CBS Bob Schieffer's brother is Bush's appointee /Ambassador to Australia

[KoKo]

Just so those of you who watch his Sunday show will be aware. Look and see if he "Discloses" the family connection. Because if he doesn't we need to inform CBS about this. Asking them: "How did Bob land an exclusive interview with President Bush over others?" "Is it because his brother has connections to Bush from the time he was Governor of Texas and they were so chummy that Bush just decided he would be the perfect appointment to be our US Ambassador to Australia?" "And isn't Australia one of our few remaining strog allies in Iraq?"


Media Matters - Schieffer on Bush administration's prewar claims ...
His brother was an ambassador before he moderated the debates. ... CBS news anchor
Bob Schieffer's brother is a former business partner of George Bush's, ...
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Media Matters - Schieffer's statements raise questions about ...
Bob Schieffer's brother was George Bush's partner in the TX Rangers. His brother
is presently serving at the pleasure of GWB as Ambassador to Australia. ...
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Tom Schieffer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Within weeks of Schieffer's arrival in Canberra the September 11 terrorist ...
In 2004 Schieffer's brother Bob Schieffer, now interim anchor of the CBS ...
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AlterNet: MediaCulture: Bob Schieffer's links to Dubya
The problem: Bob's brother, Tom Schieffer, was president of the Texas ... But more
importantly, he was later appointed as US ambassador to Australia. ...
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[Maat]

1. How interesting!

Well, that explains his tilt.

[sasha031]

2. they are all in bed together therefore the enemy

thank gawd Gore invented the internet

[rodeodance]

3. also read somewhere that Poppy Bush and Scheifer are golf buddies.

[KoKo]

4. Yes....they are...and all along Schieffer has never mentioned it. Russert'

s son Luke is producing a sports show with Carville on XP Sattelite and he's only a 19 year old Boston College Sophmore. Yet Russert has Carville and Begalla on last week promoting their book while he's promoting Carville so his son's show gets a good kike off. (Russert mentioned the new show but failed to DISCLOSE his son Luke was co-anchoring with Carville and that Luke is like a son to Carville.

Howie Kurtz on CNN tomorrow with his Media Show has a second wife who is a Repug Pupblic Relations Operative who helped Swartzenneger get elected in CA, and Wolf Blitzer worked for Jerry Falwell in Jerusalem as a "cub reporter" for the Jerusalem Post. (Brian mentioned that on C-Span this a.m...about how he had Blitzer on so often when he worked from Israel for the Jersusalem Post)..and for all we know George Stephanoupolis has a wife who worked somewhere in the Repug Party, too. He certainly left Clinton fast enough early on and somehow landed a Sunday show with NO EXPERIENCE working his way up through ABC.

So, we have Tweety ...who we all know his dirty laundry with the Repug Brother running for office in Philadelphia, and Joe Scarborough a Repug Florida Rep who got a gig on MSNBC shortly after an intern was found dead in his office and who the hell knows what else most Americans don't know about the people who are supposed to be "Not Fox" out there bringing us our news. People we trusted but who seemed to turn on Clinton early on and then have trashed every Dem since.

:shrug:

[finecraft]

5. He is currently the Ambassador to Japan

He was appointed last April. Prior to that he was the Ambassador to Australia.

[KoKo]

9. I stand corrected: He was ambassador to Australia, now Japan...He gets

around doesn't he? :D

from Wikipedia:

Schieffer is the brother of Tom Schieffer, a friend and former business partner of President George W. Bush, who was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Australia 2001-2005 by President Bush and as of November, 2005 is currently the U.S. Ambassador to Japan.

[oasis]

6. Thanks for the headsup on this. (eom)

[PetraPooh]

7. Just sent this message via the CBS site

Well, I had already decided to stop watching all CBS news programs since Bob Schiffer is giving free, unfettered propaganda time to Mr. Bush. But now I find out that the reason may be related to the fact that Mr. Schiffer's brother is a Bush appointee!!!! Unbelievable!
CBS was the media news agency I could trust to give us the truth about the administration, and now all hope for you all is gone.
Upon finding out about his brother. . .I won't be watching anymore CBS. Up till now I have been a dedicated CBS watcher for Tuesday, most of Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. I have now removed KBCI CBS Channel 2 from my available channels on both my computer and my remote for the tv.
The only media more shameful than yours is Fox. Disgusting!
Don't bother to respond unless and until your news stands straight again, instead of leaning right!

[KoKo]

8. kick...........

[Dinger]

10. Wonder What Dan Rather Would Have To Say About This?

In fact, I wonder what, if anything Bob had to do with Dan's departure?
:tinfoilhat: