Comments on: Exclusive: White House Held Meeting To Pressure Reporters On ‘Division’ Among War Critics http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:57:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: I'm the decider. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3724872 I'm the decider. Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:07:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3724872 Everyone needs to repeat again and again: We all know the media follows a well-coordinated right-wing agenda. Everyone needs to repeat again and again: We all know the media follows a well-coordinated right-wing agenda.

]]> By: Half Nixon :: Kurt Vonnegut, Cub Reporter http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3713925 Half Nixon :: Kurt Vonnegut, Cub Reporter Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:09:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3713925 [...] current stenography industry standard. But the War Department saying ‘pretty please’? Different times, [...] [...] current stenography industry standard. But the War Department saying ‘pretty please’? Different times, [...]

]]> By: Multi Medium » America’s Boss http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3710502 Multi Medium » America’s Boss Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:13:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3710502 [...] CEO is demanding a progress report and giving them a kick in the pants to get moving. And then there’s the media: Last week, Bush administration officials invited senior congressional reporters to the White House [...] [...] CEO is demanding a progress report and giving them a kick in the pants to get moving. And then there’s the media: Last week, Bush administration officials invited senior congressional reporters to the White House [...]

]]> By: Undercover Lover http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3707498 Undercover Lover Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:27:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3707498 <blockquote>"because no lawmaker wants to play chicken with our troops"</blockquote>

“because no lawmaker wants to play chicken with our troops”

]]> By: Merlin http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3707012 Merlin Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:03:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3707012 From the article: "Last week, Bush administration officials invited senior congressional reporters to the White House and pressured them to increase their coverage of how Iraq war critics are “divided” over legislative strategy." "The White House is in a losing fight and wants the media to help them carry water." The smell of desperation continues to emanate from the White House! There is nothing new in the WH doing this. What is interesting is that they are doing it out in the open where their bullying can be reported on. The Librul MSM has been carrying BushCos water for 6 years. That they have to try intimidation openly is a very positive sign. I hope we can all stand the increasing stench coming out of the WH as the continuing daily scandles continue to be exposed. "A Picture of Dorian Gray" comes to mind, as the bodies without souls that make up BushCo rot more quickly. From the article:
“Last week, Bush administration officials invited senior congressional reporters to the White House and pressured them to increase their coverage of how Iraq war critics are “divided” over legislative strategy.”
“The White House is in a losing fight and wants the media to help them carry water.”

The smell of desperation continues to emanate from the White House! There is nothing new in the WH doing this. What is interesting is that they are doing it out in the open where their bullying can be reported on. The Librul MSM has been carrying BushCos water for 6 years. That they have to try intimidation openly is a very positive sign.

I hope we can all stand the increasing stench coming out of the WH as the continuing daily scandles continue to be exposed.
“A Picture of Dorian Gray” comes to mind, as the bodies without souls that make up BushCo rot more quickly.

]]> By: James http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3703564 James Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:07:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3703564 This behavior is completely understandable for this crowd; they have no clue how to govern, and their skills are limited to manipulating public perceptions for the short term (as in "until the imminent election"). They are all at sea now because "getting elected" is no solution to the problems of the world crying out for true leadership and "getting elected" alone is itself useless for governing over a longer term. This behavior is completely understandable for this crowd; they have no clue how to govern, and their skills are limited to manipulating public perceptions for the short term (as in “until the imminent election”). They are all at sea now because “getting elected” is no solution to the problems of the world crying out for true leadership and “getting elected” alone is itself useless for governing over a longer term.

]]> By: Newsjunkie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3703555 Newsjunkie Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:07:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3703555 Before racing to draw and quarter the journalists involved, you need to know that part of the reporter's job is to attend such briefings. The vast majority of them are off-the-record and non-controversial. It's possible, even likely, that the reporters did not know the subject of the discussion before they got there. That said, the proper response in such a scenario is to tell the briefer that you'll write what you damn well please and to leave the meeting. What we don't know: >> Which reporters attended the meeting; >> What they said in response to the pressure to write slanted stories Before racing to draw and quarter the journalists involved, you need to know that part of the reporter’s job is to attend such briefings. The vast majority of them are off-the-record and non-controversial.

It’s possible, even likely, that the reporters did not know the subject of the discussion before they got there.

That said, the proper response in such a scenario is to tell the briefer that you’ll write what you damn well please and to leave the meeting.

What we don’t know:

>> Which reporters attended the meeting;
>> What they said in response to the pressure to write slanted stories

]]> By: david78209 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3701984 david78209 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:49:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3701984 "Let me get this straight…. The White House calls reporters into a meeting to try to tell them how to report the news, and (1) they attended!? (2) the fact that the WH is calling this type of meeting wasn’t a great big story in itself? Geez…." Comment by Zooey — April 13, 2007 @ 11:51 am --------------- We need to start asking (taunting?) White House reporters about HOW LONG they've been going to such meetings in which the administration tries to tell them how to report the news, and whether they haven't told us about such meetings long ago because they were doing what the administration wanted. “Let me get this straight….

The White House calls reporters into a meeting to try to tell them how to report the news, and (1) they attended!? (2) the fact that the WH is calling this type of meeting wasn’t a great big story in itself?

Geez….”

Comment by Zooey — April 13, 2007 @ 11:51 am

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We need to start asking (taunting?) White House reporters about HOW LONG they’ve been going to such meetings in which the administration tries to tell them how to report the news, and whether they haven’t told us about such meetings long ago because they were doing what the administration wanted.

]]> By: John Emerson http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3701522 John Emerson Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:27:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3701522 <i>Those journalists probably all work for Fox Noise.</i> That's just not true. AP, Time, The Times, The Post, ABC, NBC, CNN -- the respectable media have Republican plants too. Those journalists probably all work for Fox Noise.

That’s just not true. AP, Time, The Times, The Post, ABC, NBC, CNN — the respectable media have Republican plants too.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3701352 Phoenix Woman Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:18:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3701352 <blockquote>The White House is in a losing fight and wants the media to help them carry water. We’ll be watching to see if any congressional reporters fall in line and write up the White House spin.</blockquote> You know what the most amazing thing about this story is? The fact that it came to light in the first place. The corporate owners and editors of the GOP's media arms may still be lockstep with Bush, but it looks like the actual reporters are starting to find ways to revolt.

The White House is in a losing fight and wants the media to help them carry water. We’ll be watching to see if any congressional reporters fall in line and write up the White House spin.

You know what the most amazing thing about this story is?

The fact that it came to light in the first place.

The corporate owners and editors of the GOP’s media arms may still be lockstep with Bush, but it looks like the actual reporters are starting to find ways to revolt.

]]> By: GSD http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3701309 GSD Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:16:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3701309 Ministry of Propaganda Threatens Lackeys. -GSD Ministry of Propaganda Threatens Lackeys.

-GSD

]]> By: ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3700802 ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:56:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3700802 The AP has been a tool of the GOP for years, this is just the same old Republican Wind and Noise machine, powered by their methane driven sh*t machines. The AP has been a tool of the GOP for years, this is just the same old Republican Wind and Noise machine, powered by their methane driven sh*t machines.

]]> By: Larry from C http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3700436 Larry from C Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:33:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3700436 Did they all get an envelope on the way out? Did they all get an envelope on the way out?

]]> By: Proud Dem http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3700206 Proud Dem Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:34:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3700206 You're right, Spudge Boy. How silly of me to forget. You’re right, Spudge Boy. How silly of me to forget.

]]> By: DallasNE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3699632 DallasNE Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:29:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3699632 Headline should read "Whitehouse puts pressure on reporters to function as stenographers again". I find it rather sick that the Whitehouse should even be in a position to apply pressure on reporters to toe the line on GOP talking points. The news story here is the pressure being applied, not any supposed division within the ranks of Democrats. It is a different matter if the Whitehouse wants to pressure McCain to repeat the talking points. My guess is that most reporters still lack the backbone to stand up to administration pressure and I frankly don't understand it. Headline should read “Whitehouse puts pressure on reporters to function as stenographers again”. I find it rather sick that the Whitehouse should even be in a position to apply pressure on reporters to toe the line on GOP talking points. The news story here is the pressure being applied, not any supposed division within the ranks of Democrats. It is a different matter if the Whitehouse wants to pressure McCain to repeat the talking points. My guess is that most reporters still lack the backbone to stand up to administration pressure and I frankly don’t understand it.

]]> By: Spudge_Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3699527 Spudge_Boy Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:25:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3699527 <blockquote>Those journalists probably all work for Fox Noise. Comment by Proud Dem — April 13, 2007 @ 12:15 pm </blockquote> Let me fix this for you: Those "journalists" probably all work for Fox Noise. There you go.

Those journalists probably all work for Fox Noise.

Comment by Proud Dem — April 13, 2007 @ 12:15 pm

Let me fix this for you:

Those “journalists” probably all work for Fox Noise.

There you go.

]]> By: TruthinessOverAll http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3699436 TruthinessOverAll Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:06:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3699436 I bet Faux NoNooz reporters were sitting at the head of the table!! I bet Faux NoNooz reporters were sitting at the head of the table!!

]]> By: How pressure? http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3699245 How pressure? Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:00:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3699245 What I want to know is what it means to "pressure" the reporters? Were they just urged to make that argument or were they threatened somehow? Like if you don't say it this way, we won't talk to you anymore???? What does "pressure" mean? What I want to know is what it means to “pressure” the reporters? Were they just urged to make that argument or were they threatened somehow? Like if you don’t say it this way, we won’t talk to you anymore????

What does “pressure” mean?

]]> By: Kmareka.com » Linkin’ Log (for 04-13-07) http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3699038 Kmareka.com » Linkin’ Log (for 04-13-07) Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:53:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3699038 [...] Exclusive: White House Held Meeting To Pressure Reporters On ‘Division’ Among War Critics—Think Progress reports that, “last week, Bush administration officials invited senior [...] [...] Exclusive: White House Held Meeting To Pressure Reporters On ‘Division’ Among War Critics—Think Progress reports that, “last week, Bush administration officials invited senior [...]

]]> By: DoingNuance http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3699021 DoingNuance Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:46:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/13/iraq-media-meeting/#comment-3699021 This is why I get so angry at Kos and other bloggers who rant so vehemently about Clinton's vote to authorize the war. Not only do they totally mischaracterize what that vote meant and what her position on the war is, but it divides the Democrats, which plays into the hands of the Right Wing. This is why I get so angry at Kos and other bloggers who rant so vehemently about Clinton’s vote to authorize the war. Not only do they totally mischaracterize what that vote meant and what her position on the war is, but it divides the Democrats, which plays into the hands of the Right Wing.

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