Comments on: All Press Conferences Are Stages And The Press Are Merely Players

[bob___k]

One more point. Tested out the search function at the top of the page by searching all of cbsnews.com for the phrase "All Press Conferences Are Stages And The Press Are Merely Players". No results were returned. Evidently this site isn't considered part of it. A working search function for PublicEye would be a good addition. Out of curiousity I also searched for the banned word posted below which has the definiton "residue from rendered fat". Amazingly, it returned 171 hits. I only checked the first four items, but none of them contained the word or string of letters as part of a longer word. Does the search function return articles closely matching the definiton if it can't find the actual word?

[bob___k]

Point of information. Definition of cr*p according to Webster. "residue from rendered fat" Would you prefer I use four words rather than one? You supposedly have a 1500 character limit, but it's actually less than that. I tried to post a 1475 byte comment to Hillary today and it was rejected.

[janefinch]

What you are describing is the typical spin and report. The true journalism never occurs at these carefully orchestrated scrums...instead, it's the reporter who asks the question that wounds, or the politician who gets somethng moved to the forefront for which the government has no ready answer that is the true "journalism".

[bob___k]

"Your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis, wounds of Americans and Iraqis for a lifetime. Every reason given, publicly at least, has turned out not to be true." When you start out with opinionated cr*p like that, I don't think any answer will be acceptable to her. Get her out of there, she's a waste of space and breath. A side question. Why do I have to edit the word cr*p when Hilary Profita is able to use the entire word in her Connecting the Links post today? Double standard?

[bob___k]

"Your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis, wounds of Americans and Iraqis for a lifetime. Every reason given, publicly at least, has turned out not to be true." When you start out with opinionated @*%# like that before asking a question, I don't think she's really going to accept any answer given. Get her out of there, she's a waste of space and breath.

[foobarbaz-2009]

When's that old bag Helen Thomas gonna sign off? She's way past her prime and she is the poster-"child" for the MSM. I hope she decides to hang it up soon. Good riddance!!!

[captneal]

If the Whitehouse press really wanted to be reporters they would do some homework and have intelligent questions ready, Helen Thomas is no longer a reporter she is a columnist and bitter old lady. The President went without a script and you could see and hear the passion in his manner and voice. As a combat vet and one who has contacted survivors it is the height of stupid to believe any President wants war. If you have not been there do not try to act like you know what it is like. If the reporters in Bagdad would leave the hotel bar more often and then report what they really see without their bias the country would be better off. WE ARE AT WAR

[rgustafs2]

BS, If the media was willing to run the risk of facing the ire of this administration some integrity could yet be returned to the media. The solution is easy. Support each other in following directly on the questions asked by their peers. It seems that the media stills cowers in fear from the wrath of this administration and is every bit as responsible in allowing this travesty to be forced on the American people. They are the only ones that have the oppourtunity to ask the questions that need to be asked. Please stop making excuses for yourselves.

[one_american]

Helen Thomas is the plays the dramatic role of all the snarky liberal smart-***** of the MSM. Good for the President, she deserved to have her "lines" cut from the "script".

[alphaa10-2009]

Do you suppose Bush won any points, or revealed anything of consequence by his "new strategy"? Bush avoids contact with critics because dialogue places them on an equal platform. Bush desperately does not want to credit any of his legions of opponents with having a credible position. For years, Bush has had everything to lose by confronting his critics in a truly two-way dialogue. So, silence reigns for literal years during press conferences. Bush thinks he looks secure. But suddenly, ratings suddenly fall dramatically-- the public concludes matters foreign and domestic are out of control. National debt soaring of out sight, erosion of the safety net for elderly and disabled and children, a perverted sense of priorities for defense spending and energy policy, widespread corruption through business and congress, many with political and personal ties to Bush, himself. The public no longer trusts Bush or his friends. Bush is told he must salvage the situation by running head-on at his critics-- like Custer? Of course, Bush still can interrupt people like Helen Thomas. He can say, "Thank you for your question, and now I'll speak to anything but the points you raised." The new element is the desperation which leads him to pretend to face his critics. Bush still is as tone-deaf politically to Iraq and all his miscalculations, past and present. Bush is an inveterate opportunist-- he wants simply to contrive his way out of the mess he has made. It isn't working.