Janeen Capizola
BizPac Review
2/25/2013
Howard Kurtz, host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” used the “L” word on Sunday’s show when discussing MSNBC’s hiring of former Obama administration officials David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs.
Kurtz said the men “joined the liberal lineup at MSNBC, where they’ll be talking about their old boss.”
Someone from CNN calling MSNBC “liberal”? Fantastic.
Kurtz’s guest, TV critic David Zurawik, then used the “P” word and slammed MSNBC for pushing “propaganda” instead of political discussion by hiring Gibbs and Axelrod.
Zurawik specifically noted a segment between Axelrod and MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell where Axelrod alleged, “Republicans in Congress are dangerous,” and Mitchell agreed.
“That’s not a discussion about politics. That is propaganda,” Zurawik said, adding, “That really troubled me about how these guys are working the White House line on a cable channel.”
“That notion of saying Republicans have dangerous ideas, that’s bad,” Zurawik told Kurtz. “But don’t forget. This is NBC News. That’s the banner they [MSNBC] fly under. And to bring two [Obama] loyalists like this on, and in their first outing, at least in the case of Axelrod, to have them so decidedly carrying the president’s message into this forum, I think, is a problem.”
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…Williams was dismissed from NPR in 2010 over comments he made on the O’Reilly factor about getting nervous when seeing people in “Muslim garb” on a plane.
After noting that many in the media have “preconceptions of the truth” and an idea of what Williams as a black man should believe regardless of the facts, Williams continued: “I deal with conservatives all the time…I must tell you, they’re far more tolerant of me as a dissident voice than anything I ever encountered on the left.”
And, he says, this is the exact opposite of what he would have expected when he first joined the work force.
“The guy that showed up just out of college would never have guessed that this would be true, thirty years later,” he added…
Update: What’s the White House Doing Now That Has an NBC News Journalist Shocked?: ‘This Just Looks Bad’
President Obama’s 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina in January became the national chairman of Organizing for Action (OFA), a group “closely affiliated” with “insider liberal organizations” funded by the likes of billionaire philanthropist George Soros, TheBlaze reported.
And considering the fact that Messina is the president’s former campaign manager, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his group would have access — and the ability to offer access — to the White House.
Well, let’s back up for a second. It shouldn’t be that big of a surprise — but for some in traditional media, it’s a bit unnerving.
Citing a recent New York Times report that claims OFA is offering donors access to the President Obama, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd sounded both surprised and disappointed Monday morning.
“Excuse us? This just looks bad,” Todd said, adding that the president is “ceding the moral high ground.”
He continued, noting the president’s history of decrying the influence of money in politics…
Also, Tingles Offers To Help Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Campaign: “We’ll Get You In There”…
Oh, you betchya…
Classic Obama. He brings the media in to listen to his talking points and then clears the media from the room before taking questions from Governors. He did not want questions from them, nor did he want the media to see and hear questions asked of him. Like Bill Plante said – “State-run media.
Update 3: CBS Reporter: Obama’s ‘State Run Media’ Destroying 1st Amendment
Veteran reporter Bill Plante on CNN’s Reliable Sources said the the Obama Administration is “undercutting the First Amendment” and opting for their own “state-run media”
