I don’t ever want to hear anyone talking about liberal media bias ever again. Like, ever.
We’re still hearing about “clinging to guns and religion,” but Huffington Post and Andrea Mitchell Reports just up and edit Ann Romney’s own words to make her sound less privileged and snooty?
OH COME ON.
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Hunter Gathers
Why? The MSM wants those SuperPac dollars, therefore, the horserace continues.
Villago Delenda Est
@Hunter Gathers:
DING DING DING DING DING!
hep kitty
Here’s a puzzler, how would the media (hence, the public) react if the First Lady were doing and saying all these things?
waratah
@Hunter Gathers: @Villago Delenda Est: This
wrb
here
Hunter Gathers
@hep kitty: OMG, ANGRY BLACK LADY! Must credit Brietbart!
Tonal Crow
Nope, not biting that link. You need _plumper_ worms on your hooks, not scrawnier ones.
jwb
@Tonal Crow: Don’t think of ABL using BJ as bait for her blog; simply think of it as feeding us new open threads.
amk
but, arianna is a librul…..
Greed Is God
Don’t worry your beautiful mind about it.
Mattminus
Hey, ABL. Did you know that links are capable of pointing to sites other than your own blog?
Jester
@Mattminus:
Agreed, becoming a bit annoying.
Svensker
Well, after 98 links or so I got to the actual clip of Ann Romney talking. Tad bit annoying, ABL!
Also, too, it sounds like she says, “all uh people need to know” which could be interpreted as “all you people” or simply as “all — pause — people.”
“All people need to know” is annoying enough without making up a “you” where there’s a good chance there isn’t one.
Don’t make it about the “you”, make it about the content.
Thomas DeVito
Errr…since ABL seems to think Balloon-Juice is a vehicle for getting people into her own personal blog, I might as well join the party!
I’m a long-time lurker, occasional commenter, and I’ve recently been hired to do editorial work on issues related to travel/history. Anyway, I’m new to the team, and looking to get my work out there.
So, if you have time, check it out (and “like” it, if you are inclined).
Kilkee
@Svensker: I agree with this; much as I loathe Mitt and Ann, I listened to that clip several times, and still am not convinced that she says “you people” in it. The content beyond that, though, is arrogant and loathsome enough. She may not say “you people,” but she may as well have.
dug
@Mattminus: ABL, love ya. But I second Jester’s agreement.
Palli
Americans think other nations have sects and tribes infighting, but, excuse me, the Romneys belong to a small tribe of overly rich people in America, one percent of the population. Not dissimilar than slave holders of the past, some in that tribe think they have the power to keep us from reading, listening and thinking.
PeakVT
@Jester: ABL was only blogwhoring once a day until somebody complained. Since then she’s been doing it 4 or 5 times a day.
Steeplejack
TBogg reporting (or via’ing from MSNBC) that Chris Christie will be the keynote speaker at the Republican convention.
Heh, it just keeps getting better.
Zach
The DNC apologized today for making a horse joke in an ad the other day (they should’ve apologized because it wasn’t funny, but not because of anything to do with the Romneys). Mitt’s constant defense of this one aspect of his wealth is that it’s treatment for his wife’s MS. Fine. But I’ve never seen anyone ask Mitt when he brings that up, “Um, wasn’t your wife doing exactly the same thing before she was diagnosed?”
ABL
@jwb: John Cole approved. I’m trying to make a living here. Not sure why that offends some people so.
ABL
@Jester: Take it up with Cole. Believe it or not, the arrangement helps his traffic and revenue too since our ads are managed by same people.
Get over it.
Lynn Dee
Great post. I noticed the HuffPo headline too, and wondered: “Gee. Why is it that when Obama’s quotes get edited, he sounds worse, and when Ann Romney’s quote gets edited, she sounds better?”
And it’s not like the headline had to be squeezed in. There was plenty of room to write ‘you people’ and not just “people”
SteveinSC
As someone not usually sympathetic to ABL, I am with her on this one. My favorite “liberal” media is the AP, who never saw a story they couldn’t balance. Fuck Anne Romney and her $77,000 tax deduction wearing a saddle.
Jester
@ABL: If you and Cole want to make it more difficult for visitors to view the content, and think that the increased ad revenue you are currently getting as a result is sustainable, then by all means go for it. I genuinely mean that – go earn those dollars. I’m just telling you that some people find it annoying. Have a good evening.
Darryl
For fuck’s sake, are we really complaining about CLICKING A LINK here? If you find it tiresome, don’t click. Simple solution. Back to the topic at hand. Ann Romney said ‘uh people’ just like Santorum said ‘blah people’. That is all.
PhoenixRising
@SteveinSC:
Fuck Ann
eRomney and her $77,000 tax deduction wearing a $4300 saddle.Fixed your typos.
PopeRatzo
Apparently, Arianna decided to stop protecting her fellow snooty rich lady and now the headline includes “you people”.
Ann Romney just mistook Robin Roberts for the help.
ABL
@Jester: I’m fairly certain Cole doesn’t give a crap. And considering it was his idea, I know that I don’t give a crap.
Maybe I can call and read you the posts over the phone?
ABL
@PopeRatzo: Hahahaha! Really? Classic!
LAC
You are expecting anything less from Zsa Zsa Huffington, and Ms. “I married rich, but that not why I have this gig” Mitchell? Quel supris, dahling!
LAC
@ABL: I don’t think it offends as much as it gives them something to do other than measure themselves with a ruler and wonder why no one follows their tweets.
moops
@Mattminus:
Indeed. We know you have a blog. One thread on BJ in a day on this topic is already a lot.
Spoiled wife is ridiculous, but I’m just not all that outraged about it. Parsing her tone is getting a bit myopic. The substance is the issue: She is accepting the role of media surrogate, and we aren’t getting more tax returns.
Thymezone
@ABL:
Sounds good to me. It’s a far better motive than the one for about 80% of the commentary here, which is, in a nutshell, “I have nothing to say, ever, but I am really glad for Balloon-Juice where I can say my nothing over and over again every day and even have conversations with other nothing sayers.” Not that there is anything wrong with that, but, it is what it is.
As for Ann Romney, meh. I wouldn’t worry too much about MSM and who they whore for and who they don’t whore for. It’s all about the whore business. All of it, including BJ, your own blog, etc. Anyone who gets paid to whore something out over the tubes or the airwaves is a whore. Period, dot. That’s not a bad thing, AFAIC. There is no rule that says that anyone has to be providing a fucking public service.
The responsibility for good information rests WITH THE CONSUMER, not the provider. Just as McDonald’s is not responsible for what you eat, MSM is not responsible for what you see/hear/read. You are. Improve your info stream, and STFU. When people are responsible and take responsibility for their inrormation stream, then they can be properly informed. Not before.
pattonbt
I live overseas (US citizen) and follow US politics as closely as anyone. Definitely an Obot, but I have always had low expectations of presidents. I believe they have greater capacity to harm than help (or better put, it’s much easier to do harm than do good). I think Obama has done some great things so I am pleased with his performance and thinking of the options of a second term for O or a third term for W on steroids, I think the choice should be clear for all to see. Anyway, I’m a single issue D voter (liking O is a nice consolation prize) and that issue is supreme court.
So, Ive been waiting to see any “mainstream” mention of the tax return issue. Not buried on the political blogs or political sections of the major news outlets, in the news sections and have basically seen none.
For me, I know an issue is “an issue” for a campaign when it makes news sections of most major outlets. And it hasnt yet. Until the tax return issue makes it there, its a nothing-burger. I hate the fact that it isnt, because I think it goes to core of what this election is about, but for some reason, it just isnt.
Not one headline, not one link, not one story. Some more local outlets have (Boston Globe, etc.), but the big, national boys and girls havent.