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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDiane Sawyer-Media Whore and number 7 on the Atrios Wanker of the Decade list.
Just reading this brings back the rage I had at the media in the early days of the Iraq war.I despise the MSM and especially despise Media Whores like Diane Sawyer.
Remember her interview with the Dixie Chicks?
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Presumably doing as their publicist suggested, though to their credit mostly not backing down, our Chicks spoke to Diane Sawyer as part of their penitents tour. Sawyer was shocked at the disrespect given to Dear Leader. A sample of what she said.
Why did you say it?
Big cheer? Did you want that?
Neither of you listening to it, said, ...
One columnist said "she might as well have said Osama Bin Laden is her lover."..?
"Stupid Broads"...?
On the internet they had pictures of you with Saddam...?
What do they really think about the president, and the fighting forces oversees?
What happened, as we said, places them at the center of a really important debate about who is a patriot, and who is a loyal American?
What were the Dixie Chicks really thinking that night?
The girls admit that back before the fighting began, they were questioning the whole idea of war.
You don't think Saddam Hussein is a monster? What would you have done about Saddam Hussein?
The people who are sitting at home who would say to you, if you're going to criticize the president for his decision, you'd better have your own plan.
But they say, don't even ordinary people have a right to wonder, even to doubt?
But we asked them, can you really support the troops while doubting their mission?
People actually think you encourage the enemy, when you say something like that at a moment like that.
Even people who people said it's fine to question the war were shocked that someone would stand on a stage and question the Commander in Chief.
Maines says she was trying to fire back back, as she shot herself in the foot.
Are you ashamed the president of the United States if from your state?
"Ashamed, ashamed"....
I hear something not quite...wholehearted...when you talk about apologizing for what you said about the president.
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2012/04/wanker-of-decade-runner-up-7.html
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Diane Sawyer-Media Whore and number 7 on the Atrios Wanker of the Decade list. (Original Post)
trumad
Apr 2012
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Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1. See the comments on youtube from that interview.
http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=5ptPdqQhLyo&page=1
Also, never forget the country music establishment shunned the Dixie Chicks (in some cases promoted the boycott).
At the same time the country music establishment gave a standing ovation (at the 2011 CMA's)to Hank Williams Jr. after being disrespectful towards the President (Black/Democratic).
And I say to the country music community at large: "May you fail".
Also, never forget the country music establishment shunned the Dixie Chicks (in some cases promoted the boycott).
At the same time the country music establishment gave a standing ovation (at the 2011 CMA's)to Hank Williams Jr. after being disrespectful towards the President (Black/Democratic).
And I say to the country music community at large: "May you fail".
trumad
(41,692 posts)2. Sawyer showed her true colors
zbdent
(35,392 posts)3. yep ... Sawyer was clearly making sure she got the cheers of the RWers there...
constant RW attack points.
tsuki
(11,994 posts)4. What do you expect? She started in the Nixon White House. nt
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)5. Thank you! Why this surprises anyone is a mystery...
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)6. And the last word goes to a drink-soaked popinjay
Who memorably (or maybe not, considering his hagiographers) called the Dixie Chicks "fucking fat slags."
trumad
(41,692 posts)7. Yeah fuck Hitchens.