Yet again tonight, NBC News on Rev. Wright. The "mainstream" media is hopeless, lazy and smug.

[Faygo Kid]

So we get another crap report from Andrea Mitchell about Rev. Wright. (Who, by the way, speaks tonight to the NAACP dinner in Detroit, which I was proud to attend a decade ago.)

Anyway, it was just another excuse for the media to again show the "goddamn America" clip of Rev. Wright.

Whether it's George Stephanopolous taking marching orders from Sean Hannity, or Beltway insider Andrea Mitchell filing a cheap but easy report, or Katie Couric telling us that "some people say. . . ", or the Washington Post salivating for an attack on Iran, the media SUCKS.

And I say this with an undergraduate degree in journalism.

[2rth2pwr]

1. If Obama wants this to go away he would keep Wright out of the spotlight.

[Faygo Kid]

2. He has no control over Rev. Wright. Nor should he.

I will be happy when your candidate crawls back into her hole, by the way.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

5. Did Ignored say something about controlling Rev. Wright?

Tell them I said the same about Bill Clinton.

[Faygo Kid]

8. Thank you. Yes, she/he did.

And Yes We Can.

[Vinca]

4. Rev. Wright is his own person and I'm sure he feels a need to rehabilitate

the image that has been shown 24/7 for weeks on end, depicting him as a 30 second lunatic. I'd like to see Bill Clinton's life cherry picked and on a continuous, 30 second loop.

[DJ13]

6. See, thats what you Clinton supporters (and your MSM buds) dont understand

The ties between Wright and Obama arent deep enough to allow Obama to "keep him out of the spotlight".

They are two distinct people with very different outlooks on life.

By the way, hows Bill doing, shot his mouth off recently?

[golddigger]

19. BTW, how's Obama's foot and mouth disease?

[Uncle Joe]

11. If Wright didn't defend him self against corporate media character assassination, it

would've continued regardless.

This is standing operating procedure for the corporate media, they're the problem, not Wright.

[Tribetime]

12. same as 2004 the MSM got all crazy over the swiftboaters

and ignored the issues that matter. I don't think people can afford to let the MSM do their thinking for them again.(referring to the 51%)

[GoesTo11]

22. What issues matter, now that the surge is successful & the economy's rebounding?

[Tribetime]

28. I saw a anchor on CNN laughing when a wrecking ball

knocked down a house in Cleveland saying "That's what happens when you don't pay your bills". All I know it was on a weekend and he was probably 45 or so with darker hair. I was pissed, they don't realize not only does the mortgage crisis affect the people who lose their homes, it affects all of those in the neighborhood.

[TheDoorbellRang]

37. I think just the opposite. The more Wright is in the spotlight, the better

If he stayed "hidden away," it would just feed the narrative of "scary black pastor." People would be muttering about the pastor Obama keeps out of sight -- as if Obama would have control like that anyway.

As it is, the more people see and hear the real Reverend Wright, the more will realize what an awesome pastor he really is. Then maybe, just maybe, a few more will wake up to the fact that the M$M has been treating them like mushrooms -- kept in the dark and fed on sh*t.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

3. Soo nothing changes, the beast has the same spots.

[rodeodance]

7. Rev. Wright is on a tour. of course he will be covered.

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[rodeodance]

13. I added the word. and i do not appreciate your violent response to me.

[rodeodance]

15. ***PLEASE EDIT YOUR POST AND REMOVE THAT VIOLENT PHOTO DIRECTED AT ME.

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Response to Reply #7
9. Whatever that means. I expect bad grammar from you, but this is unintelligible.

Edited on Sun Apr-27-08 05:58 PM by faygokid
Don't bring a mental popgun when you deal with me, rodeodance.

Only one solution to dealing with you, I guess.

[boppers]

35. Gort only destroys weapons, not people. eom

[MethuenProgressive]

18. A death ray death threat?

"Only one solution to dealing with you, I guess."

There's probably some stairs down there in your Mom's basement, faygokid. Find them. Follow them up, into the light.

[golddigger]

21. Lmao...it's hard for kid to put down his G.I. Joe doll and play with the grownups.

[Jamastiene]

31. What's with the cheesy robot picture?

Looks like something from a bad 1950s horror film with lousy acting and even lousier special effects where you can see the zippers on the costumes.

[boppers]

34. It's a classic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%281951_film%29

[boppers]

33. Gort!

Klaatu barada nikto! :rofl:

[TheDoorbellRang]

36. Shall I say, "Klaatu barada nikto"

Or should I just stay quiet and see what Gort does? :rofl:

[Swamp Rat]

10. Brought to you by: GE, Boeing, Dow, The US Air Force, et al

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. I think Rev Wright is taken with a pinch of salt by the voters

no matter how the right wing brings it up, I am encouraged that most are bored by it. The general population wants to hear about their homes and jobs.

[scarface2004]

16. i m on board the 'goddamn' amerika express with wright!!!

where do get 'wright is right!!' bumper stickers. the em es media is an asshole!

[amandabeech]

17. You should be nice to Andrea Mitchell.

She just called white people in PA who didn't vote for Obama racists on MTP.

[zabet]

20. Research some...

Obama said during his interview on Fox...

"The fact that he is my former pastor I think makes it a legitimate political issue." Complete transcript at http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/27/transcript-obama-on-fns/

Obama thinks it is a legitimate issue to dicuss. But, I guess your undergraduate degree in journalism makes you more qualified than an Ivy league educated Constitutional Lawyer who is a politician, about what is a legitimate issue to be discussed by the press during his campaign. :eyes:

[dchill]

23. Andrea Mitchell fairly drools whenever...

she gets hold of some new Obama gossip - especially something to do with Wright. I can't believe she's not NBC's attack dog in the Get Obama department. She needs to cut back on the obvious enjoyment she gets from it.

[ErinBerin84]

24. Andrea Mitchell sucks

though I did laugh at the interview she had with some writer who did a story on Hillary Clinton and "The Family". Something like,
Andrea: "So , what you are saying is..the prayer group is clearly more...(dramatic pause)'right wing' than she would have us believe."

As if "right wing" is a bad phrase for Andrea. Are there any second guesses that Andrea is a prime example of a right wing cheerleader? Scooter-libby? Ms Greenspan?

[BklynChick]

25. my husband thinks andrea mitchell is hillary's lover.

[ErinBerin84]

27. my dad thinks

that Andrea Mitchell wears a wig. He is not anti-woman whatsoever, so I hope people don't construe that as sexist. He always talks about guys on tv wearing wigs or toupees. He is an equal opportunity hater when it comes to making fun of pundits (I refuse to call Andrea Mitchell a journalist).

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

32. Your husband sounds like he's entertaining some kind of weird fantasy.

But, hey, whatever gets you through the night. If he wants to believe it, and have his wife post it here, so be it.

[TexasLady]

26. anybody watching his speech right now?

Wow. It's been on a couple MSM's since 7 pm/ CT. Damn, he's good!

[depakid]

29. If Obama gets the nomination, they'll be playing this all the way until November

and all but ignoring fundies associated with McCain.

And, from what I can tell- it's very doubtful Obama would try to tar them with, it either, so get ready for another losing swiftboat game.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. The MSM is the greatest reason for the success of the remote control.