Posted by
Adam Cassandra on Saturday, April 18, 2009 2:20:07 PM
On Thursday, Joe Scarborough reacted to
the vile coverage of the TEA Party protests seen on his own MSNBC
network, and on CNN. I'm somebody at this network has some sense.
"You look at these huge rallies, and I'm not going to mention names of
people on networks that made sexual jokes, childish sexual jokes, about
tens of thousands of Americans who went out and wanted to get involved
in their government." The names Joe didn't mention would be ones like Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and David Shuster.
Scarborough continued, "I mean, it was really middle school jokes being made. I didn't hear
those jokes being made when people on the left protested over the past
eight years."
"But, if a media outlet wants to expose its bias, they can mock tea parties, if they like."
Scarborough asserted that he would expect such
juvenile actions from liberal bloggers, however, "I would expect
more...from news outlets. And it happened on several networks
yesterday."
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell also chastised the liberal press for their coverage.
"Now the news isn't just biased, it's R-rated," said Bozell. "MSNBC and
CNN both allow this vulgar attack-journalism to go out on their
airwaves without blinking an eye and without any sign of guilt. It
appears neither woeful bias nor lowly crassness on their airwaves
bothers them a bit."
"MSNBC and CNN owe these decent Americans an apology for the slimy,
smarmy attacks they perpetrated in 'covering' the TEA Parties. Ordinary
citizens exercising their First Amendment rights in over 750 cities and
towns deserve the media's coverage, not their sleaze-riddled
condemnation."
Eric Odom, administrator of TaxDayTeaParty.com, told WorldNetDaily, "It couldn't become more apparent that CNN is taking their content off
left-wing blogs and pushing it out through what they consider ethical
and coherent journalism. And I think it further proves the
downfall of the mainstream media."
"What's
been happening in the last few days has been an example of the
[media's] clear and present and complete disconnect with American
society. I don't even know if CNN knows they're doing
this. I think they believe what they're saying is sincerely accurate,"
Odom said, adding, "I don't know that we'd like to see an apology more
than we'd like to
see some sort of grasp of reality because this is a
completely unrealistic realm that they're thriving in, and it's hard to
believe they're considered mainstream journalism."