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Post by maherjunkie on Jan 28, 2006 11:19:30 GMT -5
Maybe I have low standards, but I think the response to this does not match the crime.
We've had a president who lied about a war and some of these media pundits did not give a damn; but a few lies in a memoir that is 97% percent true, oh no!
Yes, it was wrong but if Oprah's name were not attached it would not get this sensation. And the nerve of them blaming her! Never mind the publisher.
Where is my beloved Bill Maher when I need him? It has been a cold and lonely winter...
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Post by Metella on Jan 30, 2006 9:34:23 GMT -5
ain't it always the way? Sure he embellished & should be off the book list for it; but one of the things was he said his girlfriend hung herself when she actually slit her wrists .... now I really don't see why he changed it, but that is almost nothing compared to "I never had sexual relations with that woman" humph.
I am really against untruths overall & think this guy should have to give 50% of his profits to some charity - but I can be harsh.
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Post by trisha on Feb 1, 2006 12:48:34 GMT -5
Isn't it tragic how THIS has made headlines when so much political scandal is passed over? It seems like I hear more actual, and factual reporting on lying politicians from The Daily Show than CNN, ABC, NBC, and certainly much, much more than Fox (those blood sucking bottom feeders.) Oh, but embellish a memoir (like he's the first!!) and they all come running with torches and pitch forks.
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Post by Metella on Feb 1, 2006 13:34:21 GMT -5
Exactly. AND ..... what about all the coverage about the two reporters who were what? killed? shot at? Didn't get their hot dinner? I didn't listen that closely ...... as opposed to the wonderful young leaders who have been killed .....
Now, sure they should have reported a quick thing about whatever happened to the journalists - but they played it on and one and headlined the news with it - like they are more special than the trained soldiers out there. OUTRAGEOUS.
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Post by BegToDiffer on Feb 3, 2006 15:32:55 GMT -5
I wish Oprah would take on some of those lying politicians with the same vigor she used on this author. With the power she holds, she could make a difference. She knows people listen to her, and she wastes time chewing out some poor schmuck who doesn't know if he's coming or going. I actually ended up feeling sorry for him.
Re: the reporters- Suddenly the war is hitting much closer to home. The reporters are part of the "media family", so naturally they will get the attention. When our local marine unit lost 14 men in one incident, the news coverage was major here in Ohio, but not across the country. The media owns this football, and they are going to run with it. That's just the way it is.
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