For some reason, YouTube is not letting me import this video so here is the link to go and watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMAXw3ZZuYU
Now, I know most of you think that I have lost my mind already. And linking to a Sean Hannity video? Don't worry, I still think Sean is a mindless drone. I found this interview interesting because if a Democrat had said the things that our mayor said, Hannity would've done his usual re-frame and attack job. Instead, ol' Sean was quite the smitten kitten, which I found amusing.
Wednesday: Part 2 of the interview.
8 comments:
While I applaud his social liberlism, Giuliani is still a right wing stooge for the oil and defense industry. He is no different than Bush.
I think Giuliani would be decent on education but his stance on the Iraq War sours it all for me.
Isn't that how it works, though? ...liberal commentators serve up softballs to candidates they like and grill the opposition. It's no different on the right. Sure, Hannity was easy on him, compared to how he'd go after a Democrat candidate, but look at it from the perspective of a conservative; he went after Giuliani's weakness, abortion. So, it was nice & cordial, but not exactly a gimme.
Dave, The one thing I've never been able to figure out is the conservative standpoint on the media. It's all liberal right?
I don't see it.
All of the media covered the Lewinsky thing 24-7 for two years (while Al Qaeda was planning an attack btw), never letting up on Clinton. The New York Times constantly rips on the Clintons marriage, sat on the wiretaps story for a year (!) and had a reporter go to jail (Judith Miller) who was protecting the Bush administration. Right wing radio dominates this country, in large parts of many states it is the only talk radio you can get.
I'll give you Air America as liberally biased but the rest of it? They serve the interests of the companies that own them, which means advertisers and money. If the country is skewing conservative, then they become lapdogs of the right (see 2001-2005). If it is skewing liberal, then rip on some conservatives for awhile.
That leaves public radio and television which is also supposedly liberally biased. Again, I don't see it. Just because they report mistakes conservatives make doesn't make them liberal. It makes them good public servants.
I don’t think you can find a quote by me stating that. I’d never be as bold as state “all”; I’m very careful in my wording on such issues. But, yes, I find the media to be liberal. Heck, just ask them; each and every poll (on themselves & by themselves) shows 85%+ voting for liberal agendas). And like you, I can’t fathom how the other side sees it any differently. What I believe it boils down to is perception. You and I both look at a news story, read the exact same words and interpret in altogether different ways.
I listen to NPR occasionally. Case in point; there was an NPR radio story on a state dinner or roast of President Bush or some such thing. The news story began with something to the degree of, “President Bush was able to set aside his dwindling poll numbers due to such and such issue in Iraq and such and such a scandal to attend whatever the event was…” It was just stupid. A report on a social event of the President starts out with 4 or 5 negative comments that in the end had nothing to do with the story they were reporting on. Why was it necessary? Why is it that when the President attends, say a G-8 summit, the news story is about the 20 anarchists protesting in the street and I never get to hear what the meeting was actually about?
The owners of media conglomerates may very well be evil, rich, white conservatives, but I don’t know them. I just know what I see and hear on the news. And it’s very biased to me.
Note: be careful not to confuse commentary programs such as talk radio or Sean Hannity with supposed “news” programs such as “The Evening News”.
Well, that's just it, where is the news anymore? For my main news, I watch the BBC, German Journal, and Mosaic, which is newscasts from the Middle East, including al Jezeera. What a hoot that is!
I go back and forth between AM 1280 and AM 950 and sometimes, ironically, they say the same things about the media...it's biased or slanted against the liberals/conservatives.
And if you are curious as to who runs the media, check this out...
http://markadelphia.blogspot.com/2006/07/final-word.html
You'll forgive me if I don't take your "final word" speech as the final word.
There may indeed be some evil, rich, white conservatives running some powerful networks but you've also done a lot of reaching there; guilt by association with money. If that's your only criteria, I'll look forward to Mr. Soros giving a speech at the GOP convention.
But again, the proof's in the pudding. I could disect any day's worth of news from the mainsteam media and you'll see it. Well, you won't because you'll 'agree' with it and thus not take notice of the bias, but it will be there. Mainstream media consists of traditional television news programs and newspapers. It doesn't consist of talk radio or commentary programs on FOX. And any which way you want to look at it, it is slanted left. Not always. Not 100%. But decidedly. Read studies of Lexus/Nexus searches done. Want examples? I've got oodles.
You pride yourself on varied reading habits. Read Bernard Goldberg's "Bias"?? Here's a man with impeccable Democratic credentials who claims to have never (and will never) vote Republican, and he blew the whistle on the bias. It's a good book and, to date, I've not heard anyone be able to legitimately discredit much of what he has to say.
No problem, I forgive you, that's why I love ya, baby!
I will check out the book. I don't have any good socio-political books on my nighttable so this one sounds like it might be a good read.
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