Anger Over Firm Depletes Obama’s Political Capital

President Obama’s apparent inability to block executive bonuses at insurance giant AIG has dealt a sharp blow to his young administration and is threatening to derail both public and congressional support for his ambitious political agenda. Full Story »

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Jack Dinkmeyer
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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Mar. 17, 2009

This article could serve as a primer for “Biased News Creation, #101,” the prerequisite for “Goebbels On Repetitive Distortions Becoming Facts, #202.” The article’s rhetoric is splashy: “politicians flocked," “peppered with questions,” “populist anger increasingly blowing back,” “W.H. aids grasped for actions,” “bonuses undermined whatever political capital Obama has earned." Opinions are presented as “fait accompli” facts. Never pass up any opportunity, I always say.

This "news report" shows the critical need for Obama to break up media ownership monopolies, restoring some objectivity and fairness, or are you too young to remember those?

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 17, 2009

The WaPo seems to over-impose it's story line of Obama's decline onto the story. As a right wing newspaper that detracts the reader from readily digesting the story.

Greenwald has a good piece on this subject at Salon.

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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - Mar. 17, 2009

I understand the anger. But you can't tell me in that whole AIG empire that there was not a few well meaning, honest people that worked their asses off to keep these people solvent. The press has said most of the bad apples are gone. Everybody yell out their windows, get it out of your systems and lets go about fixing this country.

These bonuses, are a pittance compared to what the treasury has paid out. Can you spell trillions?

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Gregory Kruse
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by Gregory Kruse - Mar. 17, 2009

Excuse the excitement very much but there isn't much to this story. It's about 5% news and 95% hyperventilation. The headline is just the most depressing example of shoddy journalism. This thing was posted on msnbc.com too with no editing. It appears that General Electric is pissed over the drubbing Jim Cramer took. Also, the bosses at NBC told the troops not to mention the Cramer debacle, and even Olbermann and Maddow had to obey.

The election of Obama hasn't done anything to improve the quality of journalism in the MSM. I am astonished to hear and read the crap that passes for public debate these days. Someone suggested some new law to regulate the media. I concur.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Mar. 17, 2009
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