Stephanie Miller mentions Chelsea Being Pimped out...oh dear

[MadBadger]

Anybody else catch that uncomfortable moment on Dan Abrams? Though I do love her answer being non apologetic when Dan singles her out (rightfully so for the sake of his network).

[RememberWellstone]

1. Beat the Clinton network

Unreal. Maybe they should call themselves MSobamaNBC from now on.

[TTUBatfan2008]

2. Nonsense...

They've got Pat Buchanan and Joe Scarborough on there questioning Obama's patriotism 24/7.

[MadBadger]

3. Wow, I give you 0 points for an unfunny play on MSNBC's name.

It doesnt even work.

[VolcanoJen]

21. Awkward attempt at best.

:-)

[SeattleGirl]

5. Be fair. That wasn't promoting Obama; it was a comment

that, as it was when it was originally said, was inappropriate to the Clinton's.

A remark against the Clinton's, appropriate or inappropriate, is not automatically a boost for Obama. And the opposite is true as well.

[papau]

8. In the context of the MSNBC record since Nov 07, fair is to note that they love Obama/hate Clinton w

Tweety of late losing the race to smear Clinton to KO

As was noted tonight (by a lone voice on MSNBC) - the commentators spend the show excusing any problems which Obama has or had, while applying a different standard to Clinton.

[SeattleGirl]

10. I don't agree with that, but you are as entitled to your assessment

of their coverage as I am to mine.

:)

[MADem]

19. No, they are MS=GOP. They want Obama as the nominee because he's the easist to Swiftboat.

Anyone who can't see that is willfully blind.

They've got their General Electric marching orders over that way....

After all, the business of GE is war, and war is good for GE's business. MS-GOP is just their propaganda arm--they don't make enough money to even bother with otherwise:

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=16

http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/rs/profile.cfm?id=231

General Electric CEO, Jack Welch, faced allegations of meddling with NBC’s coverage of the 2000 election results by insisting that the channel declare an early victory for George W. Bush. GE is the parent company of NBC, and Welch is a firm supporter of President Bush and made sizeable contributions to the Bush campaign. During an investigation of the events, Welch admitted his presence at the NBC studios for the purpose of celebrating on election night, but denied any intervention in the reporting process.

Additionally, GE Energy Rentals Inc. was awarded a contract by the Army Corps of Engineers to serve as the primary power provider and maintenance authority for U.S. military bases in Bagram and Kandahar, Afghanistan. The original contract was for the amount of $5.9 million, however only six months later, the initial contract was amended several times to increase compensation by $873,623, reaching a grand total of $6,801,493.

-- Center for Public Integrity, 03/31/2004
Source URL: www.publicintegrity.org/wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=23



General Electric was implicated in CorpWatch’s War Profiteers Campaign, alongside companies such as Bechtel, Lockheed Martin, Halliburton, Northrop Grumman and Boeing. War profiteers continue to reap the benefits of conflict by producing weapons and/or lining up for lucrative government contracts for various services, using their connections to secure preference. The War Profiteers Campaign exists to educate citizens on corporate ties to military and defense money, and encourages people to contact CEOs with a message that companies must end their roles as beneficiaries from weapons production and proliferation. GE was awarded $2.2 billion worth of military contracts in 2005. The company contributed $220,950 to defense-related political campaigns during the 2004 election cycle, with 50 percent going to Democrats and 50 percent to Republicans. GE’s overall campaign contributions in 2004 totaled $1.9 million.

-- CorpWatch, 01/01/2004
Source URL: www.warprofiteers.com/




US: Big Media Gets Bigger

by Bill Moyers, NOW with Bill Moyers on PBS
October 10th, 2003





Big media companies keep getting bigger – with more and more power over our lives. This week's deal between General Electric (GE) and Vivendi means that GE'S NBC, which helped elect Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor of California, has just picked up not only Universal Studios, but the USA, Trio and Sci-fi cable channels, to go with CNBC and MSNBC, all now part of a $43 billion dollar empire.

Then, there's radio. The non-partisan Center for Public Integrity is out with a new study showing that in each of 43 different cities a third of the radio stations are owned by a single company. No company's supposed to own more than eight in any market, but the media giants thumb their nose at the rules all the time. In 34 of those 43 markets, one company owns more than eight stations.

The big daddy of all is Clear Channel Communications – 1200 stations altogether. In Mansfield, Ohio, Clear Channel owns eleven of the seventeen radio stations in your town. In Corvallis, Oregon, over half of what people hear is decided by Clear Channel – seven of thirteen radio stations.

Cumulus Media is the second biggest radio empire. Cumulus, remember, banned the Dixie Chicks. Cumulus owns eight of the fifteen radio stations in Albany, Georgia.

It's a similar story in television. No single company is supposed to control more than one television station per city, except in some big markets. But look at what has happened.......

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=7836

[Berry Cool]

32. Here we go again: "GE is eeevul, GE is eeevul, that's why everyone on MSNBC

wants Obama to be the nominee, so he can lose to McCain and they can make more eeevul defense money..."

Yawn. There's gotta be more than one note on that organ. Or a better way of supporting Hillary. Or something.

[MADem]

33. You watch. If Obama gets the nomination, they'll turn on a dime.

Anything and everything that they can carp about, they will carp about.

BREAKING NEWS: Obama Leaves Twelve Percent Tip at Coffee Shop!! Is he cheap, or is he unable to do basic math...what does this bode for the economy?

BREAKING NEWS: Mrs. Obama has Run in Stocking!!! Is she ready to represent the nation?

It'll be death by a thousand cuts, large and small.

[Nitrogenica]

4. GOMOMMA!!

[Cali_Democrat]

6. GO MAMA is right!!!!!

Love ya Stephanie!!!!

:loveya:

[TheWraith]

7. I wonder if she's going to be called a sexist.

It's an inappropriate phrase, but nowhere near as bad as it was made out before.

[Bigleaf]

13. Who fucking cares? McCain Jokes: "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno"

and both Hillary and Bill kiss his ass. Fucking hypocritical power hungry weasels. You see. it works like this: Schuster and Miller can offer nothing to the Clintons, McCain can. He, like them is in a position of power, and they crave power. So he gets away with it but they get all bent out of shape re: Schuster. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't fucking knock someone out for spewing shit like what McCain said re: my child. I guess the precedent was set with McCain.

[KittyWampus]

34. Bill has been pimping himself out, using his presidency to enrich himself & foreign nationals

[AX10]

9. Miller is a mediawhore. So are Schultz and Rhodes.

:puke:

[SeattleGirl]

12. So does that mean you don't listen to them or watch them?

:shrug:

[AX10]

15. Not anymore.

[WolverineDG]

16. Oh please

stop your whining about them being anti-Hillary. Before the primary season started, Ed Schultz would say EVERY DAY that any Dem candidate who wanted time on his show would have it as for as long as they wanted. They could call in anytime. Kuchinich got 3 hours; Edwards was on for at least one hour, taking calls, & all BUT Hillary continuously called in or had their surrogates call the show. Schultz would constantly ask the Clinton Campaign for a surrogate or for her to be on the show. The answer that he got, the one time his call was returned, was that "Hillary doesn't do progressive talk radio." Why the fuck not? It wasn't until New Hampshire that a surrogate appeared on the show & Hillary herself STILL hasn't called the show. So if it's all Obama all the time on Schultz' show, guess what? IT'S HER OWN DAMN FAULT!

As for Stephanie, she has ALWAYS said she would vote for Hillary if she were the nominee but until then, it's Mama for Obama. Still, several Clinton surrogates have been on her show & she's always treated them with courtesy & respect.

As for Randi, I don't listen to her show, so I can't answer to that.

But, FFS, stop whining about Schultz & Miller & start asking your girl why she won't go on these shows.

dg

[VolcanoJen]

25. Progressives are not among Hillary's base.

That much has been made clear throughout her campaign.

[Ino]

38. Wow... revealing

I've always thought Hilliary didn't bother to act like a Dem until after she was trounced in Iowa. Until then, she just took us for granted.

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[AX10]

18. This from the most militant Obamite.

[SeattleGirl]

24. Please stop with the name calling.

This Obamite, Obamaniac, Shillary, Hilbot crap is fucking stupid, and makes those of you who do it sound like 1st graders fighting over territory in the sand box.

:eyes:

[VolcanoJen]

23. Go Momma!!!!

By the way, she's a comedian. You know, like Sinbad. }(

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

35. And Thom Hartmann

and Rachel Maddow
and Keith Olbermann

Funny. Every media person who espouses a liberal philosophy is a whore.

[cottonseed]

11. I saw it. Dan was looking a little uncomforable.

Best part of the segment was Bill Press telling the poor Kid that asked Chelsea that he was out of line and his question was disgusting. Bill Press was saying something to the effect that family members should be off limits -- 15 minutes after bashing Michelle Obama.

[MadBadger]

14. While I think the Question was out of line, family members are NOT off limits.

[SeattleGirl]

20. I do agree with Bill, though, when he asked the kid why he didn't

ask Hilary that question.

I know I'm reacting in part as the mother of a daughter who is Chelsea's age, but I do think it's inappropriate to ask someone's kid about the indiscretions of their parent(s) if the parents are still around.

I don't think my daughter should have to answer a question about something I said, or did, or how I felt about something that was a huge embarrassment to me. I should be the one to address it.

And yes, I know Chelsea is campaigning for her mother, but she still should not have to answer for something her dad did, or how her mother felt about it, or if it diminished Hilary in some way.

And if, as this guy said, "People my age want to know...." well, ask Hilary and Bill.

[MadBadger]

22. I agreed most with Dan during this segment

Sure the question was stupid, but shes 28 and should at least be talking to the Press if she is going to stump for her mom.

[SeattleGirl]

26. I can't disagree with that.

I do think she should talk to the press, but again, as far as the Lewinsky stuff goes, THAT should be directed at Bill and Hil.

[mckeown1128]

29. He was terrified...

he looked like he was worried that the Clinton's would call for his job.

[TheDonkey]

27. Bill Press is an idiot. He was all "oh my goodness!" when she said that when it was obviously

NOT offensive and Miller was supporting Clinton. How long before the Hillary campaign is screaming about taking this show off the air to distract from snipergate.

[Georgie_92]

28. What happened to the guy who made that statement, was he fired for good?

[MadBadger]

30. No, David Shuster is back on the air, he's mostly a Hardball Correspondent.

[Georgie_92]

31. Oh good for him, Thanks.

[mmonk]

36. She actually did well in defending Chelsea

in regards to the question Chelsea was asked on the campaign trail and said she gave the right answer. I guess all the Hillary supporters will be Limbaugh listeners and Fixed News watchers in the future.

[UALRBSofL]

37. Ewwwwwwww that's just tacky and trashy

If she's gonna say something like that she shoud be fair and balanced and say MO and Chel are being pimped out. That way she can be tacky and trashy to both candidates, LOL. :rofl: