Our problem is not B** It is our press...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

It makes you absolutely sick to watch these inane press conferences.

Easy, softball questions. No effort, whatsoever to pin him down. No follow-up. They are mere tools for this illegal regime. Anyone, could come up with better questions ! Anyone !

[tsuki]

1. They are the poster children for the Culture of Corruption. n/t

[YOY]

2. Furthermore not questioning his "Town Halls" as blatant propoganda

and his further refusal to har the criticism of the American people.

Did any other administrations do this? I don't think Clinton did, did he?

[kentuck]

3. For some reason, they cannot get to the truth...

The lies continue. The press is incapable of getting tot he truth. It shouldn't be that difficult.

[MiniMe]

11. When they get close, * starts talking Terra

[still_one]

4. you are right

where is the follow-up

why don't they throw back at him his campaign promise that he WOULD NOT WIRE TAP WITHOUT A WARRANT

[peaches2003]

5. One Simple Question

One simple question is all that is needed: WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET A WARRANT WITHIN THE 72 HOURS ALLOWED AFTER THE WIRETAP IF TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE???????

He never has said why they don't get a warrant when they are allowed to tap and then apply for it. MAYBE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT A PAPER TRAIL OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REALLY ARE SPYING ON?

He just cut one woman reporter off and I think it sounded like that was what she was asking. It was her followup question and Bush cut her right off and didn't allow the question. ANYONE HEAR WHAT SHE SAID?????

[Nabia2004]

6. and without a balanced press we barely stand a chance

The two most important issues for this nation; bringing back the Fairness in Media Doctrine, and real voter reform.

[bluedog]

7. whats pisses me off

is when they write the press briefings with bush.....is that they straighten out all his gaffs and make him sound like hes in control...........let them write it the way it was presented............manmy people do not watch during the day and at night.they think he did an outstanding job of speaking

[PATRICK]

8. The baseball analogy

Actually people don't appreciate the different pitches simply because a sport with nothing but walks is pretty boring. There is the wide curve, a seemingly complex long question that in fact is so wide and easy the batter can relax (the prime benefit) then step outside the real issue box and bat it down the line. There is the screwball that twists the issue into an un-hittable pitch which is so far away from the batter he can relax as the catcher scrambles for the ball and someone steal second. There is the sinker that hits the dirt on someone else. The easy lob over the plate that must be trained for because the hitter is SO bad even this is risky. The disgusting spitter that makes the pitch surpassing strange. The bare knuckle ball into the dirt that terrorizes the catcher.

Or it is like watching Commodus play gladiator with nerf swords with his flunkies in place of slaughtering drugged slaves.

[bbgrunt]

9. After Katrina, it seemed there was an effort to

get rid of this regime....as timid as it was. It seemed like something had started to turn.

But alas, the past two weeks with the obvious repeated lies by our "press" about the Abramoff scandal being an equal-party debacle makes it all too obvious that those who control press coverage have decided to toss the amerikan public over the cliff.

the press has become our biggest enemy.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Yes, you are right. And there was a katrina question about how

the WH is stonewalling. B** breezed right through it, saying they had turned over docs, plenty of them. The obvious followup to me at that point is to say the Joe Lieberman is exasperated because you are not cooperating..

[stillcool]

10. The problem is...

one and the same. The media is dead, and can not be revived. The taint of deceit will not be washed away. We are rotting from the inside out...and all we have left are empty shells of what were once the foundation of our democracy.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. oh, you are so right and each day that passes it becomes more

and more apparent to the point where it is impossible to continue being aware, because it is so depressing.

GOT to get at least the House back in Nov. It is our only glimmer of any kind of hope for the future.

[MiniMe]

12. Actually, I think they did a better job today nt

[H2O Man]

15. I think that

the media could ask some stronger questions. For example, when Bush says FISA is flawed because it was authored in the 1970s, it could be noted that the Constitution was authored in the 1700s. There were more than two dozen opportunities to nail him with tough questions.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Yes, and I had seen information that proved he spied PRIOR

to 9/11 which he could have been hit with immediately when he trashed FISA and started his "it's a new after 9/11 world bullshit..

[H2O Man]

18. Yep.

When he started his nonsense, I said to my son that the spying had started before 9-11. It would be nice to see the press take note of the fact that the domestic spying program is not limited to the NSA, either, but is a wide-spread, coordinated program at the federal, state, and local levels.

More, reporters could question him about the Supreme Court's 1972 decision in the Keith case, which I posted in a new thread. The court has absolutely ruled on the issues Bush raises.

[iconoclastNYC]

17. I'ts not "our press" it's the elite's press

If you don't have a net worth over 5 million the press does not speak for you.