Peter_Puget Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Newsweek editor Evan Thomas brought adulation over President Obama’s Cairo speech to a whole new level on Friday, declaring on MSNBC: "I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." linky Quote
Fairweather Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Peter's not talking Jesus Camp; he's taking about the mainstream media. Quote
prole Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 That's what I'm saying, dude. I don't think too many kids read the mainstream media, so their parents and teachers need to make sure they know that Obama is our new god. Quote
ivan Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 if kevbone did not exist, it would be necessary to create him? Quote
mkporwit Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 No, it most definitely would not be necessary... Quote
Doug Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) I'd say Newsweek's bias to the left would be about equivalent to NewsBuster's bias to the right. Yawn. How 'bout those M's, eh Pita? Edited June 9, 2009 by Doug Quote
Bug Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 OK. If we are going to stay on topic, all the major news agencies have turned into ass kissing puppets. Some kiss the right. Some kiss the left. All of them are entertainment oriented as apposed to news oriented. The days of Marrow and Cronkite are long gone. Now it is Murdock and Turner. Bleck! Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 OK. If we are going to stay on topic, all the major news agencies have turned into ass kissing puppets. Some kiss the right. Some kiss the left. All of them are entertainment oriented as apposed to news oriented. The days of Marrow and Cronkite are long gone. Now it is Murdock and Turner. Bleck! fuck the news! climb! Quote
Doug Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 OK. If we are going to stay on topic, all the major news agencies have turned into ass kissing puppets. Some kiss the right. Some kiss the left. All of them are entertainment oriented as apposed to news oriented. The days of Marrow and Cronkite are long gone. Now it is Murdock and Turner. Bleck! fuck the news! climb! Quote
Doug Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 There is no Kevbone. Ok, I'll bite. WTF is a "Kevbone"? Quote
STP Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 if kevbone did not exist, it would be necessary to create him? What of Mikhail Bakunin's reversal of Voltaire's phrase? "...if Kevbone really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him." Quote
STP Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Newsweek editor Evan Thomas brought adulation over President Obama’s Cairo speech to a whole new level on Friday, declaring on MSNBC: "I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." linky Ya, didn't Hegel view Napoleon in the same light as being the representation of the "world-soul"? Quote
j_b Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Huh? wtf are you talking about PP? Newsweek isn't left wing if it's what you are insinuating. Obama's speech was smooth (per usual) but too vague to be meaningful. Anyway, it's not like his current policies give us reason to hope he is going to really change foreign policy: decrease soldiers in Iraq but increase mercenaries by 25% so far, favors a military solution in afghanistan/pakistan, unwavering support for Israel and its landgrabbing, yadda, yadda ... basically the rightwing playbook which ought to tell you something about Newsweek's silly characterisation of it. Quote
billcoe Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Huh? wtf are you talking about PP? Newsweek isn't left wing if it's what you are insinuating. Obama's speech was smooth (per usual) but too vague to be meaningful. Anyway, it's not like his current policies give us reason to hope he is going to really change foreign policy: decrease soldiers in Iraq but increase mercenaries by 25% so far, favors a military solution in afghanistan/pakistan, unwavering support for Israel and its landgrabbing, yadda, yadda ... basically the rightwing playbook which ought to tell you something about Newsweek's silly characterisation of it. basically the rightwing playbook which ought to tell you something about Newsweek's silly characterisation of it. Hey JB, where can I git me one of them Right Wing Playbooks" you say Obama is running the country with? I dun checked Amazon and they must be out. Quote
prole Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Huh? wtf are you talking about PP? Newsweek isn't left wing if it's what you are insinuating. Obama's speech was smooth (per usual) but too vague to be meaningful. Anyway, it's not like his current policies give us reason to hope he is going to really change foreign policy: decrease soldiers in Iraq but increase mercenaries by 25% so far, favors a military solution in afghanistan/pakistan, unwavering support for Israel and its landgrabbing, yadda, yadda ... basically the rightwing playbook which ought to tell you something about Newsweek's silly characterisation of it. Dude, you need to curb all that! Newsweek has spoken: Quote
Peter_Puget Posted June 9, 2009 Author Posted June 9, 2009 Follow-up: Or Media and Obama get a room! Quote
prole Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 From the linked article: Then, this Sunday in the NYTimes, there was full-on chick-flick swooning over Barack and Michelle Obama's heavily scented "date night" in NY City and its high bar standard effect on our relationship culture, with just a hint of controversy over the taxpayer costs to add some spice. I swear I've seen this movie, only Michael Douglas was the President. Or Harrison Ford. Or one of those cool and languid characters you'd want to like you. George Bush needed to be beer-bar likable to get elected. His successor has managed to get a lot of people to want to be liked by him. And in Paris, Mr. Obama talked about how he'd love to take his wife for a romantic tour of the City of Lovers, but couldn't. Then he did. I'm guessing some regular-Joe freedom fries weren't on the menu. So this would probably be a good time for Him to start a war-of-choice? Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 I took a dump of choice this morning to avoid a dump of necessity later on. Gotta love the media buzz phrase of the week. Quote
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