OUTRAGE: MSNBC had a one-hour "Special Investigation" on the 'Wright -Obama Controversy"

[npincus]

I saw the lead-in from KO last night, and couldn't believe my eyes. ONE FUCKING HOUR rehashing the entire fucking episode, video clips, interviews and all. One fucking hour.... 3 days before a critical primary. To re-hash what's been covered ad-nauseum for weeks now. What was the fucking point? Other than to influence voters. Of course, no equal time for Hillary Clinton, even McCain.

OUTRAGEOUS. I am only hoping that by making it a "Special Investigation" (instead of the regular Dan Abrams' "Verdict" format), MSNBC doesn't add it to their 'doc block' and conveniently run it again and again and again and again....

I changed the channel. Did anyone else see this?


Please complain at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19599749/ or post any email addresses you have.

[RBInMaine]

1. The "point" is corporate whore media vying for audience share.

[Mezzo]

18. The POINT is that Barack Obama is unelectable because of Wright, and the repigs know it.

You fucking think this is going to stop? It's only going to get worse until they destroy him and his political future.

[wurzel]

22. And Clinton won't be elected either!

She will lose the black vote, and there are enough of Democratic voters turned off by her to let McCain get elected by default. It is all just unbelievable! It sometimes seems the Democatic Party really is too stupid to be allowed to govern.

[RC]

36. I don't see how what Wright says is making Obama unelectable.

The good Reverend pretty much speaks the truth, something that is in short supply since bu$h was appointed to be our First War President of the 21st Century.

We need more people like Reverend Wright speaking out against the crimes of the bu$h administration.

Way too many citizens of this country have their heads in the sand.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Olbermann is on 15 hours a week

Tweety is on ten hours a week.

SELECTIVE Outrage.

--p!

[Mezzo]

17. LOL.

[barb162]

45. That's right; both those jerks are Obama hacks

[aquart]

3. Awwwwww.

HOW DARE THEY CRITICIZE THE MESSIAH AND HIS JOHN THE BAPTIST!

You guys are funny.

[npincus]

10. BS. MSM have been beating the Wirght drum 24/7 for weeks

and now that the story is effectively over, are elevating it to a Primetime Special.

"We guys" have a right to be outraged, and if you hadn't forgotten that you are a Democrat and not an opponent of one, then you would be, too.

[RBInMaine]

11. IDIOTIC post. If you're so wrapped in Hillary you forget corporate media BS you are IGNORANT !

[npincus]

12. the idiots are out in full force this morning!

Like Sid Blumenthal, they have lost their moral compass in this primary fight.

[Mezzo]

19. The truth hurts the cult. Ow! Ow! drink some water instead of kool aide.

[rucky]

20. What's it like being a stooge for corporate media? n/t

[backscatter712]

27. *plonk* Another brain damaged asshole to add to my ignore list.

[TahitiNut]

40. Shouldn't you be out slaughtering an ox as a sacrifice to St. Hillary right now??

:eyes:

[Seeker30]

4. What nerve!

Broadcasting the truth about Obama! They should be in jail!

[DerekJ]

5. Let them beat it to death, until there is nothing more to say.. Obama is the nominee, regardless.

[npincus]

7. let's see how HRC supporters would view 1-hour on sniper-gate

[Dogmudgeon]

21. And we would learn that the pilot warned everybody in the plane ...

... that they were landing in an active war zone, under presumed fire (presumed by the command, not HRC), with multiple reports of sniper activity.

Then we'd realize that once again, Obama is running a whispering campaign based on lies and hatreds, while talking about hope and change.

--p!

[npincus]

30. "the pilot warned everyone in the plane"...LOL

I'll bet Sinbad was terrified! :rofl: If a situation is too dangerous, don't send in the President... send in the First Lady and...SINBAD! :rofl:

And remember when the little girl comes out to greet you with flowers on the tarmic and read you a poem, she's probably a sniper in disguise! :rofl:

My goodness, you Hillary supporters bend facts until they scream! (with laughter)

[medeak]

6. promoting interview with the Obamas 24/7

it works both ways I suppose?

[MonkeyFunk]

8. Any story that requires a leading presidential candidate

to TWICE address the nation is newsworthy.

[mmonk]

15. He only has to address it because the media keeps going on

about it and Hillary has built her comeback on it. The democratic party is in dangerous territory right now.

[MonkeyFunk]

23. Hillary has said precious little about the whole thing

far less than Obama has said about it.

[Cali_Democrat]

43. Are you insinuating that Obama is the one keeping this thing alive?

You've got to be kidding me. Hillary is not keeping this alive and neither is Obama. It's the destructive corporate-media.

[mtnsnake]

9. I think we should organize a Million Obama Supporters March to protest this travesty (snicker)

[cliffordu]

42. With pots and pans!!

[medeak]

13. are you watching right now?

rerunning interview with the Obamas for the 20th time...

[DangerousRhythm]

14. A whole damn hour long? WTF?

That's ridiculous. Rome is burning while Nero fiddles and they're making the sideshow the must-see spectacle.

Pathetic.

[npincus]

31. yeah- I'm just hoping people tuned out, sick to death.

[Freida5]

16. And they wonder why Hillary would help Fox's ratings. MSNBC is the worse network on tv

[DemGa]

24. Good - you certainly can't get the truth from Obama

Obama's judgment and veracity are absolutely relevant.

A plurality of Americans don't believe Obama - it's a story that needs telling.

[Bigleaf]

25. When are they doing the Snipergate one-hour 'Special Investigation"

where they interview the pilot, the little girl and the many people on the tarmac? Oh, that's right, they're not.

[Dogmudgeon]

28. Because it doesn't help Obama

The pilot said there were snipers.

Reporters on the plane confirmed that the pilot said it.

The day that part of the story broke, it was "time to move on".

You really have to read those memos Mr. Axelrod sends you.

--p!

[Bigleaf]

33. Bullshit. Here are the facts with links. Listen to the pilot speak. Lie after lie exposed.

Listen to the pilot here:
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/68124.html

The "little girl poet", now 20 years old, insulted over Hillary lie.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03312008/news/worldnews/from_bad_to_verse_for_hill_104288.htm

Well,well. Even Hillary admits she was wrong.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7313117.stm
It proves I'm human," she said in Pennsylvania ahead of the key primary election vote there on 22 April.


The real point of my post was not that the media should do a story on Sniper-gate also, but the fact there is a double standard in the media coverage when it comes to Obama and all this shit should be tossed aside and let's talk about some "real issues".

[Dogmudgeon]

38. So this is really about the Media?

Pop gets chewed out at work.

Pop comes home and snaps at Mom.

Mom spanks junior.

Junior beats up a classmate the text day.

Classmate pushes little sister in the mud.

Little sister kicks a kitten.


See how it works?


Blogger digs up video of Wright; MSM gets story.

MSM jumps on Obama.

Obama mildly rebukes Wright.

Wright wildly slimes Obama.

Media engages in pastorbation orgy.

Team Obama attacks Hillary.


Doesn't make much sense to attack the wrong target, does it? Unless this is a discrete tactic to deflect attention from Wright and the Mass Media Clown Car.


Here's the sane way it's done:

Candidate A challenges Candidate B with a question, a proposition, or an accusation.

Candidate B responds and usually returns the challenge.

The supporters of Candidate A and Candidate B thrill to the spectacle; take notes.


Hillary is not the cause of Obama's trouble; Rev. Wright wants revenge for his large, bruised ego.


--p!

[Bigleaf]

26. When are they doing the Snipergate one-hour 'Special Investigation"

where they interview the pilot, the little girl and the many people on the tarmac? Oh, that's right, they're not.

[Jane Austin]

29. I changed the channel

and stopped the TiVo, too.

If your set stays on it via TiVo, it counts toward their ratings.

[City Lights]

32. The only m$nbcGE I watch is Olbermann.

The rest of what they air is trash, IMHO. Their obsession with Wright is over the top.

[HuffleClaw]

34. so?

how anyone can expect any different?

[dogday]

35. Seems like only yesterday they were endorsing Obama

You cannot trust the media, even when they are praising your candidate, just wait a week and that will change... Wait till the GE and that will really change...

The media is who beat Kerry in 2004.

They swift-boated him as much as the swift-boaters, themselves....

[citizen snips]

37. what time is it re-runing?

[npincus]

46. it's on again- NOW... 7 PM EST.

and Lou Dobbs is blabbing about Wright now on CNN. Sheesh.

[Auntie Bush]

39. Why is that outrageous?

It's a free gift. Another hour to milk this for all it's worth. Millions! Gave him another hour of free publicity and another opportunity to explain himself and distance himself from Obama. Most of the hour was talking to Obama...his picture across the screen...not Wright. You people automatically find fault in everything without thinking....you just react and all the other non thinkers jump on the Obama express to obscurity. Ah!!! No wonder the only Democratic to win an election in years was a Clinton...and we need another one to do it again.

[zulchzulu]

41. I bet their ratings were in the tank on that show

People have Wright Fatigue at this point. Obama has severed ties and Wright is fading away.

Besides, any mention of Wright later on in the GE will be met with yawns.

[cliffordu]

44. I'd like to see the share numbers for this time slot - just to

figure out if that's right. I'll bet it is....

[SoCalDem]

47. One positive note.. The ratings for MSNBC are not all that great

and people who would not vote for him before, still won;t..and the ones who would..still do..

People who are "unengaged" probably don't even watch MSNBC ,,,..except for the "lock-up shows..and then it's probably to try and catch a glimpse of their Daddy or boyfriend, so they don;t have to waste gas on visiting day "

[2rth2pwr]

48. There are many people who have not had a chance to see what all the commotion was about.

Others may just have tuned in at the tail, and the ones who are junkies are interested in MSNBC's skill/slant/bias/thouroughness in their

"Investigation".

They are making a bet that this show will get viewers, they probably made a very safe bet.

Not unusual, not outrageous.