Tucker Show Exemplifies Media Bias towards Clinton

[Bullet1987]

On all the show or programs I've seen where they've talked about this Hillary/Barack thing...they've done it in a very even-handed manner. On Tucker's show, they had one Rethug on there (the guy that wrote the Cheney book) who called Obama a moron and idiot. Then, the other guy said Obama needs to stop going after Hillary...and if you haven't been following this, from Tucker's POV, you'd think Hillary was wiping the floor with him, and that's not how it's happenin. They've BOTH taken jabs at each other, but Tucker didn't even mention a peep of what Obama said. It was completely one-sided. So what is this? Are the conservative people in the media like Tucker just protecting Hillary or trying to triangulate Obama so he won't hurt her frontrunner status?

[maxsolomon]

1. well

yes

they prefer clinton to be the nominee. they mistakenly believe they'd have a chance in hell.

[Hissyspit]

2. Tucker Show Exemplifies Incredible Assholeness

The guy is worthless.

[durrrty libby]

3. If you knew anything at all about Tucker, you would know he hates Hillary

He says stupid shit like "When I see her near me, I cross my legs"


You are so far off the mark with "Tucker Show Exemplifies Media Bias towards Clinton"

that it is :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BeyondGeography]

6. You're wrong, as usual

Tucker has ridiculed Obama for months and been charitable toward Hillary. I have the links to prove it:

You'd think that a man who spent years being ridiculed for dressing like gift wrap would be more sensitive to issues of gender. While on it's surface Tucker Carlson's criticisms of Barack Obama seem like pathetic cheap shots, they're actually the result of Tucker being threatened by what he sees as Obama's non-traditional gender behavior, and that of course, is informed by Tucker's conception of what a black man should act like.

On the July 12 edition of MSNBC's Tucker, host Tucker Carlson teased an upcoming segment on the New Hampshire book clubs Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) presidential campaign recently established by saying: "Well, everybody knows that a book club is no place for a man. So why has Barack Obama suddenly turned into Oprah? Willie Geist rounds up the girls, brings the chardonnay, and heads to the Oprah book club -- or the Obama book club -- when we come back." Carlson's suggestion that Obama's book clubs are "no place for a man" is merely the latest manifestation of Carlson's apparent fixation on Obama, this time with an explicit reference to Obama's masculinity. As Media Matters for America documented, Carlson recently referred to Obama's "rhetoric" as "kind of wimpy" and said that Obama "seems like kind of a wuss." Carlson also said that Obama "sounds like a pothead."

http://halfricanrevolution.blogspot.com/2007/07/gender-and-tucker.html

Tucker Carlson says Obama's Black church isn't really Christian

And what, might you ask, is so un-Christian about Trinity United Church of Christ? Tucker is tut-tuting because Trinity United espouses a 12-point Black Value System.

CARLSON: So Barack Obama is a member of a church called Trinity United Church of Christ. It's a predominantly black church in Chicago, that espouses something called the "Black Value System," which includes calls for congregants to be "soldiers for black freedom" and a, quote, "disavowal of the pursuit of middleclassness." Now, it would seem to me, Tom, not to make a broad sweeping statement here, but a racially exclusive theology, a theology that ministers to one group of people, based on race, kind of contradicts the basic tenets of Christianity, and is worth talking about. Wouldn't you say?
And, again, a few seconds later...

CARLSON: Soldiers for black freedom? How about -- what about soldiers for freedom for everybody. What does that mean?

http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2007/02/tucker_carlson_.html

Try to find similar Tucker links re. Hillary this year...Hint: You can't.

[durrrty libby]

7. Sorry, but I don't read anything written by sexists, if I can help it

Knuckledraggers are just so foul

[global1]

4. It's Clear To Me That The Media Wants Hillary As The Nominee.....

they are doing their best to discredit all the other Dem candidates - some of it being subtle and others blatant. This is not just coming from Tucker.

[durrrty libby]

5. "Clear" as mud

[bigdarryl]

8. MSNBC is a JOKE last i heard only 200,000 viewers on average watch this station

[Bitwit1234]

9. He can't be any worst than the Obama supporters on this forum

I have never heard such swift boating. But golly gee whiz you don't see the Hillary, Edwards, Richardson and other democratic candidates constantly swiftboating Obama.

[wyldwolf]

10. Bullet1987, Obama is LOSING this exchange. You only think he's winning because...

..more people on this forum and blogs are saying it. It's just like that stupid press release his camp sent out on India. While the netroots echo chamber was hi-fiving, public opinion went in Clinton's favor.

[Bullet1987]

11. Like I said, Tucker's show was the only lopsided one I've seen...

and by "public opinion" do you mean MSM support? Or a good portion of the MSM?