ABC, CBS deny doing puff pieces on Clarence THOMAS

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http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/071003_prince/

CBS, ABC Deny Thomas "Puff Pieces"

October 3, 2007
Viewer: "Like Watching Home Shopping Network"
.... "Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion but I'd point out that we did have Anita Hill on GMA yesterday and she was quite tough on Thomas," Jeffrey W. Schneider, spokesman for ABC News, told Journal-isms. His references were to Hill, who accused Thomas of sexual harassment during his 1991 confirmation hearings, and to ABC's "Good Morning America." ....

The first poster replied, "I also noticed that there was no mention by either show to say whether they'd attempted to interview Anita Hill for comment. Nor did they refer to her New York Times editorial as a counterpoint to Thomas' viewpoint. During the Nightline interview, they did something that just astounded me. Thomas talked about how Democratic Senators smiled in his face and lied to him and ABC ran archival footage of Joe Biden smiling in slow motion while The Temps' 'Smiling Faces' played in the background. It was propaganda and not news." ....

. . . Anita Hill Has Her Say in Print, on TV

.... "He may even be entitled to feel abused by the confirmation process that led to his appointment to the Supreme Court.

"But I will not stand by silently and allow him, in his anger, to reinvent me. ....

Thomas friend Armstrong Williams, the conservative commentator, was scheduled to have a book party Wednesday night for Thomas at his Capitol Hill home, putting two entire city blocks off-limits to residents, the Washington Post's "Reliable Source" column reported on Monday. The Hill, the Capitol Hill newspaper, reported Thursday that the guest list included actor Will Smith, White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, ABC newswoman Barbara Walters, CBS Sports' James Brown, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, ex-NBA star Charles Barkley and Bob Jones of Bob Jones University.

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[Deja Q]

1. But have they done puff pieces on smoking?

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[aquart]

2. Will Smith is a Republican????

[Puglover]

3. CBS is full of it.

The only thing I could think after I saw their piece was, "Well, that was simply the best c***sucking I've seen in a long time.