Adoring Barack Coverage (ABC) Will Hold Health-Care Discussion In White House With “Live” Audience

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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