Now that is total BS propagandist US journalism for you.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/mccain-gets-history-of-th_n_114419.html

thats fucked up right there

I will never know which one is messing up the facts.

They are all playing the game of propaganda.

Which news broadcast IS using real / true information without distorting it?
I'd like to know because this is all very messed up!

how peculiar! CBS... huh...

these internets sure are worth the price of admission.

Awesome! More proof that liberals do not dominate the media.

See BS indeed.

>> ^Sagemind:
I will never know which one is messing up the facts.
They are all playing the game of propaganda.
Which news broadcast IS using real / true information without distorting it?
I'd like to know because this is all very messed up!


It's actually a fight for which was real, the CBS broadcast, or the CBS transcript of the interview, and the online video of the interview.

Whichever it was, they changed at least one version.

I agree that it is all propaganda, everything for or against is sick with it. You cant believe anything you see or hear anymore and efforts to "expose" it seem just as tainted. Makes me sometimes just want to live in a cabin in the woods and live out my days unaffected by all the outside bullshit, but we all know that is impossible

nytimes' blog has a mention of this, and a CBS response...
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/a-mccain-iraq-chronology-in-question/

"Also, CBS is facing some criticism for not airing the response in question during the broadcast last night (though they did make a transcript available and post the original interview online). The network showed Ms. Couric’s original question, but the response from Mr. McCain came from a different question. “As all news organizations do with extended interviews, last night’s Obama and McCain interviews were edited to fit the available time and to give viewers a fair expression of the candidates’ major differences,” said a statement from CBS News. “The full transcript and video were and still are available at cbsnews.com.”"

>> ^bamdrew:
“edited to fit the available time and to give viewers a fair expression of the candidates’ major differences,” said a statement from CBS News.


I think the fact that one lacks a basic understanding of the issues is a major difference of interest to the voting population.

People who decry a 'liberal media' miss one critical fact--while many members of the media seem to have liberal sensibilities, many have very large paychecks, and will report in whatever way that will guarantee that paycheck does not decrease. More often than not, it's to pump up the drama. They NEED this to be a horse race. 2004, with the eminently qualified but uncharismatic Kerry, was a non-starter for them. They indulged the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth just because it made Kerry a little more interesting, to the detriment of the truth itself. Whenever you're watching the news, and you hear the response to a question that should then elicit a, "What did you just say?" moment, know that whoever asked the question knows that clarification is not the friend of good drama.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it - Upton Sinclair

the lesson we need to learn is they ALL TALK BULLSHIT, ALL THE TIME

and i would like to point out that the "surge" was only necessary because of the absolute failure of the previous plan.

and i would also like to point out that iraq is still occupied by foreigners. that is such a basic fact. HELLO!

Inexcusable. Fuck you, CBS.

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