Can we all agree that Gates-Gate proves one thing?

[joeybee12]

The media are assholes!

My God, mis-reporting, under-reporting, having blowhards pontificate on all the "what-ifs" The story is that the media are rabid dogs that have prey in their teeth and won't let go.

[valerief]

1. As are the Cambridge police dept, too. nt

[HughMoran]

2. No, they are mother-fucking ass holes

Because they are stoking this issue when they should shut the FUCK up.

[valerief]

7. Big money is steering the Police Dept. to behave this way. It's all about

swaying public opinion away from the healthcare plan. Diversion, diversion, diversion. Obama bad, Obama bad, Obama bad.

[newtothegame]

14. Disagree...if the President can comment on it, and he wasn't even there, the parties involved..

probably should be able to as well.

[opihimoimoi]

3. The Cops musta had pressure to act all defensive..ask for apology, etc..

its all predictable

ASSHOLEs doing the defensive thing by attacking

http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/serial.htm

[Uncle Joe]

4. Yes and I believe that's because they don't want to cover the critical issue of health care

in any meaningful way.

This gives them an issue to divert the peoples' attention away from a subject; their corporate clients would have everyone forget.

[joeybee12]

6. Healthcare is a tough topic to cover because most in the media are stupid...

Krugman's column is great today...the media decided Obama's press conference was a failure because he knew too much...they didn't understand what he was talking about, but most people do, so they blamed him for their stupidity.

[Uncle Joe]

9. I believe they're stupid by design, if their corporate owner/bosses wanted

intelligent journalists, they would and could easily hire them, especially in today's economy.

I believe they want ignorant, light headed journalists as a matter of policy.

This is not to say all journalists; are stupid, many of them just play stupid on television or for the paper, because they know who their daddy is.

[joeybee12]

12. There's a difference between being able to look good on television

and actually being smart...there probably are smart ones out there, but they work for print and they're not the ones jumping all over this like radio and television.

[Uncle Joe]

15. I agree, but I don't believe looking good on television and being smart

are mutually exclusive, one can be both.

Apparently the corporate media owners don't want both, so television is dumbed down, but not for beauty's sake, rather to dumb the population at large down as a means of furthering corporate supremacy over an ignorant American People.

[joeybee12]

16. And i think they look down on the American people, assuming they won't

understand issues, so they really don't cover them.

A good example is Obama's press conference Monday and the media lambasted him beacsue he knew too much! my God, knowledege is a bad thing?

[Uncle Joe]

17. Knowledge is not bad thing but it can be a dangerous thing

to the existing status quo corporate power structure.

To the American People; knowledge is a good thing, but if a President or political leader displays any real depth of knowledge, they're likely to be characterized by the corporate media as being wonky, stiff, boring, elite etc. etc.

However if the President or candidate is a lightweight, a believer of corporate supremacy, monopolies and total dog eat dog capitalism, then he's a good old boy, the kind you would like to have a beer with.

[joeybee12]

22. They did it to Clinton also...they didn't like that he was smart...

...a lot smarter than they were.

[Uncle Joe]

24. Yes, but what they really didn't like about Clinton was that he was smart

and left of center, they also didn't like Al Gore as Clinton's heir apparent.

I also believe the corporate media's antagonistic motivation against Gore was directly related to his advocacy of the Internet; which would serve to empower the American People over, around and through the corporate media's propaganda filter.

The corporate media wanted Cheney/Bush; in power because they would roll back any, all and more of the moderate progress the Clinton Administration made. Moderate wasn't good enough for the corporate media; when in pursuit of corporate supremacy.

I believe this was the primary motivation for them spending so much ink, treasure and resources in order to keep sexual scandal front and center, approximately 20 times that of investigating 9/11.

As the economy was doing relatively well, the corporate media knew that in order for an unqualified disaster such as Bush to stand a chance, the American People would need to be dumbed down regarding the stakes of putting such a person in to ultimate power, "who would you rather a beer with?" is a historical testament to the corporate media's total disregard for the American Peoples' best interests being represented.

[Auggie]

5. I haven't been watching broadcast media, but the one thing I question...

unless you were there and saw everything, how can any one have the right to pontificate or question?

[joeybee12]

8. Doesn't stop them from doing it this time or any other time...

...its SOP for the media to talk more about what they know the least about.

[Auggie]

11. I know... they're rating whores

[glarius]

10. No media person has mentioned the cop's first words when he commented.

When asked by a reporter what he thought about Obama's remarks his first words were, "I didn't vote for him." This was thrown out there, for some reason and nobody has commented on it. I can't help but wonder why the officer felt he had to say that before he made any other comment. I've only seen the whole video clip which shows this part of his comments twice...although they have shown the rest of it over and over.
Not one media person has referred to him saying "I didn't vote for him."....Why?

[hfojvt]

13. so he's the ONE

How many people can say that in Massachusetts (probably millions of them, but didn't Obama win MA by 20+ points?)

[Mz Pip]

20. Which may be part of the reason

this is taking on a life of its own. The RW has a new anti-Obama poster child and Iexpect he will be on all the FOX and CNN news talk shows discussing how 'disappointed' he is.

[JPZenger]

18. They are not sufficiently separating the start from the finish

The media is not separating out the issues clearly enough. Yes, the police had the right to question the prof. Maybe the prof over-reacted. However, a 60 year old man with a cane should not have been arrested and taken away in handcuffs and put in jail for being rude to a cop.

[JPZenger]

19. They are not sufficiently separating the start from the finish

The media is not separating out the issues clearly enough. Yes, the police had the right to question the prof. Maybe the prof over-reacted. However, a 60 year old man with a cane should not have been arrested and taken away in handcuffs and put in jail for being rude to a cop.

[cherokeeprogressive]

21. No. We can't all agree to anything you say unless you add the accepted context...

You forgot to say that all cops are lying racist pigs, that they should know who lives in what house, and that we should all stand up to them each and every time we encounter them because their only objective is to exercise their authority over us so that we as a society will someday bow in their presence.

Now, if you had put it in that context, I might have agreed with you, because that's the only acceptable progressive attitude when "cops" are involved. Repeat after me: All cops are lying racist pigs... All cops are lying racist pigs... All cops are lying racist pigs...

You really can't blame the "media" because "cops" co-opted their message a long time ago in their attempt to rule the world with an iron fist, and media types aren't really known for their willingness to stand up to authority, with the possible exception of Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, and Helen Thomas. Ms. Thomas doesn't always qualify though, because she's been known to be critical of President Obama, and that's not allowed. Some here at DU attribute that to her age.

Learn the proper context when you speak of "cops", remember to add to your comments that they're all lying racist pigs who have a God Complex, and maybe we'll get somewhere.

[piratefish08]

23. at least there's something to discuss besides boring health care until another celebrity

dies and consumes the news 24/7..............


:sarcasm:

[izzybeans]

25. The media act stupidly.

is more like it.