CNN Guest Calls Out Host’s Bias: How Can You Deny it With a ‘Straight Face?’
- Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:38am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Over the weekend, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) called out Christiane Amanpour and the media for going soft on Obama during the budget battle. It was an entertaining clip. But the one you’re about to see may top it.
Last night, the Media Research Center’s Brent Bozell, a watchdog who frequently appears on Fox News, hit the CNN airwaves for an interview on the media‘s budget bias when it comes to the president’s budget plan. Host Elliot Spitzer, the former Democratic governor of New York, adamantly denied the charge. He even played clips of him questioning Democrats. But Bozell wasn’t convinced:
“I’m not saying it’s been 100% liberal and zero conservative. I haven’t said it’s zero fair at all times, what we’ve said is it’s overwhelming the bias and you can’t deny it Eliot, you can’t. It’s actually overwhelming on your side.”
When Spitzer protested, Bozzell shot back: “How can you with a straight face go on this show and tell me you don’t have a bias? That’s what you were hired to have.”
Touche. Watch the entire exchange below:
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (281)
Richard Compton
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:13pmHow about the media investigating George Soros and his organizations? The media won’t investigate anything that can tie them to the democratic party and progressives. They are corrupt and have been for quite some time now. The big 3 media, (ABC, CBS, NBC) are the media arm of the Whitehouse, but only during Democratic Presidentcies especially since Kennedy, but as early as FDR, they started with the Radio and expanded. The media has never been kind or fair to a Republican in my 61 years.
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:40pmMultiple media studies counted many more negative stories about Kerry than Bush, Gore than Bush, Mondale than Reagan, I think your bias is getting in the way of the facts…
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:47pm@ABC
Report Post »Again, substantiate those claims. Each and every one of them. And be sure not to leave out those from the last two decades.
theaton
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:24pmABC could you please provide references for those “multiple media studies?”
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:26pmI don’t know that there are any facts – these are ALL politicians talking, left right down the middle. I’d like to see any of the “news” shows, NPR, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, FOX, CNN, the whole bunch of them actually present the FACTS and not the spin. I want to see the numbers on paper of exactly how and where they are going to make cuts to spending, exactly what redundancies are going to be consolidated, and exactly how much money they will get from squeezing the folks with “all the money” – the millionaires like Obama. By his own notion, his pay should be reduced to $250 thousand and no money be allowed from any external sources while he is president – not from books that Bill Ayers writes for him or any where else.
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 4:25pmOn Gore v Bush, see Alterman’s What Liberal Media? which explodes the myth about liberal bias surrounding that election. Also, the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media in December ‘08 analyzed the ’00 and ‘04 elections and found that stories and segments favored Republicans over Dems in both elections, in a study of coverage at the big three MSM outlets. You asked about the last two decades, so I’ve left off the Reagan-Mondale stuff, although one could argue that Reagan’s appeal was so widespread that you could forgive the media for favoring the favorite in that campaign…
Report Post »rienheart
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:12pmObama News will never be anything other than Leftists against the Constitution and wanting a Socialist Country. That is their goal. The Downfall of America.
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:11pmHe‘s right hence the reason why I don’t watch the Crappy News Network.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:10pmallen west , herman cain ….those 2 men have the balls to face the facts and produce results…
Report Post »tierrah
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 3:03pm@cookcountypatriot: I couldn’t agree with you more. Herman Cain is already willing to run but we’ve got to convince Allen West that he is needed NOW and not in the future!! If anyone could help our cause, it is the combination of these two gentlemen joining forces to fight for our blessed American Way.
Report Post »The Real Captain America
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:09pmThis defiantly tops the last video. The only concern I have is that although its true that this guy was hired for his “strong opinions” or bias, but on the other coin so was, Hannity, Bill and Glenn. The only difference between our A-Team and CNN’s…. Hannity, Bill, and Glenn actually admit it!!!! They don’t lie in front of the nation and say otherwise. But as with all those we see on Capital Hill and in the media, we must hold them to the truth and the right thing to do. Not just what all of us THINK whats right, but what is RIGHT as according to the Truth and according to God!
God Bless America!
Report Post »-Cap
abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:18pmYour comment assumes that a biased person cannot objectively report the other side. Your comment implies that if I am a liberal, then I cannot report what is in the Ryan budget proposal. This is totally false, of course, but an excuse to put the absolutely biased and unfair reporting of Fox’s pundits on the level with human and inevitably biased reporters at CNN who nonetheless attempt to maintain a semblance of objectivity. There is a huge difference between a human but flawed journalist and an unapologetic propagandist. And only someone who wants that propaganda furthered would defend the propagandist over the journalist. Otherwise, there is no confusing the two.
Report Post »Mikee T
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:41pm@ABC……Why don’t you abandon the “semantics” approach and bring some substantive points to your argument….in fact, what is your argument ? That liberals have us on the right path for the last 40 years with spend spend spend spend…entitle entitle entitle their electorate and deny deny and continue to deny freedom, sovereignty and private enterprise ? The government cannot and will not succeed in trying to become the biggest employer on the planet…it’s unamerican…period… Case in point; if I do not belong to a large (government affiliated union) or work for some branch of local, state or Federal Government or their agencies thereof (of which there are literally hundreds) and / or a “Non-Profit Org (basically another arm of government funded entities)….where am I as an american trying to make my own way for myself and my family ? How about it ?
Report Post »RoBoTech
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:46pmGive it up ABC, your Socialism is showing under your skirt.
Report Post »Nobody here, except the 10% of Socialists like you who ALREADY agree with your fantasy, is buying what you are selling.
Maybe Huff N’ Puff?
Dahart
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:00pm@ABC
Report Post »I have to ask…..You have spent some time here trying to explain were CNN,Spitzer,Fox News and alike stand but were do “YOU STAND?”
abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:28pmDahart, Mike and Robot have totally missed the point, so I’m glad you asked. I believe that one is entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts. They must confront ALL the facts and be able to reason out an opinion that takes them ALL into account rather than merely ignoring some of them. The problem is that I can personally no longer get all the facts that I require even by watching BOTH liberal and conservative media sources, since they both leave out too many facts and only present those that further the narrative. I personally believe that Fox is the more guilty party, since they run opinion shows during primetime when CNN is still running some semblance of news, but that is a debatable point.
The key is that conservatives here have strong opinions about a topic like global warming, but they do not know all of the relevant facts. They really could not articulate the other side if their life depended on it. Now, many of them will take that as a point of pride, but since when should Americans be proud of ignorance. There is no strength in that. You MUST know the other side. And you must have command of all the relevant facts.
Bozell’s words clearly highlight that he is not interested in getting all the facts, but only the ones that help his ideological narrative. Worse, he is calling for the quashing of facts being properly reported, and suggests that it be replaced with his opinions. This is nonsense, but the fact that this view is so widely held is deeply troubling to me.
So this is not about my personal ideology but about ensuring an informed electorate. We no longer have that. We have people who are engaging in what behavioral economists call confirmation bias: they only want to hear what they already know and believe to be true. But this strategy never leads to continual revision and improvement of their worldview. It leads to stagnation and decline. Athens, Rome, Spain, China…all great powers have gone through this, and it is troubling to me that it is now threatening the US. When the Communist Chinese news service does a better job about reporting the facts than Fox or CNN, what does that tell you about the state of news media in a country with a First Amendment free speech right? And what does it tell you about the lax standards and intellectual rigor of the consumers of that news media??
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:50pmABC………. your in big trouble now, I tried to help you out but you wouldnt listen. Your Mom is mad as hell at yo, she threw your computer out the window. Lucy Lou went to the drive in movie with Billy Bob. I think she realy likes Biily Bob a whole,whole lot. Oh, and your best friend Sneezer went over to Lucy Lous house looking for you to tell you someone stole your moped and let all the air out of your bicycle. I guess its to late now. But your ass is still in trouble when you get home. Lotus.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:09pmSpitzer had a rough night, he’ll need a ****** to make it all better.
Report Post »love the kids
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:08pmWhat do you expect from Spitzer.
Report Post »The guy’s reality is that while being a leader of people from your state, it is OK to work out a sexual meeting with a high priced prostitute, not a cheap one, while being married. Then have public servants, i.e. the state troopers guard your door, in a public paid room while you have a prostate exam from an untrained person, and then when you get caught, you don’t get charged with a FEDERAL crime because they stated, “he had already suffered enough”, then get a stupid CEO to give you a million dollar contract to be a voice of reason. What do you think he knows about real life.
By the way, was the slut a registered Democrat or Republican?
Pokerjoe
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:06pmCNN puts the right views on just enough so they can say there not bias.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:05pmI have noticed that CNN is not on in most waiting rooms now………people are not total idoits as this presidents news channels think they are, we want the news…the truth, not your liberal opinions.
Report Post »dirtypolitics
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:03pmI hope that all of the American people who are aware of the media bias should spread the word around. That is the least we can do.
It is pathetic that CNN, the supposedly trusted news station, has lost its credibility because they just want to propagate the Obama myth.
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:01pmWhat a drone, look slike CNN is going under.
Report Post »NYiskillingmybusiness
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:01pmHow can this admitted whore monger be on TV?
Report Post »dirtypolitics
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:59amFinally Americans standing up against media incompetence and BIG TIME bias. That is what we need to do until 2012 elections so majority of people will know.
Gloria Borger is an Obama troll. I watched her since the Democratic primary and she is an Obama butt-kisser. She may have one negative comment about Obama but 10000 praises.
CNN is a member of the Lame Stream Media together with ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and New York Times.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:56amSpitzer, along with all these liberal lamestream media are a joke, they try about as hard to be fair and non biased as Obama tries to keep his campaign promises. We need to throw Obama out of office and start getting our news and opinions from totally other sources which will put these people in the reporter graveyard where they belong. The Gop candidates running for president should give these networks as much interview time as Obama has given FOX. It’s time to stop giving them any relevance at all as they are just total socialist propaganda who occasionally throw out a few bones to conservatives so they will have those remote bones to defend themselves and as proof that they are fair and balanced. What a sham we have for a press.
http://www.saywhatyoureallymean.blogspot.com
http://www.saywhatyoureallymean.blogspot.com
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:55amFINALLY! The truth will OUT!
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:50amyeah, we know this.
Report Post »NC
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:49amI don’t have a bias and I have strong views too…
or is having strong views having a bias?
NC (strongly confused about being bias)
Report Post »POIPNE
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:26pmbias |ˈbīəs|
noun
1 prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Hope this helps NC. Keeping up with PC language and what’s currently acceptable terminology is just too confusing to me. Of course, I may be biased.
Report Post »Goohuman
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:49amHe simply denies his bias. He needs to deny his paycheck as well.
Report Post »nacilbuper
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:48amawesome!
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:48amFinally, we need more spokesmen/women who will call it as it is. Bravo!!!! Can they handle the truth?
Report Post »ED4237
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:45amWasn’t that guy forced out cause he was with a prostitute and had some Russian mob ties with the offshore banking used paying the girls? That guy is a liberal hack and should not be on tv at all. He just part of what is wrong with the media today they are all so biased that they don’t report on news anymore they are the news.
Report Post »fancydancy
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:44amYay, finally the wave starts…hopefully it gets higher and higher. How can we have a democracy when the masses are brainwashed in one philosophy?
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:06pmWE DONT HAVE A DEMOCRACY!!! IT IS A REPUBLIC!!! The public employee union demonstration/take ove of the Statehouse in Wisconsin is democracy… mob rule. That is what democracy looks like. We are supposed to be a Representative Republic. What we now hove is a unrepresentative Republik… Taxation without representation.
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:12pmThey are brainwashed in two ideologies: left wing or right wing. And then there are people who report the news. If the Obama administration strategy is to appear as a grown up, then it is proper for a journalist to state that as a fact. But in stating that it is the strategy, the journalist is not saying that it is going to work, but merely that this is the political aspiration of Obama and his handlers. That you or Bozell cannot differentiate fact from opinion is actually a HUGE problem, and undermines your credibility in this debate. That you can only see the ideological brainwashing on one side of the aisle only, I should add, is an additional hit to your credibility. You cannot set the standard for jounralism as whether or not an organization like CNN only reports facts that further my partisan narrative. Surely, even the dullards on this site understand that. The right wing is not entrusted with the perfect truth, nor does it have a monopoly on the only reality that should be reported. Get over yourselves.
Report Post »swigs
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:29pm@ABC
Isn’t there a corner in round room where you can keep yourself busy?
Yawn…ZZZZZZZZZ
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:36pmSWIGS is not bright enough to argue on the merits. That’s why the ad hominem arguments fly…
Do you really think that makes you look smart?
Report Post »swigs
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:43pm@ABC
Did you think your strawman arguments make you look smart?
Report Post »RoBoTech
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:48pmSwigs, you nailed the Socialist.
Report Post »Way to go!
Blackhawk1
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:09pmABC
For any supposed Journalist to make the statement that Obama is trying to act the grown up is a personal opinion and NOT a FACT. Just today Obama made the statement that the Government should not spend any more money than it takes in. What a farce that is coming from the POTUS who has the HIGHEST deficit spending record in history. If that‘s what the liberals believe to be acting like a grown up it’s no wonder the real responsible mature adults in this country are calling BS on the liberals. I for one hope Obama keeps it up and assures his own defeat along with a number of liberal Senators in 2012.
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:16pmWhat strawman argument? I don’t think you nailed me, if you didn’t make a cogent response. You have to state which argument I made was a strawman, and why exactly it was a strawman. You have hardly written enough words to establish this yet.
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:19pmBlackhawk, so when a reporter states that the US military is trying to win hearts and minds by building schools, this is an opinion? What is the difference between noting what political operatives and strategists are doing to project a successful political campaign and what military operatives and strategiests are doing to project a successful military campaign? It IS a fact that the political strategy is to appear to be taking the higher ground, is it not? Or are all observations of human motivation merely opinions? There are a ton of behavioral economists that would strongly disagree with this assertion, by the way.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:43pmABC
The fact I am trying to point out is this. AP, CNN, or any of the left leaning so-called journalists go out of their way to make statements such as Obama is trying to appear the grown up but when 2 days later he completely flips his stand on the budget they conveniently do not report it. Bozell is correct in stating that is doing nothing but showing extreme bias. Real journalism died a number of years ago and all we are left with is spinning facts into opinion. This has pretty much always been the problem since Walter Cronkite and has just got worse. The only way to sort out fact from spin is to actually watch people like Obama and follow what they say from one day to the next. In Obama’s case it is very pronounced. He is either a habitual liar or so extremely stupid he cannot remember what he says from one day to the next. Acting like a Grown Up? I think not!
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 4:34pmBlackHawk, you are assuming rather than proving that those left-wing journalists are in fact biased. You need to prove it, not take it on faith. Also, those supposedly biased journalists, like the ones at AP wire that wrote a story about this subject before CNN did (I linked to it earlier), noted that BOTH the Dems and the GOP were trying to implement the same political strategy, so your comment about softening the President‘s mistakes really doesn’t hold. They are claiming the same for both sides, and they are doing this because it is objectively an accurate observation.
And you still haven’t answered my question about the difference between my hypothetical report on military and political strategy…
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 5:12pmABC
You are kidding right. Prove the liberal media provides cover for Obama’s lies. Let‘s just take Obama’s latest speech in Virginia. Which so-called journalist will make the obvious comparison of his proposed budget that will deficit spend another 1.6 Trillion this year and his speech today to the College students where he states the Government should not spend more than it takes in? My bet will be not one. As far as your Military hypothetical it is an apples and oranges situation. If the Military is trying to win hearts by building a school , is not the school a material reality where as political strategy is based on in Obamas case empty promises with no solid foundation because he has done nothing of substance to substantiate his claims.
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:17pmBlackHawk, once again, we are talking past one another. The FACT that the military has a win hearts and minds strategy is different than the OPINION that such a strategy is a good idea, likely to be successful, etc. Similarly, the FACT that Obama has a political strategy of trying to remain above the fray, look like the adult in the conversation, etc. is very different than the OPINION that such a strategy is wise, likely to be successful, etc. They are, in terms of FACTS, apples to apples. Your opinions surrounding these facts could be apples to oranges, since you appear to approve of the military’s win hearts and minds strategy, while you distrust or reject Obama’s look like an adult strategy. You are entitled to your opinion, but you cannot disallow a journalist from reporting on the FACTS that both in our military in Iraq and our President at home want to win hearts and minds and want to appear like the adult in order to do so. Bozell wrongly criticizes such a reporting of the FACTS since he just wants to jumpt to his opinions about how Obama lacks currency to even appear in the budget discussion. But you need FACTS to even begin to analyze his opinion, which is why his position is so ridiculous. I don’t know how else to make the point more clear.
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:44amGlad to see someone with some guts.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:08pmBozell doesn’t have guts. He clearly cannot separate fact from opinion, asserting his own ideological bias as “reality” and then arguing that anyone who deviates from it is biased and therefore unfit to inform. Bozell fails the very test that he is holding Spitzer and Borger to, but he is too dumb to see it. That doesn’t take guts, unless it is guts rather than brains that now occupy his cranium…
Report Post »rpp
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:14pm@ABC. Okay, I think I understand your point. If you disagree with those of your ilk and other liberals, then it is because you are stupid. Thank you for clarifying that.
Report Post »eventual
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:18pmABC with a swing and a miss.
Bozell, unlike the MSM organizations he targets, does not play himself off as neutral.
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:24pmRPP, nice try. You are putting words in my mouth. I never said that I think Bozell is stupid because I disagree with him. I think he is stupid becase he thinks that Borger is making a biased statement when she reports that the Obama strategy is to make himself appear as the grownup, but doesn’t think he himself is making a biased comment when he states that Obama has no currency to weigh in on the budget debate although he is President. This is beyond absurd, and only a total lack of understanding of what objectivity is can explain Bozell’s comment. Of course the President has currency to weigh in on the debate, given his position. You may editorialize that you do not like what he is saying, but that is not the role of a journalist but rather a political, partisan pundit. Bozell, in not knowing the difference, demonstrates amply his lack of intelligence.
I hope that this clarifies matters for you. Please avoid putting words in my mouth again. The straw man argument is a sign of intellectual laziness.
Report Post »chfields62
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:26pmABC = Another Bama Commie…………….
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:27pmEventual, you are not an objective ump, so you hardly are in a position to call the strike…
What you are missing is that Bozell is commenting on the proper behavior of journalists, as opposed to partisan pundits like himself. Journalists report news and pundits editorialize upon it. It IS news that Obama’s strategy is to appear the grown-up. It IS editorial commentary to claim that he is not fit for that strategy, so it will fail. Borger should absolutely do the former, contrary to Bozell’s claim–apparently, only the wholly unbiased, which is no one, can report news–that she may not. And Bozell can do the latter as he was happy to on Spitzer’s show. The problem is that the discussion is around the proper role of reporting news, not the proper ideological slant of editorial. We know where Bozell stands on the latter, and I am apparently uniquely appalled at his misunderstanding of the former.
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:35pmCHFIELDS, I am not a commie, nor an Obama supporter. I think Obama is playing politics on the budget rather than doing the right thing. But that view hardly changes the reality that Bozell doesn’t understand the difference between fact and opinion, objective news and editorial, reporting and concluding. He views news objectivity NOT by the relevance of a group of facts to a breaking story or issue. Rather, he views it based upon how closely it overlaps with his personal, subjective, partisan worldview narrative. This is totally wrong, but since many people here do the same thing, they see nothing wrong with it. That is very troubling to me.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:59pm@abc;
Is that you Brian (Ross)?
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:00pmDo you want to know if CNN is biased? Just take a look at the stories that they don’t report.
Report Post »One look at Drudge everyday will show you stories that will not air on CNN because they don’t
fall in line with the leftist, anti-american view.
theaton
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:22pmOpinions should be based on fact. When you show that the opinion is based on a lie the underlying opinion is false. Just because Criminal/Client #9 asked a couple of Dems why they didn‘t pass a budget doesn’t let him off the hook for not doing it at the time of the beahvior. It is clear that he is asking now to make it appear that he is not biased. Until others started pointing out the dems failed to pass a budget, Client #9 was happy as a lark ignoring it. Coming to the party after the party is winding down and acting like you were the life of the party is liberal/progressive normalcy.
Report Post »Airgun
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:48pmStrangely enough, I do agree with one line out of your analysis ABC.
Report Post »BO is “trying to appear” as the adult.
Unfortunately, he is not.
abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:10pmNeoFan, and one look at HuffPo highlights the omissions on Fox. You need to watch media that slants left and right, but there are rules for journalism that pundits do not follow. Bozell is a pundit calling out Borger for reporting that Obama is trying to appear as the adult, which is exactly what the AP wire noted as well. Yet he is then claiming that the objective reality to report is that Obama is not an adult. He wants to quash the fact but report as news the opinion. This is crazy. And this should not be tolerated from journalists, no matter how biased the pundits are on a network. And Bozell, who claims to be a news watchdog, should know better. It is amazing that he doesn’t.
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:24pmABC…Pleeeeze!
Keep it PITHY…what a BORE you are being.
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:31pmBoomBoom, you must have me confused with someone who thinks that the news should be fun and entertaining. I think quite the opposite. Boring is good sometimes.
Report Post »and to the republic
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:43ammy goodness, it is fun watching people from the RIGHT finally standing up to the LEFT Media….
Report Post »this is gonna be fun to watch as more and more do it…
Revere1
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:46amI know, it’s a thing of beauty. Liberal journalists are caught totally flat-footed when people confront them with their bias: http://www.battlefield315.com/2011/02/how-liberal-journalists-think.html
Report Post »Whitey4West
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:47amRemember once upon a time, when you could watch the news and actually believe it?
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:51am“How can you with a straight face go on this show and tell me you don’t have a bias? That’s what you were hired to have.”
How true — only a blithering idiot would not know this to be a fact.
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:56ambias and deceit. msm credo because they have taken it on faith (not facts) that barry soetoro is eligible to be potus. for those of you who say “we need to confront him on his actions/policies” this does not preclude or supercede any provision in the US Constitution that sets forth the requirements to be President. I mean really, think about it. It’s not that hard. Any attempts to complicate this simple issue is simple deception.
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:56amI’m kind of shocked that CNN left this up on their website.
Remember when CNN was ACTUALLY a news network?
http://www.ISeeDanger.com
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:58amBravo, Mr. Walsh. Three strikes, you’re out, Spitzer.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:58am^______^______^
Their bias and love for BHO will be their undoing. The day is coming when some major piece of news is going to come and these guys will not cover it properly setting off the American people.
His strong views just happened to always be left and there was no buying into the narrative they created for some unknown reason and love with BHO. What is that btw? What is this love for him by the media, there are countless clips proving the hypocrite he is most recent are over his position on signing statements. BHO is a lie yet they are still in the tank for him… why?
Someone please explain how Spitzer is qualified to have a show?
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:01pmI don’t watch CNN, but how can he say he doesnt have a bias when he has a picture of the obaminator behind him?
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:01pm“The truth? THEY can’t handle the truth…” Spitzer got caught with his guard down, the liberals will start being more “prepared” when talking to the right from now on, but I hope the conservative right GIVES THEM HELL!!! I‘d love to see Beck grill Soros’, even for just a minute!!! Egotistical bast*rd!!!
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:06pmThis is not fun at all. This is actually a very revealing exchange, because it means that the left and right do not agree over what reality is anymore. Brent Bozell wrote that Eliot Spitzer has ignored the Dem’s responsibility for not passing a budget. However, Spitzer HAS called out multiple liberals and Democrats on the issue, so the FACTS and REALITY is that Bozell’s claim is false. Bozell then changes the question by claiming that Spitzer is biased. This claim is true. Spitzer has a left-leaning ideology. But this is not a bad thing.
What is bad is Bozell’s belief that one judges the effectiveness of a journalist based upon whether their ideological/partisan line of inquiry overlaps with Bozell’s conservative bias. This is wrong. The test should be whether the journalist’s inquiry reveals the relevant facts to understand the issue fully. Spitzer points this out when he shows that Gloria Borger states that Obama is trying to appear the grown up, which is an accurate description of his strategy. Bozell counters by saying that Obama has “no currency in this debate….is giving lectures.” But this is a partisan and ideological comment. A pundit or editorialist can make that comment, but not a journalist. In short, Bozell is not interested in facts but only in the facts that support his opinion, whch he views is the only “reality” even though it is not reality but his biased view of it. This is why Bozell doesn’t think it appropriate to report when the Treasurer claims that a certain economic policy is cataclysmic; even if such a claim is hyperbole and biased, that the Treasurer is making the point IS news. Similarly, to raise the issue of risks to military wives in the absence of a bill might be politically inconvenient, but it is not false. Until a bill is passed the risks are there and are newsworthy. Bozell’s point about what Congress said is weak, since Congress almost always promises much and delivers little. Any anti-government right-winger ought to appreciate a healthy skepticism of what Congress says it is going to do, afterall.
I think folks have to understand that inconvenient facts are still facts, and to say that they cannot be reported, as Bozell essentially does here, is dangerous. People are entitled to know all of the relevant facts, but Bozell only wants those reported that further his conservative narrative. This is a problem for those of us that want more objective news, and who believe that even biased people can deliver that objective news. The only impediment are the partisan blow-hards like Bozell who cannot tell the difference between opinion and fact, ideological narrative and objective reality.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:08pmEat crow…Spitzer!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:09pmI love it! Now if we could get more R’s SPEAKING UP to the Dems on the floors of Congress!
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:10pmSo spitzer’s thinks because he questions a democrat last week about the lack of BUDGET in 2010 when both houses and the president were democraticly controled shows how unbiase the media truely is. Here the question Spitzer where were you in 2010 when the Demcrats were afraid to pass a budget in an election year……. that‘s Bozwell’s point. I’m quite sure there will be more honest stories about Obama after he loses the next elections. Stories that should have been done when he was committing these corrupt and unconstitutional acts. not AFTER THE FACT
Report Post »rpp
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:10pmThis type of interview will not last long. Soon these biased liberals will simply refuse to have anyone on who will point out their bias.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:16pmWhat a total set up on Spitzer’s part, “Here is an interview I did a few days ago”. Hey Elliot how bout bringing in more than one clip from more than just “a few days ago”.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:20pmThis is too funny. What that saying Elliot? Oh yea, I thinks though protests too much. The hiring of client #9 shows what a joke CNN has become. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMRNUGXxII
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:22pmyep, they are so used to conservatives just being polite and non-confronational that it really throws them into a tailspin when the worm turns. A good example is the interview Obama did with the Texas reporter. He almost had a temper tantrum because he didn’t get soft-ball questions and the reporter was more confrontational than the cheerleaders who usually interview him.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:30pmRevere1
“I know, it’s a thing of beauty. Liberal journalists are caught totally flat-footed when people confront them with their bias:” Don’t forget the FACTS!
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:40pm@ABC
you say “Brent Bozell wrote that Eliot Spitzer has ignored the Dem’s responsibility for not passing a budget. However, Spitzer HAS called out multiple liberals and Democrats on the issue”
Please substantiate that claim.
Your example of a FACT (vs. opinion) is that “Spitzer points this out when he shows that Gloria Borger states that Obama is trying to appear the grown up, which is an accurate description of his strategy.”
Yet your own use of the adjective and noun “accurate description” indicates that what you present is in actuality no more than an interpretation of a given set of events and statements, rather than objective fact. The only “fact” in your example is that Spitzer references Gloria Borger’s interpretation of the events. Since your example is thus nothing more than an interpretation made by a person who represents her own specific context in history and place (and worse, is a second handed repetition of that context from yet another context) what you present is no more or less “factual” than Bozell’s contention “that Obama has ‘no currency in this debate….is giving lectures.’”
Don’t try to deconstruct the deconstructor, You won’t win.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:41pm@abc;
“What is bad is Bozell’s belief that one judges the effectiveness of a journalist based upon whether their ideological/partisan line of inquiry overlaps with Bozell’s conservative bias.” Since when was client 9 a journalist?
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:43pm@rpp;
Not as long as Fox is around – that’s why they want to take it down!
Report Post »en2deep
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:52pmABC is back at it again, these clowns are not journalist they are part of the journOlist who take this regimes talking points as gospel. I mean for goodness sake why don’t they just put Obamas words in red letters. What happened to TRUTH TO POWER, or is that only when there is Republican administration?
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:03pmI cannot agree with you more, ABC! Well, not with the part about this not being fun. But I do agree that the left and right no longer agree about what is reality. So true, so true! For far too long the lefty media has been dicatating to the public what “reality” is when it comes to bias–and you are right– conservative media is finally deciding to publically disagree with this imposed “reality.” It’s about time!
Report Post »But you keep on–please do. Your fear of the lefty “reality” crumbling is inspiring.
BetterDays
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:34pm@ABC
Let me be the first to congratulate you on a well thought out post. But I find the both main stream medias bias, as well as Fox’s bias to be disingenuous. You correctly point out that both sides leave out relevant information, with intent might I add.
I don’t agree with very much you post, but I do find you to be genuine. And that says a lot about the content of your character. Unlike like most of the travesty of trolls that post on the Blaze, you present your facts based upon bias and solid research as well as versed presentation. Perhaps that is why I consider you the single most dangerous left leaning contributor to the Blaze, that was a backhanded compliment BTW.
you don’t often lay claim to an ideology, and your views , while being coherent and concise are difficult to to “ label”, again more than likely by intent, success.
if I might be so bold ABC, just where do you stand on the line of “ologies”?
I think you and I have exchanged viewpoints on a different forum, In any case I for one am glad at least, that you take the time to post your view point here at the Blaze, despite the reception I and others greet you with. For me it is not about bulldozing the evil socialist’s, I’d rather good common sense and complete revelation of truths were not unique in discourse but the rule of thumb, or rather of tongue.
Bias is, and shall ever remain , because most of mankind garners their self esteem based upon the acceptance and recognition they receive from other men, and not from GOD. Therefor I conclude, that Bias, and ideological half truth in media, in conversation, and sadly in churches shall in no means pass away until perfection returns. Therefor it is incumbent that each man be his own researcher, and to be a “workman, studying to show thyself approved.”, don’t depend upon hearing truth, but know it because in tireless investigation you have found it. But know this as well, that once you’ve found a truth, you shall not be believed when you speak it, better to live it and be inquired of than to speak it and be unheard.
“if they receive you not, knock the dust off your shoes and proceed from them. For it will be better for Sodom and Gemorah then for these in the last days.”
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:50pmFirstHat,
“you say “Brent Bozell wrote that Eliot Spitzer has ignored the Dem’s responsibility for not passing a budget. However, Spitzer HAS called out multiple liberals and Democrats on the issue”
Please substantiate that claim.”
Spitzer has mentioned this criticism about this lack of passing a budget when he had David Stockman, Reagan’s former Budget Director, on the program some weeks ago. He also raised the issue shortly after the fall election when Ed Rendell was on his show. He also has taken liberals to task, like Van Den Heuvel, Editor of the Nation, when she joined him along with the editor of Reason magazine to discuss budget and taxation. Spitzer is remarkably fair and open about letting all sides articulate their point of view, giving Nick Gillespie at Reason (a libertarian, anti-tax publication) much more time than the liberal Heuvel. This does not happen when Bozell-type pundits invite the other side on their shows.
“Your example of a FACT (vs. opinion) is that “Spitzer points this out when he shows that Gloria Borger states that Obama is trying to appear the grown up, which is an accurate description of his strategy.” Yet your own use of the adjective and noun “accurate description” indicates that what you present is in actuality no more than an interpretation of a given set of events and statements, rather than objective fact. The only “fact” in your example is that Spitzer references Gloria Borger’s interpretation of the events.”
Wrong. Borger reported that Obama reported that Obama seeks to be the adult after he used that phrase in a speech. This was followed by an AP report stating that both the GOP and the Dems are attempting to be the ones who appear as an adult. Borger is similarly reporting that this is the strategy of both sides. (Think about it: do you think the prudent election strategy is to appear as the child?) So it IS an accurate statement to say that Obama wants to APPEAR as though he is the adult in the conversation. This has NOTHING to do with whether that appearance is reality or that strategy will work. It is not dissembling to report what the strategy is. Further, there have been reports in the past quoting (admittedly unnamed) sources that say that this has been Obama’s strategy since the election. McClatchy pointed out the appointments of Dailey and Imelt to give the appearance of Obama being friendlier to business, for example. These are not controversial opinions but facts. And they are accurate. I think you are confusing the fact of Obama’s strategy with the opinion that it reflects reality. And so you blame Borger for a crime she is not guilty of. And when the AP notes that the GOP is similarly trying to appear like the adults, Bozell strangely doesn’t complain. Why do you think that is? Hint, hint: because Bozell is not interested in objective facts, but only opinions (and the selectively reported facts) that further his ideological causes.
“Since your example is thus nothing more than an interpretation made by a person who represents her own specific context in history and place (and worse, is a second handed repetition of that context from yet another context) what you present is no more or less “factual” than Bozell’s contention “that Obama has ‘no currency in this debate….is giving lectures.’””
Wrong. Borger is not making an interpretation that is remotely on the level with Bozell’s opinionated criticism of the President. First, the President used the language of “adult conversation” in the speech. Second, the AP wire first reported the use of such rhetoric by both sides following this speech:
(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/06/ap/politics/main20051501.shtml; and before you say it, the AP wire is totally independent of CBS News)
And third, there is a huge difference between reporting the strategy and commenting on whether it is legitimate or not (Borger did the first, while Bozell did the second). If you cannot tell that difference, the problem is not any deconstructing on my part, but your inability to distinguish facts from opinions.
“Don’t try to deconstruct the deconstructor, You won’t win.”
This isn’t about winning. It is about demanding that everyone be entitled to only their own opinions, but not their own facts. And that means you need to know the difference between the two, which is tough when people like you dissemble the clear distinction between these.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:53pm@ABC
Report Post »This whole argument is about the distrust that the American people have for our news outlets. CNN has always been a Left-leaning organization. So has the “mainstream” media (ABC, CBS, and especially NBC). There seems to be very little accuracy in their reporting because they consider their jobs to be telling us what they think that we should know and hear instead of telling the whole truth. I believe that was Bozell‘s complaint about Miss Borger’s “reporting”….she claimed it as fact instead of pointing out President Obama’s inconsistancies concerning his “strategy”. The Progressives claim that “Fox News Lies”……however, they don’t seem to have the same criticisms for the Progressive media outlets……so now it comes down to “us” vs. “them” in our news gathering……and it is left up to us to determine who is right and who is wrong…..and to determine who is “scare-mongering”…..
abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:01pmDale, not client 9 (aka Eliot Spitzer), who is a pundit, but Gloria Borger, who is a political reporter.
GetLife,
“cannot agree with you more, ABC! Well, not with the part about this not being fun. But I do agree that the left and right no longer agree about what is reality. So true, so true! For far too long the lefty media has been dicatating to the public what “reality” is when it comes to bias–and you are right– conservative media is finally deciding to publically disagree with this imposed “reality.” It’s about time! But you keep on–please do. Your fear of the lefty “reality” crumbling is inspiring.”
So you really think that the “reality” presented on Fox is more accurate than the one presented on CNN? Please prove it to me, since the studies I have read suggest that those that rely on Fox have more misinformation in their heads than those who rely on CNN. You know the polls that were done, and they were not discredited only fake-discredited. This is not to say that CNN doesn’t have biases and make mistakes, but if you think that Sean Hannity presents a more objective reality to his viewers than Spitzer, you are really kidding yourself. What Hannity really presents is a narrative that more closely fits your ideology, but that doesn’t make it more real. Just more comfortable to you. Hopefully, you can understand that difference. And you are entitled to prefer Hannity over Spitzer, but when Bozell writes that Spitzer didn’t call out Democrats for failing to pass a budget, that is a FACTUALLY WRONG statement that even YOU should be demanding he retract. But you don’t, since you care less about the accuracy of reporting than you do about the win-loss column of your conservative pundits versus the liberal ones you hate. This is analogous to rooting for even bad ref calls if they help your favorite NFL team. There should be no place for this in reporting. So, to the extent that Fox is merely the reverse of CNN but at least as biased, it doesn’t help bring the country together around a consensus on what the relevant facts are, and this is a tragedy for all of us, even if you don’t see it. For those that believe in democracy, where we all compromise our ideal vision because we recognize that it is imperfect, it IS a tragedy. For the rest, who think that they have a monopoly on truth, reality and goodness, I suspect that they like things the way that they are and only lament that they don’t have all the power. But those people apparently cannot distinguish fact from opinion, so how seriously can you taken them????
Report Post »abc
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:06pmSam,
Sorry, but you are missing the point. You are starting from the assumption that there are no facts only opinions, and that the inevitable bias of humans means that one cannot report facts accurately. That is why you write that American journalists have shown “little accuracy in their reporting.” But this is clearly false. They accurately report lots of facts, from the weather to plane crashes to the level of the Dow. And it is actually dangerous to say otherwise, since that means that there are no facts but only opinions, and you are entitled to your facts and I to mine. Think about it this way: we know that doctors are fallible, but it doesn’t mean that they have no ability to diagnose and treat illness; else, you might as well go to a plumber for surgery. Yet when folks falsely claim that all reporting on CNN is suspect because of the bias of the journalists, they are ignoring the accurate reporting that is going on, and they give license to pundits to brazenly lie and then claim that they are merely doing what CNN journalists do. This leaves us without any facts, and, in a country with a First Amendment, it would be a tragedy to have as little faith in information as they had in the former USSR.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 5:33pm@ABC
Report Post »First of all, thank you for responding. In my comments I may not have been as clear as I had intended to be. I was focused mainly on the political reporting that goes on in our news agencies. I agree that the news outlets do report accurately on the weather, most tragic accidents, sporting events, and the like. My concern is that we, as Americans, cannot get a truthful, non-biased report from the “journalists” that bring the news to us. There seems to be way too much “cherry-picking” when they sit in their conference rooms and determine which stories they will report and how they will spin the stories when it is told to us. Unfortunately, I often feel like our media outlets are from the former USSR……they tell us what to believe and when to believe it. President Obama is a perfect example……there is NO DOUBT that the Progressive media fell in love with him and did everything in their power to sell us a “bill of goods”……they do not report critically on his policies (only on the policies that they feel do not hold up to PROGRESSIVE values)…..as far as your analogy about the doctors goes…..if a doctor has a bias against any treatment that could help my medical condition, and perhaps even cure it, and he/she does not offer that treatment due to his/her bias, then that doctor is not of any good use to me…….the doctor’s personal bias has made my medical needs irrelevant because they “feel” that I am not worth the doctor being a true professional and being faithful to their trade…….I feel the same about most of our media outlets…..of course, this is how I see things in my own simple, little world……you may disagree completely, and that is alright…..you are not my enemy…..unless somebody in the mainstream media tells me otherwise…….I’ll be watching MSNBC later this evening to find out……
GETLIFE
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:47amThanks for responding, ABC. I admire the determination you have to refute, but feel as though you are refuting, I dunno, somebody else you may know? I don’t watch Sean Hannity. Way too polarizing for me. Often a bunch of extreme pundits who never get anywhere with their arguments because they are always interrupting each other. As a matter of fact, where I live I can only get Fox online, so if I turn on the TV it’s CNN, MSNBC, or the BBC in English, and a host of others not in English. Yes, of course I do spend some time online, but the others get more than equal time. I regularly watch the news in three different languages. When you watch the variety of news presentations that I watch, it becomes remarkably clear where the bias is hiding on all sides. I am sure you are well aware that this bias is not just in the presentation of a story, but also in the choice of what is newsworthy, and the order of importance in a newscast. The new reality is that the old status quo of CNN and other left-biased networks being some kind of “middle of the road” standard is rightfully being replaced. They are simply being placed where they should be on the political spectrum. Get over it.
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:43amWhy is Client number 9 an anchor on CNN?
Report Post »He should be in hiding or something. CNN is biased and idiotic
jblovesAmerica
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:20pmthe ex-Gov is a sociopath-no moral fiber-no character.
Report Post »he made his family “Proud”
GETLIFE
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:41pmSo refreshing to hear it said loud and clear. Could get harder and harder for the lefty media to find interesting guests who are willing to quietly play by their rules. Like what he’s doing or not, Trump has been an inspiration in breaking taboos when speaking with lefty media.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:43pmI Love It! What We The People have been saying all along, is FINALLY being said directly to the liberal talking heads. And, in front of God and everybody! Keep It Up!
Every American in the position of being interviewed by lib media needs to confront them in the same way. Yep! Drag those libs, screaming and kicking, out and into the Light of Truth! America will LOVE watching it happen, time after time, after time and again, and again, and again!
Thanks For The Opening Kick-Offs, Joe Walsh And Brent Bozell! Good Job, Warriors! Well Done!
hersey10
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:43pmBrent Bozell is excellent , they should have known who they were inviting on the show , this clearly shows the idiocy at Chicken Noodle News CNN .
NSDQ
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:45pmOh come now Bias? Blantant Lying? Name calling I cant believe the MSM would resort to such things, well at least there Rachel Maddow to keep things honest and civil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJgTlPwQEUM
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:46pmLou Dobbs was the only one i ever cared to watch on CNN and after he left i quit watching,CNN is just one step above MSNBC
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:46pmIs there anyone still watching CNN? I couldn’t find any of the protests as story lines or anything about the world burning. In fact, how is Obama war in Libya going? What is going on in Iraq and Afganistan? I even think Fox could do a better job of reporting some of the stories out there. I go to the web site for headlines but wish I could find more. Even Beck…caught his update on MSN? I would have expected Fox to announce something about what he is up to. Afterall, we all know he has been. I don’t think a patriot would abandon us from a number 3 spot to never heard from again…that is just Soros dreams.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:47pmWhere’s #9′s squeeze. Yet he’s OK with showing is face and mouth in public.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:52pmBrent Bozell has an agenda, he is close minded and in this case, is the pot calling the kettle black. Why would someone who is objective automatically mock the president of Media Matters but support the president of Media Research Center. It seems like the truth lies somewhere in between the two. But, there is a market for hearing only what you want to hear, so that’s what this is all about. Ideology Vs Truth.
SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:01pmLiberals do not have a moral anchor to “cling” too. Their anchor is preaching about how Republicans are screwing the majority and the liberals are the only ones who can save them. Little things like murder-abortion, infedelity, cheating on taxes, lieing, etc can be excused away because they have a higher calling.
Report Post »news12kim
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:10pm@ HIPPONIPS: DITTO!
Bozell would make an awesome president.
Report Post »brliantedj
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:14pmBetter question yet is why did CNN get rid of Lou Dobbs? The only voice of reason.
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:30pmhes a lib dimo crap. we are lucky they are not wanting him as pres. remember rules are for conservs
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:30pmWhy are we trying to preach to the choir. Anyone who posts here already knows that the MSM is biased. Is this new news?
Report Post »ronaldreaganthegreat
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:36pmOmg, LMAO LMAO LMAO
Touche!!!!!
Report Post »gotta light
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:38pmelliot phone home… the lame street media bias is so apparent no one can defend it with a straight face including you…
wonder where he gets his prostitutes from these days?
hey bud gotta light?
Report Post »Miami
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:44pmEvery man this guy convicted should be set free, all he does is lie through his teeth, smiling and playing it off but the fact is he can’t keep a straight face. Brent Bozell called him on it perfectly…!
Report Post »Sgt.Crust
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:47pmThe womanizer was left twisting in the wind my friends. Frankly, who gives a rip what this lecher says or thinks anyway? pfffft
Report Post »UncleBuck
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:55pmIt‘s ok Elliot your hero Barry isn’t watching, he and the whole white house collective are watching some guy named Al, last name Jazeera or something like that……
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:20pmCNN hires sleezy whoremonger to rep them…Hmmmm.
Report Post »Birds of a Feather…
TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:21pmI love the “straight face” comment. Has anyone really looked at Elliots frikin’ face and thought is was straight to start with? Why do you all think the guy has to pay for sex in the first place?
Isn’t it obvious? LMAO
Report Post »I Love Section 8 Housing
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:35pmI’m assuming you guys think FOX hosts are NOT biased? Right, they’re fair and balanced. lol
Report Post »uv
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:52pmowned.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:54pmIs Elliot Spitzer Jewish?
Report Post »DarthVader
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 3:10pmTheBlaze is biased. Hello??? Why doesn’t TheBlaze cover the fact that Glenn Beck NEVER EVER had opposing views on his show. Eliot does. Eliot is a million times more credible than Beck for this reason. This is why Glenn will fail in the news business. Journalism should be about education, not persuasion.
Report Post »Michael
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 3:21pmSounds like CNN is running scared. They are afraid of being labelled a left-leaning news oraganization more and more lately. Could it be they realize what will happen the first Tuesday in November in 2012 and are preparing themselves?
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 3:46pmGive me a break!
Spitzer asked the question about Dems passing a budget from HIS idological point of view. “Why didn’t you pass a budget when you had all Dems to vote for it and the ideology you wanted”. (loose quote)
He even used the word ideology! …..Yes he asked the question!….. But he asked it from HIS ideological point of view! He is steamed at Dems because they missed an opportunity! Plain and simple……..Simple, like the viewers of CNN………………….
Pretty funny watching Spitzer, of all people, trying to defend himself against bias!
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 4:54pmLike the boss “This is The Rising”
Report Post »jeff.cooper
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 4:56pmThe left is notorious for cashing in on their ill-advised behavior. Besides, everyone knows that the path to a gig on CNN begins by having an adulterous affair; its called earning your street creds.
Report Post »1proudAmerican
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:07pmSpitzer – another loser from NY.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:41pmAnother post of mine censored by the Blaze. It must have something to do with the new hire from the huffpo. That was a bad move.
Bozell is one of very few people that goes after a media that is sickeningly (word?) biased toward the anti-American mob, including trhe Obama administration.
We must come together against all anti-Americans…
Report Post »http://www.AmericasTeaPartyNews.com
SpeckChaser
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:57pm@DarthVader
I guess you missed the episode with the head of THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY!!!!!!!
Report Post »Maybe you should give some thought to THINKING about what your going to say…before you say it.
oldoldtimer
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:35pmSo CNN now employees expoliticians with no morals? Just like CNN no morals.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:57amTrump inspired.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:56amIf Gloria Borger is a reporter, she is of the pundit-disguised-as-reporter variety. Don’t waste my time with her. The lady down the street gives more insightful political analysis.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 4:04amSorry, above post should have been posted below. In response to ABC.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 8:16amOne of the fortes of the left is the ability to whitewash the background–history–of anyone “chosen” to be part of their elite. Look at what they have done with the Clintons!
Report Post »indy1
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 9:30amSpitzer is doing to us what he did to his bimbos.
Report Post »SamAdamslives
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 6:57pmWhy is he not in jail???
Report Post »Didn’t he purchase prostitution repeatedly?
Does anyone reading this think they could get away scot-free doing so like he did?
What is happening to our country when the rule of law is not being applied to EVERYONE, including this creep?
Our govt. is infested with this kind of disease….