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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/7/13/231627/193Jonathan Karl Needs an Adult Diaper
by BooMan
Fri Jul 13th, 2012 at 11:16:27 PM EST
I wonder if Jonathan Karl thinks he did a good job of questioning Mitt Romney about the controversy surrounding his departure from Bain Capital. I hope Mr. Karl is currently hitting himself in the face with a 2x4 in some sort of ritual penance for dropping the ball.
The first question is like something out of tee-ball. Karl notes that someone in the Obama campaign mentioned that he might have committed a felony, but he doesn't explain why, and then he just offers Romney a chance to rebut the charge. That's pathetic, and it doesn't help inform his viewers about the issue at all. It just makes it sound like an unsubstantiated allegation had been made.
His second question is to ask whether the president should apologize for the behavior of his staff. How's that for hard-hitting?
With his third question he actually makes a go at being a journalist. He asks Romney if he can avoid being responsible for the actions of Bain Capital when he was the owner, the CEO, and the chairman of the board. But, when Romney insists that he bears zero responsibility for Bain's action despite his positions, Karl meekly follows up by saying, "So you bear no responsibility?"
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What kind of interview was that?
Do some homework for Chrissakes. Make the man explain why he isn't a felon and point out that no one in their right mind thinks a man can be the 100% owner of a company and bear no responsibility for what that company does for four consecutive years.
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"Do some homework for Chrissakes" (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2012
OP
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)1. Link:
babylonsister
(171,070 posts)2. Oops, thank you! Will edit. nt
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)3. He was throwing softballs at Romney
what a crock of shit...
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)4. The media are told to help Romney
the 1%ers will get a free ride
midnight
(26,624 posts)6. "We're seeing unfold a contemporary example of the age-old ambition of power and ideology to squelch
and punish journalists who tell the stories that make princes and priests uncomfortable," explained Moyers.http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1118-21.htm
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)7. Yes
66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)5. Jonathan Karl has ALWAYS been a Right-Wing sycophant. Remember his book?
"The Right to Bear Arms: The Rise of America's New Militia"
In it he contends that the rise of the new militias are NOT hate groups - but just good, solid 'Merkun patriots.