Posted on 11/23/2008 3:56:05 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
The mainstream media's support for Barack Obama's presidential campaign was so biased that even major insiders are now admitting they were shocked by its depth and depravity.
Last week, Time magazine's Mark Halperin called the media's performance during the campaign simply "disgusting."
Halperin told a panel of media analysts at the Politico/USC conference on the 2008 election, "It's the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war."
He added, "It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
What? You are shocked at your own behavior? Losers have no core. They would do it all over again if given a second chance. If nothing changes nothing changes. Hope they pay for it in spades.
Some of us outsiders weren't. We've long known what they are...
It certainly was not fair coverage. Lately people who don’t pay too much attention to MSM bias are saying it was too much!
I hope that the MSM is made entirely irrelevant as a result.
Wow! Next they’ll be reporting the sun rises in the east!
They think that admitting to their journalistic malpractice will absolve them of their sins, and restore their “credibility.”
Not a freakin’ chance.
Just look at the staff cuts lately. They're working on it.
Look how they have to throw in:
“It’s the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war.”
This is simply an attempt to recalibrate for next time...which will be worse.
“The One” could never have withstood the thrashing that Governor Palin and her family had to endure from the Commie ‘RATS in the MSM. That whole thing was disgraceful but exactly what you would expect from a bunch of Marxist fascists.
You know guys you could semi fix it if you’d start paying attention to the case that is with David Souter right now about Obama’s Birth certificate. If you all would check a little closer you might just find another story of Watergate proportions!
They see themselves more in the role of “directors” of events rather than as reporters. And, I suppose, like in the movie business, they’ll call for a re-shoot when they see how badly they’ve screwed up?
The news media ought to confess their sin and sacrifice to their god, materialism!
>”It’s the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war.”
LOL - What, a decade [max]? You don’t think it’s perhaps a bit MORE disgusting than that?
Sort of like restoring virginity...
This is simply this: they already achieved their objective of getting their “boy” into office so now, they have to pretend to be objective to get back the lost “sheep” of the masses who don’t trust them anymore.
Geeeee,,,,yathink? (rolling eyes)
Actually, that comment in itself is incredibly creme-puffed biased and 'soft-balled'.
I would think the words unbelievably outrageous and absolutely contemptible are much more appropriate and accurate.
Mark Halperin is like some abusive husband who offers his wife a smarmy apology the day after breaking her nose and splitting her lip — “Sorry, baby, I know I went too far, but you still love me, right?”
Why are they saying this now? Do they get a bit of a giggle while they write this?
Now that they’ve succeeded in getting Obama elected (though not until the Electoral College says he is), they’re wanting to get their reader/viewership back by saying, “oh, those other guys were sooooo biased”. Where were they DURING the election?????? It’s safe NOW. Geez, how transparent.
Phony "concern" by Halperin here. The shocking bias was the fact that Ayers, Rezko, Wright, Alinsky, Davis et al were swept under the rug.
**Last week, Time magazine’s Mark Halperin called the media’s performance during the campaign simply “disgusting.”
Halperin told a panel of media analysts at the Politico/USC conference on the 2008 election, “It’s the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war.”
He added, “It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage.”**
Gee whiz. We all knew that. And we were screaming about it too. But no one would listen.
Wha . . . .??
Start alternative media. Websites cost very little and can get as popular as their owners can make them.
Oh,Please. Don’t even go there.
You guys are pathetic,immoral,unethical and unscrupulous...
that is,unless you’re fawning over some leftist puke.
THEN you think you’re gods.
Idiots.
The most ominous thing is that now the media know they can manipulate the public so much as to elect a President.
Change?
...careful what you wish for....
....oh, too late. :^(
His omission of that ugly fact again highlights their--- AND HIS----sickening bias.
He forgot his closing line!
“But by golly, we sure accomplished what we set out to do! Heh, heh!”
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BTW, wasn’t there another lib source that criticized media coverage beside Halperin and Howell?
State the obvious after the damage has been done. Wonder how magazine sales have been lately?
To little to late ... so now they think they’ll win the confidence of Americans ?????
I strongly disagree with him.
The media's pro-Obama media bias PALED and was nowhere near as 'disgusting'---
when compared to the media's attempt to completely destroy Sarah Palin.
You do some great work.
And in four years you will be in the tank again ,Oh MSM.Spare me!
I asked about other media people mentioning bias. No, it was the public as surveyed by Pew. 70% noticed obama bias.
http://people-press.org/report/463/media-wants-obama
And, there was another recent survey I’m still looking for.
Journalism is finally noticing the muck, the skid marks that are today's MSM employees.
Oooooo, how brave of Halperin to claim 'disgust' at media (of which he was a part) AFTER the object of their bias is safely in office.
Absolute CRAP! He doesn't believe a word of what he said. He, like 98% of all the people who like to call themselves journalists are just giddy with the knowledge that they have the power to manipulate a national election.
Watching them go into hyper drive to boost Obama and slam Sarah Palin when they thought McCain was surging in the last ten days made it absolutely clear that they saw electing the media star as their duty.
Now their mission is to protect him and spin everything he does as positive. If he backs off on a campaign promise it will be because of his brilliance and understanding in realizing a new course of action after assessing the situation.
I think he will govern with his finger in the wind just like the first black president did and the media will portray him as a genius.
bkmk
And here’s the other survey by Rasmussen:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2126101/posts?page=1
Exactly!!
Hussein was presented with the perfect scenario (with our victory in Iraq and the economic meltdown)--
so that the MSM will portray ANYTHING he does as a big positive.
The MSM will never let anyone forget about the meltdown he inherited--therefore he has the PERFECT ALIBI and EXCUSE for anything that happens in the next four years.
The MSM will let him 'do no wrong' because of that. His luck is unbelievable.
It’s always worse to hurt people who trust you. In the USSR, no one trusted Pravda. Yet in 2008, many American readers trusted their newspapers and magazines.
You let them down. You lied to them by omission. They voted without knowing an 1/8 of the facts that they would have wanted to know about Obama, even those that would have voted for him anyway. That was your job, journalists, and you all blew it.
The most ominous thing is that now the media know they can manipulate the public so much as to elect a President
Indeed! They have been setting the stage for 8 years now! That was critical as they cast the GOP leadership
as inept. Unfortunately the GOP lended their support.
If Obama were shot in the ass, it would result in a severe head wound to dozens of MSM reporters.
The MSM as a whole are performing a Lewinski on the guy.
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