How Newsbusters And Media Research Center Operate

12:37 pm EST January 27th, 2009 | News | 10 Comments

Headline: “PBS: ‘Obama Is Our First Truly American President’”

Wow, that’s crazy! PBS as an organization said that about President Obama? That’s super crazy bias–

Wait. Who actually said that?

Oh wait, it was a commentary by pundit and author John Ridley. On a local PBS affiliate.

Somehow the opinion of one commentator (not an anchor or journalist or anything) on a local PBS station offering his opinion is transmogrified by the geniuses at MRC into an official statement of support from PBS.

Oh, Ridley is also a contributor to conservative blog Big Hollywood.

So, to use the Newsbusters method we can write:

Conservative Blog Big Hollywood: ‘Obama Is Our First Truly American President’

Wow, writing right-wing b.s. is fun.

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10 Responses to “How Newsbusters And Media Research Center Operate”

  1. Dave in SoCal says:
    January 27, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    Somehow the opinion of one commentator (not an anchor or journalist or anything) on a local PBS station offering his opinion is transmogrified by the geniuses at MRC into an official statement of support from PBS.

    Oh, you mean like how the writings on one conservative blog (or even by someone in the comments) is magically transformed by you into THE opinion of the Republican party or conservatives in general?

    Pot, kettle and all that, Oliver.

  2. Oliver Willis says:
    January 27, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    If one echoes the other, there’s no problem, but that you would defend this brand of stupidity speaks volumes.

  3. Dave in SoCal says:
    January 27, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    If one echoes the other, there’s no problem, but that you would defend this brand of stupidity speaks volumes.

    Oliver, kindly show how my above single sentence above in anyway defends anything or anyone.

    The fact that you take my pointing out your hypocrisy and try to twist it into some kind of defense of the people that you’re railing about speaks volumes about you.

  4. ed says:
    January 27, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Oh, you mean like how the writings on one conservative blog (or even by someone in the comments) is magically transformed by you into THE opinion of the Republican party or conservatives in general?

    O-Will came through with a specific example. Why can’t you, Dave in SoCal? Did Rush Limbaugh tell you not to or something?

  5. Dave in SoCal says:
    January 27, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    Here are a three examples of Oliver tarring Conservatives or “the GOP” for the statements of (1) a pro-corporation lobbyist and (2) a whackjob talk radio host:

    The Ultimate (This Week) In Conservative Straw-mannery

    GOP Bigot Eruption: Conservative Talk Host “Gunny Bob” Says Obama Should Try To “Whip My White Ass”

    Conservatives: Why?

    You’re welcome, ed.

  6. Oliver Willis says:
    January 27, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Of course your problem is that conservatives endorse all those things. Which is my point.

  7. ed says:
    January 27, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    Thanks…

    …O-Will.

  8. ed says:
    January 27, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    The Ultimate (This Week) In Conservative Straw-mannery

    And your right-wing pro-union counter-example would be…?

    GOP Bigot Eruption: Conservative Talk Host “Gunny Bob” Says Obama Should Try To “Whip My White Ass”

    Dave in SoCal let me introduce you to Lee Atwater; Lee Atwater, Dave in SoCal. What’s that, you’ve already met? Dave in SoCal, are you being coy?

    Conservatives: Why?

    Mm-hm. I also heard that Al Gore said he invented the Internet. Really, the nerve of those liberal liars.

  9. Haplo9 says:
    January 28, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    Oh this is rich. Oliver is laughably hypocritical here. To Dave’s list, I’d also add this that I can find:

    http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/16/what-the-republican-party-thinks-about-black-people/

    And another example of Oliver pushing his “individual actor only” meme:

    http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/12/12/jesse-jackson-jr-backers-raise-money-for-blago-get-senate-seat-for-jackson/

    We get it though – when someone who is conservative does something bad, it represents all conservatives. When someone who is liberal does something bad it represents no-one other than themselves. Oliver’s precious “reality” bubble must not be popped!

  10. ed says:
    January 28, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Haplo9, this is Lee Atwater. Oh, you guys have met too. Why so coy?