CCN's Miles O'Brien to ask about "political rhetoric" at King service...

[Flubadubya]

Coming up on CNN. Miles O'Brien wants to know if the political rhetoric at Coretta Scott King's funeral was appropriate... and adds "jabs at the White House when the President is sitting there?"

Sheez... the Corporate News Network (CNN) just doesn't get it, do they? To criticize President Jimmy Carter for speaking truth to power at the funeral of one of the most prominent political activists of our times is strictly Orwellian. The MSM should be incensed at the crimes of George W. Bush. They should be screaming at the top of their lungs about how wrong Bush is to spy on American citizens. Instead they want to tar and feather one of the most honest, compassionate, and astute statesmen in our country today for speaking out against the evil.

They especially don't get what Mrs. King's life was all about and why the political comments that were made were especially apropos in that forum. Mrs. King herself would have sat up in her coffin and cheered the speeches if she could.

How dare they slam Carter and Lowrey for what they did. How dare they! Shine your "journalistic spotlights" upon the real travesties in this country being perpetrated by its leaders, not their righteous detractors.

(O'Brien to talk to pastor who officiated over the service... coming up in just a few minutes if you want to catch it.)

[Debau2005]

1. I watched every minute...

I think Coretta Scott King would have been proud! I know I was.

[tishaLA]

2. Did you notice they didn't show the "anti_Christian" cartoon

the Danish editor held up? Twice? They kept the camera on the woman who's sitting in for Soledad when he held it up. They did, however, show the anti-Israel one.

CNN must be spooked by the Fundies.

[malaise]

3. Since when Bush cannot be criticized?

There wre no WMDs - fact
The Kings were subject to wiretaps and other invasions of privacy - fact

Fugg all of them and stick to facts. Tell the corporate media whores to plan their own funerals and stop telling others what can be said when when they all whore for Bush. I am sick of it. For all Dems who have a problem with the funeral service - you're part of the problem. You know zilch about your base. The 98% of African -American who hate Bushco loved that service and wanted more.

[Flubadubya]

4. Up now...

[fasttense]

5. The neocrazies don't want anyone to say anything that

might bring out the truth. I think Presidents Clinton and Carter had backbone and spoke about the elephant in the room. Bush would rather they had ignored the elephant he created with his bigoted policy.

[Ian David]

6. For the record, I predicted this would happen days ago...

15. Maybe that's part of the plan. Maybe it's an ambush...

Edited on Sat Feb-04-06 05:47 PM by IanDB1

Maybe they're going to read a litany of the late Coretta Scott King's anti-Bush messages.

Maybe as they euologize her they'll talk about how each and every one of her ideals was contrary to Bush's policies.

And how Jerry Falwell said Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was leading "the civil wrongs" movement, and not the "civil rights" movement.

More:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=323662#323815

[OzarkDem]

7. I don't watch CNN any longer

Their race to the right began to overtake news coverage about 2 years ago and they lost me then. Funny thing, I don't watch any television news.

[Flubadubya]

8. Bishop appears to NOT approve of the rhetoric...

why does that not surprise me... suppose he was "vetted" by CNN before the interview? Humph!!

[Connie_Corleone]

9. Which bishop is this?

Is this the one who led an anti-gay marriage march last year? I can't remember his name.

[Flubadubya]

10. Got it!

He is the pastor of the church where the funeral took place.

On edit... just caught it. Bishop Eddie Long.

[Connie_Corleone]

11. Yep. That's him.

One of those TBN preachers. I've seen his show on there. Total Bush supporter.

[Flubadubya]

14. Gross.. no wonder CNN was so eager to have his opinion!

:puke: And no wonder his opinion fit so handily into their propaganda "du jour". Oh these people make me sick!!!

[leftchick]

19. Eddie Long one among the 2% of Blacks who support bush

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-coretta8feb08,0,7796896.story?coll=la-home-headlines

<snip>

Though Bush has never addressed an NAACP convention as president, he has instead sought to build black support by reaching to more conservative pastors and business leaders sympathetic to his entrepreneurial vision of government.

New Birth and its pastor, Bishop Eddie L. Long, have been at the center of those outreach efforts; Long and other leaders of black mega-churches have met on several occasions with Bush at the White House to discuss directing money to faith-based charities, combating poverty and AIDS in Africa, among other topics.


amazing they dug him up for his view isn't it? :puke:

[ProSense]

12. Did they see the video run during the broadcast?

Even more hypocritical on the media's part is that they fail to mention the video played during the broadcast in which Iraq was specifically mentioned.

Coretta Scott King was a civil rights leader, Bush is violating civil rights. Carter and the Rev. Lowery used Coretta King's funeral to point to Bush's actions that run counter to everything she and MLK stood for.

[Quakerfriend]

13. Yes, CNN is truly pathetic these days. But,

what troubles me most is the fact that the media is NOT turning on *co. despite his crimes.

[izzie]

15. Usually these times are set aside for what the person was about.

When Wellstone died the talk was about his thinking just as this should be and as it was at FDR or JFK. When Nixon died it was the same. What he had done well. Why is any one shocked about this? I sure would not have liked it if some one had gone and said what Nixon had done bad. You pick what is good about the person and what you thought they were about. :think:

[seabeyond]

16. this is what makes me mad when we so easily attack the dem

call them spineless, that they dont do or say anything. they do. over the last couple years whenever they do or say ANYTHING that we all love and want to hear, are craving to hear this is what media does with the dem. then when the dem doesnt say anything they are then attacked for being spineless. i wish, wish, wish we dems would at least cut our people a little slack knowing what they are up against. literally and obviously it is no win for them each and everytime. think of the times kerry has spoken out or dean has spoken out, immediately they are trashed by media. this is what americans hear. they wont stop to think of reagan funeral totally political. out loud talking about a week of kicking dems in the balls and the pat on the repugs back for playing it well. the american people arent going to get this was kings funeral, a political woman......that it is her people to decide what is said in the funeral and not the medias to decide

i wish as a party we would remember this as we continue to demand something from dem they cannot produce for us, because of this world we live in today.

[Flubadubya]

18. I agree seabeyond...

The Dem leaders are up against a pack of vicious attack dogs... from all sides. What little truth seeps through (because they're usually not even given a public forum at all) is immediately seized upon by the Rethug media and spun out of all proportions... always with an intent to smear the Dem. I don't know how we can get our message out, but it certainly isn't going to be through mainstream media, that's for sure. So sad!

[BR_Parkway]

17. At least as appropriate as pulling a 9/11 survivor out every time

ReThugs want something - like the sister of the pilot they popped unto the TV cameras during illegal wiretap hearings

[SillyGoose]

23. You are SO right about that! Republican hypocrisy strikes again.

[Gman]

20. They never want to discuss whether what is said is true

they only attack the fact that it was said. They don't want to talk about what if its true and why it had to be brought up in the first place.

[insane_cratic_gal]

21. That's because they are fascists

And live feed containing criticism about Asshat goes against their Propaganda.

[LynnTheDem]

22. STANDING OVATION from the family & guests. Aren't THEY the ones

that should have the say as to what was appropriate? And hey, they did say; STANDING OVATIONS.

Rightwingnuts; stupidest most hypocritical (read the freepers trashing Ms. King when she was alive) MFers on the planet.

[Gman]

24. And another thing.......................

Again, had it been Bill Clinton sitting where that idiot was, the news would have been "Bill Clinton Policies Assailed at ."

[Ilsa]

25. My answer: Dems have courage; they aren't afraid to challenge the

Chimperor in his face, not simply behind his back.

As for it being a funeral, it wasn't Bush's or Miles, and he wasn't invited, so he should STFU.