Greg Pinelo

Shame on the Media for Donald Trump, Royal Wedding Coverage

April 29, 2011 RSS Feed Print

It’s been quite a couple weeks for the media. With a royal wedding, a celebrity meltdown, and a political sideshow, they’ve hit a dream trifecta of tripe.

Network news executives must be thrilled. I mean, how often do they get to put up a “kiss countdown” graphic? Or report as “breaking news” that the president of the United States was in fact born in the United States, while in effect promoting their own reality show starring the clown who made this racist lunacy the number-one topic of political discussion on social media? 

How meta. If only they could have broken in to their own break-in with something about Charlie Sheen.

[Vote now: Are you sick of hearing about the royal wedding?]

Do you think they felt a teensy bit awkward covering the devastation in the South live from Trafalgar Square, where most of their anchors and correspondents were stationed (segue to story about funny hats)?

Meanwhile, Libya burns, the devastated South reels from climate change-driven storms, and our elected leaders are having possibly the most consequential debate about the role of government and the future of our country in at least 50 years. You’d think that this overwhelming juxtaposition of what’s important and what’s not would somehow register.

But no. There is not the slightest hint of introspection or self-criticism in today’s media (they are the opposite of Democrats in this respect). If there was, the last 10 days would have every cable news executive on a psychiatrist’s couch (“I have these dreams…about Snookie dating Paul Ryan”). Watching the extremity of their contortions as they strove to absolve themselves of any responsibility for the birth certificate travesty was stunning. [Vote now: Will Obama’s long-form birth certificate end the birther movement?]

But as frustrating as it is when the media doesn’t cover politics or major issues, it can be even more maddening when they do. It’s tripe of a different stripe. Consider the cable morning shows. CNN—so obsessively “balanced” that nothing is ever right or wrong. Morning Joe—infatuated with anyone who has the “courage” to not raise taxes on people like… Joe Scarborough. Say what you want about Fox News. At least it has a point of view—and basically admits it. How else to explain a graphic that reports the White House has released “what it says” is the president’s birth certificate?

I know the news business is tougher than it has ever been. Money is tight (unless you are Arianna Huffington). Audiences are flaky. But if the next 18 months are like the last 10 days, I’ve got two words for you:

President Sheen.

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There were so many. To simplify, will stay with Acorn. There was the voter sign up for which they are still going to jail. Heard recently of conviction in NV I believe. Another part of Acorn was housing. Clinton wanted more homes for unqualified poor and the way to do it gave us recession. Jimmy Carter’s plan 1977 Community Reinvestment Act. Push was on for America’s destruction. Funding for Fannie & Freddie. Wall Street firms allowed to act like banks with them buying the mortgages that brought them down.

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“ACORN = Obama = Fannie Mae = Current Financial Collapse ”

“WHAT exactly does a "community organizer" do? Barack Obama's rise has left many Americans asking themselves that question. Here's a big part of the answer: Community organizers intimidate banks into making high-risk loans to customers with poor credit.”

“In the name of fairness to minorities, community organizers occupy private offices, chant inside bank lobbies, and confront executives at their homes - and thereby force financial institutions to direct hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgages to low-credit customers.”

:In other words, community organizers help to undermine the US economy by pushing the banking system into a sinkhole of bad loans. And Obama has spent years training and funding the organizers who do it.”

http://taxmanblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/acorn-obama-fannie-mae-current.html

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Bill Hedges of MO 8:57PM May 01, 2011

You just had to throw the " racist " BS in the article did't you . I guess we'd better get used to it from now until election day and then afterwards when Obama gets his as- handed to him . Would expect nothing less from a bunch of brain dead liberals .

Well how about his grades , we know Bushs' and Palins . How about how much good he did for the city of Chicago while an organizer ? If you were any kind of a reporter or whatever you do you'd find out something of substance .

Your heading should read , Shame on the media in general for failing to do any kind of a job . Racist , racist , shmacist , it's already old . But then when your party is not well liked by 70% , you have nothing else to go with your scare tactics .

Obama is just a sorry as- man , not a God . What ya gonna say when gas hits 5-6 bucks a gal. ? Nothing I would expect .

Hunter of WI 8:56PM April 30, 2011

Today.

Have time for another birther article...

Bill Hedges of MO 6:22PM April 29, 2011

Greg Pinelo

Greg Pinelo

Greg Pinelo is a partner in Democratic consulting firm GMMB and was a key member of the Obama '08 media team. In a massive break with convention, he tweets using his actual name, @gregpinelo.

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