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March 21st, 2008 at 07:39pm Pat Cunningham
One of the network’s anchors walked off the set in anger, and another took to the airwaves to accuse colleagues of treating Barack Obama unfairly.
Ah, yes, these are FUN TIMES at the home of ”fair and balanced” journalism.
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5 Comments Add your own
1. PJ | March 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
Almost as fair and balanced as Pat Cunningham.
2. Pat Cunningham | March 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I don’t pretend to be an objective news network. Fox does. Pretend, that is.
3. PJ | March 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I agree. At least I know where you are coming from. On the flip side I don’t thinks any of the major networks, or any other media is objective. There is so much bias in all the media that it difficult for us to determine what the facts are in this electrion. Which network a person watches depends on which candidate you support.
4. Henry | March 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Good point PJ. There is so much media available in this country, liberal and conservative, that people watch, listen or read from sources that confirm their opinions. There are plenty of conservative news sources: Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, RedState.org, Drudge Report, Limbaugh, Fox News, just to name a few. I don’t get this ‘liberal bias’ business. We are blessed with a free and open press - for both sides.
5. James Boswell | March 22nd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
It is astounding to see how unfairly and viciously some radio and TV commentators are reacting to Barack Obama’s speech on race. It is simply inexcusable to say, as they do, that Obama “threw his own [white] grandmother under the bus.”
Rather, contrary to what everyone expected, he didn’t throw anyone under the bus, neither his regrettably hate-filled pastor, nor his own partially prejudiced grandmother who herself admitted that she sometimes struggled with such feelings (as Obama makes clear in his book, “Dreams of My Father”). He didn’t throw racially resentful blue collar workers under the bus, nor did he throw angry unemployed black radicals, nor you or me under the bus.
Instead, he pointed out that we are all part of this wonderful but in some ways still flawed America, and that there are legitimate reasons for some of the hurtful black and white anger that divides us — anger which, nonetheless, we should all strive to overcome.
Never since Lincoln has a politician spoken to our nation with greater candor, dignity, and truthfulness. Obama stands tall above all the carping talk show hosts who — resentful at being confronted by a person so utterly sincere, honest and, quite simply, good — try in vain to pick him to pieces.
His speech will stand the test of time because it represents something new — not politics as usual, but something that lies at the root of all right-minded religion. I begin to wonder if America is worthy of this person of such uniqueness, stature, integrity, and amazing magnanimity.
Rev. Jim Boswell
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