WP: Dean's Appearance Has Media in a Sweat (Faux News freak out)

[Pirate Smile]

Dean's Appearance Has Media in a Sweat

By Mark Leibovich
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 10, 2005; Page C01

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The press chorus then devolved into a cacophony of competing screams. (And Dean knows screams!) After several seconds, a booming voice cut through the noise. It belonged to Brian Wilson, a Fox News correspondent who was standing in the middle of the crowd. He asked Dean "if people are focused on the other things that you've said about hating Republicans, about Republicans being dishonest and then this latest comment about the Republican Party is full of white Christians. You say you hate Republicans -- does that mean you also'' hate white Christians?

Dean didn't respond and Reid talked about having a "positive agenda." Wilson was so insistent that at one point, Durbin asked, "Does he run the press conference?" After Reid took the one question of the morning that was not about Dean (it was about Iraq) there were a host of disjointed and semi-decipherable follow-ups (none of which was about Iraq).

Someone asked whether Dean would "change his ways," or if he planned to be "less confrontational in the future" or whether he "regrets" anything he has said. An aide to Reid announced that the photo op was over.

"We'll decide when we're ready," Wilson said. Later, Durbin would recount the scene with some exasperation. He chided the media for avoiding important issues in favor of trivial matters. "Please, for a minute, get to the substance," he said to a group of reporters. "You guys should be ashamed of yourselves."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/AR2005060902169.html

The America Blog version of the hall way after the photo op:

Why is Howard Dean FOX News so angry?
by John in DC - 6/9/2005 07:55:00 PM

AMERICAblog hears someone went batshit-crazy today at the Harry Reid/Howard Dean meeting, but it wasn't who the MSM would like to think.

Our sources tell us that a photo-op took place today with Howard Dean and Senator Harry Reid in Reid’s private office (these are usually secreted away in the Capitol Building itself, near the Senate floor). FOX News's Brian Wilson reportedly spent the photo op angrily interrupting reporters and shouting questions out of turn. After an initial swarm, reporters squeezed out the door. FOX's Brian Wilson was apparently wearing no credential of any kind (that wasn’t a red flag to anyone) and behaving "bizarrely angry" so the Washington Post's Mark Leibovich asked who he was.

We hear that Wilson "went nuts," responding to the Post reporter (whose credentials were clearly on display):

"Who the fuck are you?"

Gee, Brian, do you kiss Rupert with that mouth?

The Post reporter then responded that he was from the Washington Post and didn’t see credentials on Wilson and because of his incredibly pointed questions wondered whether or not he was a rogue Republican staffer!

As they raced down the hall outside the austere Senate chamber, we're told that Wilson displayed an impressive knowledge of four-letter words, and was incredulous that he would either not be recognized without proper ID or would be called out on being completely one-sided and working from GOP talking points.

See, and folks thought things wouldn't be nearly as interesting now that Jeff Gannon is history.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/06/why-is-howard-dean-fox-news-so-angry.html

[geckosfeet]

1. Can we start calling them the wide eyed right wing press yet ??

Classic example of shrubs ownership society. Adult, ostensibly professional members of the press, who cannot assume responsibility for their personal behavior much less carry required professional credentials with them as they do their job.

What does it say for their sense of ownership and responsibility when they call Dean on TRUE (maybe a bit inflammatory) comments, while at the same time they completely ignore the lies of a president who is dismantling the country and putting the pieces into corporate pockets?

Wilson must be getting thrown some extra scraps from FOX this morning.

edit for bushisms.

[truthisfreedom]

4. wild-eyed. yes. the wild-eyed, rabid right-wing press. 8^)

wow, what a spectacular thing Dean has done.

[ClintonTyree]

2. Fairly unbalanced....

"The Post reporter then responded that he was from the Washington Post and didn’t see credentials on Wilson and because of his incredibly pointed questions wondered whether or not he was a rogue Republican staffer"!

The answer to that question is, no, he's not a Republican staffer. He's a Republican staffer wannabe that works for the arm of the bush propaganda machine known as, "FUX News". He's also a complete assclown! :+

[Lorien]

54. Yep-Wilson would never go after * like that! n/t

[LibDemAlways]

3. Dean sure has the bastards' attention,

doesn't he? Think the whores would be this interested if he was calling news conferences to discuss policy issues? Me neither.

[reality based]

5. Democrats need to make the press an issue

Durbin laid some good ground work with his remarks.

[NewInNewJ.]

6. Dean Touches Off Media Storm

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Democratic Party chairman finds himself back at center of frenzy after controversial comments

It was a scalding day on Capitol Hill yesterday, and that includes tempers. Things got particularly hot during a photo op in the office of Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) after the minority leader and his Senate deputies completed a 17-minute meeting with the hot-tongued Howard Dean.The press chorus then devolved into a cacophony of competing screams. (And Dean knows screams!)

After several seconds, a booming voice cut through the noise. It belonged to Brian Wilson, a Fox News correspondent who was standing in the middle of the crowd. He asked Dean "if people are focused on the other things that you've said about hating Republicans, about Republicans being dishonest and then this latest comment about the Republican Party is full of white Christians. You say you hate Republicans -- does that mean you also'' hate white Christians?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/?nav=globetop

[Catfight]

7. The media is so desperate right now, Bush's poll numbers, GM

laying off mass employees, more deaths in Iraq, the DSM being forced into the spot-light, Korea building nuclear bombs, looting social security failed, and they want American's to give a shit about something Howard Dean said? The jammed up conservative media doesn't want to report reality, they want to cover Michael Jackson, or a brewing storm that may someday possibly in the near future if ever maybe, turn into a hurricane..BE SCARED, STAY TUNED IN! (commercial break)

[NewInNewJ.]

8. Your so right.

What a mess this Country is in, and what do you hear for a week?
They talk about Howard Dean. Not war, not lies, not Bolton, just Howard Dean.

[llmart]

9. Well, now don't forget Michael Jackson.......

this is a country of masses of small-minded people who live "lives of shallow desperation" so stories like that are all they can handle.

[fasttense]

10. What a bunch of useless idiots.

Those corporate media reps are only interested in the momentary sound bite. They don't ask useful questions, they are more interested in having some stupid accusation to hurl at anyone who might oppose the almighty brush. What a dumb question from Fox "do you hate white Christians?" What did he expect Dean to say? "Yeah, yeah, I hate myself." Why didn't he just ask if he has stopped beating his wife? I've given up on watching the news anymore and I filter most of the written news through careful research. I just don't trust the corporate media to do any thing useful. If Watergate had happened today, we wouldn't have heard a whimper from reporters.

[katinmn]

24. Durbin's comment was right on:

"You guys should be ashamed of yourselves."

[ClintonTyree]

11. There goes our "Liberal Media" again....

Why don't these piece of shit "reporters" question anyone from the freaking White House like this? :wtf:

"We'll decide when we're ready," Wilson said. Later, Durbin would recount the scene with some exasperation. He chided the media for avoiding important issues in favor of trivial matters. "Please, for a minute, get to the substance," he said to a group of reporters. "You guys should be ashamed of yourselves."

Yes, they SHOULD be ashamed of themselves! When they cover Democrats it's nothing but, ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK! Covering Republicans it's, "Yes sir, I broke my pencil, may I have another? Oh, never mind, I'll just copy the official White House transcript. Thank you so much for your time, sir."

Anyone who cannot see the disparity the MSM uses when covering the two parties is totally blind. :grr:

And to Brian Wilson, YES, I HATE REPUBLICANS AND I HATE THE WHITE "CHRISTIANS" THAT MAKE UP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY! And also Brian, get up off your knees and stop sucking Rupert Murdoch's and bush's cocks. It's VERY unbecoming! Asshole! :mad:

[asjr]

12. That was such a stupid and loaded question. The very fact

that the media are concentrating on this will make more people pay attention to what Dean is saying--the truth. The gotcha press is one day going to go too far. They don't give us news now. I hope it backfires on them.

[elperromagico]

13. Brian Wilson said that?

Damn... and I've always liked the Beach Boys. :silly:

[Massachusetts]

19. You beat me to the punch!

Go Dean DON"T LET UP! He is using the media to his advantage,they are covering him.

Also, he isn't interested in the "good old boy" base of the Dem party or the "pundits", they sold out a long time ago.

[radfringe]

14. suggestion on how Dean should respond....

"do I hate White Christians or Republicans as people - no. However I do hate what they are doing to this country. to quote a clique 'I hate the sin, not the sinners."

[Lecky]

16. :)

Haha good one!

[iamjoy]

23. How About This Response?

Republicans hate the regulatory laws (minimum wage, EEOC) that protect working people. Does that mean they hate working people?

[LibDemAlways]

25. Or "Bush is on tape calling the

'haves' and 'have mores' his 'base.' Does that mean its ok to ignore the poor and least among us?"

So many questions....so few opportunities. Keep talking, Howard.

[Ilsa]

27. Good one. I hope Dean continues to slam 'em! eom

[goclark]

38. Excellent send it to Dean nt

[Cooley Hurd]

15. Brian Wilson should resign - he clearly overstepped the bounds...

...of unbiased journalism.:thumbsdown:

[ClintonTyree]

18. He works for FUX News....

there are no "bounds of unbiased journalism" at FUX. FUX News is merely an extension of the bush propaganda corps. That's been painfully obvious since it's inception.

[SKKY]

17. Gawd I love Howard Dean. He freakin' rocks!!!!

It's people like him that make me proud to live in, love, and serve this great country.

[meppie-meppie not]

20. sweet Jesus I hate the petty right media!!!

talk about burying the story's that matter and creating one's that don't.

[xchrom]

21. how about ''sceaming'' what white christians have turned themselves into?

[bklyncowgirl]

22. Without the Dean controversy the Dems couldn't have gotten ...

enough reporters for a poker round in that room.

[LibDemAlways]

28. Yeah, and Ed Schultz is on the

radio daily pronouncing that Dean needs "handlers" and needs to stay "on message" about social security, health care, etc. Shut up, Ed. Howard Dean is getting the assholes fired up enough to show up and confront him. They are playing right into his hands.

[CAcyclist]

58. I emailed Ed Schultz

http://www.bigeddieradio.com/emailed.html

and told him how much I didn't like what he said and how I won't be listening to his show for a while.

[Ilsa]

26. Dean is doing the right hting, I think...

He's bashing the Thugs so those who run for office don't have to. SOmetimes I wish he'd point out that they are hateful and ignorant by choice.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

46. This is what happens when you fuck with them...

We should have been doing this years ago.

[stevedeshazer]

29. Snarky reporting

"The press chorus then devolved into a cacophony of competing screams. (And Dean knows screams!)"

Har-de-har-fucking-har.

[juajen]

30. Hey, I'm lovin' this. Go Dean!!!

N/T

[mondo joe]

31. I hope Dean starts refusing questions from FOX until they behave

like proper journalists.

[cascadiance]

39. Maybe say he will refuse to answer Fox's questions until they fire Wilson!

BTW, if Dems are tight and still "breaking ranks" to criticize Dean so much over what many of us feel is legitimate commentary, why aren't CNN, CBS, etc. getting equally as critical on their "liberal" brethren and taking Wilson to task publicly too!

[confludemocrat]

41. That's a damn good idea (n/t)

Bush refuses to answer all questions.

[burythehatchet]

56. see that's the thing

these fuckers are on the ropes, Fox's viewership is in a free fall. WHy not make a very public announcements that NO democrats will take questions from any Murdoch zombie. Period.

[wicket]

32. Heh, I love it

:D

[leQ]

33. who is this marc leibovich?

he's not quoting dean properly. kinda pisses me off. i have a good mind to send him a nasty note letting him know that his readers would be better served if quotes were limited to being exactly what the person said.

[cally]

42. But he was the one who questioned who Wilson was?

Leibovich thought Wilson was a Republican staffer and asked questions. Good for Leibovich.

[anotherdrew]

34. Brian Wilson? Hold on to your Ego dude

You know you're going to loose your mind

[NashVegas]

35. 'DeLay "ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail sentence"

When did Dean say that? Freaking hysterical.

[Debi]

51. On MTP with Tim Russert a couple of weeks ago n/t

[AnneD]

36. It's a new day

and a Democratic sun is shining. Man, I just love to see Dean and Reid in action. Those two are the sharpest most saavy politicians since Karl Rove (bet his pig squealing sphincter muscle is retracted to his belly button at this point).

[UTUSN]

37. THIS Owl? And He Looks So Harmless

[Bhaisahab]

40. why do wingnut newspeople tilt to the right

when they are posing for a picture? i mean, i know they are biased to the right and all, but still...

[anotherdrew]

43. someone's gotta speak the truth, they must have said so themselves

I wouldn't doubt that repugs have specificly called themselves "a christian party" since they feel free to call this a "christian nation" every chance they get, why wouldn't they? Anyone got transcripts of repug convention speeches to search through?

[brentspeak]

44. "We'll decide when we're ready"???

What a tough guy. And why do I get the feeling that Wilson never said that during a Bush news conference?

[underpants]

45. Whackjob

Total whackjob

[CAcyclist]

47. Please go this thread on the SF Chronicle Deliberate Misquote of Dean

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=130890&mesg_id=130890
Please give the SF Chronicle a piece of your mind

[damntexdem]

48. The real question:

'When are you Democrats going to either force Dean to stop stating the truth, or dump him?'

The question I'd like to see the media ask of the Republicans (but the media won't): 'When are you going to stop being the party of rich, white Christians?'

[Spazito]

49. Dem Bloggers have the video of the incident for those who

didn't catch it on CSPAN:

http://www.dembloggers.com/main/2

[truth2power]

50. Ironic! Brian's truculant manner

when Reid said the photo-op was over: "An aide to Reid announced that the photo op was over.

"We'll decide when we're ready," Wilson said." Ooooh. what a ballsy guy!

Hey, Brian...why don't you use some of those bullying tactics on the Chimperor? Bush refuses to answer questions, shuts down press conferences(sic) in mid-stride and you and your snooze organization have been fellating him for 5 years. Disgusting!! :puke:

[pdurod1]

52. Dean is exposing the corporate media...

Or he's creating the environment for them to expose themselves. This is interesting or the real news story.

[applegrove]

53. "rogue Republican staffer" - oh my gosh. With fewer people drinking

the kool-aid... their jobs at Fox must be on the line.

Serves them right for joining a network with a rogue political philosophy.

I'm sorry. I have to :rofl:

Then again - they may be freaking out because of the petition that is growing and growing.

[The_Casual_Observer]

55. If a shit guy like that would get punched in the nose once in a while

that stuff would stop. They are all chicken shit bully bastards who would run from any kind of real confrontation.

[kodi]

57. a severe ass whipping would be more appropriate

.

[seafan]

59. Always focus on the big picture.

The right-wing cacophony about Dean's choice of words is meant only to stop the truth from leaking out. The closer we dig at the truth, the noise of their desperation will only amplify. Ignore it.


Right now, Howard Dean is mucking out the elephants' stall. As he uncovers layer after layer of petrified GOP greed and the long-standing stench of racism and contempt, instead of complaining about the putrid odor, let's all grab our shovels and help him clean it out, once and for all.

Joe Biden, do you have a shovel?

Bill Richardson, do you have a shovel?

Does everybody have a shovel??


Let's GO. Truth is on the way.

[silverweb]

60. Great article.

Dean and Reid were visibly trying to keep things on track and on subject, but the MSM whores - FAUX particularly -- would have none of it.

I'd say that press conference served a valuable purpose and our guys handled it extremely well!

:toast:

[Name removed]

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[girl gone mad]

62. This is what happens..

when Democrats don't stick together.

By criticizing Dean, the Dems opened the door for this latest media whore distraction campaign.