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CNN and AP: Obama to Nominate Hillary as Secretary of State after Thanksgiving
Taylor Marsh —
... Whether or not you love or hate the Clintons this behavior should be upsetting.
(I will remind everyone that there was a time when the media loved them some
Clinton too --- until
they turned.) But there is something truly sick about a political system
in which the press plays a key role as insiders while pretending to be innocent
bystanders --- and uses its power to create scandals and gin up controversies
about politicians it doesn’t like and then blames the politicians for the
terrible coverage. ...
Hullabaloo — ... Whether or not you love or hate the Clintons this behavior should be upsetting. (I will remind everyone that there was a time when the media loved them some Clinton too --- until they turned.) But there is something truly sick about a political system in which the press plays a key role as insiders while pretending to be innocent bystanders --- and uses its power to create scandals and gin up controversies about politicians it doesn't like and then blames the politicians for the terrible coverage. ...
Fair and Balanced
Shakesville —
Eric Boehlert's got a great new piece about the media's double standard in its coverage of new presidents: In anticipation of the new administration, Beltway media insiders are busy laying the groundwork for how reporters and pundits will treat the new team on Pennsylvania Avenue. "Once a president takes office ... an adversarial relationship usually flourishes, at least with beat reporters," wrote Howard Kurtz in The Washington Post. And former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, discussing the press corps on Fox News, agreed: "They are inevitably going ...
Instant Conventional Wisdom
N/A —
Now serving:
The conventional wisdom is quite clear: The press always turns skeptical and becomes combative when new presidents come to town.
Except, of course, when the press does not.
In truth, the model being touted today by media insiders didn’t apply to the previous two administrations. That model didn’t apply to Bill Clinton in 1993 because the press wasn’t simply skeptical about his administration, the press savaged it. And the model didn’t apply to George W. Bush in 2001, ...
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
... thing if it leads to the firing and prosecution of these, and other criminals.
Pam's House Blend: "The worst Treasury Secretary in modern times." What else could we expect from the worst president ever?
David Seaton's News Links: Deflation as a metaphor
Foolocracy: Terrorist takes comedy class while in prison
ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: Why is the NYT publishing a war criminal?...Covering new presidents: the media's double standards...MSM Moron of Da Week...AP to ...
GPS: Tom Friedman Wants The Inauguration Bumped Up To Thanksgiving
Crooks and Liars —
... : Yes, Mr. Friedman. Good idea! Let's give the next president, you know, four days to hastily assemble his entire cabinet and staff in time to govern the world through the worst financial crisis since whenever... starting Thursday . Smart -- then again, it would certainly help the establishment press to build their "failed Obama presidency" narrative. Or how about this: Why don't the very serious commentariat demand that our current president do his damn job for a change rather than running out the clock? Naturally, this won't happen because the current narrative is ...
Conflict and Cooperation
The Moderate Voice —
... the questions stop and when you are allowed to be off script if there is a reporter around. They are always looking for an angle and the next big story. Furthermore, it does not matter if they like you, their job is to get the story. If you need a history lesson, rewind the tape back to 1993 to Bill Clinton’s first year in the White House. The news media loved him to and dubbed him “The Man from Hope” (sound familiar - Mr. Change) when he was running in 1992. In 1993, they hanged Clinton out to dry because him and his staff were full of good, juicy stories ...
