Corp. Media PASTORBAITING again! It must really be good to them......

[FrenchieCat]

and they must have been wearing earmuffs when Obama talked to our nation about the ills of racism in our unperfected Union.

The Cable Triplets are breathlessly pastorbaiting orally about an interview that Rev. Wright gave to Bill Moyers, that will not be aired till tonight. However, the media has already yanked what they wanted from the interview, and are attempting to once again, use Rev. Wrights comments against Sen. Obama. Again the context is missing and so is the thought that Rev. Wright is Rev. Wright, and what he says is what he says, and that he is not running.

It is like the media has forced collective amnesia in what the American people have already made clear; We want some coverage and answers to more pressing issues; the price of oil, the price of food, the mortgage collapse, the outsourcing of jobs, the Iraq war and what we are spending there daily, etc.....

It appears that Rev. Wright was supposed to never be seen or heard from ever again, and since he has, whatever he chooses to say is again directly linked to Obama, as though Obama said it.

Please write to your networks and cable channels and tell them to cut it out. Let them know that their public pastor-bating is indecent and assaults the senses. Use the word PASTORBAITING to let them know that their behavior is unacceptable.

Contact MSNBC through their "NewsTip" contact form: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18616878/
CNN lists all shows with contact link- http://www.cnn.com/feedback/cnntv/

Also, contact your local news channels and/or Newspaper publications (particularly in Indiana & North Carolina) via this handy tool!- http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/

It is time to say, enough is enough. If we don't contact them, maybe no one will. It is our job to start fighting for the nominee, and time for the Corporate media to be put on notice that we will not tolerate the nonsense anymore.

Thank you.

[guyanakoolaid]

1. Best. Rhyme. Ever.

:rofl:

Pastorbaiting... I don't know if I can say that on the phone in a serious voice.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Since Rev. Wright is all of the "rage", we needed new terms to adequately

describe what the media is doing; Pastorbaiting us with a bunch of nonsense.

They really are the instigators as to why our discourse is so miserable. I blame the media for much. I realize that they have their corporate masters to appease, but their attempts are too transparent to be tolerated. If we don't tell them how out of line they are, they will proceed without a clue tearing our country apart.

[high density]

3. I'm glad Wright is getting this out of his system now

It actually seems to be pretty good timing. The media can devote a couple more news cycles to playing up the same old non-issue again that everybody in the nation already has a pretty solid opinion on one way or the other.

[FrenchieCat]

4. I'm just amazed that they think we missed it the first three weeks they talked about it...

three weeks ago.

[high density]

6. Yeah that is kind of amazing

But then again I don't think the collective memory of the media even goes back three weeks, so that's part of the problem.

[tridim]

27. The media does what they're told

That's the problem.

[Bigleaf]

16. I agree but I'll take it one step further. The more the public sees him as he really is i.e.

talking to Bill Moyers, the more they will realize that he is a 'normal' person, not a crazed, fucking lunatic like the media portrayed him. It gives him a chance to explain what he's all about, what his church is about, and what his sermons really meant, sans the sound bites.

[cliffordu]

5. Done!! Thanks FrenchieCat!

I sent both major "news" outlets a nice letter....I think I'll do just that regularly now.

:patriot:

[mcctatas]

7. Pastorbaiting...

is that like "boxing the bishop"?
:evilgrin:

[FrenchieCat]

8. And sucking on the corporate tit!

:evilgrin:

[mcctatas]

9. damn...

no matter how deep in the gutter I go, you find a way to surpass me! :yourock:

[FrenchieCat]

11. I'm good, hey! I learned that from Hillary Clinton!

She's been a real role model for me and my two daughters.

[mcctatas]

35. ...

:spray:

[Bake]

10. Then thank Rev. Wright for it now.

This had pretty much died down (except on Fox, of course). If Wright had done this interview sooner, it might have all been over at once. What do you expect the media to do, when he comes out with this interview now? If they ignored it, you'd be complaining about that.

Bake

[FrenchieCat]

12. Would I be complaining about their Pastorbaiting? I don't think so!

[Life Long Dem]

34. Oh. I see - pretty much died down.

Did you forget ABC's debate just over a week ago? They said something similar.

[Barack_America]

13. I think it's a sign that the cash cow that was "Dem Primaries 2008" drying up...

If you've noticed their coverage is turning more and more away from the primaries.

The people have settled on the nominees and are sick of hearing about it.

So now they're bringing out Wright again in an attempt to squeeze just a little bit more from this. All it will do is serve to completely tire out people on Wright. That is good for Obama in the GE.

[Vinca]

14. Doesn't anybody care about the suggestion of obliterating Iran???

It's mind boggling.

[Barack_America]

23. Meh. That's too complicated. And not nearly as scandalous.

And with everyone needing to work 2 jobs because the economy's so bad and the price of gas so high, who really has time to think about the Middle East?

Besides, that guy said "G.D. America" seven years ago...and he's black.

[Medusa]

15. I had to turn off the tv this morning

all I was getting on CNN & MSNBC was Pastorgate redeux. If it was that bad on CNN & MSNBC God only knows what Fox must have been up to.

[TexasObserver]

17. Beating the Bishop: When Pastorbation goes wrong.

Good Lord! Every time I turn on the news, they're rubbing one out.

[MadBadger]

18. 15 straight minutes of Pasturbaiting on MSNBC

[ErinBerin84]

19. was flipping channels and turned by MSNBC

Andrea Mitchell was more animated than I have ever seen her, talking about this. Her face was lit up, it was kind of funny.

Um...I want to know more about the US contractor ship that fired at the Iranian ship today.

[MadBadger]

20. 20 minutes straight now.

[jenmito]

21. They are NOW taking Wright's NEW comments out of context, claiming he said Obama only made his

speech for political reasons. They're saying he just undercut Obama's whole message-that he's NOT an old-type politician, and that his speech was "just politics." (Of course it was politics-to give a speech about how he feels about race. That doesn't make him a phony as they're painting it. They keep using Wright's statement that Obama does what he has to do "as a politician" as "throwing Obama under the bus" when all he meant is that Obama is Obama and Wright is Wright-one's a pastor and one IS a politician-an honest, brilliant politician.

[knixphan]

22. I sent a letter -

[kmsarvis]

24. Chris Matthews was going on about this yesterday.......

I don't think this is as big a deal as the MSM wants it to be and I certainly don't think its a game changer. Everybody already knows Wright is a nut. Matthews actually suggested yesterday that Rev. Wright was Obama's "Iraq"(referring to clinton's vote for going in).I think we should write to MSNBC and complain about that comment.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

53. he pastorbates and has a tickle up his leg

he's such an annoying fracker.

[FrenchieCat]

58. He's pure evil....smiles in your face!

[wndycty]

25. Frenchie thank you for introducing a new phrase that should be used throughout the election

PASTORBAITING!!!

Please don't do it in front of the children.

[FrenchieCat]

48. Someone else came up with it.....

I just "borrowed" it. :)

[grannylib]

26. What a great way to refer to this non-issue...and it's so true. The

MSM is really getting its collective rocks off on this one.

[Austinitis]

28. I think it's pretty relevant

During the original pastor-gate one issue was that Obama had known Wright for 20 years and so should have had a pretty good idea about what he was involving himself with. But just as a twenty year relationship means that Obama knows something about Wright, it also means that Wright knows something about Obama. And if Wright thinks that Obama is being insincere in what he's saying - if Wright says he's responding "as a politician" - then the comments tells us three things:

1) That at least Pastor Wright doesn't think that Obama is a new sort of politician. He thinks Obama plays the same political posturing game as every other politician. And that does a lot to undermine a core Obama message.

2) Wright doesn't think that Obama is really that upset by what was said in the sermons. Wright seems to think that Obama, even if he didn't agree with those sermons, was perfectly comfortable sitting through them. And that does a lot to undermine Obama's main defense surrounding the first pastor-gate (that Obama found the comments offensive too).

So certainly I don't think the coverage is irrelevant "pastor-bating." It goes straight to the issue of Obama's credibility and ties into a building narrative around the Obama-credibility issue.

[bigbrother05]

29. I hate the US media

we should remind them that McCain has the endorsement of Haggee, if they are going to slam lets slam equally.

[Cali_Democrat]

30. The media is becoming a sick joke

Joe Watkins on MSNBC yesterday said that Reverend Wright threw Obama under the bus. First of all, the term "throwing under the bus" is the most overused term in the history of overused terms.

Watkins said that Wright threw Obama under the bus because he called Obama....wait for it....."a politician." Yes ladies and gentleman, Obama is running for President of the USA. And if Rev. Wright calls him a politician, he's throwing Obama under the bus. The media is batshit crazy :crazy:

[anonymous171]

32. Maybe it's a reverse sister souljah moment?

[wndycty]

31. We need to keep this kicked. . .Frenchie nailed it

:kick:

[zam]

33. I am glad Wright is not Obama's headmaster. Masterbaiting just doesn't sound right. eom.

[MadBadger]

36. They took a 30 minute break, and now they are back.

[Uncle Joe]

37. Everyone should promote viewing the Moyer's interview so that people can see past the flying

semen of the corporate media's pastorbaiting, may they all go blind.

Kicked and recommended for the interview.

Thanks for the thread, FrenchieCat


Double kick for the term pastorbaiting.





:kick: :kick:

[jenmito]

38. K&R. I sent this email to all of 'em:

"PLEASE STOP with the pastorbating! NOW you're taking his NEW comments out of context. He did NOT say Obama is "just a typical politician." The race speech Obama gave wasn't "politics as usual." He could've just avoided the whole thing, given a short statement, or thrown him under the bus. But he didn't-he gave a heartfelt, self-written speech. Why do you continue to cover Wright as if HE'S running for president? Obama just gave a press conference and the only response you covered was his response to the Wright interview. STOP already or I'LL stop watching you!"

[zulchzulu]

39. Great phrase! I hope you don't mind me using that in conversation...

I'm going to meet John Nichols (The Nation) this afternoon...

:rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

47. Hope you used it! And hope he uses it!

Come back and tell me that you gave him the phrase as a "gift".

[jenmito]

40. Chris Jansing just said Wright said Obama's race speech was "political and nothing more."

THAT'S A LIE!!!

[GoldieAZ49]

45. No it isn't, in fact his campaign did not want him to give the speech

he did not want to EVER give that speech, he had to as an answer to Wright, and he didn't answer the question as to why he sat listening to such racially charged, politically racist "sermons".

[zam]

41. I think this is already old news to most people. It doesn't hurt him anymore.

I am sure Wright has asked Obama whether or not to go on these shows. Any additional appearances by Wright will only help Obama, not hinder him in any way.

Obama didn't denounce his pastor and I think his supporters shouldn't do so either.

The best way to exorcise this "problem" is to show the world Rev. Wright is not the devil the mainstream media made him out to be.

[zabet]

42. I contacted them...

and thanked them and pointed this little tid-bit of information out...and my media email list is huge I tell ya, HUGE.

You know that Obama lied about Wright and hearing the sermons. Go to the end of the Youtube tape and hear Obama's words from his book, "Dreams of My Father," and Pastor Wright's hate speech on Hiroshima and Sharpsville on the video. It is proof that he was there during the Wright hate speech!!

Obama says, while the boys seated next to him, "were doodling in their church bulletin" Reverend Wright spoke on Sharpsville and Hiroshima!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI77cU3jsFs

:hi:

[GoldieAZ49]

44. Good point, here is another one I am sure they are saving if he wins the nomination

Wright is also his political advisor:

Though Wright and Obama do not often talk one-on-one often, the senator does check with his pastor before making any bold political moves.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/religion/chi-070121-relig_wright,1,271630.story?ctrack=1&cset=true&page=2&coll=chi-religion-topheadlines



Wright is the gift that keeps on giving ... to the right! :rofl:

It will follow him to the GE if he gets the nomination

[zabet]

46. Yes he is.

Goldie - you and me - we are the THREAD KILLERS! :rofl:

[stillcool]

54. "hate speech about Hiroshima"

:nuke: :rofl:

[RamboLiberal]

43. I'm glad today that Ed Schultz called Scarborough a

Northern FL racist. Too bad it was on his radio show and not to Scarboroughs face!

[FrenchieCat]

51. I'm sure he heard it!

[ClayZ]

49. Done! Thanks! K and R

Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest, untill your good is better and then your better is best!

Bill Moyer and Jeremiah Wright are the BEST!


Bill Moyers interviews the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in his first broadcast interview with a journalist since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Barack Obama. Wright, who retired in early 2008 as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Senator Obama is a member, has been at the center of controversy for comments he made during sermons, which surfaced in the press in March.


Part One: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04252008/watch.html


Part Two: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04252008/watch2.html


April 25, 2008

More than 3,000 news stories have been penned since early April about Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama. But behind the five second loop is a man who has preached three different sermons nearly every Sunday since 1972. In his interview on BILL MOYERS JOURNAL, Reverend Wright discusses what drew him to the pulpit and the recent controversy surrounding him.

[FrenchieCat]

50. Media pastorbaiting on Saturday.....CNN anyways.

Somebody...anybody, please hand them a towel!

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

52. OMG the OP is hilarious

oh darn, I'm not sure how to spell hillarious any more.

afraid might offend.

[FrenchieCat]

55. Boy......their hands must be tired by now!

whoops! They've switch to the other one!

[jeffrey_X]

56. The liberal media is alive and well.

eom

[FrenchieCat]

57. Throw 'em a towel!

The Wright Juice is dripping through the TeeVee!

[DemVet]

59. I told you we weren't going to let this issue die.

Rev. Wright...the gift that keeps on giving.

To Hillary, that is. ;-)

[Jamastiene]

60. Looks like Obama is talking about Wright again too.

Guess it's not just the media who is talking about him.