2016 Postmortem
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Morning Joes Joe Scarborough Gets Caught Telling Huge Lie About Ronald Reagan
During Mondays broadcast of Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough had to be corrected by co-host Mika Brzezinski after Scarborough had claimed former President Ronald Reagan immediately canceled a vacation and flew back to Washington after a Korean airliner was shot down by the Soviet Union in 1983.
The claim by Scarborough came during a discussion about President Obama and his administrations adherence to a daily schedule in the face of crises.
Mika brought up a New York Times article by Michael Shear as a discussion point. She also added to the conversation by bringing up the recent comparisons that conservatives have made between Obama and their idol Reagan.
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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/07/21/morning-joes-joe-scarborough-caught-telling-huge-lie-ronald-reagan.html
On Heels Of Tragic Plane Crash, Fox Rewrites Reagan's Legacy In Effort To Jab Obama
Fox's Wallace pushed back against his network peers, noting that "sometimes the best thing presidents can do is nothing, to continue on." He continued, noting that Reagan had to be persuaded to leave his ranch and return to Washington for a speech that came four days after the attack (emphasis added):
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/07/18/on-heels-of-tragic-plane-crash-fox-rewrites-rea/200144
Fox News Corp To MSNBCs Joe Scarborough, 24/7 Propaganda 365 days a year help republicans, people or Sheep governed by the Media, the distasteful BS that never stops.
Polls are taken saying the Propaganda and lies work, so they just keep telling lies. Fox and NBC have hundreds of stations as well so does CNN, so the BS moves on and Sheeple Vote, know nothings except soviet type propaganda, this is why laws for Propaganda or Monopolies was set in place and ignored today. Washington and the media are bought off crooks and should be brought to light!
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)the USS Vincennes, was in the Persian Gulf on July 3, 1988, as part of an effort to defend vessels toward the end of the Iran-Iraq War. When Iran Air Flight 655 was detected by the Vincennes, the ship mistakenly attacked, downing the flight and killing all 290 passengers.
President Reagan did not address the nation, instead issuing a short statement from Camp David on the day of the attack.
We deeply regret any loss of life. The course of the Iranian civilian airliner was such that it was headed directly for the U.S.S. Vincennes, which was at the time engaged with five Iranian Boghammar boats that had attacked our forces. When the aircraft failed to heed repeated warnings, the Vincennes followed standing orders and widely publicized procedures, firing to protect itself against possible attack.
Over time, it became clear that what Reagan called a "proper defensive action" by the Vincennes was perhaps better described as a series of mistakes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/07/18/the-tricky-game-of-playing-politics-in-the-wake-of-a-tragedy/
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)deliberately lying. I also note that NOT ONE WORD was said about it on today's show and Joe was nowhere to be found...
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)can get the truth instantly...then they are caught in a lie and they look even worse. what is the matter with them?
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Lots of people who are decision makers watch and even are on this show...does he want to alienate them and make this another Fox News?
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Ino
(3,366 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)it will finally be revealed will it be relevant. For now, we have to settle for what we got...
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)Cosmocat
(14,568 posts)The right wing "pundits" bully the republican messaging into the media at large.
It does not matter if they are flat lying, flat uninformed or flat deluded.
They scream and yell something that is positive for Rs and negative for Ds, the media at large either eats it up merrily or just lets it go. Whether it is wrong or not is not relevant, they never, NEVER, N E V E R are held accountable.
And, even if they are clearly wrong, the initial burst has the lasting effect.
When Bush was president and had his routines, and he had his routines, jogging, a VERY short work day, MORE vacation days, it was JUST WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDED, an MBA running it like a business.
And, in their perverse way, this President NOT engaging in theatre, being no drama, as he should, is somehow his ENGAGING IN THEATRE ...
The republicans are raging dickhead scumbags, the media AT BEST is compliant and weak ...
Unless the democrats step up, get into the game and start fighting it, it will remain the same, cause the people of this country are all too willing to gleefully lap up the republican's bullshit.