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| Podesta Slanders Brokaw, Jennings and Rather |
| 2004-06-06 |
| EFL Former Clinton administration Chief of Staff John Podesta told CNSNews.com there is no liberal bias in the media. "If there is a liberal bias, I can’t find it any longer," Podesta said in an interview with CNSNews.com following the panel discussion. Podesta currently serves as president of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. According to Podesta, the network news anchors -- NBC’s Tom Brokaw, ABC’s Peter Jennings and CBS’s Dan Rather -- can now be considered conservatives. "Over the course of the years, they may have actually tipped a little bit to the right of center," Podesta said. That’s outrageous. How can he expect to slander these pinkos and get away with it. Podesta agreed with the premise of Brock’s new book that conservative media outlets are "corrupting democracy." "I think when you get so distant from the facts as guys like Limbaugh or Sean Hannity do, I think that tends to corrupt the dialogue," Podesta said. Podesta also took a jab at Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly when an audience member asked about the possibility of filing lawsuits against news outlets that "propagate direct lies." Podesta responded, "What about television? It’s time to sue Bill O’Reilly." The crowd of liberal activists showed their approval by erupting in applause. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #4 "There are no chickens in Liberalism." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-06-06 11:53:11 AM |
| #3 This story does show that the New York Times --> Network News axis no longer holds a monopoly on the information flow. "Over the course of the years, they may have actually tipped a little bit to the right of center," Podesta said. I suppose that depends on where the center is. To Podesta, Pravda must be a centrist news outlet. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-06-06 10:01:03 AM |
| #2 It's like the english language has many interpretations. Just pick one. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-06-06 1:36:12 AM |
| #1 He apparently subscribes to the Goebbels school of journalism (as do Rather, Jenning, et al., and their fellow travelers): If you tell a lie big enough and often enough, people will believe it. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-06 1:08:37 AM |