Katie Couric -- media hack
Yesterday Ms. Couric received an award, the prestigious Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Journalism at USC.
But let's be clear, she received this award for a piece of advocacy, not journalism. This award came to her for the "mugging" of Sarah Palin during her infamous interview with Couric. That by itself would have Cronkite turning in his grave, but note that it was not so much the interview that gave her the award, because it was not journalism at all, but the result. She shot down the Republican candidate for Vice President.
At the time, it was clear that Couric's "gotcha" question was subject to more than possible answer, and that prior to the interview being scripted, Couric herself would not have known the answer: even David Gergen was unsure. There has never been a "Bush Doctrine" as something delineated and expounded by the Bush White House. It has been determined to be the policy of pre-emption (military or otherwise) to preserve national interests and security -- but by academics and those seeking to hang a label on White House policy. Certainly, nothing the Bush White House did could clarify that label ... nothing that this writer has seen in the myriad of insane responses to global events could be construed as following any coherent policy. So Couric's question, designed to sound knowledgeable, is/was a ploy to discredit and humiliate Palin.
Let's also be clear on this: McCain needed his head tested in selecting Palin. Get elected first, then get her in some position where she could gain some international and federal experience. Then, perhaps, she might be ready for the Big Stage.
PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, John Ziegler -- a notorious right winger who seeks to expose media bias, was arrested yesterday trying to attend this awards ceremony. Why? The event was not sold out -- so there was plenty of space in the auditorium -- he was not trying to force his way in. He was standing outside trying to interview people in attendance.
He came to attend a ceremony that is handing out an award in journalism ... as a journalist ... and he is arrested by Kampus Kops who told him he couldn't do that. They would not say why, but they felt that Ziegler needed to be handcuffed. Where are Ziegler's First Amendment rights? What would the result have been had the award been given to Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore was arrested? Would we not have seen universal and loud anguish, nationally? But if you do not listen to Fox, you won't hear or learn of this.
The Left were awarding a soldier in the great cause of Liberal conquest. A conservative journalist was trying to show left-wing media bias for what it is ... and got arrested, his Constitutional rights violated for his pains. The Left do not mind when Constitutional rights are violated, just so long as it is conservatives (small "c" or big "C") who are being targeted.
Starting to smell like 1936 to me.
But let's be clear, she received this award for a piece of advocacy, not journalism. This award came to her for the "mugging" of Sarah Palin during her infamous interview with Couric. That by itself would have Cronkite turning in his grave, but note that it was not so much the interview that gave her the award, because it was not journalism at all, but the result. She shot down the Republican candidate for Vice President.
At the time, it was clear that Couric's "gotcha" question was subject to more than possible answer, and that prior to the interview being scripted, Couric herself would not have known the answer: even David Gergen was unsure. There has never been a "Bush Doctrine" as something delineated and expounded by the Bush White House. It has been determined to be the policy of pre-emption (military or otherwise) to preserve national interests and security -- but by academics and those seeking to hang a label on White House policy. Certainly, nothing the Bush White House did could clarify that label ... nothing that this writer has seen in the myriad of insane responses to global events could be construed as following any coherent policy. So Couric's question, designed to sound knowledgeable, is/was a ploy to discredit and humiliate Palin.
Let's also be clear on this: McCain needed his head tested in selecting Palin. Get elected first, then get her in some position where she could gain some international and federal experience. Then, perhaps, she might be ready for the Big Stage.
PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, John Ziegler -- a notorious right winger who seeks to expose media bias, was arrested yesterday trying to attend this awards ceremony. Why? The event was not sold out -- so there was plenty of space in the auditorium -- he was not trying to force his way in. He was standing outside trying to interview people in attendance.
He came to attend a ceremony that is handing out an award in journalism ... as a journalist ... and he is arrested by Kampus Kops who told him he couldn't do that. They would not say why, but they felt that Ziegler needed to be handcuffed. Where are Ziegler's First Amendment rights? What would the result have been had the award been given to Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore was arrested? Would we not have seen universal and loud anguish, nationally? But if you do not listen to Fox, you won't hear or learn of this.
The Left were awarding a soldier in the great cause of Liberal conquest. A conservative journalist was trying to show left-wing media bias for what it is ... and got arrested, his Constitutional rights violated for his pains. The Left do not mind when Constitutional rights are violated, just so long as it is conservatives (small "c" or big "C") who are being targeted.
Starting to smell like 1936 to me.
posted by Zaphod at Friday, April 17, 2009
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