More of This Please
I know there’s very little reason to have much hope for the mainstream media, but when villagers begin calling out Republicans to their faces on policy, it makes me a little more optimistic.
I know there’s very little reason to have much hope for the mainstream media, but when villagers begin calling out Republicans to their faces on policy, it makes me a little more optimistic.
JKTHs:
December 11th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Soledad O’ Brien now joins Bob Costas in the right wing doghouse, a great place to be.
mark f:
December 11th, 2012 at 1:22 pm
She’s been on the shitlist ever since the “Obama hugged a guy . . . a BLACK guy” flap flop this summer.
Spoiler: The hyperlink is Breitbart.com. Spoiler 2: It’s stupid.
McKingford:
December 11th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
I don’t consider O’Brien part of the villagers. She was pretty effective and consistent at calling out right wing bullshit throughout the election.
N. Eugene:
December 11th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Yeah I think at this point it’s fairly easy for Republicans to cast O’Brien as biased, since she consistently calls them out on their bullshit :(
Rick Massimo:
December 11th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Better than nothing, but I knew before I clicked the link it was gonna be O’Brien. When someone else on CNN does it, it’ll be progress.
c u n d gulag:
December 11th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Yes, that whopping $16 a month, total, for the two of us, that my Mother and I get in SNAP benefits is a real budget buster, Senator Secession, isn’t it?
What’s that $16 stopping us from getting, another washer on some F-### motherfeckin’ boondoggle Super Jet? A lugnut on an aircraft carrier?
Senator Secession, how about you doing something to improve the economy so that I can find a job, after over 2 1/2 years of looking for one?
I don’t want a $16 monthly hand-out. I want a feckin’ job – preferrably one that pays about that same amount an hour. You know, something approaching a somewhat liveable wage?
And I’m not complaining about only getting $16, I’m thankful – that’s milk and eggs for a good part of the month.
Too bad Senator Secession didn’t sign up to live on SNAP benefits for a month. Maybe hunger might sharpen his mind.
DrDick:
December 11th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
It is a major violation of Villager rules to point out the actual facts regarding Republican policy proposals.
Reasonable 4ce:
December 11th, 2012 at 2:09 pm
Soledad O’Brien commits an act of journalism. FIRE HER!!!
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njorl:
December 11th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
An objective journalist would have given equal time to the idea that it would be better for some people to starve.
JKTHs:
December 11th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
If David Gergen does it, all who watch will spontaneously combust
Cheap Wino:
December 11th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Sadly it’s not even a particularly amazing example of journalism — it rises to just about the same level as a friendly John Stewart interview of, say, John McCain.
greylocks:
December 11th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Yeah, she’s been in their faces before. Not a trend here.
Bitter Scribe:
December 11th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
“Hurry up with that proposal to cut food stamps! I’m late for my meeting about how to counter the image of Republicans as heartless bastards!”
Karate Bearfighter:
December 11th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
You laugh, but the Objectivist Society at my undergrad college once sponsored a debate on whether it was immoral to provide food aid to famine victims.
BigHank53:
December 11th, 2012 at 4:43 pm
I’d go to that debate, but only if the Objectivists were coated in barbecue sauce and debating a pack of hyenas.
Anonymous:
December 11th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Hyena chow is really the only use for Objectivists.
cpinva:
December 11th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
in his “defense”, sen. sessions truly represents those who elected him. they are convinced that anyone, other than them, getting any assistance from the guvmint, makes the baby jesus cry.
Bart:
December 11th, 2012 at 5:56 pm
But haven’t they decided to replace her with the pretty fascist (forget her name)?
Joe:
December 11th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
The Sessions proposal exempts those in his state?
Julian:
December 11th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
I can’t believe you people would considering subjecting a hyena to that
JoyfulA:
December 11th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
I don’t have a TV, but I have read that Ashleigh Banfield is now on CNN. Years ago, she was excellent on MSNBC but was too honest and was exiled to CourtTV or something like that.