Posted by CrabbyCon on June 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Adoring Barack Coverage is the new name for ABC – it certainly isn’t American Broadcasting, since they leave out at least half of America when they bow at the feet of their new cult icon, Obama.
Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson will be live at the event, which will begin dramatically in the East Room of the White House and move over to the Blue Room. ABC will take questions from a “live” audience, although these questions will all be pre-selected and under the complete discretion of the network. Unfortunately, this network has long since become an arm of the Democratic Party – and any independent thinker is able to see that ABC continues to have a slobbering love affair (as Bernie Goldberg puts it) with the new president.
This adulation of the president is like nothing I have ever seen before, and it is quickly becoming much like a cult following. I don’t think that using the term kool-aid in reference to Jim Jones is all that far fetched.
ABC will take questions in regards to the health-care program that Obama is trying to push through Congress which, much to his chagrin, is being criticized by members of his own party who are questioning the timing and dire need for the reforms he is currently proposing.
I have never in my young years seen a media outlet act on behalf of a president; paralleling more of what you would see out of communist Russia and Pravda, than a Republic like the United States.
This is an obvious attempt to try and help the President get his agenda through and I’m sure the questions asked will try to persuade and use propaganda on the American public. I can guarantee that there will be several “heart wrenching” stories about individuals without health-care taken out of context.
The RNC has come out complaining about this blatant act of bias towards one party over the other and in particular one individual; Barack Obama:
Dear Mr. Westin:
As the national debate on health care reform intensifies, I am deeply concerned and disappointed with ABC’s astonishing decision to exclude opposing voices on this critical issue on June 24, 2009. Next Wednesday, ABC News will air a primetime health care reform “town hall” at the White House with President Barack Obama. In addition, according to an ABC News report, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, WORLD NEWS, NIGHTLINE and ABC’s web news “will all feature special programming on the president’s health care agenda.” This does not include the promotion, over the next 9 days, the president’s health care agenda will receive on ABC News programming.
Today, the Republican National Committee requested an opportunity to add our Party’s views to those of the President’s to ensure that all sides of the health care reform debate are presented. Our request was rejected. I believe that the President should have the ability to speak directly to the America people. However, I find it outrageous that ABC would prohibit our Party’s opposing thoughts and ideas from this national debate, which affects millions of ABC viewers.
In the absence of opposition, I am concerned this event will become a glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda. If that is the case, this primetime infomercial should be paid for out of the DNC coffers. President Obama does not hold a monopoly on health care reform ideas or on free airtime. The President has stated time and time again that he wants a bipartisan debate. Therefore, the Republican Party should be included in this primetime event, or the DNC should pay for your airtime.
Respectfully,
Ken McKay
Republican National Committee
Chief of Staff
I would think that the American public would want to hear both sides of the issue and they have every right to have questions asked of both parties that are difficult (not softball-like). Granted the station is boring, but C-Span does this already if you watch what takes place inside the House and Senate. Why do we need another network attempting to change peoples’ minds? Since Obama is meeting a lot of opposition on both sides of the aisle, is this a gesture from ABC to try and swoop in to save him? This type of media bias makes me sick to my stomach.
Here is how ABC responded to the RNC’s letter.
“ABCNEWS prides itself on covering all sides of important issues and asking direct questions of all newsmakers — of all political persuasions — even when others have taken a more partisan approach and even in the face of criticism from extremes on both ends of the political spectrum. ABCNEWS is looking for the most thoughtful and diverse voices on this issue.
“ABCNEWS alone will select those who will be in the audience asking questions of the president. Like any programs we broadcast, ABC News will have complete editorial control. To suggest otherwise is quite unfair to both our journalists and our audience.”
The whole notion that ABC is deciding what is being asked is scary enough. We all saw how Charlie Gibson disrespectfully interviewed Sarah Palin and how he and Diane Sawyer drooled all over Barack Obama.
I hope somebody checks to see if this is an FCC violation. I’m sure there is more to come.
What is that song the Spice Girls sang? “When two become one“
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Posted by Pete on April 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In some deranged homage to Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office artist (if you can call this art) Michael D’Antuono has created a portrait of the President in a crucifix pose, complete with a crown of thorns in front of the presidential seal.
The controversial artist said he is not claiming that Obama is the Messiah, but is leaving it up to individual interpretation. He is known for non-political paintings, but felt he needed to make a statement;
“Aided by the media, politics has taken a nasty turn in the last decade and I firmly believe that this is one of the underlying causes of our nation’s current problems.”
The painting will be unveiled in Union Square on 29 April. Following the unveiling and accolades that are sure to spill over into the ceremony, viewers will be allowed to view the work one at a time inside a viewing booth. The report did not say if there was a charge. Lets see how many miracles occur during the viewings.
The media in the 100 day milestone, have been ramping up Obamamania, and will once again air a Prime Time news conference, cutting into American Idol and Fringe, so he can make yet another hope and change sermon to the American People. The likes of MSNBC, CNN, ABC, Air America and the Huffington Post can sing the heavenly accolades of the “One” and pass out replacement rose colored glasses.
“The most important thing we now know about Barack Obama, after nearly 100 days in office, is that he means to confront that way of life directly and profoundly, to exchange sand for rock if he can. Whether you agree with him or not — whether you think he is too ambitious or just plain wrong — his is as serious and challenging a presidency as we have had in quite some time . . .
Perhaps Obama’s most dramatic departure from the recent past is his public presence: cool where George W. Bush seemed hot, fluent where Bush seemed tongue-tied, palliative rather than hortative. Bush would never admit a mistake, but Obama said the words plainly — ‘I made a mistake’ — when his appointment of Tom Daschle as health-care czar tanked, one of the few significant setbacks during his time in office.”
Of course this diatribe is just more fluff and powdered sugar. The left cannot point to any real accomplishments, so they have to go back and tear down President Bush. They say he admits to mistakes. Tom Daschle is not a stretch, and he did not attain a cabinet level post. I guess the pork laden Omnibus Bill and the Stimulus package are not mistakes. It is a real sad state of affairs in the BHO administration. Broken promises, tax cheats in the cabinet, and trampling the Constitution. Yeah, that is change we can believe in.
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