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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 06:16 PM
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I hate ABC news
Edited on Sun Dec-14-03 06:18 PM by VelmaD
So, I'm flipping channels during a break in the Cowboy game and hit ABC news talking about the whole Saddam thing. Surprisingly enough they actually mentioned that there were not large demonstrations in the streets of Baghdad. But then they had to go into full media-whore mode. They're not out celebrating because they're just afraid of the the Saddam loyalists or it hasn't really sunk in yet. :eyes: Jesus h christ can't they just report the news without making up reasons for why things didn't happen exaclty the way they expected them to.

My real confusion however is how they know the gunfire in Baghdad today that killed 4 and wounded 60+ was "celebratory gunfire". It's almost as confusing as the "non-hostile" gunfire.



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Cush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 06:18 PM
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1. Hmm
Now they're talking about his Trial, and how a Trial in Iraq will not play well in the Arab World.
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Big_AJ Donating Member (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 06:23 PM
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4. Isn't that
just too bad for the rest of the Arab world. Unfortunately the rest of the 'Arab world' still has a surfeit of ruthless dictators.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 06:21 PM
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2. Who doesn't
Typical whores
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Cush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 06:22 PM
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3. NOw talking about security
mentions the car bomb
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kaitykaity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 06:25 PM
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5. The somber seriousness is what gets to me.

This whole episode is so hilarious when you look at it
from an outsider's point of view. We've spent $200 Billion
to find an old hobo homeless man.

And we're bantam-rooster proud of ourselves that we
accomplished such a 'magnificent' feat.

The media have proved to me once and for all that they
are state-run if not state-owned. It's 'rah-rah' rather
than, "gee, when is the Bush administration going to
turn Saddam over to The Hague for trial, a la Milosevic?"

Or, "gee, what kind of secrets does Saddam have about
Reagan/Bush41 foreign policy?" How about "what were you
and Rumsfeld talking about in that picture, Saddam?"



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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 07:10 PM
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6. Get used to it...
this "news" will be around for quite sometime...
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number6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 07:14 PM
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7. me too...
http://www.abclies.com/

just another whore outfit
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linazelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 09:01 PM
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8. ABC is the worst....Disney needs to be boycotted for the bias
I've been saying this so long it's ridiculous. ABC is the worst of the major networks.
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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 09:02 PM
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9. I'm boycotting ABC
Their interference in the Dem primary is unprecedented and we should have nothing to do with them.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 09:09 PM
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10. Football announcers are the 21st Century's political pundits...
It's why Limbaugh wanted in the club. Sad, ain't it?
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-03 09:17 PM
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11. But,but.their part of the VAST Liberal media that Rush always talks about
Them and CBS,NBC and and.....


David
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