George Stephanopolous did his best to demolish any impact from Letterman's

[LittleApple81]

brouhaha about the "Bush energizing the youth of America." He showed the clip, then the kid reading Bush*'s note...
It gave the impression that Bush* was a gracious person that knows how to take a joke...nothing mentioned about the WH calling CNN, nothing shown of Letterman's rant....
With "help" like this from "pseudo liberals" we will sink.

[glarius]

1. I agree 100%

Stephanopolous is a little worm...

[libbygurl]

2. For me, Stephanopoulos has long been outed as

the narcissistic opportunist that he really is.

[Parrcrow]

3. opportunistic media whore

tapping his video terminal throughout the show; "look at me, I'm a cutting edge space age journalist."
:wtf:

[cboy4]

4. He owes so much to Bill Clinton for

hiring him to do such an important job
at such a young age -- now he speaks
as though he's running the RNC.

I have to keep reminding myself it's not
Bill O'liely or Hannity speaking.

You don't see Dee Dee Myers acting this
way when she's on MSNBC.

What happened to that asshole Stephanopolous? He just
makes me sick to my stomach. :puke:

[cryofan]

5. Clinton was one crappy Democrat, anyway

more like a Republicrat, if ya ask me.....and Stephanopoulous is cut from the same mold....

[JI7]

7. clinton was a good democrat

he could have done a lot more but the asshole republicans controlled congress for most of his time in office and the whore media kept going after him. clinton did pretty well considering the shit he was up against.

[cboy4]

9. Oh please. Clinton was one of the

best presidents in the 20th century.

[JI7]

6. i don't trust him ever since he turned on Clinton

over something so stupid. compare clinton being secretive about commiting adultery to the shit going on in the white house now.

[Killarney]

8. Stephanopolous means "traitor" in Greek

not really, but it should

[bleedingheart]

10. kind of like how Santorum means asshole in Latin...

hahahaha

[Eric J in MN]

11. I wrote about the CNN/Bush officials/Letterman thing at

I wrote about the CNN/Bush officials/Letterman thing at "MoveLeft Media."

I'm copying the whole thing below, but if you want to see this in its original context and more articles like it, go to:
www.moveleft.com
and then click the black-and-white photo of Bush on the upper-right.
------------------------

CNN Helps Bush Officials to Smear Critics, Anonymously
source: NY Times, 2 April 2004, summary: Eric J.

Imagine if you gave a speech and someone yawned during the speech. No big deal. But for the intolerant officials in the Bush administration, someone yawning during a George W. Bush speech is a big enough deal to spread lies over.

As Paul Krugman describes, CNN helps such Bush officials to spread lies anonymously.

On March 30, 2004, CNN played a tape previously shown on 'Late Show with David Letterman' of a boy yawning during a speech by George W. Bush. Then after a commercial break, CNN anchorwoman Daryn Kagan announced that the White House says the tape is fake. After David Letterman spoke out that evening to say the tape is real, CNN announced that the White House never said the tape was fake. CNN gives the Bush Administration the power to smear David Letterman, and then lies for the White House when the smear doesn't pan out.

Another example: Richard Clarke, author of 'Against All Enemies,' said the Bush Administration treated terrorism as a low-priority before 9/11. On March 24, 2004, CNN's Wolf Blitzer responded by announcing that unnamed Bush 'administration officials' said Richard Clarke's 'personal life' has 'some weird aspects.'

CNN didn't name the White House sources when it smeared David Letterman; CNN didn't name the White House sources when it smeared Richard Clarke.

CNN's corrupt journalism gives the federal government absolute power to smear people without accountability.

Advice to CNN: name the sources of smears, or don't broadcast the smears.

[samsingh]

12. today i can listen to progressive radio

so who fuckin cares about the media whores. Their power is on the way down.

[rocktivity]

13. Here are the clips you haven't seen them (RealPlayer)

The actual clip

Dave's rant

Make no mistake about it--he was livid about the whole thing. He may have been grinning and milking it for laughs, but really listen to his words--"the president tried to make ME look like a dope!" And here's what he said afterwards:

"...it just seems all just a little too tidy, just a little too neat...the guy, the kid in Florida -- and his old man -- was really upset in the beginning...Well, now everybody down there loves it. Everybody couldn't be happier; everybody thought it was hilarious. So you see, it's just a little too tidy. Stuff like this never ends happily, certainly not happily for me. I was waiting for the lawsuit, I was waiting to be arrested, I was waiting to be beaten to a pulp, and now, oh...we couldn't be happier."

Of course they were upset, Dave--your employer's parent company is a defense contractor, after all! I saw only the second half of Dave's interview with the kid, but it sounded like he managed to avoid the actual subject of Bush completely--good for him. And the message from the White House that the kid read is what they should sent in the first place instead of trying to get CNN to carry their water and expecting Dave to roll over and play dead.

:headbang:
rocknation