Katie Couric: Cheerleading for Obamacare
Just a few moments ago, while doing cardio at the gym, I looked up at the television monitor in front of me to see the mock-serious face of former high school cheerleader Katie Couric delivering the Administration’s talking points news. She was all aflutter about the president pushing back his Asian trip to focus on health care.
Soon, she had someone named Reid (flacking for his ol’ Uncle Harry?) “reporting” from the White House lawn. We saw Nancy Pelosi delivering some remarks and were told she’s very confident she has the votes to pass Obamacare. All in all, a very upbeat report.
Notice anything missing? Yep, me too. They didn’t mention the opposition to the legislation nor the procedural shenanigans Democrats are playing to try to pass it. No mention that one-time Obamacare supporter Bart Stupak has registered his firm opposition to the Senate bill, promising to vote “No” this time around. No mention of a Washington Post piece by Democratic pollsters, Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen, ”If Democrats ignore health-care polls, midterms will be costly.” No mention of what Michelle Malkin reports as the “open-borders caucus [looking] like it’s really going to bolt.”
No one questioned Pelosi’s claim she had the votes. They tell us she’s happy she is that the president is staying behind to push this bill. Meanwhile, Ed Morrissey puts the damper on Couric’s, er Pelosi’s, enthusiasm:
[Obama] doesn’t have the votes. As with Nancy Pelosi’s bravado, the deadline turned out to be a façade. If they had the votes, the bill would be on the floor now. Not only do they not have the votes now, it seems likely they won’t have the votes next week, either — which is why Obama’s pushing back his long-awaited trip to Indonesia.
Wonder why they CBS “News” didn’t see fit to quote Morrissey –or any Republican or Administration critic.
No wonder Rush Limbaugh calls the MSM “state-run media.”
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Great post. An excellent reason why the right needs a new moniker for what we now call the “mainstream media”. Its simply inaccurate.
Its a piss-poor name. There’s nothing mainstream about their coverage or their agenda. In fact, the word “mainstream” carries with it the connotation of widespread approval and thus the LACK of an agenda, so its actually a misleading term. And it does NOTHING to call out their bias and fervent activism.
I nominate “activist media”.
Comment by American Elephant — March 12, 2010 @ 11:21 pm - March 12, 2010
or maybe “corrupt media”
Comment by American Elephant — March 12, 2010 @ 11:22 pm - March 12, 2010
AE I call it Lamestream Media
Comment by straight Aussie — March 13, 2010 @ 12:46 am - March 13, 2010
Liberals shift the topic, ignore facts and, finally, just name call. Couric finds the thread she wants to report, ignores the rest and cheerleads by insinuating that those who disagree are tainted. You can apply that to every piece of news she delivers and every interview she conducts.
She was trained that way. The other media libs act exactly the same way. Shift, ignore and name call.
Intelligent news consumers blame the lib media for missing the point. Nope. They made the point they wanted to make, ignored the rest and called you stupid for not getting the message. And on and on and on…………..
Comment by heliotrope — March 13, 2010 @ 10:38 am - March 13, 2010
I call them the PR Wing of the Democrat Party.
Comment by V the K — March 13, 2010 @ 11:47 am - March 13, 2010
Thanks for this information. Personally I don’t watch CBS News???? because the network has become bias.
One can only speculate the total reason Katie Couric would be so obvious is her cheerleading could be to save her job or just that she has a thing for younger men. Regardless there needs to come a point where even the most bias NEWS????? person says enough and stops ignoring what else in going on around a story and admits the viewers aren’t a stupid heard of sheep.
Comment by Joe — March 13, 2010 @ 12:54 pm - March 13, 2010
Someone over at one of the Breitbart sites, BigGovernment, BigMedia, or BigHollywood suggested LAMBs as the new moniker for the MSM: Liberal Activist Media Boobs.
Comment by Jax Dancer — March 13, 2010 @ 4:36 pm - March 13, 2010
At least the “journalists” employed by Soviet-era Pravda had good reason to parrot the company line without question.
Our media is increasingly becoming a “state-run” news agency which goes along well with the Congress becoming more and more a Congress of People’s Deputies or Supreme People’s Assembly.
Comment by SoCalRobert — March 13, 2010 @ 5:17 pm - March 13, 2010
oh you repugnants just hate katie couric for her scathing and telling interviews with sarah palin. “can you name just one publication, governor?” LOL.
Comment by buckeyenutlover — March 13, 2010 @ 5:21 pm - March 13, 2010
You know I just realized what bnl is…
what they found in Katie’s colonoscopy.
Comment by The_Livewire — March 13, 2010 @ 5:26 pm - March 13, 2010
Livewire – RE Katie’s colonoscopy…
How did they know which end to put the ‘scope in?
Comment by SoCalRobert — March 13, 2010 @ 8:29 pm - March 13, 2010
buckeye, you really are obsessed with Mrs. Palin. I don’t mention her in a post, but you feel you just gotta bring her up. Please, please, address the points of my post or I’ll assume that in not challenging them either you can’t or you agree me.
Comment by B. Daniel Blatt — March 14, 2010 @ 3:28 am - March 14, 2010
Fixed it for you. By the way, I notice your left eye is turning green ….. you might be a quart low on BS.
Comment by heliotrope — March 14, 2010 @ 10:51 am - March 14, 2010