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Politico Reporter Admits The Press Is Covering For Republican Obstructionism
Politico Reporter Admits The Press Is Covering For Republican Obstructionismby Tommy Christopher | 11:18 am, June 14th, 2012
Gov. Granholm observed, “And so the Democrats don’t do as good of a job at scaring the journalists into being fairer to the Democrats?”
Gov. Granholm asked Williams, “Do the Capitol Hill journalists whisper about this obstructionism on the part of Republicans?”
“There’s not so much a whisper,” Williams replied. “It’s pretty plain. A lot of people in a lot of newsrooms have a duty to be objective here, and I think that’s one of the reasons the poll numbers are so low, because we try to present news in an objective fashion, we try not to necessarily focus on what they said, and on the agenda, because they do have, for lack of a better term, legitimate reasons for saying what they’re saying. They are philosophically opposed with the President, and they can extrapolate and say that philosophical opposition is what’s leading them to vote against the President at every turn.”
“But sooner or later, it becomes pretty obvious,” Williams continued, “especially when the President points out that some of the things he’s proposing that will fix the economy in years past have been universally loved by Republicans. They voted for transportation packages, they voted for infrastructure spending in the past–these were not controversial proposals until President Obama seemed to put his name on it. Then, all of a sudden, it became something that was untouchable–something the republicans didn’t even want to consider, much less hold a vote on.”
“You said something really interesting there,” Gov. Granholm responded, “which is one of the reasons that the number of that poll might be so low–the 49%–is that the media feels like its got to be even-handed and on this channel, I think we would call that false equivalency. The media knows very well what the obstruction is.”
“And there are many who would agree with you that it is false equivalency,” Williams allowed, “but nonetheless, one reason why that still sticks and still maintains a presence in most newsrooms is not only because of integrity of individual journalism, but also because the conservative Republican message machine is very, very good at vilifying people who they believe have crossed the line into advocacy, who have done a number on what they believe is their fair and objective way of looking at things and looking at the White House agenda.”
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9000 climate scientists say Global Warming is a fact. 3 scientists, all being paid by the American Enterprise Institute, say it isn't, but they have to give 'both sides' of the argument equal time.
It reminds me of that scene in BLACKADDER II, when Blackadder finds out that Captain Redbeard Rum's ship doesn't have a crew on board.
Blackadder: "I was under the impression that it was standard practice for a ship to have a crew."
Redbeard: "Opinion is divided on the subject, my lord."
Blackadder: "It is?"
Redbeard: "Yes. All the other captains say it is, I say it isn't."
