Posted on 10/20/2007 3:36:11 AM PDT by johnny7
Petty bickering about patriotism and Who Loves Our Troops More has never been seen as a financial growth industry, but there's no stopping American capitalism. This is why a perfunctory bit of political grandstanding, committed to U.S. Senate letterhead this month, became worth a reported $4.2 million yesterday, instantly becoming one of the most valuable printed documents of the modern era.
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This is a perfect example of why the MSM, WaPo, NYTs, etc, are going down. The “reporter” notes nothing of the actual controversy. What did Limbaugh actually say? What was the context? Who is Jesse McBeth? What was Reid trying to imply?
All she does is report Reid’s lie as though it were the truth and go on from there. As though these nutty Republicans are spending money to save Rush.
This entire story in the way it’s reported is a lie.
After Hairy Reed and Barbara Box hook up do you think there’s a risk of the Pelosi-Barr virus being passed?
/I understand the veal scallopini is excellent. Let host Chef Tony and the lovely wait staff take care of you. I’ll be here all week. God bless folks. Gnite!
Today’s AJC had a surprisingly good article about the letter by AP reporter Brian Skoloff.
No quotes by Reid and all the facts reported correctly.
The article’s last paragraph: “Limbaugh was responding to a caller several weeks ago when he used the phrase “phony soldiers.” He has said he was only referring to one speific soldier who has spoken out against the war while claiming to have seen combat. That soldier was kicked out of the Army in 2003 and sentenced to prison last month for collecting benefits he was not entitled to.”
It's called marketing, and it will never change or go away.
This is the marketing strategy is bearing false witness and yes the MSM has nothing to do with journalism, it is strickly the marketing arm of the DNC. At least this is the mindset that gets me through the day.
Best. Eddie01
Neely Tucker is an ad copy writer for the DNC - Not a journalist of any stripe.
Neely Tucker works for the Washington ComPost. It is an entry level requirement.
The story is not being "reported". That would imply some existance of journalism.
This is ad copy penned by one of a hundreds of ad copy writers working for the WoPo marketing channel of the DNC, part of the greater Main Stream and Media marketing parent.
Even as accurate as that part is, it omits MacBeth's name so that nobody can look into it further. It also makes no mention at all of his being trotted out by the leftists to tell his tall tales of atrocities that he claimed our troops committed. (I'll give them a C for the effort, though.)
No my FRiend, it isn't reality they are devoid of. They are devoid of many things but reality isn't the word.
If one had to pick one word, I would say "integrity". They absolutely have none.
Not many politicians these days of either stripe have any, but the Democrats as lead by the Stalinist liberals have taken being devoid of integrity to absolutely new lows.
Their pathological quest for power has them not only willing, but actively working for the downfall of this Republic, without conscience.
Exactly. I thought that’s what we were getting back in ‘96 but the Republicans have totally blown it. There are pathetically too few R’s will the brass balls that Rush has.
The DBM... manages... the news through spin, censorship, scams and outright lies.
This is what Ried's letter boils down to for this schmuck? It's just petty bickering about patriotism and who loves our troops more?
No, this was about slandering a public figure and trying to destroy his career. We have a U.S. Constitituion to prevent this type of stuff Mr. Tucker. The 41 signators of this document should be booted out of office for a violation of the oaths they took upon being sworn into that office.
41 Senators should be on a plane back home as I type, but we do not have an effective government these days. Mexico City comes closer to governing this nation than the old seat of power does.
Exactly. See my #30.
Rush is not obliged to define each word he uses.
SHE is a HE.
Personally I find the MSM and articles like this very frightening. Most people don’t have time to follow stories as closely as we do here. They lap up this misinformation and propaganda without a second thought. We see Democrats lie and the MSM swears to it. No facts, no accuracy.
With just this story WAPO, ABC, CNN and Harry Reid are all fabricating big time. The casual reader would’t know the difference between the truth and propaganda. In the grand scheme of things, this is a small story and nothing is factual. Frightening.
You ridicule them which is exactly what Rush did.
Really?
A he?
Pussy.
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