The Pizza Man Moron: More Racial ‘Dog Whistles’ From George Stephanopoulos and ABC News "According to the MSM’s own standards, there’s a very troubling racial taint to ABC News and George Stephanopoulos taking Mr. Cain out of context, undermining his resume with these pizza cracks, and deceptively using video to turn him into a fool in front of their missions of viewers." (video)
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Networks Blame British Riots on Poverty, Ignore Moral, Economic Failure of Welfare State
"Not everyone was as quick as the networks to explain away the violence as a reaction to budget cuts (most of which haven't taken effect yet) or material poverty.
"British journalist Paul Willis blamed the riots on moral cowardice, arguing that "We Brits have ceded our public space to antisocial teenagers. There has been a collective loss of nerve."
"Other commentators went further, linking the riots with the British welfare state mentality."
A Tale of Two Protests: Media Cheer Wall Street Occupiers But Jeered Tea Partiers "Where the Tea Party was met with skeptical claims of their motivations -- with some reporters claiming they were merely corporate backed puppets and others implying they were spurred on by their racist opposition to the first black president – the Occupy Wall Street crowd was depicted as an almost genial “grassroots” movement.
"While network reporters weren’t hesitant to describe the Tea Party as conservative, only once did a reporter attach even the “liberal” label to the overtly leftist Wall Street protestors."....
In fact, as the MRC’s Business & Media’s Julia Seymour documented, not one network report has called the protesters "radical," "extreme," "left-wing," or "socialist." Emphasis added.
"Not everyone was as quick as the networks to explain away the violence as a reaction to budget cuts (most of which haven't taken effect yet) or material poverty.
"British journalist Paul Willis blamed the riots on moral cowardice, arguing that "We Brits have ceded our public space to antisocial teenagers. There has been a collective loss of nerve."
"Other commentators went further, linking the riots with the British welfare state mentality."
A Tale of Two Protests: Media Cheer Wall Street Occupiers But Jeered Tea Partiers "Where the Tea Party was met with skeptical claims of their motivations -- with some reporters claiming they were merely corporate backed puppets and others implying they were spurred on by their racist opposition to the first black president – the Occupy Wall Street crowd was depicted as an almost genial “grassroots” movement.
"While network reporters weren’t hesitant to describe the Tea Party as conservative, only once did a reporter attach even the “liberal” label to the overtly leftist Wall Street protestors."....
In fact, as the MRC’s Business & Media’s Julia Seymour documented, not one network report has called the protesters "radical," "extreme," "left-wing," or "socialist." Emphasis added.
