why have the reporters that newt chastised remained mute on his attacks?

[spanone]

has juan williams been 'put in his place' to the point he can't respond?

has john king accepted newt's assessment of his questioning?

is the media so easily cowed?

or is the corporate media encouraging newt, since belligerence is ratings?

[nanabugg]

1. Because they secretly support him.

Most CNN "reporters" are GOPbots.

[BlueCaliDem]

14. Corporate media, CNN as one of the gross offenders, support GOPers

so instead, they're upping the ante against Obama. Go to HuffPo and you'll see many pro-Gingrich headliners and many anti-Obama headliners.

With Newt, corporate media always takes a glass is half full stance. With President Obama, they take a glass is half empty stance.

Always.

[Autumn]

2. This one

" is the corporate media encouraging newt, since belligerence is ratings? "

[spanone]

3. you think they would be concerned for the integrity of what they do....naaaaaaw

[senseandsensibility]

4. They've been extremely easily cowed by rightwing bullies for decades now.

They will go light on newt from now on. I guarantee it.

[99Forever]

5. Can you say...

... bought and paid for?

I knew you could.

[randome]

8. If they were bought and paid for, they wouldn't have asked embarrassing questions.

They asked their questions, the candidates responded. Do you think they should get in a public spat with them?

[gateley]

17. But Newt's signature is to chastise the moderator. It's possible

they KNEW they would have to address it since it was all over the news that day, so give Newt an opportunity to take the righteous indignation road?

[99Forever]

18. Nope.

Ever hear of "a shot across the bow?" This is the sort of crap bullies use to maintain control. The nutless wimps in the "lamestream" media are now forewarned that the Angry Attack Muffin will not tolerate them asking questions about what a jerk he has been.

[ecstatic]

6. if they shut him down now, the race will become boring again

with Romney as the inevitable frontrunner.

[southernyankeebelle]

7. I'll take number 3. With the media it's always about ratings.

[senseandsensibility]

9. I just rec'd this because I think it's a very good question.

This is definitely one of the many times when the corporate media shows its true colors. Even tweety was opining yesterday about how no one cares about anyone's personal life, and basically taking newty's side. Not one word about the hypocrisy, or, heaven forbid, a defense of his fellow journalists.

[BlueCaliDem]

16. So did I. More should follow your example

and rec'd this post. It needs to be asked and discussed.

[book_worm]

10. they are gutless wonders.

[undeterred]

11. It got them more attention, and frankly they did nothing despicable.

[JoePhilly]

12. They need the elections to be close ... otherwise you don't 20 channels with pundits on 24/7.

Obama should beat any of these clowns by a landslide, but that would suck for the pundits because they'd have nothing to talk about and no one would be listening to them.

So all they really do is stir the pot.

[JSnuffy]

13. Specifically for Juan Williams...

... I have seen him address it twice on O'reilly.

Dunno about John King

[spanone]

15. don't watch o'reilly, what was juan's response?

[JSnuffy]

19. Medium...

He felt like he was used a bit to play to the audience and he wouldn't come out and say that there was no racist intent but he wouldn't confirm it either.

He basically said that it was business as usual and he didn't expect anything else.

It was a few days ago so that is a general remembrance.

[Prophet 451]

20. Yes, they are that easily cowed

Well, partly anyway.

What you've got is a mixture of the easily cowed (terrified of losing access or being seen as "unserious&quot and those that support either Gingrich personally or the GOP generally (either because of personal preference or because the giant corporation that owns them supports the GOP).

But really, this is just an extension of what Palin started: Describe any awkward question as a "gotcha", refuse to answer it and attack the questioner (silly me, I always thought asking awkward questions was the media's job). Obviously, only works for Republicans but the American national media is so heavily tilted to the right that public figures can get away with just plain ignoring questions and shouting at the questioner.

[TwilightGardener]

21. I don't know. They sure went after Herman Cain, though--didn't back down then. Why the difference?