Help my memory. Which anchorman trashed Bill Clinton severely?

[Alpharetta]

I'm trying to remember a specific event where a soon-to-be-retired anchorman (ABC, CBS, or NBC) had scathing on-air comments about Bill Clinton.

I've googled for it and just can't find it.

Be patient with me and I'll describe as best I can. It was late at night. I think it was about 1 in the morning during either the Republican or Democratic convention. Pretty sure it was the 96 convention.

I think maybe he forgot his microphone was on. Or maybe he later used that as an excuse.

What he said was Bill Clinton was the dullest/ or stupidest/ President he had ever had the duty to cover in his 30 or 40 years of press service.

Is that ringing a bell with anyone? Thanks!

P.S. I'm not trolling for a discussion of how smart Bill Clinton is. (I think he's brilliant.) I got to thinking about this incident as I was reflecting on the supposed liberal media bias, and I knew DU could help me remember it better.

[doc03]

1. I remember it vaguely I think it may have been Tom

Brokaw.

[Kahuna]

2. David Brinkley.

I think it was during the election night coverage.

On edit: it was definately Brinkley. It was during the 1996 election night coverage for NBC. His mike was on and he was overheard calling Clinton a bore. And said he couldn't believe that people would give him four more years and that they could expect four more years of nonsense from this guy.

[doc03]

3. I think you're right I believe it was David Brinkley

[Alpharetta]

4. Yes, that's it. Thanks!

http://www.cnn.com/US/9611/10/brinkley/index.html

November 10, 1996
Web posted at: 10:45 p.m. EST

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Retiring ABC commentator David Brinkley apologized Sunday to President Clinton for calling him a "bore" and for predicting -- in opinionated election night commentary -- four more years of "goddamned nonsense."

[chaumont58]

6. Brinkley was the consumate beltway whore

He was a natural for inside the beltway bullshit, as he was full of it. Clinton took his apology, and even invited him to the White House. Clinton should have made the puke stew on his own odor.

Is there any other nation on the planet as poorly served by its national political press as is the US?

[Ken Burch]

9. Brinkley also took this weird right-wing turn in his later years

The last chapter of his autobiography, for example, was simply a rant about income tax(mind you, as a member of the ruling class in income terms, Brinkley should've been able to find an accountant that would make sure he basically didn't pay any taxes, like most rich people, but he didn't put that together for some reason).

Early on, Brinkley was great(he was a hero for doing truthful reporting on the Civil Rights struggle as a Southern reporter in the 50's)but he turned into a spiteful old bastard at the end for some reason.

[peacetalksforall]

5. Thanks for asking. Thanks for the answer. Proves once again - ABC is

an enemy.

[Doc_Technical]

7. "ABC is an enemy." What about CBS, NBC, FOX,,etc.???

[peacetalksforall]

8. CNN FOX and the NBCs are a given. We all know them. I usually

cut to the chase and just refer to them as Time-Warner, Murdoch, and GE/Microsoft. Because we mostly observe and are attacked from the WH through their 24/7 hour long shows with damaging propaganda while ABC and CBS do not operate those hour long shows 24/7, we usually don't mention ABC and CBS as often. Also, because ABC and CBS have so many parent owners, I can't remember all of them when I write these posts - Disney is right at the top of the owners of ABC.

I do whatever I can to remind people that we are victims of corporate entertaining news partners of the right wing party leaders. There are no messages coming from them that are good for this country or the world (with the exception of Countdown which has its own exceptions).

These programs are loaded down with court jesters and bimbos who don't seem to have any idea what they are doing to the people of this country when they take orders from their Directors, who take their orders from the Ailes level, who take their orders from the WHite House. RNC, Boards of Directors connected to war profiteers and people controllers, stockholders, plus foundation partners with an agenda to control common folk and own the earth resources. The stockholders of these companies hold a lot of blood on their hands.

They have abandoned all principles of journalism as was intended by the founders of the country. They are more insiduous than the USSR in the worst years of Communist rule - because they pass themselves off as news bringers in a democracy. They abandoned independent owndership. They are now completely owned by corporations. Most in this cluntry are clueless.

Never in our nation have we had to rely on our own efforts to find out what is really going on in this country and the world.

Their partnerships with the right wing is up front for everyone to see - the assistance they gave to the right wing to bring Clinton down - the ridicule they throw at all Dem leaders - the absence of coverage of what Dems are trying to do - limitng talk show guests to DLC members (who are nearly worthliess, imo) - getting rid of the Donahues - everything they do and don't do and the attacks they orchestrate and facilitate are insiduous and cannot be called journalism.

The propaganda given to us under this pretense is one of the things that makes me feel hopeless at times. I try to get others to see what is going on. I constantly run in to people who say - but isn't CNN supposed to be liberal (or substitute NBC or ABC) - educated people ask me that! Unbelievable! It means they are winning.

I regret that a huge chunk of our citizens have never heard of Democracy Now, don't know how to get it and have never heard of FSTV and LINK.

The structure behind a long haried bimbo or a clueless jester on the screen is unbelievable - the wealthiest people in the world are guiding those bimbos and jesters to make us stupid and keep us stupid.

Staying out of their way and not working to counter it is to slip into a fog of their design.

I rant against this all the time. Now you know. I consider CNN, FOX, and the NBCs the worst because of their dedication and their presence in airports, bars, and their hour long shows with manipulated news and anti-democracy filth.