ABC's "This Week"-are you kidding me with your round-table???

[jenmito]

They had George Will, Bay Buchanan, Greta van Susteren, Tavis Smiley, and Austan Goolsbee on their round-table. And the first question Jake Tapper asked was if Obama "spiked the football" on the 1-year anniversary of getting bin Laden. Of course, ALL of them said yes (except Goolsbee), claiming that Obama gave no credit to the Navy Seals, saying he made it all about him as if he did it himself.

Even Smiley attacked Obama for having the "nerve" to have a bust of MLK in his office yet bragging about killing bin Laden. It was a disgusting display of anti-Obama bias. Finally, Tapper had to say that he did recall Obama crediting the Seals. The others said he didn't do that nearly enough.

[Cosmocat]

1. It is simply an alternative universe

Did he land on an aircraft carrier?

That SHOULD be the bar for "spiking the ball."

But, when that clown did that, and was DEAD WRONG about it, these clowns were doing backflips trying to kiss his butt for how tough and great he was.

[jenmito]

2. Exactly...

What he did was acknowledge that bin Laden is gone thanks to the great work of the Navy Seals on his order. The whole discussion about him "spiking the football" is ridiculous.

[coalition_unwilling]

9. It's all code for "Obama's a shiftless n***er" but none of those assholes

can come out and admit that's what they really think.

When Bush did it, no one in the MSM said jack shit about 'spiking the football'.

KPete nails it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002651214

Abso-friggin-lutely disgusting but also eminently predictable.

[RZM]

34. I doubt that

Especially in the case of Tavis Smiley.

[coalition_unwilling]

35. Oops, missed Smiley in my initial read. You're right, almost like

Smiley was sticking the shiv in Obama for not being 'black enough,' (altho I've heard Smiley propagate rw memes often enough).

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. I haven't watched a Sunday network "news" show in 10 years.

There is no reality in television. All manufactured, all corporate...and mostly Republican. No thanks!

[CTyankee]

10. switch over to msnbc! Chris Hayes and Melissa Harris Perry!

New faces and fresh intellects. And good progressives. I guarantee that you will LOVE their shows!

[jenmito]

23. I DO watch those shows. I DVR THIS WEEK and others. n/t

[abolugi]

27. I wish

they would repeat them especially during election season.
I'm not up early enough to catch them all...
And Alex DimWitt doesn't do it for me!!

[CTyankee]

30. I'm not crazy about alex myself. I try to time my weekend chores around

Hayes and MHP, but it's kinda hard. I do watch segments I've missed on msnbc.com...

[underpants]

20. I agree

I used to watch Peter Jennings on ABC for at least the first 10 mnutes - stories of the day. I used to watch MTP. I know now that they are all direvatives of Fox News that because of being #1 and making the most MONEY drive all of the "news" that Americans get. We live in a bubble.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

4. Who the Hell watches this crap? What are the ratings?

I have never in my 61 years met anybody who admits to watching "Sunday Republican talking points".

I sure as hell don't and I'm a political junkie.

[Journeyman]

7. I'm 57, and I can't imagine a greater waste of a Sunday morning than watching that crap. . .

I won't subject myself to such idiocies, not even in YouTube clips.

[underpants]

21. The purpose is not that people watch it - the purpose is that it establishes talking points

as Reagan said, "say it 5 times and it is the truth"

There is an established sales techinque of mentioning something 16 times (see infomercials) and people will consider buying it.

We live in a bubble.

[dennis4868]

5. They take theie marching orders...

from FOX News, RNC, and the Romney Campaign...it's a waste of time to watch. Hope others are not watching.

[ellisonz]

6. The Sunday shows have become largely irrelevant. n/t

[hayrow1]

8. The tools on the MSM must do what they can to keep the presidential election at least close...

If Obama crushes Romney like Johnson did to Goldwater, it would provide evidence that the right wing is entirely hollow and exposed, and possibly let some changes come through similar to the 1964 - 1966 period.

[TheDebbieDee]

11. Tavis Smiley is a H8R! 'Nuff said..........

[saras]

12. "Spiked the football" gave me, I think, entirely the wrong image. I don't watch enough football.

Let's just say that my version was a MUCH worse insult than what it "really" meant.

[otohara]

13. George Will Was Nastier Than Usual

He had so much back up on today's show, he went all out in trashing PO

[JoePhilly]

14. Lying to the American people is a full time job.

[tooeyeten]

15. it was awful

and with Van Sustern from Fox? Made ABC Fox Deux

[zbdent]

16. Okay, so they filled the panel with "moderates" ...

who represented the right?

[alp227]

17. Tavis Smiley isn't moderate.

Have you ever listened to his radio show or watched his daily PBS talk show?

[harmonicon]

18. Two things:

1. All network "news" is complete bullshit. Why even expect anything else?

2. Being against assassination isn't some weird specific "anti-Obama" thing. I would hope that anyone who would authorize an assassination would be criticized.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

19. Didn't ABC air Joel Arend's Swiftboat propaganda ad against Obama for FREE?

ie: Joel Arends of "Veterans for a Strong America"

See this article: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/05/06/478820/obama-swift-boat-veterans-for-a-strong-america/ (and scroll down the page a bit)

"Veterans For A Strong America is already succeeding in influencing the
political discussion. Its web ad was aired nationally, for free, on
ABC’s This Week. Many members of the political round-table then echoed
Arends talking points on Obama and Bin Laden."

I don't think this should be any surprise coming from ABC.

Don't miss this thread right here on DU about this Arends bastard - apparently ABC is just parroting whatever he and his hit piece ad says - and note in the thread below the various connections in this little web of evil propagandists: Bu$h, Rove, Koch Brothers...:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014114525

[lunasun]

28. wtf???

Its web ad was aired nationally, for free, on
ABC’s This Week. Many members of the political round-table then echoed
Arends talking points on Obama and Bin Laden."

huh?
not even trying at all to appear fair or balanced

[ProfessionalLeftist]

33. Exactly

It's bald-faced lies - not even an attempt to cover it up - at all. They're just banking on the fact that most people don't check facts - or who is behind these 'ads'.

[Iliyah]

22. I'm disappointed with Travis Smiley

because I always thought he was a crusader especially for blacks rights and blacks in general, but what I understand, he doesn' care for Pres O at all and would do and say things that hurts Pres O. So I can see why the corporate media would invite him to discuss negativities towards the president.

ABC should be ashame of themselves but of course these RW have no morals.

I'm sick and tire of non-stop negativity towards the president, but rest assure, he's got a plan.

[grantcart]

29. I always found him a superficial self promoter who was always promoting his own brand.

Although I have to say I cannot be considered a very good source since I could never stand him and never really watched him much.

[Beaverhausen]

24. WTF is Greta doing on ABC?

that's fucked up right there. Can't the Fox propaganda stay in one place?

[timlot]

25. I'm noticing a lot of Obama attacking in the news.

Its mostly coming from the mainstream. They tend to feel to show they don't have a liberal bias, but in doing so they tend to go overboard. Thats what I admire about Fox news. They are bias and don't give a damn what anybody thinks.

[Arkana]

31. Will, Buchanan, and van Susteren don't surprise me

but I would have thought Tavis Smiley better than that.

[WI_DEM]

32. complain to ABC news rather than DU--the only way to get attention is to complain or not watch

their shows so the ratings drop. But that is a fact that the Sunday shows are mostly conservatives and mostly white men.