Politico's Allen gushed over Romney's PowerPoint slides, still can't find space for Giuliani ISG story

[Fill in any random story]...still can't find space for Giuliani ISG story

Is MMFA gonna whine about this for another week? Month? Year?

What pray tell does this Romney story have in common with the Rudy ISG story?

Now if Politico carries a article about a politician that at least has some similarities with the Giuliani story about either a Democrat or even another the Republican dissing something important to go make $$ for giving speeches... then MMFA has a reason to ask why Rudy's story didn't get much coverage.

But compare it to at least one random article almost everyday? Oh please.....

Politico should have covered it better, they didn't, let's move on.

Well I am not for "moving on," I think there is some significance to Politico's one-sided reporting - but I have to admit, the constant bringing-up of this one issue is kind of comic.

I am waiting for a banner to go up on the main page: "Day 10: Still No Politico Giuliani/ISG Story."

I am waiting for a banner to go up on the main page: "Day 10: Still No Politico Giuliani/ISG Story."

Exactly! This kind of reminds me of when MMFA was keeping count of how many Libs vs Cons appeared on Katie Couric's "Free Speech" segments.

I occasionally check out Politico, but don't read it enough to be able to determine whether they slant Right in their coverage. The only alleged *proof* seems to be the flurry of Politico threads featured here.

Jeter, I have to say I formed an opinion abuot Politico based on Bush shilling for them from the podium and the Drudge stuff. I haven't done anything approaching an analysis, but my impression so far is that they lean right - but then again the whole political commentariat is skewed wildly right from my point of view.

Well Val, what do expect from a "Mickey Mouse, fringe website".

 LOL...

vaffancul'

;-) 

I googled that and I don't think it was very nice, but I don't know Italian..You may have found a way around the censors!

Hah. You know I was kidding, Bruce... I hoped Jeter or someone would pick up on it. 

WordReference is a good source for unexpurgated translations, should you in the future suspect some guinea bastid is saying something off-colour at you...

 Yikes, Val! póg mo thóin seems pretty weak next to that.

Ture, but yours has the benefit of being much more obscure... lots of people, especially east coasters, have heard "va fongool."

Not obscure enough when your wife is 1st gen...heh...Slainte!

This is an important story Jeter, if you do not see it your blinded in GOP talking points

Evil,

I wrote on a thread the other day that I thought it was important. I wrote today they should have covered it better.

I think MMFA had every right to ask whether Politico carried enough coverage of it. However, the point of my post was to ask...are they gonna do this every other day?

This story has been covered elsewhere. Will MMFA ask day after day specifically about Politico covering the Rudy story? If they do, that is bordering on obsessive. They should have, they didn't, we get it.

Can you really not see the story similarities here?  Not the part about Romney but the later part of the story where Allen points out a pretty disturbing display of actual hypocrisy on the part of the Edwards poverty campaign.  (As opposed to the fake hypocrisy that says a rich man can't talk about poverty issues.) 

A truly objective and unbiased political publication, which The Politico laughingly claims itself to be, would have been able to put together a very good article showing how both Edwards and Giuliani conduct themselves in ways that betray the images they are trying to create.

Although one can find a smattering of hypocrisy in the speech of a man who bragged that he would double the size of Gitmo claiming to want to be part of a world wide campaign for the spread of human rights.

Of course- there's a story to be told, the media doesnt tell it, so we should just "move on" to the stories the media DOES cover.  Because if the media doesnt tell a story, its not a story?

How about this- one of the functions of Media Matters is to put pressure on the Media to report on stories that are of importance to the American people. The Giuliani story tells us a lot about what kind of leader he might be. Its important. Its STILL important even if the Corporate Media chooses to ignore it.  The idea that MM should just "drop it" because the Media doesnt want us to know about it isnt just stupid, its Fascist.  Why dont you just come out and say it- "if it was important, the media would tell me about it?" and be a good little sheep.

Another weak effort from the bizarre world of Simon Maloy.

There is zero connection between the Romney event and the non-reporting of Giuliani/ISG...the only connection evidenced here is mmfa's political pandering in an attempt to slam Giuliani.

There is no pandering. Fact is Politico is a biased rag.

I don't think there is any attempt here to show a connection. They are just showing how Politico highlights a relatively innocuous story favourable to a Republican candidate and contrasting that with their silence on a story of some import that is negative regarding another Republican candidate.

It's my impression that if, say, Clinton or Edwards had to recuse themselves from the ISG, Politico would be pushing the story hard. Not that I could ever prove such a thing, but it's my impression based on what I've read about Politico.com. 

I agree that there was no attempt to provide a connection...because there isn't one.

mmfa claims to "report on the news"...not report the news. Well, this is a shabby attempt by Maloy to create a story...with a juvenile attempt to hide his intent by connecting to Romney.

If mmfa wants to be news reporters...great...but they should stop hiding behind the media watchdog moniker.

I don't read Politico enough...in fact, only in reference to the articles here at mmfa...so I won't try to guess their efforts if a democrat had done the same as Giuliani...but your scenario would certainly not be out of the question. 

You've completely lost me, but that's cool.

No-host bar in the Thor thread! 

i dont know of this is true but apparently when mitt romney defecates (if in fact he does jury is still out) there is a distinct smell of roses

I'm suspicious of any and all Power Point presentations and Power Point presenters..

suspicious, WK, or feeling the sting of a little chin envy?

You know me too well, HBL. I'm envious of both his chin and his mad Power Point skills.

On another note, I may have spotted the Kernel on the "MSNBC's Robach compared pro-Obama 527 with discredited Swift Vets group" thread.

I dunno, KIng. While the kernel is pretty simple, at least that means he's usually coherent. TTT seems to be sort of a Gollum-esque bizarro Kernel at best.

I'm not convinced.

Just curious... if MMFA stops whining about the Giuliani story what's the incentive going to be for Politico to stop publishing pro-GOP propaganda masquerading as news? I know it's annoying to keep harping on an issue, but I'd rather be annoyed than live in a world where everyone sticks their head in the sand while Politico, FOX, Drudge, et al happily move forward unburdened in their quest to ensure a one-party system.

For Allen, the rules are simple.  Support the likely GOP winner (as he sees it), don't point out the flaws of other GOP candidates (so as to save the GOP in general from embarrassment), and attack DNC candidates whenever possible.

In other words, biased. 

This kind of reminds me of when MMFA was keeping count of how many Libs vs Cons appeared on Katie Couric's "Free Speech" segments.

jeter2

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I'm glad somebody was keeping up with it.

Of course, 1 liberal too many & Fox Noise/BillO/right wing radio would have began hurling physical threats @ Couric/NBC.

Jeter's reason for being seems to be to whine whenever MM points out the Conservative bias of the media.  Apparently, he'd like MM and other sites to just get on board with the Media and just ignore the bias.   Why? Is it none of MM's business? Is it none of OUR business?  If you dont care, why are you even on this site, Jeter?  Does it really piss you off so much that some people notice the bias and (gasp) actually refuse to ignore it?

Jeters good, and here for good reasons. He does a very good devil's advocate. He's been weighting in using irony on occasion. And finding its reaction educational. He will graciously admit error. would you?

Wow, and here I thought I was talking to Jeter. Thanks, Ewe, for your two cents anyway. If Jeter is so "good,"I wouldnt think he'd need for you to fight his battles for him.  What, are you his mother or something?

I believe this is an enormous untold story... a PRESEDENTIAL REPUBLICAN candidate who is (was) on the IRAQ STUDY GROUP never attended ONE MEETING when all the republicant's have been frothing at the mouth about is IRAQ!!! Granted, if I were in his velvet slippers, I would take the money and run (for president) instead of being involved with people who want to know, and change for the better, Iraq and the middle beast because I am a selfish F*CKING OAF who TAKES NO MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICE SERIOUSLY!!

But Mr. L, Rudy Giuliani is America's Mayor!  He was Mayor of NYC when it was ATTACKED by TERRORISTS!  That makes him an EXPERT on TERRORISM!  What could anyone else POSSIBLY tell him that he doesnt already know?

I saw a car accident the other day, which instantly made me an expert on Highway Safety. No police officer, highway engineer, or Dept of Transportation official can tell me anything about Highway Safety that I dont already know. If they try, I will indignantly REMIND them that I WITNESSED A CAR ACCIDENT.  That should shut them up! 

AT this point, I'm almost hoping the Republicans will be foolish enough to nominate Giuliani.

You can't fool all the people all the time Rudy.