Wolf Blitzer must be getting paid by this administration...

[jenmito]

Has anyone seen him reporting from Dubai for about 3 days now? He's interviewing U.S. citizens who work for DPW, trying to show how excited the employees of the company are to show him how they check the cargo, talking to the CEO who is explaining how they are such good friends to Americans, and taking tours of the country showing us how "beautiful" it is. What's his deal?

[gratuitous]

1. CNN has to do something to offset Lou Dobbs

After all, even when the facts and the polls are heavily tilted against some hare-brained GOP initiative, CNN has to promote it or risk it's all important "access" to a bunch of lying liars and the lies they tell.

[jenmito]

6. About that...

I thought Lou Dobbs said because he won't shut up about this, DPW has banned CNN from doing any interviews with anyone from their company? And then Wolf is there in Dubai? I don't get it.

[gratuitous]

13. DPW won't grant CNN interviews from its London HQ

Because of Dobbs, apparently CNN has to send someone to Dubai (you get the short straw, Leslie) because DPW won't do CNN stand-ups from their European HQ. At least, that's my understanding.

[jenmito]

16. Hmmm...ok. I guess that makes sense...

But isn't it strange that they have Wolf on right after Dobbs? I wish Wolf would've stayed home!

[durtee librul]

2. Wolfie sucks

Wolf Butthead - can't stand that whiny fool. I couldn't believe he was walking around with a military guy espousing how 'safe' everything was....especially the roped off part of the harbor! HA HA HA - - must be a magic rope that the terrists know not to cross. Stupid buffoon - he needs to move to Faux news.

[jenmito]

9. I saw that...

What BULL! Was he also the guy who said he's a white Christain male like Timothy McVeigh, so does that mean no Christain white men should manage the ports either? This is what they do-compare an individual who did a terrorist act to a GOVT. who supported terrorists!

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

3. He is among the most....

...unabashed corporate media whores shilling for BushCo out there. His credibility is zero.

[jenmito]

10. I agree...

And the same scenes repeat for 3 hours a day every day!

[bloodyohio]

4. It's like a big infomercial

Many in the media are also still acting like only six ports would be affected; they always fail to mention, on TV at least, that it would actually be well over 20.

[jenmito]

14. I noticed that, too...

And welcome to DU, even though I'M relatively new myself. :hi:

[elizm]

5. Posted on this 20 minutes ago...

...Apparently my subject line didn't catch on.

[jenmito]

15. Sorry...I didn't see it...

I wouldn't have started another one.

[Julius Civitatus]

7. Wolfie has no credibility

He is always pushing the official story. He is a whore of a major order.

[jenmito]

17. Yeah-that "liberal MSM" that the administration hates...

This is the last straw! This proves the MSM will stop at NOTHING to discredit this administration! :sarcasm:

[JohnnyRingo]

8. He seems quite taken by them as well

I wonder if he bought a timeshare while he was there.
Only two things can make a reporter like Blitzer cheerlead for them...
hookers or money.

I don't think he was there long enough for the hookers, but I bet he flew back with an extra piece of luggage.

[jenmito]

18. That's true...

Must be the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

[Babel_17]

11. Despicable, it was like ....

he was hosting an "Escape to ...." type travel show.

He kept harping on how beautiful and modern the city is. We get it, they have money and they're willing to spend it.

At least at the end Peter King got to remind everyone that the ties to terrorism, even if they were in the past, go right to the top.

[jenmito]

19. Yes...

EXACTLY!!! Yeah, that was good that Peter King spoke up against that guy.

[IsItJustMe]

12. Chimp tells wolf to jump and wolf asks how high.

Did nayone catch Lou Dobbs tonight say that the UAE owned a share of CNN?

No wonder why msm reports the way it does.

[jenmito]

20. I saw the show...

But I missed that little nugget of information! WOW!!! Thanks for pointing that out!

[moobu2]

24. Istithmar, the UAE media company recently bought

shares in Time Warner, Time Warner owns CNN who in turn employs Wolfie etc...

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates-based media investment company Istithmar PJSC, through $2 billion in participation notes issued by UBS AG, now controls 2.39 percent of Time Warner Inc.'s (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) stock and has hired one of Carl Icahn's entities as its advisor, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.

The notes give Istithmar effective control over and economic exposure to over 109 million Time Warner shares, the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said.

Under the agreement, UBS does not have economic exposure or control over the shares.

UAE company takes stake in Time Warner, hires Icahn
Thu Feb 16, 2006pm ET>

[radio4progressives]

45. 2.39 percent ownership of Time Warner...

hmm. that's not chump change.

[radio4progressives]

42. What? UAE owns (a) share of CNN?

I was just going to suggest that United States Taxpayers were funding this propaganda... this administration has been pouring millions into propaganda media - it sure appears that it's domestic - why are we not surprised that UAE would own shares (how many?)of CNN..

i wonder how many of the rest of the alpha bet soup cable and broadcast stations they own?

[IsItJustMe]

56. I think it's about 2.3 % of Time Warner (parent company of CNN)

[CoffeeCat]

21. I agree...this isa White-House sanctioned PR stunt...if I ever saw one...

This "Blitzer Does Dubai" theater, really is an abomination.

Blitzer is showing us how modern and lovely the city is (ooohhhh aahhhhhh), and he's demonstrating that this is a big city! Folks! This is not some stone-age town in the sand. Lookeee at the tall, tall buildings (oohhhhhh aahhhhh).

Wolf had the cameras pan to a shop that had a sign out front, "Wall Street Business" to showcase how Americanized and wonderful this town is. There's nothing to fear! They're just like us!

Wolfie also talked about how lavish many of the people in Dubai lived. He crooned about how extravagant things were in Dubai (oooohhhhhh aahhhhhh).

This is really sick. I'm personally insulted.

I do not need to be sold on Dubai--as if Wolfie is some kind of tour guide. Dubai may be a lovely city. Who cares.

We don't want their damn government controlling our ports.

Stop trying to sell us total shit!

After American bought the "Iraq as WMD" lies--they think we'll believe anything!

[jenmito]

22. That's right...

I'm going to e-mail CNN and tell them that I don't need a tour of Dubai and I don't need to be "educated" about how "safe" this deal is. Jeez-the CEO of the company said he didn't even know what percentage of cargo was checked! I remember Wolf had Schumer on right after the CEO guy and Wolf asked Schumer if the CEO made him feel any better about the deal and he said NO-it made him feel MORE concerned that he wouldn't have those figures and he's the CEO. Wolf is covering this story in a positive light more than FAUX probably is!

[AX10]

52. Do you think Wolf will talk about Dubai being a hub for the...

kingpins of the blackmarket? :eyes:

[flordehinojos]

23. shameless, shameless, shameless.

[Skittles]

25. he does seem to go above and beyond in his bush-whoring

I, too, think he has some kind of financial incentive to sell his soul

[jenmito]

30. Sad what people will do for money, huh?! n/t

[leftofthedial]

26. well, duh

[leftofthedial]

27. well, duh

[IsItJustMe]

28. After reading all of these posts I guess we can all agree that wolf is a

chimp corporate whore that has no shame what-so-ever and probably now owns a condo in Dubai.

[jenmito]

31. Or maybe...

It's just you. :) Just kidding.

[IsItJustMe]

37. Is it? LOL

Man you messin with my head. LOL

[jenmito]

41. Nah...it's not just you...

Maybe you should change your nic. :D

[IsItJustMe]

43. No, I like it. I think it typifies how many people feel in America right

now. People feel like they are alienated because they see crazy changes going on around them because of chimp. They just need to realize that millions of other Americans are out there feeling just like them.

[jenmito]

46. True. I like it, too...

As a matter of fact, maybe I'll change MY nic to IsItJustMeandThatOtherPersonWithTheSameNic?! :D

[ReadTomPaine]

29. Dubai is turning into Cuba pre-Castro.

Only with more money and a dash of Halliburton.

[Sensitivity]

32. Wolfe was privately a KERRY supporter and donor. That is a fact.

[jenmito]

33. Too bad he didn't spend any time...

trying to impress us with KERRY like he's doing with Dubai.

[Ignacio Upton]

34. Proof?

And to me it doesn't matter what your private political stance is. If you collaborate with the false MSM narratives that the right-wing conjures up, then you are still a media whore. I do know that a majority of actual writers and reporters are liberal, but the MSM is controlled by conservative owners and editors, and producers

[Sensitivity]

35. Did not know "Proof" was the business here. A little evidence for

some of the charges of corruption being leveled here would be interesting.

I have no Proof I can give you here. My information is via family connections and from
working on the campaign for more than a year.

Why can't we have a discussion based on evidence and argument rather than slander and
rhetoric.

[depakid]

39. I see evidence of wolfe's right wing propaganda every day

which, for me at least- far outweighs the empty assertions of some interloper on a message board....

[Dr Fate]

47. You could be making it up. Show us a link that supports your "fact." n/t

n/t

[Dr Fate]

50. Well *My* "family connections" tell me that Wolf supported BUSH.

I also was a fundraiser for Kerry, and I never once saw a check from Wolf. However- a Republican fundraiser (who's name will remain secret) told me that he DID see a check from Wolf!

After all, "Proof" is not the business here, right? ;)

[AX10]

53. Right On!

;-)

[radio4progressives]

44. He's very good at concealing this.. Is that why he bends over backwards

to promote the Bush agenda? So that he won't be accused of being a biased liberal? Is that why he dissess Howard Dean so blatently on CNN, with not so subtle insulting questions?

and who can forget the recent interview when Wolfie heaves that huge sigh in reaction to Howard Dean's response to a stupid question?

I'm just asking... like everything else this administration has done, wolfie is more often than not, woflie is blatently cheerleading for them.

[Sensitivity]

51. Good journalists don't reveal their political leanings

The hallmark of a good journalist is his or her ability to check their political
leanings at the door of the news room. Blitzer was a print journalist for most of
his career.

[Dr Fate]

57. So that means Wolf is not a good journalist then, since he is so pro Bush.

Right? He reveals this bias of his on a daily basis- a very poor investigative journalist indeed.

[Sensitivity]

59. I suspect that RW bloggers view Wolf with similar annoyance and see

a distinct libera bias.

Blitzer has been regularly attacked for his left-wing reporting.

http://www.exposetheleft.com/2005/12/12/wolfdefendstookie/

[Dr Fate]

60. So a story on Tookie Williams makes Wolf anti Bush?????

It's telling that you dont hold up Wolf's Pre- Iraq war reporting or his ports deal reporting as an example of Liberal bias.

Just because RW bloggers dont like the way Wolf covered a Tookie Williams story does not mean Wolf is pro DEM or anti-Iraq war or anti ports deal.

Wolf reports Bush's lies as facts. All you have to do is look at his pre-Iraq war reporting to see that. Wolf also reported the SWiftboat vets lies as fact, and showed a photo-shopped, forged picture of Kerry with Jane Fonda.

Oh- but his story on "Tookie" somehow makes him anti Bush- uh- huh.

You are reaching to suggest that his repoting on Tookie Williams balances his Bush-friendly reporting on Iraq, Wire taps, "DEMs took $$ from Abramoff too" and now the ports deal.

[Dr Fate]

48. If it's a "fact" that Wolf supports Kerry, then please provide evidence.

I dont mean to be rude, but my insticnt is that you are flat out making that up.

Show me some proof.

[grasswire]

36. Jack Cafferty blasted that!

He told Wolf he didn't care what the hell they do in Dubai; didn't give a damn about their security over there. He said that had nothing to do with the problem of the Dubai government operating ports in the U.S.

[jenmito]

40. I saw that...

Cafferty was NOT impressed nor swayed. I like Jsck.

[High Plains]

38. Uh, he's reporting the story?

[jenmito]

49. I can't believe CNN is playing the DPW CEO interview AGAIN! n/t

[AX10]

54. Wolf Blitzer and Chris Matthews belong on Fox.

[jenmito]

58. I disagree about Matthews...

He covers things well-especially the CIA leak. He had specials on that topic every night. He did the same on other topics, too. He can get on your nerves when he says he personally likes Bush and things like that, but I still believe he calls it like he sees it, and it's not always pro-Bush.

[Poiuyt]

68. Matthews gets paid by right wing groups

http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Report_posits_that_Chris_Matthews_star_0309.html

[Vinca]

55. I've never seen such cheerleading!

Wolfie must have a helluva suite to occupy during his trip to Dubai.

[w8liftinglady]

61. this whole thing seems set up-to make repubs seem tough on terror

...while they profit behind the scene.The only interviews are with republican,namely Duncan hunter and susan collins.even on Lou Dobbs-it is portrayed as the republican leaders being tough on this deal.

[jenmito]

62. I don't agree...

ALL the shows I've seen had not only the Repubs. against this deal but Schumer, Ford, Boxer, and others.

[w8liftinglady]

64. watch Lou Dobbs today

now-don't get me wrong-I am thrilled he is coming out against the administration...but today-Duncan Hunter,Arlen Specter,and grassley are on

[jenmito]

66. Boxer and Schumer were on the other night...

And tonight Menendez and Barney Frank will be on with 2 Repubs.

[Radical Activist]

63. Maybe Bush and Blitzer answer to the same funders.

Middle East Oil interests have a large sphere on financial influence.

[0007]

65. Duh? What's your first clue?

[Elidor]

67. He's making Jeff Gannon look reputable by comparison

And this is the tripe that passes for news in Amurika.