WTF? CBS News article calls Schiff's brilliant statement "strident"

[highplainsdem]

This is the sort of demented spin I'd expect from Fox News, not CBS:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-intelligence-hearing-gets-heated-as-republicans-call-on-schiff-to-resign/

A visibly emotional Schiff, who did not know this broadside from Republicans was coming, had a strident response. At times raising his voice, he listed a litany of known and controversial interactions between the Trump campaign and Russia — including Donald Trump Jr.'s involvement in the Trump Tower meeting and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort's sharing of polling data with a Russian associate.

"You might think it's OK," Schiff said. "I don't."

[Socal31]

1. There are 1,000 more applicable words I can think of!

[nuxvomica]

16. "vigorous", "resolute", "steadfast", "smarting" come to mind

But I think "withering" is probably the mot juste here.

[lame54]

2. What does that make Lindsey Graham?

[IndianaDave]

3. Strident??? No! BRILLIANT - Yes!

[MarcA]

4. The "liberal" media strikes again. n/t

[Trumpocalypse]

5. They were quick to announce

Trump was exonerated on 60 minutes last Sunday.

[whathehell]

6. My understanding is that CBS has leaned right since firing

Dan Rather over the Dubya National Guard MIA in Alabama debacle.

[elleng]

7. 'loud and harsh; grating.'

'presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way.'

TOO BAD the little babies can't handle TRUTH.

'Scaredy cats,' as Nancy P said!

[whathehell]

8. Nothing "strident" about it...Maybe they need to check out

the definition of that word.

[sharedvalues]

9. "Controversial"? Our corporate media lives in fear of the right.

[politicaljunkie41910]

10. Sorry CBS, I thought Schiff's response was totally APPROPRIATE. I guess you'll have to find another

opportunity to use your new favorite word. This wasn't it.

[Takket]

11. democrats can't win with the media no matter what they do........

[gtar100]

12. Too many TV reporters are republicans and their bias leaks out

in what they say, in the words they choose. It's disgusting, they are abusing the privilege of speaking to many people who don't have the benefit of responding or asking questions. It's good you're calling them out.

[Ilsa]

13. The gop ATTACKED him.

I thought his comments were calm and well-spoken, better than those asses deserved.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

14. Stopped watching SeeBS YEARS ago for this very reason.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Quemado]

15. F*** CBS

F*** them!

[UTUSN]

17. & used the words for Repukes, "(put forth) argument" and "broadside". How'bout REPULSIVE,

THUGGISH, mob hit, and dictatorial for the effing Repukes?

[RockRaven]

18. When Trump said the media was the enemy of the people, he was accidentally correct about corporate

media (blind squirrel and all that). Corporate media are no longer the fourth estate in the sense which once engendered respect and even a pseudo-religious reverence amongst the populace. Today's corporate media are fascistic and quite frankly sociopathic.

As for CBS, this is quite in line with what I have come to expect from them. Call me jaded, but I'm not surprised at all.

[renate]

19. That is quite the shitty article

I thought from just the little bit excerpted here that it was possible that the reporter didn’t know the actual meaning of the word “strident.” Nope!

It’s a terrible article. How could it purportedly be about Schiff’s response without quoting more than a few words of his while piling on with paragraphs quoting the GOP’s attacks? Honestly, it’s as if the person writing this was auditioning for Sarah Sanders’ job (and they’d have earned it).

[Celerity]

20. it was the 2nd author who wrote that part, Olivia Andrzejczak Gazis, not Grace Segers

here is her twitter feed before the article was produced

Link to tweet

Segers is a Democrat, supported Clinton

cannot find political info on Gazis, but she is quite flowery in prose for a Nat Sec reporter

she did say a Rethug was having a tirade

Link to tweet

[myohmy2]

21. CBS News...

...must be run by republicans for only a cheeto president is allowed to do 'strident'...and much more

...'strident'?...you've got to be kidding...Adam was speaking 'long overdue truth', not being 'strident'...

...CBS News, proving they're the 'enemy of the people'...

...

[Azathoth]

22. "who did not know this broadside from Republicans was coming"

Of course he fucking knew. He didn't recite that entire catalog of infamy off the top of his head.

These reporters sound genuinely stupid.

[Baltimike]

23. He'd be more attractive if only he smiled more

because it's only 'brave' in the conservative press if you're a member of the kGOPb.

The liberal media has been the conservative press all along.

[area51]

24. So, Schiff is "strident", but Trump isn't?

"liberal" media, my ass!