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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:25 PM
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Leslie presenting "balanced" story on Cindy.
He's going to present "both" sides to the story.

Right!!!

62% of the country is against the war and so both sides of the story deserve equal weight.

Rubbish!
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:26 PM
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1. I don't understand why they have to show the "other side".
I am listening to the lady. She definitely drank the kool-aid.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:27 PM
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3. Are her children all alive?
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:26 PM
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2. Let us know how it goes
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:28 PM
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4. Who the hell is "Leslie"?
A nickname for Lester Holt? I have no idea...
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:29 PM
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5. He calls himself "Wolf" but his name is Leslie Blitzer.
:rofl:
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:39 PM
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8. You gotta be kidding me? LOL Little Leslie Blitzer! (n/t)
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:35 PM
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6. Gee, Leslie sure is solicitous of minority opinion
But then, I remember how he always made sure he had an equal number of anti-war folks in late 2002 and early 2003 when it might have made a difference. Oh wait, no he didn't.

How curious that Cindy can't just get interviewed by herself.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:37 PM
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7. I didn't get the audio of that, but...
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 04:38 PM by CBHagman
...the guest is one Georgette Frank, who also lost a son in Iraq. Th caption below her reads "Still supports President Bush."

I Googled Georgette Frank, and from what I can tell her son was in the Marines and she's been on some kind of Marine parents/families website. She also regarded a peace memorial as disrespectful of her son. Further Googling could not determine whether she has some political agenda.

It's really sickening to see the MSM bend over backwards to ensure that the pro-war stance is carefully represented. It's pretty easy to be gung-ho back at a Georgetown cocktail party.
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:48 PM
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9. It was the same ol' kool aid.
Opposing the war is not supporting the troops... blah, blah, blah.

Pro war went first, then Cindy so Cindy got both the last word and a longer segment. Actually a pretty good segment all things considered.
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