Seminal revelation of big time TV news' reality deficit on CSPAN II

[buycitgo]

don't know when it started, but they rerunning the show they did Sunday with Brokaw, Jennings, Rather, exoskeletal gal Judy Woodruff, and Lehrer at the Shorenstein center

they all revealed themselves, to one extent or another (Rather came out as most closely attuned to reality, BION) to be self-aggrandizing megalos, just about living in a complete dream world

they actually DEFEND their total lack of skepticism of the junta's war buildup

truly disgusting

Al Franken provides the high point of the whole thing with a smart aleck remark from the audience

must see TV, cause it shows just how out of touch these figureheads are

[buycitgo]

1. gee....forgot I started a thread on this before

it IS important to see these creeps show their true arrogant delusion

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2065556

[buycitgo]

2. Rather talking about orchestrated campaign

of emails/phone calls is affecting the news

he mentions that these come from either party

SURE, Dan

why don't you give us a breakdown of how often DEMS mount these campaigns

he admits that, even when they're SURE they got a story right, they suffer discomfiture when they get bombarded by these campaigns

YOU MORAN!!!! don't you get it yet?

you've been the subject of this sort of campaign for decades

Eric Alterman will bring this up at the end of this broadcast, and they don't even deal with his point at all

[buycitgo]

3. Brokaw talking about negative responses

saying Brent Bozell has lots of power

why do you LISTEN to these corporate INSTRUMENTS????

Jennings hears more about conservative concerns than he did in the past.

that's cause they're better organized, have more money, AND have the EXPLICIT backing of the fricking republican party, you bufoon!

[buycitgo]

4. Al Franken's moment coming up soon

too bad for you if you miss it

Alterman givin it to them right now

watch them dismiss him out of hand

[thebigidea]

5. Brokaw comes off as the most pompous ass on the planet...

... this side of Bill Bennett, anyway.

And that voice! Who is he kidding with that?

[buycitgo]

6. did anybody SEE it?

it just happened

[thebigidea]

7. Franken's got some good comic timing...

If there's one thing a guy like Brokaw can't abide, its being made the fool.

[buycitgo]

8. did you catch it?

talk about quickwitted

can you imagine what the chimp might have said in a similar situation?

something nasty, no doubt

remember what he said to Letterman about his heart surgery?

me either, but it was VERY mean-spirited, to the point of being breath-stopping, IIRC