I have been screaming for years, ever since corporations were allowed to own the news, that the media sets the agenda, especially in the political realm…….and I know….you want some proof, right?
Let us take the last in the never ending dates for GOP debates……the CBS sponsored billed as the “foreign policy” debate…….and here is the time allotted to each candidate….
Rick Perry 7:45
Mitt Romney 6:30
Newt Gingrich 6:00
Herman Cain 5:45
Rick Santorum 5:15
Jon Huntsman 3:30
Michele Bachmann 3:15
Ron Paul 1:30
Take a good look at the list…the top three have a combined average of “ZERO” percent experience in foreign policy….okay I guess we could give Mitt-ster a nod…after all he was the head of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee….but the rest would not know a Sunni if it bit them where the sun don’t shine….my point is that the ONLY person on that stage with real foreign policy experience was ignored….in favor of two absolute novices and a guy that few in the GOP will stand behind……instead of Hunts man, who was the only adult on the stage and the only one that would have adult answers to complex foreign policy issues….
I mean come on! Santorum got more time than Huntsman….and then there is Cain who cannot tell what he believes about the Libyan situation….that is if he can find it on a map….apparently CBS has chosen the people they want to be in the final battles for the nomination….CBS is NO longer a credible media institution……it has now proven to be irrelevant…this is NOT its first time but it is the last time……In my eyes, CBS can be crossed off the list of organizations to watch for news…their bias is all too familiar in the news world today….they are NO better than FOX and its charge to endorse candidates.
It isn’t about expertise. It’s about who they think can unseat Obama. They’ll do damage control later – they think.
Larry, we had this type of “activist” judges back in the 1920’s and see where that lead?
Crap! A comment on something I have not posted…..dammit! LOL
Larry, Huntsman only sin is that he worked as an ambassador in the Obama Admin……
Interesting. Form does rule over substance these days…..Hansi
Hansi, not fair….I confuse so easily these days….LOL
I refuse to use any of the three networks for news. They give us their pov in 30 sec soundbites and if they lead with some kind of entertainment shit I turn them off completely.
Huntsman is the most intelligent of the bunch, which is sad because he can’t get any airtime so that we could learn more about him.
Dusty, I keep up to date from Twitter……Huntsman’s daughters are trying to get all the air time they can to introduce as many as possible to their dad…..I will give them an “A” for that…..
FOX NEWS IS MORE NEUTRAL THAN ALL THE REST .
Okay, that is an opinion…none of the MSM is neutral!
GOP — the smartest one in the bunch is Newt Gingrich. He is the best one period.
That is what Newt wants us to believe….
Ron Paul took it up the…whoa, ‘eh?
As usual, like in 2008 Kucinich was the Dem equivalent….
I thought that myself, lobotero.
Hey, I’d really like your input on my most recent post. I know you almost always comment, but I’m soliciting your thoughts for this one!!!
Terrance, consider it done….