Russert Sez (on Today) Media Tired of Plamegate, Will Shift To SCOTUS

[stopbush]

In so many words.

Matt Lauer had Potato(e) Boy on this am. Russet opined that the Plamegate story was basically dead in the media until "Scooter Libby appears in court etc," and that a "few things" about Plamegate will continue to dribble out in the media. Until then (and in spite of the gravity of Plamegate, IMO), the MSM will be obsessed with the Alito nomination.

So, * calls for a vote on Alito by year's end, and Russet thinks this ONE story will dominate the news for the next 2 months...and that Plamegate is gonna go away.

Incredible, isn't it?

[progressivebydesign]

1. Potato Head will MAKE it go away... that's how the WH works. n/t

[blm]

10. That's how the WH works THROUGH their propagandists like Russert.

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[Hubert Flottz]

2. I think the boy's tater been bakin' too long!

He Wishes it would go away. Like a 4 year old kid hiding under the cover from a monster.

[Triana]

3. Them's the marching orders from the White House

to the media. Distract, distract, distract. Ignore the BIG story about bu$hco being lying, murderous criminals. Talk about SCOTUS instead.

It's all propaganda.

[Parrothead]

4. The old switcheroo

Am I the only one cynical enough to see that the Mier's
nomination was made to keep everybody off balance about the
CIA leak probe.  Then just the day before the charges come
down, Bush announces Mier's withdrawal and now the day after
the charges, Bush announces his new nominee.  Keep your eye on
the ball because it's bouncing all over the place.

Now the media will only focus on Scallia-lite and forget about
the CIA leak, Bill Frist, and Tom Delay.  And we thought Bush
was a dumass.

[Marc A]

11. You are not alone

I posted my Miers theory this morning on DU or go to:

http://stateoftheday.blogspot.com

[newyawker99]

31. Hi Parrothead!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[KittyWampus]

32. You're Not Along But You Mightn't Be Correct, If You Think Miers HELPED In

anyway, I beg you reconsider.

It's unhealthy to consider every screw up as an intentional Rove strategy. Please stop overestimating Rove.

[feistydem]

5. The corporate media MAKES news. They don't just report it.

Rita Cosby's promo ads even say as much, "We're gonna' make news!" she yells.

Propaganda TV

[calmblueocean]

6. This is what makes my blood boil.

I can almost believe some of the tinfoil hat theories about Bush nominating Miers as a stalking horse. Right after Libby gets indicted and America is just starting to learn about the corruption of Team Bush, they push another right wing nominee onto center stage to divert all discussion of Libby.

And the media will just play along like the lapdogs they are.

This is just so typical. Remember during the campaign, whenever Kerry would have some big news to report, like his VP announcement, Bush would always announce some new "major policy speech" that had to be carried at the same time? How can America be so dumb?

[SoCalDem]

9. Lapdogs.. Time to re-air our cartoon.. Never gets old

[calmblueocean]

12. Oh man. That's a good one. (n/t)

[Catherine Vincent]

19. Oh wow, I love that toon. I want to laugh and cry at the same time.

Check out the Fox News hound. This one is a keeper!

[Punkingal]

7. Too bad we have to suffer because

they have the attention span of gnats. Friday they were calling it "a historic moment."

[TayTay]

8. Ahm, Libby gets arraigned Thursday.

Ahm, that's a rather short death, don't you think?

[VolcanoJen]

13. I'm with you.

Also, and I think this is important,CBS' "60 Minutes" remains the highest-rated news program in America. Just last week, it was ranked #10.

That means millions upon millions of Americans watched last night as former CIA employees, and Joe Wilson, outlined the impact of outing Valerie Plame in plain English, no politics, no partisanship, no agenda, no spin. It was shocking even to me, to hear it from their mouths.

I've got bad news for the host of "Press the Meat." This story is not going away.

[Blue Belle]

38. Yes... but the talking heads will tell you that...

the reason for 60 Minutes ratings hike last night was because of the Prince Charles interview. :eyes:

[RSchewe]

14. What is he talking about, he dodged the issue since the beginning

You need to have covered it to be tired of it. He would only hope people are tired of it, since he is in the middle of it.

[schmuls]

15. Medand the media whores would be doing exactly what the White House

wants the to. Keep mouthing the same old shit over and over again on every news channel, until people just become numb. The people will forget that the bottom of the iceberg hasn't even been seen yet. bush is a puppet for greater powers behind the scene who needed him to tell the public that there are weapons of mass destruction, (in that the war had been planned for years). I hope someone in the media will say "wait aren't we forgetting something?" SOMEONE outed Valerie Plame, they committed a treason by doing so and will have to pay the price!"

[Village Idiot]

16. Geez...And OF COURSE we can trust Timmy-Boy...

...does no one ever wonder why it was Russert that Libby contacted re: Plame in the first place?

[C_U_L8R]

17. Lazy Reporters

Well.. we got our own media right here
so the MSM can cave to the reich all it wants...
we're not buying it (literally).

[Stephanie]

18. It's working even at DU

GD: CIA Leak is practically empty. Very few new posts. Even we are easily distracted.

[KaryninMiami]

20. I thing we are going to need an action plan to keep this story out there.

Suggestions:

1) Start an email campaign to deluge Democratic elected officials that we need them to stay focused on Plamegate- and keep it in the news and in their remarks on camera) while the SCOTUS confirmation is going on.

2) Barrage media with letters demanding that they continue the Plamegate coverage.

3) See if we can inspire Moveon.org (or anyone else we can think of with funds available or the ability to collect funds nationally in a hurry) to run ads and commercials to remind America what these criminals are up to and that the timing of the SCOTUS controversy is a deliberate attempt to focus attention away from their criminal actions.

Any other ideas?

[Ganja Ninja]

21. Yup! Nothing holds peoples attention like a long drawn out ...

SCOTUS hearing. :boring:

[Loonman]

22. Russert can go suck a fart out of a dog's ass

The people, not the media should decide what's important.

[mzmolly]

23. Rovian talking point # 853. He got the memo.

:eyes:

[Blue_In_AK]

24. What an insult to the American people

to oh-pine that they can only think about one thing at a time. Timmy, can you walk and chew gum?

[Hubert Flottz]

25. Why would Tim Taterhead belong to Bushco...

Here is your answer:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5227475

[0rganism]

26. GOOD. Let's take the focus off, and let Fitzgerald do his work

It's been clear from the last week of coverage that the corporate media has no intention of giving this story anything resembling fair coverage so just let it drop. Better spiked until Fitzgerald has something new to work with than continuously spun like top until then.

[choie]

27. is it just me....

or does Tim Russert have a major conflict of interest? How is it possible that he can host Meet the Press and interview people about the Plame outing, when he is involved in the story? And how can Matt Lauer ask Russert questions about it and expect an unbiased answer? This incestuous relationship between journalists and politics HAS to stop already.

[Norquist Nemesis]

28. The MEDIA'S tired? The *#%&ing MEDIA'S TIRED???

What about the public's right to know? Isn't the American public entitled to getting to the TRUTH of the matter? WTF??? :banghead:

[No Exit]

29. That's straight from Rove. Just like Isikoff's shit is straight from Rove.

They take their marching orders from Fat Boy.

Why? Well, another thread on here tells us why: GE owns NBC, and GE is a war profiteering company.

[tsuki]

30. Russert's up to his butt in this. I bet he wants it to go away.

"Culture of Corruption." Yep, Russert fits the bill. We know he tittle-tattled on Tweety for speaking the truth. How many of his other colleagues has he carried tales on?

[Jim__]

33. Does Timmy speak for all the media now? - n/t

[cantstandbush]

34. The media may be tired but the people are not. We need to keep up

the attacks on the media for the sorry job they did prior to and during the Iraq invasion and occupation.

[Loonman]

35. Russert is another paid-for Bush shill

Like Wolf Blitzer.

[DearAbby]

36. What did Russert get a late night call from the White House to

squelch the story? Can we trust ol' Timmy to report the News that is really News?

[Garbo 2004]

37. Oh it's official then. Press declares story dead, moves on. I think they

did that in 2003 and 2004 also.

The corporate media, especially TV, is like a butterfly, going from headline to headline. To them, nothing is inherently worthy of attention unless MSM tells us it is and chooses to cover it.

Like after "mission accomplished," Iraq was over. On some networks disappeared young women get wall to wall coverage. Iraq, maybe some notice if a really big bomb goes off near where the media hang out and they have cool video of a big boom. Ordinary bombings are such a common occurance that they barely merit any mention at all. Or if the Administration once again tells us how great things are going in Iraq, that gets live coverage.

Good that the media is "tired" of Plame. Fitzgerald can continue his investigation without a camera in his face. (News! Fitzgerald goes to Starbucks! News! He heads back from Starbucks!)