If I ever had any doubt that the MSM news is carefully filtered

[raccoon]

the NBC evening news removed all doubt yesterday (April 20).

They showed a bit about President Hu's visit; showed Hu and Bush on the platform, and showed the protester.

No mention or glimpse of Bush grabbing Hu by his coat sleeve.

I'd never have known about that if not for seeing it here on DU. Thank you to whoever posted the pix about that.

Now, the final icing on the turd cake was, that the media ho reporter, a man with lots of gray hair, said that in China their news didn't show the protester!!! As if China censors their news and the US doesn't.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

Helps me to kind of understand why some people are so clueless.

[tanyev]

1. Bob Schieffer on CBS said something after their story about

how the Chinese people are not accustomed to seeing their leaders heckled. I had to yell at the TV, "Neither are we!" We'd see a lot more of it if the Bush administration didn't carefully screen their audiences. Even with that, there is quite a bit of protesting going on that our media never shows us.

[bunkerbuster1]

4. I only learned about Bush's limo getting pelted with eggs in '01

during his inaguration, after watching F9/11.

Never saw any mention of it in the SCLM, including the New York Times. Which I used to read every day.

[raccoon]

7. Same here. nt

[spuddonna]

14. Yup, me too!

I had no idea of the protests, the egg throwing, and I was generally clueless. I watched "CNN" at the time, and TV news and thought I was "well informed" - HA! :crazy:

[blm]

2. The Downing Street Memos closed the case on the corporate media for me.

It proved that most media was 100% ready to protect the lies of BushINc. It took a category 5 hurricane to blow back the covers on Bush's reign.

[formercia]

3. I noticed it too.

I did like the part about the announcement that they would now play the Taiwanese anthem though.

[BlueEyedSon]

5. "The purpose of the media is to protect the governemnt" --Blue Eyed Son

[Rocknrule]

13. Unless it's a Democratic government

:puke:

[BlueEyedSon]

15. im talking here & now

and under this fascist military/industrial/corporate/media/govt complex

[seabeyond]

6. surprisingly it wasnt on stewart either. i kept telling hubby watch,...

you will see bush grab his jacket. and they never showed it. i was disappointed

[5X]

8. Milbank did a piece on this in this morning's Wash. Post. n/t

[raccoon]

10. Thanks for posting! I read it and posted him a congratulatory email. nt

[pansypoo53219]

9. and it seems to me

the teevee gnews is holding its breath, witing for georgie to recover his poll numbers. they just don't understand WHY he has lost his 9/11 glow and that fucking mandate after 04'. what with economy doing so well.
(unable to do dripping srcasm)

[wellstone dem]

11. Imus showed it this morning too

along with Cheney sleeping

[raccoon]

12. Glad to hear that. nt