The Arbiters of Good Taste
Jonathan Horn ·
September 13, 2012 at 4:17am
When Governor Romney called a press conference earlier today to discuss the attacks on the American embassy in Cairo and the the consulate in Benghazi, reporters lambasted the Republican nominee for injecting politics into a day of tragedy. So it's worth looking back just one day earlier to see how our media overlords handled another sad day in our history -- the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Americans woke up yesterday to see numerous mainstream outlets treating the shamefully revisionist claims in this article about 9/11, which even The New York Times ran in the op-ed section, as news. So much for being the arbiters of good taste.
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Dec '10
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It was also yesterday, on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 atrocities, that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, called in to a morning radio show in Miami hosted by "Pimp with a Limp" DJ Laz. This actually happened.
May '10
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Let's also remember the Democrats' incessant calls for tolerance of Muslims after 9/11. This Administration's response to the embassy attacks should not have been a surprise to Republicans.
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And I ask, who looked presidential today? No question it was Romney.
Apr '11
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Guess he will still be running against Bush till the day he loses....which of course will then be Bush's fault.
May '10
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To call it a tragedy is an outrage. This was a foreign policy moment calling for decisive leadership from the President. We got none of it. The American people have a right to learn how the opposing candidate views the situation and what he would have done differently.
It's the media who are shamefully "politicizing" events, by, instead of reporting them and searching for real answers, they are busy trying to twist the occasion into a "Romney steps in it" meme.
I hope to God it won't fly with the public.
Jun '10
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And if Romney kept silent, the mainstream press would say it's because he doesn't have enough experience to make an intelligent comment. If you can't win either way, you might as well just follow your heart.
Feb '11
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After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Neville Chamberlain was denounced in Parliament for his lack of action. LINK
I guess those who are objecting to Romney's stance would think, if they are consistent, that the MPs should have just shut up and saluted Chamberlain's policies.
May '10
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Everyone remembers how Carter's fecklessness in 1980 contributed to his loss. The MSM hacks know that this could bring their precious Obama down. Hence the over-the-top response to Romney's statement. They can't let the Republican get any advantage because of this. Cannot let that happen!
May '11
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Complaining about the media in the right echo chamber does no good.
Breitbart was preaching this before he died, but the media is enemy #1. Their biases have to be exposed. We need spies in their newsrooms, more hot mic episodes.
And the premises of their questions need to be politely challenged. Take a page from Newt.
It's depressing how easily and shamelessly they defined the narrative re: Cairo/Libya today (not sure how it played with the public but it's still disheartening).
I'm sort of disappointed at the Breitbart folks and the James O'Keefes. They haven't done enough to carry on his spirit. We miss him desperately now.
Jan '11
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Well, now, wait a minute, everyone. Romney shouldn't have interfered in the highly delicate diplomatic negotiations which are surely going on right now between our country and the leaders of Libya.
Right.
They're trying to suggest that Mitt might make things worse, as if it isn't already SNAFU there already.
I might be willing to buy the suggestion that we should speak with one voice and that the president should speak for all of us ... if he actually spoke for all of us, i.e., if he spoke at all. Instead, after being attacked, Obama issued an assurance that justice will be done, and then headed to Las Vegas for a fundraiser.
The Situation Room is thataway, Mr. President.
Feb '11
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No, I'm told this was a prerecorded interview that was supposed to air on Monday. We can't fault Obama for this one.
Oct '10
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MSM delenda est.
Aug '10
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Surely in the immediate aftermath the primary focus-and not just for the media-should be on what security arrangements were put in place for a US Consulate in a volatile location on the anniversary of 9/11?
Apr '12
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The ability for viewers of MSM to find clips and post them online to illustrate hypocrisy will be the undoing of big media. It is the blogs that lifted the veil from my eyes.
May '11
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it helps (and some reporters can be shamed), but you really need direct confrontation, otherwise they just try and ignore it
Jul '11
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One of the ways the president can be forced to answer tough questions that he'd rather avoid is to hold press conferences.
We have press conferences with the president all the time, don't we? We must. He's the president. He has to answer questions from the press pool, doesn't he?
Oct '10
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Anyone have a link to an analysis of that article? Google is producing a bunch of left-wing agitprop. From my own reading, the article seems to fail from simple subjectivity--the author is using hearsay to exaggerate his claims, using anecdotes to reframe existing evidence as more damning.
Edited on September 13, 2012 at 5:25pmOct '10
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I don't know. Right now, I think Obama looks more presidential, mostly because the media is pushing that meme. If we're lucky, in a few days voters will look back and think Romney and Obama were both equally "presidential," but that's about the most we can hope for.
Romney will need to be prepared for this to come up during the debates.
Jul '11
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I can sum up Romney's debate response to anything Barry says when foreign policy comes up:
"How'd that "smart" diplomacy work out for our ambassador to Libya, chief?"
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Joseph, I recommend reading the 9/11 Commission Report.