Al Gore Doesn't Take Lip From The Media

You can't mess with him, Diane SAWYER: And another point you say, "If Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11, the president took us into a war he didn't have to. Three thousand Americans and countless Iraqis died unnecessarily." Are you saying, in this book and this morning, that Americans -- 3,000 of them -- died unnecessarily? GORE: See, that's the kind of buzzword approach: "Is it an unnecessary death?" No. Those who serve our country are honored in memory and those who are still serving are always honored. That's not the question. There is hardly anybody in America left, Diane, who doesn't believe that it was a terrible mistake to invade a country that didn't attack us. Interestingly, Clinton did something similar a few months back on Fox with Chris Wallace. He simply would not let himself be bullied or manipulated. He called Wallace on it, and wouldn't relent. The thing is, I have always known Clinton to be a smart man, and Gore as well. To be honest, I don't think you get to the White House without being intelligent. GW may have the wisdom of a sack of rocks, but I doubt he's actually a moron. I can best sum up the difference between them with an analogy. Some people are just plain old good atheletes. These people have a natural talent that allows them to play sports, run fast, whatever. It came to them. Most don't have that, and they have to work harder to get as far. The thing is, natural talent does limit out. If you don't learn the new plays, if you don't learn how to read an opponant, you are just out of luck. The guy who has to work, though, has no choice but to laern those things. He has nothing to fall back on. He works, he learns, he gets better and better. He doesn't just 'do it', he understands the game. More topically, look at the most recent American Idol. Blake Lewis was not, in fact, the most talented voice there. But he understood music. He could make his own. I'm not putting down Ms. Sparks, or any of the other contestants. I'm sure that (at least some of them) worked very hard and practiced and all that. I'm just saying that Blake, once he gets his foot in the door, is more likely to have a long-lasting career in the music industry because he isn't relying on 'talent'. ANYHOW, isn't it interesting to watch these two guys, Bill and Al, take the bull by the horns? I wonder, what if all politicians decided that they weren't going to let the media push them around, weren't going to let the other side freely spread lies about them? And I'm talking about people on both sides. I really, REALLY, doubt that all those men up there during the recent Republican debate actually don't want gays to be out in the military. I find it even harder to believe that none of them believe in evolution. But if they were honest, they'd lose votes. The only way around that is to be open and blunt all the way. Tell people what you actually believe. Don't take a hit without hitting back. Be fighters. Tags:presidential election Al Gore Bill Clinton Fox News Assault On Reason MSM

Fox News Is Only As Reliable As The Onion

Fox News: If I read it, it must be true On Tuesday, Fox News morning show “Fox & Friends” aired at least eight segments on a purported “news” story that was actually a parody article written by a publication similar to The Onion. The backstory: Last week in the town of Lewiston, Maine, a group of Somalian Muslim middle school students were the subject of a cruel prank when their peers placed a ham steak next to them in order to personally offend the students. School officials filed a report because the students considered the act to be a hate/bias crime. This actual story was then spoofed by a parody site called Associated Content, which made up quotes and details, such as the school’s intention to “create an anti-ham ‘response plan.’” On Tuesday, Fox & Friends reported these parody quotes and details as actual news. Poking fun at the students, hosts asked whether ham was “a hate crime…or lunch?” and showed screen shots of ham sandwiches, starving Somalians, belching, animal noises, and mock “reenactments” of the incident. Ironically, the hosts assured viewers several times, “We’re not making this up!” No, I'm not making this up Tags:Fox News MSM Islam

WaPo is owned by BushCo

WaPo retracts FACTS that go against Bushco's Iran/Iraq theory In short A while back, NYT reports that US intelligence thinks certain explosives are coming from Iran. Lieutenant-Colonel Scott Bleichwehl then informs Reuters that they have found a factory producing just such explosives. WaPo dutifully reports this online. But an hour later, they remove the paragraph about the factory from the story. As Jon Stewart put it, its almost as if the mainstream media has completely abdicated its reponsibilities. (thanks atrios) Tags:iraq iran MSM

Little Green Footballs Shows the AP as LIARS!

I think the ap is lying to us and I have a stranger telling me its true! So, the rightwing nutjobosphere has been on a jihad against the AP for a few months now. REGARDLESS of whether or not this crusade (see? equal time!) is justified, you can't tell me that this isn't a sign of desperation in the fight. The AP issued a report about something or another that upset the folks at LGF. To strike doubt into the hearts of everyone who, well, already doesn't trust anything that the PNAC doesn't spoon feed them, they printed this: Today I received an email from an unnamed person in Baghdad with knowledge of the incident: Yes. Don't believe the massive media outlet that has a HUGE financial interest in being at least reasonably factual in its reporting. Believe the unnamed stranger? please. Tags:MSM Little Green Footballs conservative bloggers

Iran tried to make nice with the U.S.

link Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was rejected, a senior former US official has told the BBC's Newsnight programme ... But Vice-President Dick Cheney's office rejected the plan, the official said Of course, all this did was push Iran into a deeper, anti-US stance. The real question is, why am I not seeing this on cnn.com or msnbc.com? Oh, right, the liberal media... Tags:Iran MSM Media Bias