CBS PAINTS KERRY AS VICTIM, BUT BUSH USES KERRYâS OWN QUOTES
Painting Kerry as the poor little victim of Bushâs non-attack ads, NBC Today co-host Ann Curry on March 9 was âtaken aback by Bush 'bashing his opponent' about a Senate vote (on intelligence funding) taken nine years ago â as if that is somehow out of bounds,â noted Geoff Dickens of the Media Research Center (MRC).
During a session with Tim Russert, Curry played a clip from Bush about how Kerry pushed for a cut in intelligence funding:
His bill was so deeply irresponsible that he didnât have a single co-sponsor in the United States Senate. Once again, Senator Kerry is trying to have it both ways. Heâs for good intelligence, yet he was willing to gut the intelligence services.
Curry later lamented: âAn incumbent President bashing his opponent about a bill from nine years ago that never even came to a vote.â
As if Kerry is above and beyond ever being challenged for his patent dishonesty.
For instance, MSNBCâs Keith Olbermann on his March 4 Countdown program, practically salivated over a story about a small number of relatives (from Teresa Heinzâs well-financed foundation), who complained about Bushâs use of the 9/11 images.
Quote: âItâs as sick as people who stole things out of the place.â Some firefighters, some families of the victims of 9/11, protesting President Bushâs new campaign ad.
Not surprising, NBCâs liberal host Katie Couric spoke to Bush campaign adviser Karen Hughes on the March 4 Today Show, insinuating that all 9/11 families felt the same way.
But Couric intentionally neglected to mention quotes from a New York Daily News article of 9/11 relatives who support the Bush ads:
One September 11th widow told the [New York] Daily News this morning she was offended by the use of 9/11 images in these ads, saying quote, âAfter three thousand people were murdered on his watch, it seems to me that takes an awful lot of audacity. Honestly, itâs in poor taste.â Whatâs your response to that?â Couric said snidely.
Whatâs more, NBC Nightly News White House correspondent David Gregory weaved his own liberal, anti-Bush opinions into the following segment about the Bush ads:
This is not the first time Mr. Bush has been accused of using the 9/11 attack for political gain. In May of 2002 the White House was criticized for allowing congressional Republicans to use a picture of the President on Air Force One speaking to the Vice President just hours after the attacks on New York and Washington. Political analysts say the President is once again walking a fine line.
As usual in the mainstream mediaâs collective mindset, Republicans are the unscrupulous ones; itâs never the Democrats, whose unfounded lies and misrepresentations become the bulk of their news coverage â which are typically used against Republicans. As if Democrats are never to be questioned, second-guessed or challenged on anything they say or do.
In effect, Democrats like Kerry can level any unsubstantiated charge they want (i.e., Kerryâs calling Republicans âthe most crooked, lying group I have ever seenâ) and never have to worry about being challenged by their media allies.
To date, Kerry has never been questioned about his childish rant against the GOP. But if a Republican had said the same thing, the media elite would be demanding an apology (that they still have never demanded from Kerry). Now, Hillary Clinton, one of the most dishonest politicians in Washington, is actually backing Kerryâs asinine statement. So look for Kerry and Hillaryâs media buddies to run with this story without challenge).
In yet another example of leftist media bias, when Kerry recently threatened to send his lynch mob of liberal lawyers down to Florida the day after the November election to challenge the results (if they arenât to his liking), the media elite has already ignored Kerryâs duplicity in his premeditated, Gore-style hijacking of the Florida electorate.
Again, if a Republican had made the same threat, the media elite would be accusing them of trying to âsteal the election,â even though the media elite ignored revelations that Gore was accused of voter fraud in preventing over 10,000 military votes from arriving in the U.S. because Gore knew theyâd likely be Republican votes for Bush. Now, Kerry wants complete control over the Florida election results â and the media elite could care less.
Painting Kerry as the poor little victim of Bushâs non-attack ads, NBC Today co-host Ann Curry on March 9 was âtaken aback by Bush 'bashing his opponent' about a Senate vote (on intelligence funding) taken nine years ago â as if that is somehow out of bounds,â noted Geoff Dickens of the Media Research Center (MRC).
During a session with Tim Russert, Curry played a clip from Bush about how Kerry pushed for a cut in intelligence funding:
His bill was so deeply irresponsible that he didnât have a single co-sponsor in the United States Senate. Once again, Senator Kerry is trying to have it both ways. Heâs for good intelligence, yet he was willing to gut the intelligence services.
Curry later lamented: âAn incumbent President bashing his opponent about a bill from nine years ago that never even came to a vote.â
As if Kerry is above and beyond ever being challenged for his patent dishonesty.
For instance, MSNBCâs Keith Olbermann on his March 4 Countdown program, practically salivated over a story about a small number of relatives (from Teresa Heinzâs well-financed foundation), who complained about Bushâs use of the 9/11 images.
Quote: âItâs as sick as people who stole things out of the place.â Some firefighters, some families of the victims of 9/11, protesting President Bushâs new campaign ad.
Not surprising, NBCâs liberal host Katie Couric spoke to Bush campaign adviser Karen Hughes on the March 4 Today Show, insinuating that all 9/11 families felt the same way.
But Couric intentionally neglected to mention quotes from a New York Daily News article of 9/11 relatives who support the Bush ads:
One September 11th widow told the [New York] Daily News this morning she was offended by the use of 9/11 images in these ads, saying quote, âAfter three thousand people were murdered on his watch, it seems to me that takes an awful lot of audacity. Honestly, itâs in poor taste.â Whatâs your response to that?â Couric said snidely.
Whatâs more, NBC Nightly News White House correspondent David Gregory weaved his own liberal, anti-Bush opinions into the following segment about the Bush ads:
This is not the first time Mr. Bush has been accused of using the 9/11 attack for political gain. In May of 2002 the White House was criticized for allowing congressional Republicans to use a picture of the President on Air Force One speaking to the Vice President just hours after the attacks on New York and Washington. Political analysts say the President is once again walking a fine line.
As usual in the mainstream mediaâs collective mindset, Republicans are the unscrupulous ones; itâs never the Democrats, whose unfounded lies and misrepresentations become the bulk of their news coverage â which are typically used against Republicans. As if Democrats are never to be questioned, second-guessed or challenged on anything they say or do.
In effect, Democrats like Kerry can level any unsubstantiated charge they want (i.e., Kerryâs calling Republicans âthe most crooked, lying group I have ever seenâ) and never have to worry about being challenged by their media allies.
To date, Kerry has never been questioned about his childish rant against the GOP. But if a Republican had said the same thing, the media elite would be demanding an apology (that they still have never demanded from Kerry). Now, Hillary Clinton, one of the most dishonest politicians in Washington, is actually backing Kerryâs asinine statement. So look for Kerry and Hillaryâs media buddies to run with this story without challenge).
In yet another example of leftist media bias, when Kerry recently threatened to send his lynch mob of liberal lawyers down to Florida the day after the November election to challenge the results (if they arenât to his liking), the media elite has already ignored Kerryâs duplicity in his premeditated, Gore-style hijacking of the Florida electorate.
Again, if a Republican had made the same threat, the media elite would be accusing them of trying to âsteal the election,â even though the media elite ignored revelations that Gore was accused of voter fraud in preventing over 10,000 military votes from arriving in the U.S. because Gore knew theyâd likely be Republican votes for Bush. Now, Kerry wants complete control over the Florida election results â and the media elite could care less.