Thursday, April 29, 2004
Notable Quotables
From The Media Research Center
A bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous, sometimes humorous,
quotes in the liberal media.
Mocking Bush’s Freedom Push
Bob Woodward: “The President still believes...that he has the duty to free people, to liberate people, and this was his moment.”
Mike Wallace: “Who gave George Bush the duty to free people around the world?”
Woodward: “That’s a really good question. The Constitution doesn’t say that’s part of the Commander-in-Chief’s duties.... That’s his stated purpose. It is far-reaching, and ambitious, and I think will cause many people to tremble.”
— Exchange on CBS’s 60 Minutes, April 18.
Kerry’s Loyal Media Servants
“How do you explain to Americans how you got that so wrong, and how do you answer your opponents who say that you took this nation to war on the basis of what have turned out to be a series of false premises?”
— ABC’s Terry Moran to President Bush at his prime time news conference on April 13.
“Two and a half years later, do you feel any sense of personal responsibility for September 11th?”— New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller to Bush.
“Two weeks ago... Richard Clarke, offered an unequivocal apology to the American people for failing them prior to 9/11. Do you believe the American people deserve a similar apology from you, and would you be prepared to give them one?”
— CBS’s John Roberts to Bush.
“One of the biggest criticisms of you is that whether ... this administration did enough to ward off 9/11, you never admit a mistake... And do you believe that there were any errors in judgment that you made related to any of those topics I brought up?”
— NBC’s David Gregory to Bush.
“With public support for your policies in Iraq falling off... I’d like to know if you feel that you’ve failed as a communicator?”— National Public Radio’s Don Gonyea to Bush.
Bush Ducked My Great Question
“This isn’t the Monica Lewinsky scandal or Social Security reform. These are matters of life and death.... he feels that he’s made a mistake or any errors in judgment, and I think he really didn’t answer the question.”
— NBC’s David Gregory discussing the President’s news conference on MSNBC’s Imus in the Morning, April 14.
ABC: Inflame First, Verify Later
“Arab language TV channels reporting from the battle zone, and local residents who witnessed the fighting, say the 40 killed in one mosque included people taking part in afternoon prayers."
"The main hospital is overflowing. The casualties appear to include many civilians. ‘Why do they have to do this?’ said this boy from his hospital bed. ‘So many dead and I can’t walk anymore. Why?’
"The Marines have sealed off Fallujah completely. Even the phone lines are down. There’s no way to independently verify the facts.”
— ABC’s David Wright reporting over matching video from al-Jazeera, on the April 7 World News Tonight.
NY Times Just Not Liberal Enough
“Another disturbing development, was that a small enclave of neoconservative editors was making accusations of ‘political correctness’ in order to block stories or slant them against minorities and traditional social welfare programs.”
— Former New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines in “My Times,” a 21,000-word article about the obstacles he faced at the Times, published in the May 2004 edition of The Atlantic.
Diane: Changing Presidents Is Okay
Diane Sawyer: “Bruce Willis flew into war-torn Iraq not long ago to thank the troops.”
Actor Bruce Willis: “They are doing really great things in Iraq. They’re opening schools, they’re getting the power turned back on. It may take some time, but it would be a terrible sin to abandon the Iraqi people now."
"I think it would be a drastic mistake to change administrations now while we’re still at war.”
Sawyer: “Well, somebody might argue that changing American presidents doesn’t mean abandoning the Iraqi people.”
— Exchange on ABC’s Good Morning America, April 7.
From The Media Research Center
A bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous, sometimes humorous,
quotes in the liberal media.
Mocking Bush’s Freedom Push
Bob Woodward: “The President still believes...that he has the duty to free people, to liberate people, and this was his moment.”
Mike Wallace: “Who gave George Bush the duty to free people around the world?”
Woodward: “That’s a really good question. The Constitution doesn’t say that’s part of the Commander-in-Chief’s duties.... That’s his stated purpose. It is far-reaching, and ambitious, and I think will cause many people to tremble.”
— Exchange on CBS’s 60 Minutes, April 18.
Kerry’s Loyal Media Servants
“How do you explain to Americans how you got that so wrong, and how do you answer your opponents who say that you took this nation to war on the basis of what have turned out to be a series of false premises?”
— ABC’s Terry Moran to President Bush at his prime time news conference on April 13.
“Two and a half years later, do you feel any sense of personal responsibility for September 11th?”— New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller to Bush.
“Two weeks ago... Richard Clarke, offered an unequivocal apology to the American people for failing them prior to 9/11. Do you believe the American people deserve a similar apology from you, and would you be prepared to give them one?”
— CBS’s John Roberts to Bush.
“One of the biggest criticisms of you is that whether ... this administration did enough to ward off 9/11, you never admit a mistake... And do you believe that there were any errors in judgment that you made related to any of those topics I brought up?”
— NBC’s David Gregory to Bush.
“With public support for your policies in Iraq falling off... I’d like to know if you feel that you’ve failed as a communicator?”— National Public Radio’s Don Gonyea to Bush.
Bush Ducked My Great Question
“This isn’t the Monica Lewinsky scandal or Social Security reform. These are matters of life and death.... he feels that he’s made a mistake or any errors in judgment, and I think he really didn’t answer the question.”
— NBC’s David Gregory discussing the President’s news conference on MSNBC’s Imus in the Morning, April 14.
ABC: Inflame First, Verify Later
“Arab language TV channels reporting from the battle zone, and local residents who witnessed the fighting, say the 40 killed in one mosque included people taking part in afternoon prayers."
"The main hospital is overflowing. The casualties appear to include many civilians. ‘Why do they have to do this?’ said this boy from his hospital bed. ‘So many dead and I can’t walk anymore. Why?’
"The Marines have sealed off Fallujah completely. Even the phone lines are down. There’s no way to independently verify the facts.”
— ABC’s David Wright reporting over matching video from al-Jazeera, on the April 7 World News Tonight.
NY Times Just Not Liberal Enough
“Another disturbing development, was that a small enclave of neoconservative editors was making accusations of ‘political correctness’ in order to block stories or slant them against minorities and traditional social welfare programs.”
— Former New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines in “My Times,” a 21,000-word article about the obstacles he faced at the Times, published in the May 2004 edition of The Atlantic.
Diane: Changing Presidents Is Okay
Diane Sawyer: “Bruce Willis flew into war-torn Iraq not long ago to thank the troops.”
Actor Bruce Willis: “They are doing really great things in Iraq. They’re opening schools, they’re getting the power turned back on. It may take some time, but it would be a terrible sin to abandon the Iraqi people now."
"I think it would be a drastic mistake to change administrations now while we’re still at war.”
Sawyer: “Well, somebody might argue that changing American presidents doesn’t mean abandoning the Iraqi people.”
— Exchange on ABC’s Good Morning America, April 7.
