Did you know that our current VP has been in the Balkans the last few days? FU Cheney! And FU to

[jillan]

the media.

While VP Biden has been traveling across the world to restore our image in the world, the MSM has been covering - non-stop - the last Vice President, his scare tactics and his lies. WTF is going on here?

Oh, and tomorrow - Biden will travel to Lebanon. Just thought I'd tell you because you won't hear a word about it on any of the major networks. The BBC, however, has been covering Biden's trip non-stop.

Excuse me while I :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Here - this is what a REAL VP looks and acts like:


Notice the lack of an evil grin.


Meeting with leaders in Belgrade.


Greeted by Albanian children.


With the Serbian Delegation



This is how our CURRENT VP was greeted.


With Kosovo's prime minister.


This guy even has a pic of Biden on his shirt :P - I don't recall any t-shirts with Cheney's pic on it, do you?

What is WRONG with our media?





on edit - thanx to DUer Muttocracy for keeping us informed :hug:

[Truthiness Inspector]

1. I just hope he comes back

with his foot out of his mouth.

[jillan]

2. Or you can just turn on the news and listen and watch Cheney constantly put his head in his ass.

[firedupdem]

3. I'd rather he do that , than declare some country evil and not

worthy of our communication with them.

[nyc 4 Biden]

21. There you go following the MSM's lead again.

:spank:

[Cha]

33. That's a bunch of corporatemedia assine

hogwash..I don't let them do my thinking for me.

[elleng]

4. Can't even find a PLACE to complain to WaPo!

Those pissers!

Sent this thread to nyt, asking if they or their readers know where our VP has been lately.

[nyc 4 Biden]

20. Fortunately there is an article in today's NYT...

...about Biden's trip.

[elleng]

29. Saw that, and posted it.

Thanks.

[Muttocracy]

26. they have an article up now:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052200495.html

Biden links U.S. aid to Lebanon vote outcome

[Clio the Leo]

5. And doing us PROUD in the process!!! NT

[firedupdem]

6. Thank you Jillian....

We've elected a great team!

:fistbump:


Fuck the Media!

[jillan]

9. Yeah - Fuck the Media!

Maybe we still really do need newspapers, just to find out what else is happening in the world, cuz you sure don't hear it on the networks I watch.

[sandnsea]

7. Yeah I posted it on Saturday

Didn't get much interest. It's kind of not good that people are still more interested in Obama's speeches than the actual policy he and his administration are implementing.

http://www.obama-mamas.com/blog/?p=228

[jillan]

8. I don't think that people know all that this administration is accomplishing.

The media tells the same stories over and over again.

IF they reported on stories such as this, maybe people would be more interested. That's my take on it.

[Truthiness Inspector]

10. So, what is Joe Biden doing on this tour?

What is his mission besides just showing up (and hopefully not making more gaffes)?

[jillan]

12. Kosovo became an independent nation in Feb 2008.

Here, read this, I don't think people in Kosovo are as concerned with Biden's "gaffes" as you obviously are -

From the BBC:

On the final stage of his three-day tour of the Balkans, Mr Biden became the most senior US official to visit Kosovo since it declared independence in February 2008.

The US and more than 50 other countries have recognised its independence, but more than 100 have not, including Serbia and Russia.

"Kosovo's independence was and remains today in my view, in the view of my government, the only viable option for stability in the region," he told a special sitting of the parliament in Pristina.

"And your independence - as I've said in the countries I have visited - your independence, is irreversible, absolutely irreversible," he added to applause from the ethnic Albanian-dominated assembly.

Earlier, after holding talks with President Fatmir Sejdiu, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and other leaders, Mr Biden said he had been awarded the Golden Medal of Freedom, Kosovo's highest honour.

"I don't deserve it, but I received it on behalf of the United States," said the vice-president, who many Kosovans credit with helping them gain independence while he was a senator.

[sandnsea]

11. No, people really aren't interested

I have an accomplishments page and probably 1% of the people go looking for accomplishments as go looking for a big speech. The Notre Dame speech had 3 times as many people looking for it as the Town Hall in New Mexico, and compared to accomplishments or a specific bill, it's 100 to 1. Otherwise people are looking for info on Michelle or something in the stimulus that will benefit them personally. I keep up with how people get to this site, but also check in on Google and Twitter searches. Americans are really shallow.

http://www.obama-mamas.com/obama-accomplishments.htm (I thought I had updated this, yikes!)

[jillan]

13. Yeah - agreed.

We really have become of a soundbite mentality.

But, I still have to wonder, if journalists like KO would report on that interesting hearing in the SFRC, or on this trip, if more people would pay attention. I don't know. It's frustrating.

[sandnsea]

15. It sure would help

I wish I had more time because I would like to keep up with all of it. A lot of people are looking for a specific program for moms going back to school for instance, so I have been trying to finish a page all the stimulus programs that will most benefit individuals. It is so ridiculous that the media hounds over the same stupid stuff, night after night.

[OHDEM]

14. Thanks for posting those pictures!

You made my night!

...grumble grumble...liberal media my ass...

[Turborama]

16. K&R Thanks a lot to you and Muttocracy for updating us. n/t

[FVZA_Colonel]

17. Honestly, I had no idea.

Thank you for letting me know, though I must say I am embarrassed this is something I didn't already know about.

[FrenchieCat]

18. Thank you for the thread,

and the media should drop dead.....
cause they ain't worth shit!

[polichick]

19. The media coverage of Cheney is appalling - but they were always...

...part of the perversion ~ the war in Iraq couldn't have happened without the constant drum beat provided by the media.

I haven't seen even one clip re Biden's trip on msnbc, though I'm always multi-tasking so I could have missed the mini coverage.

[jillan]

22. They're probably waiting for Biden to say something they can turn into a gaffe and then they will.

But Cheney - every time he opens his mouth - there is his ugly mug on my 37 in.

[Cha]

34. That's the corporatemedia's sole job..

Manipulate and Manufacture but I think many many are waking up to their brainwashing techniques and the activists on DU play a large part in holding the "media" accountable. As well as Orgs like "Media Matters" and all the fact finding sites on the net.

[jillan]

35. I LOVE MediaMatters - probably the best website there is.

I'm so glad they keep on eye on the truth.

[redqueen]

23. Yes. Cause I watch BBC World News in the morning.

Even though they cover sports and stuff, they still manage to share relevant news. With little to no spin. Odd how they're not somehow helpless to resist the pull to do a bunch of clowning, slanted nonsense "for ratings".

:think:

[jillan]

24. Ya know - I used to watch BBC during the primaries.

I got so sick of how our media was telling us who to vote for
so I would watch the BBC to get the facts, not the spin.

I think it's time for me to turn off msnbc for awhile and start watching BBC...except for Big Eddie...
He is really fighting for the working class, I really enjoy his show.

[Muttocracy]

25. I love the BBC - they have more on Joe here

maybe what you already heard.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8063111.stm

[Cha]

36. Rec'd for Excellence in news reporting..

something entirely foreign to the US "media".

[Uncle Joe]

27. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, jillian.:thumbsup:

[Politicalboi]

28. Gee last time I heard anything about Biden

It was on MSNBC and they were saying how Biden fucks up all the time. And is Obama mad at him?

[jillan]

31. Boy - you really have been brainwashed by the US media.

[Politicalboi]

37. Do you think I believe that?

I just heard that today or yesterday. They are so interested in The Dick right now, who shouldn't even have the stage, unless it's in court.

[jillan]

39. Sorry - I just read a similar piece on Politico -

I thought you were serious. The media is saying this crap so often that people actually believe it to be true.

[eppur_se_muova]

30. WHEN was the last time Cheney won a free & honest election?

He's gotten so used to taking power by fiat and subterfuge, he now can't grasp that his cronies lost the last election.

[Cha]

32. Excellent point, jillan! Rec'd~

I know VP Biden was in the Balkans because Jackeens had the pics and Muttocracy had the story.

dick cheney is the corporatemedia's favorite attack dog..they must think if he can get out of prosecution then they're more out of harm's way from being held accountable for their complicity in the "MARCH TO WAR!":nuke:

[Jennicut]

38. The MSM is controlled by conservatives and the very wealthy. I barely get my news from them anymore.

Most of it is on the internet. Most people these days do not watch the news and to keep any viewers they go with the most controversial stuff, not necessarily what is important in the world.

Joe does good work for us and for Obama. Cheney has tried to destroy the US. I think the difference is clear and more people would rather take a good decent man who makes a so called "gaffe" once in a while as our VP then a lying, disgusting pig of a torturer.