this somehow. Aside from the
> ever-astonishing willingness of the press to swallow whole any spin coming
> out of the uber-secret Bush administration, I'm disgusted that the famous
> liberal media are ignoring this issue. Even if we overlook the eerie
> similarity between the personnel of the current administration as compared
> with the personnel the last time a Bush decided to invade Iraq as a partial
> smokescreen to obscure a failing economy, I can't understand why no one is
> covering any of this! I mean, Clinton deposited some DNA on a dress and it
> was in every news outlet for months straight!
>
> Another thing that's irritating me lately is this kind of exchange, common
> among television shows featuring conservative commentators:
>
> Questioner: "What is Bush doing to improve the economy?"
> Commentator: "The economy is cyclical, and the president has no control over
> it. Besides, it started slipping during the Clinton administration. And
> let's not forget that the boom of the 90's resulted from Reagan's
> policies."
>
> Obviously, that's a paraphrase, but I've heard very similar commentary on
> CNN, FoxNews, ABC, MSNBC, and NBC. The pundits bend over backwards to
> divorce Bush from any economic accountability while simultaneously
> condemning Clinton for his role in the current economy and deifying Reagan
> in turn for his role!
Perhaps the problem is that the news networks’ balance sheet has some
protection from the "cyclical" economy due to the war on terror? ;)
I've just completed reading MM's now dated "Studpid White Men". If half of what
he has to say about "president" Bush & co is true, the US media should be
ashamed of themselves [based on UK standards]. I love how he congratulates the
BBC for bringing the “vote rigging” in Florida to the public’s attention.
That said, it’s easy to castigate the media, perhaps it’s the public who’re
really to blame?
Studid White Men:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060392452/qid%3D1041873540/103-7693798-6311848
Scott A
>
> Amazing, to be sure, but at least now we won't have to be bothered with such
> pesky details as how bad unemployment has gotten. And who'd like to bet
> that once the unemployment rate goes down, Bush will reinstate the reporting
> so that his administration can score it as a victory? I'd even guess that
> they'll claim that their policy of secrecy was partially responsible for
> reducing unemployment.
>
> Dave!
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Freedom from information
|
| (...) I'm a big fan of Moore! I note with great amusement that "Stupid White Men" was already a bestseller on your island before it was even release there--thanks, Amazon! It's a chilling read, but I'm afraid it suffers from Moore's habit of sparse (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Freedom from information
|
| I haven't griped about Bush in this forum for close to several weeks. So here goes: (URL) sense Copresident Rove's hand in this somehow. Aside from the ever-astonishing willingness of the press to swallow whole any spin coming out of the uber-secret (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
48 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
