So I was watching the news yesterday evening and they were showing a clip of a CNN news reporter, whom I believe to be Susan Roesgen, covering the Chicago Tea Party Rally.
She approached a man with his two year old child. Below is a rough transcript of the event.
Roesgen: Okay, lets see. You're here with your two year old and you're already in debt. Why are you here today?
Man: Because I hear a president say that he believed in what Lincoln stood for. Lincoln's primary thing was that people had the right to liberty and people had the right-
Roesgen: Sir, what does this have to do with taxes? What does this have to do with your taxes?
Man: Hold on-are you listening? Let me finish my point!
Roesgen: Do you realize that - *inaudible*
Man: Lincoln believed that people had the right to share in the fruits of their own labor and the government should not take it. We have clearly gotten to that point.
Roesgen: Great, oh great. Did you know that- did you know that the state of Lincoln gets $50 billion dollars out of this stimulus. Thats $50 billion dollars for this state, sir.
Man: Ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am! I-I, I- can you stop that sir? (a man had walked over and was getting in between the man and Roesgen, that was how I interpreted it)
Roesgen: Okay, well we'll move over here.
Man: Wait, hold on -
Roesgen: (moved away from the man) I think you get the general tenor of this. It's anti-government; anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network FOX. And since I can't really hear much more and I think this is not really family viewing, we'll toss it back over to you, Cara/Kara.
Background noise: "You're not a reporter!" "Let him finish"
The man kept asking the woman to let him finish, but she refused to allow him to speak his mind.
After the whole fiasco, this "reporter" had the audacity to turn to the camera and blame the Tea Parties on FOX News.
I have "reporter" in quotations because this woman is no reporter. She went to the rallies with one goal in mind: shoot down anyone who has a differing opinion than her and her affiliated biased news station (CNN). A true reporter lets the person they are interviewing finish their statement and treats them with respect. Ms Susan Roesgen, you did no such thing.
CNN is ticked off because their ratings, quite frankly, suck. They have to do something so extreme and wild to even get an ounce of airtime!
Way to loose what little credibilty you had left, CNN.
What news stations such as CNN fail to realize that the Tea Parties are not designed to attack the democratic party.
They are designed to protest big government, republicans and democrats alike.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xWGvdRQ9Q]
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i saw that too! i honestly couldn't believe the nerve of that woman. and that;s why CNN ratings are so low. because if biased people like her. i saw this on the cavato [cant spell sorry!] show on FOX. i couldn't believe it myself.
ReplyDeleteshe didn't even let the man defend or anything. so sad.
i so very badly want to go to a tea-party right now. i hope obama actually does something right, and starts listening to us americans. and stop the pork-barrel spending he promised to end. but made worse.
i can't believe america elected him...
Yep. I saw the clip during the O'Reilly factor.
ReplyDeleteIt's alright, his name is spelled 'Cavuto.'
I truly believe that the woman didn't let the man finish because she feared what he would say. She feared that people may hear what he's saying and think, "Hmm...this guy is making some sense!"
I will be attending a Tea Party rally this Saturday in my home town. And yes, I agree. I sincerely pray that Obama and the rest of Washington step back and listen to what we have to say.
I heard Rush Limbaugh(sp) say that on his radio show [rough translation]: "This is different. This is taxation with representation. Obama was elected by the American people."
Me response: ...not all of us elected him.