Comments on: CBS' Chip Reid, Gibbs Spar Over "Town Hall"
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- It's okay. Rush says you can question his integrity and transparency. Just don't try to call into his show or post on his website.
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- It's not widely reported, but the grass roots movement started during the election has increased significantly. The number of people involved with health care reform is substantial. We meet regularly and are in frequent contact with elected officials. That's why we're confident it will pass this year.
As long as we're winding down in Iraq, pushing more regulation over out-of-control financial markets, making strides in economic recovery and getting health care reform, that's okay with the Democrats and Independents that supported President Obama.
We haven't forgotten the previsou eight years of GOP war-mongering, economic downfall, financial swindling and incompetence. Republicans still are the party of NO. To them, we say NO WAY. - Reply to this comment
- Will the press really complain to this Administration for manipulating them into what they can hear and report on? I think CBS, NBC and ABC will still cover for this LOSER of a President Barack Obama, even if they are told what they will do with any story? Any 'real" tough questions about this worsing ecomony caused by the things this administration is doing to this ecomony? NOT!
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- i had to pinch myself when i saw Chip R. & Helen T. challenge the press secretary. i attended the T.E.A. Party in TIME SQUARE last night and many signs read that the MEDIA IS DEAD!...it was refreshing to see 2 correspondants who are to the left actually hold the white house accountable for how they conduct a town hall....now that said.. to all in the media...we are not crazy far right people....we just want the news to report the truth and not to cover up for this media made president....show his flaws and weaknesses and mistakes....this pretty boy does no wrong is getting tiring and that is why your station and other mainstream's ratings are down....FOX NEWS gets the ratings because despite what you think they report the news for what it is and not for what they would like it to be....wake up and hear our voices....we are growing stronger one tea party at a time....i will be watching to see if you change how you cover this administration...and i with many others will be calling you out on BAD REPORTING....keep up the good work Chip...and Helen...your truthfulness is much appreciated...
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- It is not wise to question the integrity and transparency of the Messiah.
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- I wish Chip had been as agressive when Bush was in office. The press rolled over and and died during the Iraq war. No one, except Helen, had the guts to confront the propaganda machine head on.
I applaud the renewed interest in some of the press (too little for my taste) to cover the news. Less tabloid and more substance. Focus on the economy, health care reform, unemployment, Capitol Hill and the Afghanistan War.
We know Mark Sanford is a scumbag. Micheal Jackson died and his family has some difficult issues to deal with. We can get that information somewhere else. Cover the news affecting most Americans. - Reply to this comment
- Bravo, it is about time the press did its job instead of being a lap dog. Be fair, be balanced, and just give us the facts without innuendo. Ask the tough questions, read the bills that are being forced down our throats, and be a real fourth estate for our democracy.
Russ - Reply to this comment
- WOW!!! AT LAST SOMEONE THAT WILL STAND UP AND GIVE THEM A GO. NOW IF THE REST OF YOU WOULD PLEASE ASK SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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- I express my thanks to Mr. Reid for his recent exchange with the White House's Press Secretary. By telling them that the press does not appreciate being used to promote a "Party Line" it helps confirm the independance of the news media. We just need to ensure more investigation of what this current Administration and it allies in Congress are doing to this country is done. Imagine dropping a 300 page amendment to an extremely long and important bill just hours before its due to be voted on. Maybe CBS should look into why Madam Speaker Pelosi would not delay the vote to allow her fellow Congressmembers to read and analyze an ammendment that was a 25% increase in the original bill instead of trying to sneak it in to the bill in the middle of night like a thief sneaking into a homeowners house to steal the family's silverware.
Bruce - Reply to this comment
- Oh yeah and the Bush events were NOT controlled or scripted. How come we never heard Helen Thomas complain about those "events"? Obama is downright candid compaired to what we had during the previous eight years.
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