Media analysis: DC media largely ignores Conyers hearings

[LiberalEsto]

I just sat through two excruciating hours of watching our DC-area mainstream media tv stations (big news - Tom Cruise engagement) and am sorry to report that our NBC and CBS affiliate stations completely ignored both the hearings and the rally in Lafayette Park.
Why am I not surprised? They do their corporate masters' bidding.

The ABC affiliate and its sister station, NewsChannel 8, did air film coverage of the rally and interviews with a couple of attendees, but (just to show its B*sh-masters that it hasn't gone liberal) gave interview time to one of the pathetic half-dozen rent-a-Rovies who staged a counterprotest nearby.

But the Washington Pest's "coverage," such as it was, was an embarrassment and a disgrace to a paper that long ago burned and flushed its Watergate laurels. The only mentions of the Downing Street Memo issue were a few words about the "liberal blogomania" and "fuss" over the DSM in Al Kamen's "In the Loop" column on the federal page, AND a disgracefully biased, scornful diatribe by, who else, the Post's Dana Milbank, who must simply HATE having anyone criticize his precious war.

Milbank, who's story was buried back on page A-6, called the Conyers hearings "a trip to the land of make-believe" and wasted words on such trivia as someone accidentally turning off the room lights and someone else accidentally tripping over a flag (because they were in cramped quarters thanks to the rethuglicans' refusal to give Conyers decent meeting space, not that Milbank pointed that out) instead of reporting the substance of the hearings.

AT LEAST Tim Russert, speaking with Katie Couric on the Today show on NBC, DID acknowledge that the Downing Street Memo, despite the Misadministration's efforts to brush it off as meaningless, DOES pose a significant problem for B*sh, as do the polls indicating Americans' growing unhappiness with the Iraq war.

If Russert on NBC can say that, why oh why doesn't the failed Washington Post have a clue? Milbank's story sounded as if it were dictated by KKKarl Rove as a desperate attempt to spin yesterday's pivotal hearings into oblivion.

[Mira]

1. Disgusting and spineless - YET

just like a summer rain, the drips and drops are beginning to fall. I can remember when Russert would have joined them and said nothing, and it was not long ago.
The atmosphere is changing, I personally am grateful, we are up against something not before experienced and very sinister.
Let's make it pour!!!! Never give up.

[tsuki]

2. Is Milbank's story a news item or editorial?

[LiberalEsto]

4. It's labeled a "Washington Sketch"

whatever that means. I suppose it means that this isn't hard-news reporting but Milbank's own spin on it.

Should have been called "washington Retch"

See my new thread - Post's Milbank writes nasty column ... for link

[acmavm]

3. Different day, same tactic. Ignore any story that points out what a

bunch of thugs and liars are running this country.

There are two big reasons why this will continue. 1) because the media moguls are all busy selling us out by subverting and stifling the truth while they profit; and 2) they've supported the BFEE since the beginning. Can't admit that they were wrong.

I don't worry about the American media anymore. They've almost become irrelevant. Look at the lack of reporting on the latest developments in Iraq, the economy, Social Security, etc. And look at how blivet's popularity ratings, as well and the senate and congress, and the media's credibility rating, are all swirling around the tidy bowl as we speak.

The intelligent know the score. And we send it around to those friends and relations that are't exactly up to speed. And they are slowly waking up to the fact that we've been had.

Me, give me the foreign press every time.

[Village Idiot]

5. Conyers, the blogosphere, and those responsible journalists left...

Must keep on hitting this nail until it is properly pounded into Shrub's cocaine and alcohol soaked BRAIN...

They must KEEP this HIGH on the list of talking points, continually asserting that the ShrubCo administration HAS NOT adequately defended or explained these actions.

They must CONTINUALLY mention this in refereence to other affected topics, like Bolton (How much intelligence did he manufacture, for whom, and in relation to WHAT?), The Iraq War in general (keep throwing THEIR OWN WORDS at the time back at them), The corporatist takeover of the media (WHAT ELSE IS AMERICA NOT BEING TOLD?), the G-8 Summit (Why was contrary and ACCURATE intelligence from other nations like Britian, Germany, Israel and Russia IGNORED?), and the actions of those prominently involved (Why did Cheney make 14 trips to Langley? Why was the intelligence gathered by Joe Wilson ignored? Why WAS Valerie Plame "outed? Why were Shinseki and Kwiatkowski's operational suggestions ignored? ETC...ETC...ETC!!!!

Getting Blair and Shrub together at the Summit will be a telling moment, for it will be THEN that we will know if the media is COMPLETELY UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. If they ask the right questions, it may be curtains for Shrub and Blair, yet...

This requires a CONCERTED EFFORT on the part of EVERY concerned Democrat to write their Congressmen and Senators, and it HAS to lead somewhere...it has to lead to September 24, 2005, and a call for the impeachemt of those intimately involved with this plan to overthrow the will of the American people through a campaign of lies, deceit and low cunning.

[LiberalEsto]

6. Excellent points. Also write to your local papers

and call your media outlets demanding to know why they are not covering these things.

[underpants]

7. BBC-no ABC-no Lehrer Report-yes Today Show-yes

The Lehrere report featured a calm discussion between McGovern and some AEI pin head.

[deutsey]

8. Interestingly, WETA this morning re-broadcast yesterday's BBC World

I'm trying to find out if today's BBC World ran a report on DSM.

There was a written report on their site.

And it makes me wonder....

[blm]

9. What does Rove have on Milbank?

BushInc must have come down hard on Milbank after he joined in on the Gannon story. Then he climbed back on the Bush water-carrier wagon soon after.

[LiberalEsto]

10. Ask Milbank

Dana Milbank: [e-mail]
National staff writer

[spooky3]

11. I nominated this because you have a great way with words!

"Washington Pest"
"Rent-a-Rovies"

:rofl:

[LiberalEsto]

12. why, thank you!

the thugs and their toadies offer such perfect targets

[spooky3]

13. LOL, good point!