Please stop.

Someone should keep track of how many times this bullshit pops up in media accounts.

Truly dreadful "journalism".

Truly.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's still not totally on board, but I can't blame her. She put her heart and soul into her campaign and I think the idiot pundit class has unrealistic expectations for Democrats.

Having said that, I think she did an absolutely magnificent job last night. Now if only her "staff" would go away and the pundits would report what the Dems are saying about McCain instead of being psychiatrists, it would serve our nation well. That, however, may be too much to ask.

Their analysis of this convention is horrifying. Maybe they should stop talking and listen to what people are saying before they draw their "conclusions" on what did or did not happen.

No kiddin- does anyone still watch CBS? No, really. Anyone?

And of course there will be little to no such trash analysis done by CBS during the Repub convention. Mark it down.

We're going to be digging into examples today of media figures desperate to find some way, any way, of arguing that Hillary's speech yesterday was in fact a tacit non-endorsement of Obama.

Could you please reconsider?

As I mentioned in the first Hillary Speech thread last night, people missed the most obvious clue of all that she was speaking in code to disaffected PUMAS and McCain followers. From her opening remarks:

My friends, it is time to take back the country we love.

'My friends.' It's right there. /snerk

The whole time she was speaking, Hillary was contradicting herself in sign language!

If you just had the secret code, you could have known just what she was really saying: Elect Me! Obama has al the know-how of a Bulgarian shoe salesman - Elect Me!

I really wish our media had something better to do - like weave rag rugs and make baskets in a nice Home for the Raving Lunatics who Used to be on TV.

Obama1st beat me to the CSPAN comment. Out here on the West Coast, I am still often in my car during the big speeches and NPR is doing a pretty decent job covering the convention. I'd rather gouge my eyes out with a dull pencil than watch the relentless narrative weaving on either the big three or CNN.

Oyoyoy, the Clintons as diabolical schemers proves so easy to draw on that these so-called "news organizations" can't resist.

The coverage in this election calls for a comparative study with other elections since the first Iraq war and the introduction of the 24-hour news cycle.

Coming soon, we've got Ron Paul hosting a convention opposite the GOP whose 72 year old nominee with almost certainly select a pro-choice or wildly underqualified vp. We'll see what the MSM does with that.

Thank God for C-Span

I thought Hillary was exactly the same as she was through the primaries - wooden and painful to watch. Still, she made a great speech and put out the right message. The Clintons just have a pathological need for drama - it'll all be fine, the Hillary voters will come home.

How in the hell do we impeach the press??? Seriously! I think the last thing we need is a reporter shield law, we need to reign these a-holes in!

Needed laws:
-Prohibit playing campaign commercials as a part of a news broadcast or commercial entertainment show (should be considered an in-kind donation at full market value).

-Define journalism. Neither O'Reiley nor Colbert are journalists. They should not be allowed to operate under the protections of journalism - they should operate under the rules of commercial entertainment broadcasts.

-Clearly define the standards for "off-the-record" quotations and implement a mechanism that prevents journalists profiting by providing information laundering services.

-Make it illegal to quote ELECTED officials anonymously (you lose the right to anonymity when you take an oath of office). Prohibit APPOINTED officials being quoted off the record except in cases where they are exposing wrongdoing and might suffer real retaliation. Damage to reputation should NOT be a viable reason to grant anonymity.

Ok, I'll stop ... sorry .... rant over. The media is really pissing me off.

THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!! FOR MCCAIN!!!

Well, it almost had to be ... the "split" between Obama and Clinton is the only "story" story that the MSM has. The alternative would be actual assessments of issues, and who among that crowd of yakkers has any knowledge whatever of any substantive issues?

FWIW, I watched all the speeches from Sibelius (zzzz, I see why she's not the VEEP) through Clinton. I have to say, Clinton defined "classy" in that speech. She really rose to the occasion. She made a lot of people remember why they voted for her.

The better candidate gave the concession speech of a lifetime on the podium last night. Too bad so few people seem to have listened.

Thanks.

mp

Forget the viewers I would like to see George Soros hire a panel of body language experts to view and report on network and cable news pundits.

Sometimes I really give up hope that my country will finally stop freaking me out so fucking much. This is one of those times...

1. Rome is burning, and we seem obsessed by one invented psycho drama after another that means nothing.

That's a fairly loose use of the word "we" there. I think your comment would have been more accurate if you'd used "the MSM" instead of "we."

Cause this bullshit that the MSM wants me to care about doesn't mean a thing to me.

OT: Is this the start of a stealth attack on McCain's Age Issue?

Politico has a bit of an interview with Pat Leahy in which he compares McCain's mental gaffes to the waning years of Reagan's presidency:

Leahy told Vogel yesterday the media has given McCain a free pass on flubs including mixing up Middle East geography, Shiite and Sunni Muslims, and referring to Russia's relationship Czechoslovakia — a country that hasn't existed for 15 years.

"It was the same way with Ronald Reagan in the last few years he was president," Leahy said, referring to the belief that Reagan experienced early signs of Alzheimer's disease late in his presidency.

The press "let Ronald Regan get away with" slips, Leahy said, though he denied he was suggesting that McCain was experiencing mental decline.

And an email I got from Democrats.com demands that McCain take a test for Alzheimer's.

Nor can we afford the risk of dementia. 22% of Americans over 70 are affected by mild cognitive impairment, while 13% of Americans over 65 have Alzheimer's. Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at age 83, but early signs were evident during his first term. Britain's "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher developed dementia at age 75.

McCain has never had an Alzheimer's test, even though he has 6 of the 10 warning signs , including his inability to remember recent facts like the number of homes he owns, the $1M lawsuit he filed in 1990, or the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

John McCain owes America a thorough test for Alzheimer's and cognitive impairment long before Election Day.

Fair game, I say. If you're gonna run for president, prove that your mind can handle the rigors of the gig.

Such BS--

I've been supporting Obama since last year, and was really disgusted by the way Hillary was running her campaign and her refusal to stretch it out when the math was impossible.

I think she was truly sincere last night. Through this campaign I think she has grown as a person, and she herself rediscovered what this is all about.

I think the following part of the speech was as much a reminder to herself, as it was to her supporters:

"Those are the reasons I ran for President. Those are the reasons I support Barack Obama. And those are the reasons you should too.

"I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?"

Now I can honestly say I am really proud she is my Senator. I think she'll be a better Senator when politics are not in the way.

It should be more than apparent that the MSM has been totally co-opted by the right wing. Next we will see an astrologer, palm reader and tea leaves. I am sorry but this is the biggest bunch of bullshit that I have ever seen. We know which side the media has been on for this and the last two elections. Yet, we will not call them out for what they are. The comments that I hear here are similarly lame. It is time to go after the media. It is time to go after both McCain and the Republican party through negative issue ads. But we are the party of wussies who will stand back and lose yet one more time.

It should be more than apparent that the MSM has been totally co-opted by the right wing. Next we will see an astrologer, palm reader and tea leaves. I am sorry but this is the biggest bunch of bullshit that I have ever seen. We know which side the media has been on for this and the last two elections. Yet, we will not call them out for what they are. The comments that I hear here are similarly lame. It is time to go after the media. It is time to go after both McCain and the Republican party through negative issue ads. But we are the party of wussies who will stand back and lose yet one more time.

Extra!! Extra!!

Vocal inflection and body motion expert has determined that all major corporate media pundits are right-wing oligarchs trying to protect their capital gains and dividend tax cuts, as well as hoping to eliminate the estate tax so their children can be as successful and self-made as GW.

Also, their annual salary increases are tied to how positive a spin they can put on McCain and how negative a spin they can slap on Obama.

Any 'news' reported by them should be considered biased utter bull pucky.

End of story.

Great going, CBS. A body language expert -- exactly what intelligent viewers want to see and learn.

Maybe CBS "news" can sic their body language expert on Michelle & Barack's two adorable daughters. It's possible those two cute little girls were actually sending secret messages to the masses as they spoke to their Daddy after their Mom's speech.

Somewhere in the Great Beyond, Edward R. Murrow is about to puke.

I guess that means McStain will NEVER be into his speeches, seeing as how his hand jesters are limited as a result of his POW years.

See, even I can invoke the POW meme on completely unrelated topics.

You try!

Greg,

Please stop talking about Hillary Clinton, please. Hillary said her peace, now lets move on from the Clintons. Pls, don't play the MSM game.

"Got them to say" Greg? Like they called up and said, we'll give you $10,000 if you come on TV and say her heart wasn't in it? There's no chance in the world that these are professionals who know what they're talking about, or at least believe they do? It's pathetic that you actually set out to find this stuff, and then to insert such disrespect for these people's work just makes you look like a buffoon. Damn right her heart wasn't in it -- anyone could see that, and don't get bent if someone who studies this shit says so on TV. It's real.

WTF is Greg Sargent's thing with Hillary Clinton? Holy Christ.

Hillary Clinton could save someone's life by giving them mouth to mouth and CPR, and the only outcome, other than the rescued life, would be arrest for sexual assault.

Let's all move on. The MSM wants this story line to continue and will do anything they can to continue to manufacture some kind of discord.