Props to Clark, Trippi, and lesser extent Dean

[pasadenaboy]

who have all done a very good job against the crappy news coverage at CNN and Fox.

A couple of weeks ago, Clark took it to the Fox news guy who was distorting his statements. I like that kind of fight. We need someone who can do that in the general election.

Yesterday, Trippi was on Paula Zahn and took her to school when she tried to quote one sentance of Dean. He asked her to read the rest of the paragraph because it clarified what was being said, but she refused. She looked like a Bush partisan hack (which she is) Transcript follows:

PAULA ZAHN: Final question for you, sir. Your candidate, governor dean, has made several references to -- about president bush having alleged advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks from the saudis. Should someone who wants to be president be trading on rumors?

JOE TRIPPI: That's not what the governor said at all. In fact, you're trading on rumors when you keep saying that.

PAULA ZAHN: I haven't said it yet. I'm just repeating --

JOE TRIPPI: Yeah, you're repeating the rumor. Yeah, what happened was the governor said that when the president and the administration mislead people and the war, the American people start asking questions, there's these rumors out there, and we need to talk about them to shut them down because he didn't believe it. And he said that on the air in the interview.

PAULA ZAHN: But there was another interview on npr that has gotten a lot of attention. He basically said, you know, whether this can be proven or not, he suggested that the president had had advance knowledge of what might have fallen on 9/11.

JOE TRIPPI: No. The governor said he didn't believe that, and it was part of the problem. We have this right now with black box voting. You'll find across the country that there are people all over this nation who believe these paperless computer voting machines are a way that the bush administration will steal the election. Okay, what's not important here is whether that's a rumor or not. What's important here is that we shut that down, that we prove to people that there's no way that anybody -- that these paperless machines are going to rob people of their vote. Repeating that is not repeating that you believe it. I don't necessarily believe that those machines do that or not. But if we're going to have a democracy, we have to say so and air it out.

PAULA ZAHN: Let me just repeat exactly what came off the transcript of the npr radio show, and this is governor dean's remark, "the most interesting theory that i have heard so far, he responded, "is that he was warned ahead of time by the saudis."

JOE TRIPPI: And then can you keep reading, please?

PAULA ZAHN: Well, could go on for the next five minutes from the interview. And you're saying he didn't say that, I got it right here.

JOE TRIPPI: No, no, no, I said if you keep reading, he'll say he didn't believe that.

PAULA ZAHN: There is a point at which, but you were denying what he suggested.

JOE TRIPPI: You're forgetting that part, paula.

PAULA ZAHN: I'm not forgetting it. I just wanted to clarify that he had, in fact, repeated something and he did say later on...

JOE TRIPPI: Keep reading the interview, and we'll get to the part where he says he did not believe it.

PAULA ZAHN: No, I am not denying that, but i wanted to challenge your point...

JOE TRIPPI: That's not how you started the interview.

PAULA ZAHN: I think our audience has a pretty good sense now of what was said and what wasn't said. Joe trippi, thank you for your tim

Dean took Judy Woodroff to school yesterday on Inside Politics as well. Don't have the transcript, but he basically took the media to task for its wierd obsessions and lack of focus on what is really important.

[Jack_Dawson]

1. Is Paula Zahn a mediawhore?

I think she dresses well but don't really watch her much. But the few times I have watched her she seems to be in the Gloria Borger/Candi Crowley league of Bush lovers. Is she fair and balanced or have I just seen her on "off" days?

[pasadenaboy]

2. She came over from Faux news for more money from CNN

Media whore of the highest caliber.

[mitchtv]

3. Paula is right up there with Candy and Gloria

and Judy. Bryant Gumble had her pegged on cBS and refused to work with her. I would love to call her some names, but out of respect to our female members, I won't

[UTUSN]

4. Chucky ZAHN Is Definitely a Media Whore

Besides her daily whoredom, she hosted a special calling Poppy a WW II flyboy "hero". CNN has re-run it at least three times, and the promos are vague about who the "flyboy" is, making it sound that it was Shrub----yeppers, the A.W.O.L. Shrub who was the "hero".

[stopbush]

6. Did you know that Paula Zahn plays the 'cello?

Yep, she actually played at Carnegie Hall once. But I hear she doesn't play all that well.

When you think about it, it's a shame. She has an instrument between her legs that could be giving pleasure to millions...yet it seems that all she can do is sit there and scratch...

[BootinUp]

11. definitely yes

The way she puts her questions, the tone in her voice, she is constantly belittling anyone that expresses dissent to the monarchy.

My favorite was when she questioned Clark after the Rock the vote debate about marijuana use by candidates. She suggested it might be an issue for Clark. Clark reacted with amazement at the question, since he already stated he never touched the stuff. Then she said maybe *that* would be the issue. Clark explained that in the military it is not condoned and didn't see how it was an issue.

[annagull]

5. That is just disgraceful, she should be fired for that

It's not even good tabloid journalism, and props to Trippi for outing her lying. He made her look like a psycho who had it out for his candidate. I am starting to think Dean will be the Saint Sebastian of the Democratic party.

[Clark4VotingRights]

7. Yes! Props to them all.

For Clark, it was his watershed event when he ripped the faux whore
a new one.

I'm thrilled to read Trippi's quote (thanks) because he pushed
back, and because he mentioned e-voting/black box voting fraud,
which is awesome.

I'd love to see the Woodruff transcript, 'cause I've despised her
skanky ass ever since her disgraceful "debate" antics.

Kucinich fights back too, often and well.
For example, when he ripped Koppel a new one in this faux debate.
(And Kerry didn't do half bad; nor did Sharpton.)

I hope this assertiveness is contagious and chronic.

[KittyWampus]

8. Agreed, Hopefully This Is A Trend In The Democratic Ranks

Go Team Go! :)

[mot78]

9. Trippi for DNC Chair!!

I'm glad that Trippie won't take guff from the whore media. I'd love to see him debate Rove or Gillespie.

[HFishbine]

10. Dean and Woodruff

WOODRUFF: But this, as you know, was uncovered by a reporter going through material in these interviews, not by one of your opponents.

DEAN: I don't know who it was recovered by. And I don't care who it was recovered by.

What I care about is how we're going to deal with Iraq, how we're going to have a foreign policy that allows America to retain the moral leadership of the world that we've had since World War I, how we're going to have jobs back in this country.

I saw this morning that we've created 1,000 jobs in the last month. It seems to me that we were promised something like 300,000 jobs a month. That is a problem for the next president of the United States.

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