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Giving Obama a Helping Hand: Only Two Minutes of VA Scandal Coverage This Week
Newsbusters ^

Posted on 06/06/2014 10:08:44 AM PDT by chessplayer

While this week’s coverage of the Obama administration’s exchange of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban officials has been generally critical, the broadcast networks have helped Team Obama out on another front — since Monday, coverage of the Veterans Affairs waiting list scandal has been virtually nonexistent.

Despite the continuously unfolding developments on the scandal, the major news networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC devoted barely two minutes this week to the story.


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It's "old news," so they've moved on.
1 posted on 06/06/2014 10:08:44 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

That was so like a week ago!


2 posted on 06/06/2014 10:11:29 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: chessplayer

Let’s face it. Most journalists despise the military anyway. Except for the homosexuals.


3 posted on 06/06/2014 10:12:44 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: chessplayer

They can’t be shamed into investigative journalism!


4 posted on 06/06/2014 10:14:53 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: chessplayer

Mission Accomplished

I bet Obama has a buttload of these things ready to change the news, whenever things get too hot.


5 posted on 06/06/2014 10:15:09 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: KSCITYBOY

“They can’t be shamed into investigative journalism!”

As the Fast and Furious revelations showed us, the TV Execs “don’t want the hassle” of having the fascist Obamunists coming down on them and their families.

The examples of that are already out there are many.


6 posted on 06/06/2014 10:17:07 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: Rusty0604

I keep waiting for them to recycle Malaysian Air from the depths.


7 posted on 06/06/2014 10:18:30 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: chessplayer

It is up to the very poorly messaging capability of the GOP in the upcoming elections to shout it from the roof tops in 30 & 60 second sound bites. Otherwise the gullible and uniformed voters will remain in the dark, as usual, as the Dems count on year after year and election cycle after another.

We need somebody, either in 2014 or 2016 or both . . . to place some well time 30 minute infomercials informing them. ala Ross Perot style. Or something. Cuz what we’ve been doing is NOT working.


8 posted on 06/06/2014 10:18:36 AM PDT by Qwackertoo (Going into Politic Free Zone Momma Grizzly hibernation for a while after this week, maybe forever.)
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To: Rusty0604

Dude!


9 posted on 06/06/2014 10:18:42 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: chessplayer

Obama whack-a-mole.

IRS vendettas...whack!

Look, there’s NSA spying on journalists ...whack!

No, wait, Benghazi lying and incompetence...whack!

Quick, over there... the VA screwing veterans...whack!

The Trade of the Century ... whack!

Time to stop playing this game. IMPEACH the sob!


10 posted on 06/06/2014 10:22:11 AM PDT by Walrus (I love the America that used to be ---I hate the America that now IS!)
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To: Rusty0604
D Day...was 70 Years Ago!

VA DAY.....heu now theres a fitting Tribute...that might draw some attention??




11 posted on 06/06/2014 10:26:37 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: chessplayer

Don’t worry. Wait until the hearings start.


12 posted on 06/06/2014 10:27:03 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Can Juan Williams possibly be that stupid?)
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To: chessplayer

Like most veterans I’m not exactly an activist. Well, except maybe around here. But I would definitely participate in a huge veterans’ march on DC, if only someone would organize it. The groups like the American Legion, VFW, VVOA, DAV, etc. have the contacts and the capability. Why haven’t they done something? There are multiple generations of vets. We could swamp Washington .


13 posted on 06/06/2014 10:31:28 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Can Juan Williams possibly be that stupid?)
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14 posted on 06/06/2014 11:42:45 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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