CBS Radio labels nancy Pelosi "ultra-liberal"

KCBS - CBS Radio News ^ | 8 Nov 2002 | MIKE PULSIPHER

[ThePythonicCow]

On the CBS radio news at the top of the hour, they cut to a report from Mike Pulsipher, of the CBS affiliate radio station KCBS 740 in San Francisco, to describe Nancy Pelosi's imminent selection to the House Minority Leader. Mike matter of factly labeled her the "ultra-liberal Nancy Pelosi".

It's rare that such labels are used on liberals. 'Twas good to hear. Times they are a changing.

[Pontiac]

I just hope this doesn’t make the RINO’s think this gives them room to move left and still be differentiated from the Dimocrats.

[Neanderthal]

"The problem is that they probably meant it as a compliment."

I guarantee you it was meant as a compliment. KCBS is nauseatingly liberal. Their idea of news is sending a reporter out to every protest that has five or more loonies marching around san Francisco and keeping us posted repeatedly with the latest on the demonstration. They will of course ignore totally any conservative protest, even if it involves 1,000's. Thank God for KSFO 560. I never tune to KCBS exept in an extreme traffic situation, because they do have superior traffic reporting.

[maryz]

We have seen Minnesota Dems turn down Alan Page, a popular black Democrat in favor of an "old dead white male", Mondale.

Did that get any coverage at all, outside of conservative sources?

[Nuke'm Glowing]

The same kind of labels were applied to her all night on almost every talking head show that was on. I was amazed. It sounds like the "mainstream" electronic media is terrified of the ratings that FNC is getting and does not want to be given the leftist label themselves. The DUhers are even bitching and moaning that the media is now sold out to the evil corporate right and that CNN was a tool of the RNC!!!!!

[Bubba_Leroy]

What is an "ultra-liberal"? I thought that the entire political spectrum consisted of "ultra-conservatives," "right wing conservatives," "conservatives" and "moderates."

At least, that's the entire political spectrum according to most of the media.

[San Jacinto]

Times they are a changing.

Interesting. As you know, the networks are loathe to label liberals. Searches of news stories have revealed that news organizations apply the terms "conservative" and "right-wing" many, many more times than the counter-part terms.

If there is a shift in this practice, what accounts for it? Could it be the success of the Fox News Network? Viewership of the major networks is in major decline and there are even suggestions that the network news divisions may cease to exist as more Americans turn to the cable channels for news, especially Fox.

For years I wondered why our capitalistic system did not produce a "fair and balanced" competitor for the slanted networks' coverage. I felt the demand for such a network was present and good ratings would be assured. I felt that if one network emerged as a fair and balanced news source, the others might be eventually forced to follow suit. We shall see.

[San Jacinto]

Real progress will be when NPR starts calling her "that commie."

I caught a few minutes of Bill Moyers last night on government supported TV. I don't remember the name of the program, but it was pretty balanced. He had a male guest who blamed America for the existence of Terrorism in the world, but then he had a female guest who had the same views. That's Public TV's idea of "fair and balanced."

[Right_in_Virginia]

I'd like to hear: "Far left winger".

[Johnny Shear]

OK...It looks like Phase 1 of the meltdown of the DemocRAT party is complete (Last week's election)...Phase 2 is underway (Pelosi as Minority Leader of the House) and we're getting help with Phase 3 (Elect Barbara Boxer as Senate Minority Leader) from the idiots on DUhhh... http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=16916&forum=DCForumID60

Good GOD...Why don't they just change the name of the Party to The Green Party and get it over with???

These clowns just REFUSE to let us stop gloating! This is absolutely BEAUTUFUL!!! (As oposed to Pelosi and Boxer).

[wita]

NONE?

[lentulusgracchus]

What does she think the environmental damage would be if a Saddam supplied AQ nuke went off in the bay area?

Depends on the yield. It could blow up Chinatown, maybe. I'm assuming crude devices manufactured according to the same rough design as the Stanford grad student's design that was confiscated and classified 20 years ago, and yielding under 5 kilotons. At eight miles, a weapon like that would barely break glass windows in a house. Do a search for interactive weapons-effects pages on a competent search engine like Moonmist, Dogpile, or AskJeeves.

A military weapon, such as an ex-Soviet artillery round, would be a horse of a very different color.

[COBOL2Java]

I guess the same reporter would describe Fidel Castro as an Ultra-Liberal, too.

No, it's all relative. Compared to Pelosi, Fidel is a right-winger.

[vigilo]

I was channel surfing last night and came upon CNBC. They were showind clips of Ford and Pelosi and the graphic at the bottom of the screen said, "Communist Congress". I was stunned. Could it be that the media would start telling the truth about these people? Then the graphic was turned off and they switched to a clip of the Chinese Communist Congress starting a session and turned the "Communit Congress" graphic back on. It seems that someone got out of synch, jumped the gun and accidently told the truth by turning the grapic on one story too soon. It was great to see. Anyone else catch that?

[syriacus]

It was great to see. Anyone else catch that?

Sounds great. I wish I had seen it.

[corlorde]

Thanks for the early morning chuckle~! This thread damn near had me in tears!

~Corey

[Polybius]

She is so whacked, so devisive, so insane ...that the Republicans will domininate Congress for a generation.

I like her already.

[blam]

"The dems are going the George McGovern route. Funny... how history always repeats itself."

Yup. Having lived through that era, that was my first thought too.

[coloradan]

Ultra-liberal, but never "radical left-wing extremist."

[syriacus]

As many here on FR have pointed out Politically speaking, she is a female Ted Kennedy

I'm not saying that in her personal life she is like him.....She's an ultraliberal, female Ted Kennedy...complete with a father and an older brother who were involved in politics.

Pelosi, 62, in her seventh term, appears the quintessential liberal San Francisco Democrat, though she was born into a Baltimore political dynasty and spent years building a political organization and a fund-raising network that broadened her base. She is the daughter of former Baltimore mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. and sister of Thomas D'Alesandro III, who also held the mayor's post.

Meet Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi

Pelosi Admits: Dems are the "Mommy Party"

• a Representative from California;
• born Nancy D'Alesandro in Baltimore, Md., March 26, 1940; A.B., Trinity College, 1962;
• chair, California State Democratic Party, 1981-1983;
• finance chairman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1985-1986;
• elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Sala Burton, and reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (June 2, 1987-January 3, 2003)(5th District 1987-93, 8th District 1993-2001);
• delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2000.
• minority whip (One Hundred Seventh Congress).
• Female. Catholic.

Meet Nancy's father

From D'ALESANDRO, Thomas, Jr., 1903-1987 and D'Alesandro, Thomas L. J., Jr.
(1903-1987) of Baltimore, Md. Father of Nancy Pelosi.

• Born in Baltimore, Md., August 1, 1903.
• Democrat.
• attended the parochial schools and Calvert Business College, Baltimore, Md.;
• engaged in the brokerage and insurance business in Baltimore, Md.;
• Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1927-33;
• general deputy collector of internal revenue in 1933 and 1934;
• member of the Baltimore City Council 1935-1938;
• U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1939-47; (resignation on May 16, 1947);
• delegate to each Democratic National Convention from 1944 to 1968;
• mayor of Baltimore, Md., 1947-59;
  defeated for renomination in the March primary election;
• unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1958;
• appointed by President Kennedy to the Federal Renegotiation Board, 1961-1969;
• insurance and real estate broker; was a resident of Baltimore, Md. until his death there August 23, 1987
• Catholic.

Meet Nancy's brother

Former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, III is the newest member of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City's (HABC) Board of Commissioners.

• D'Alesandro served as Mayor of Baltimore City from 1967-1971.
• Mr. D'Alesandro was born in Baltimore's Little Italy community and is a graduate of St. Leo's Parochial School, Loyola High School, Loyola College and the University of Maryland School of Law.
• He holds honorary doctorate degrees from Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Emmitsburg, and the University of Baltimore.  
• In addition to serving as mayor, Mr. D'Alesandro also served as a member and president of the Board of Supervisors of Elections for Baltimore City from 1956 -1962, and was president of the Baltimore City Council from 1962-1967.
• He was a practicing attorney with the firm of D'Alesandro & Miliman, P.A. from 1955- 1996.
• He is also the current Honorary Chairman of the mayor's Christopher Columbus Day parade.
• He is married to the former Margaret C. Piracci; they have one daughter, and four sons.

[sam_paine]

Too much good news, indeed!! And it quit raining here in Texas!!! I'm going to church tomorrow. Well, maybe I'll just have a private conference call with The Man instead.

When I heard Ford jumping into the ring, I thought we were in for trouble...but they rejected that intelligent, popular and reasonable BLACK MAN for a rich white woman in two heartbeats!! My gosh. Go Dems!! Dig that hole!!