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My video about G-Baby in Hardball, Conor
isn't in this a lot, it's about the
characters remembering G-Baby. Sorry about
the quaity of the picture, its the best I
had.
Tags : Hardball Keanu Reeves Hello Evanescence |
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Durée : 217 s |
| Hardball Round Table Struggle w/Hillary's Assassination Talk |
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Journalism in a World Where Spin is the
Baseline: Journalists lose both their skills
(as journalists, by not getting the facts
before reporting and opining) and as human
beings (by losing touch with their own and
the culture's moral compass). They're not
called "the worthless media" for nothing.
On Hardball with Chris Matthews, regulars
Michelle Bernard, Chris Cilizza and E.J.
Dionne make excuses for Hillary Clinton's
outrageous comments about staying in the race
in case Obama is assassinated as Bobby
Kennedy was.
In this clip, E.J. Dionne bends over
backwards to "give Senator Clinton the
benefit of the doubt", despite the fact that
throughout Clinton's campaign for the
Presidency, she has assaulted our
sensibilities. Dionne also offers
"assurances" about Senator Clinton's
intentions that he can have no earthly means
of knowing.
Michelle Bernard comes closest to reaching
the bar, low as it is, for what passes as
political analysis and debate. [Note to Ms.
Bernard: The damage Senator Clinton is doing
isn't only with the African-American
community, but with people of all races,
ages, gender, classes.]
And Chris Cilizza (another graduate of the
Don King J School, covering elections as if
they are prize fights) asserts that
"superdelegates can end this thing tomorrow".
They can't. Superdelegates can announce who
they intend to vote for when the Democratic
Party's convention convenes in August, but
until they actually cast their ballots, the
Clintons have stated that all delegates,
pledged and super, are fair game for
poaching.
That's the real story, the real news, that
none of the cable news programs are willing
to report and talk about, and it's what makes
these journalists' efforts to "give Hillary
Clinton the benefit of the doubt" moot.
The Clintons are broadcasting (and have been
for weeks) that there are no bounds to
Hillary Clinton's quest for the nomination.
The Clintons have avoided talking to the
media about their overall strategy,
preferring to talk only about what's
happening right now, and the media have
obliged them. By failing to recognize and
report the larger gameplan, the stakes and
the possibilities, the media acts as
collaborators, lulling an uncomfortable
public with assurances that what they think
is happening isn't. The media has been
giving the public, and themselves, the idea
that the end is just around the corner. With
the next primary. Or the one after that.
"She'll surely be dropping out".
But she isn't.
5/23/08
Tags : hardball chris matthews hillary clinton cilizza michelle bernhard e.j. dionne rfk assassination obama 5/23/08 |
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