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Vanity Fair Attacks Palin as Volatile, Angry, Fake

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Another day, another media hit piece aimed at Sarah Palin. Surprise, surprise. A  10,600-word article  in the October issue of Vanity Fair reads like the rambling diaries of a spurned middle school student. Writer Michael Joseph Gross ran through a list of ill-sourced, hearsay attacks on Palin designed to depict her as a raging psychopath – a far cry from the down-to-earth “hockey mom” she portrays in public. But in more than 10,600 words, Gross managed to cite just one person to criticize Palin on the record. Colleen Cottle, who served on the Wasilla City Council when Palin was mayor, complained that she “had no attention span” and “does not understand math or accounting.” Heavy-hitting stuff, that. None of the others Gross apparently interviewed were named, he said, “because they are loyal and want to protect her (a small and shrinking number), or because they expect her prominence to grow and intend to keep their options open, or because they fear she will exact revenge, as she has been known to do.” But given the tone of Gross’s attacks, it’s no wonder those who are close to Palin – including her parents, whom Gross apparently ambushed during a Fourth of July parade in Wasilla – refuse to speak to reporters. Gross described the “surreal world Palin now inhabits – a place of fear, anger, and illusion, which has swallowed up the engaging, small-town hockey mom and her family – and the sadness she has left in her wake.” “Anywhere you peel back the skin of Sarah Palin’s life, a sad and moldering strangeness lies beneath,” Gross said. Among his ground-breaking revelations about Palin: She has a well-controlled media presence. (Apparently unlike any other prominent political figure.) Her team didn’t tip bellhops very well in a Kansas hotel, and “another midwestern hotel.” (The “other midwestern hotel” must have asked not to be named, for fear of reprisal from the Palin camp.) Some bloggers have been mean to Palin detractors. Gross later admitted that anti-Palin bloggers are also prone to “juvenile outbursts.” Palin uses references to the North Star a lot. Palin uses three BlackBerry smart phones. Early in the campaign she didn’t know who Margaret Thatcher was – a charge Gross credits to no specific or even unidentified source. She thanks people for praying for her and uses “code phrases expressing solidarity with fundamentalist Christians.” She apparently bought some form-shaping Spanx underwear. There are “No Trespassing” signs on her Wasilla property. Gross’s attacks on Palin center on the characterization that she is volatile and vengeful. “[W]hen she feels threatened, she does not hesitate to wield some version of a signature threat, ‘I have the power to ruin you,'” Gross alleged, citing “others who have worked with Palin.” At one point Gross made it seem as though Palin monitored the telephone conversations of acquaintances in Wasilla. “When I ask about Palin, though, a palpable unease creeps in,” he wrote. “Some people clam up. Others whisper invitations to call later – but on this number, not that one, and not before this hour or after that one.” The real concern, he said after acknowledging a vicious press as one reason for discomfort, is “because of a suspicion that bad things will happen to them” if Palin finds out they’ve talked to reporters. The online version of the report also featured a drawing depicting Palin dressed in some sort of Viking gear, riding a white horse past a group of (pro-Palin, it would seem) protestors. The photo caption notes Palin’s “erratic behavior and a pattern of lying.” The article fits right in with previous coverage of Palin. A 2008  study by the Culture and Media Institute  found two basic media characterizations of Palin: a dunce whose intellectual shortcomings damaged her credibility and that of the GOP, or a demon whose short-fuse and attack-dog style were unbecoming of a woman who portrayed herself a wholesome, all-American gal.

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George Stephanopoulos Zeroes-In on Meghan McCain’s Spat With Palins

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos interviewed media darling and nominal Republican Meghan McCain on Tuesday’s Good Morning America and devoted the bulk of the segment to her love-hate relationship with Sarah Palin and her daughter Bristol. Stephanopoulos devoted so much time to the Palin issue that McCain interjected, “For the record, my book is not just about Sarah and Bristol.” The anchor gushingly endorsed the McCain daughter’s new book, “Dirty Sexy Politics,” at the beginning of the interview, which aired 42 minutes into the 7 am Eastern hour: ” It is savvy, it is saucy, and it’s just what you’d expect from the first daughter of a presidential candidate ever fired by her father’s campaign .” He then labeled his guest a “fun writer” and first asked about her “firing,” in which she actually sent away from the main stops of her father’s presidential campaign and did a bus tour in the battleground state of Ohio. After four questions on her “firing,” Stephanopoulos raised the issue of Mrs. Palin with McCain. She put all of her answers in the context of herself and her experiences, while the ABC anchor pressed her on the former governor of Alaska, with two negative follow-up questions about Palin and two neutral: STEPHANOPOULOS: Since the campaign, you had said you didn’t want to talk about Sarah Palin. But you write about her quite a bit in the book. You say there were a lot of things you like about Sarah Palin, but you also point out that she snubbed your Mom’s efforts to reach out to the Palins, that she wasn’t much of a team player. You believe- you talk about doubts you had at the end where you thought she actually hurt the campaign. ” MCCAIN: Yes, but I do clearly state at the end that we did not lose because of her, and I’m speaking out now because I do have conflicting feelings about her. I mean, she brought so much momentum and enthusiasm to the campaign. I mean, you saw the crowds double, and you saw a lot more women coming to rallies- STEPHANOPOULOS: But you also write that she brought- quote, ‘drama, stress, complications, panic, and loads of uncertainty.’ MCCAIN: (laughs) It’s true. I mean, a lot of things happen, but I think that’s how campaigns are in general, no matter who comes, and- you know, I respect her, as a feminist or Republican feminist, and going out there and working for women, especially Republican women. It’s no secret that I’m more socially liberal than she is, but I’m here to say that two different kinds of Republican women can work together for the same cause. STEPHANOPOULOS: And you talked about this moment in the campaign where you’re being interviewed, and you almost got tongue-tied when you were asked about Sarah Palin. You said you had doubts about her. What are the doubts? MCCAIN: It was a reflection on me, because she was so celebrated in the Republican Party, and it’s- again, no secret that I’m so unlike her, and I thought, how am I ever going to fit in? How am I ever going to do this? And it’s still something that I struggle with today because people so see me as sort of this rebel and this new Republican, which I take pride in, but a lot of, sort of, older Republicans seem to have a problem placing me. STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, you say there’s room in the party for both of you, but you want a Republican to win in 2012- you say that as well. Could she be your candidate? MCCAIN: Anyone could be my candidate at this point. I really don’t like these hypothetical questions, but I think that so many candidates are doing or- you know, people that could be running right now, are making very smart moves. I think Mitt Romney is doing a lot of smart things right now. I think it’s going to be a very interesting election, no matter what happens (unintelligible)- STEPHANOPOULOS: Would you vote for her? MCCAIN: It depends [on] the situation. You know, I’d have to hear more on what happens in the primaries. As you’re well aware, anything can happen in the primaries, and I would have to see. It was when Stephanopoulos brought up McCain’s spat with Bristol Palin over teen abstinence and teen pregnancy that the liberal Republican replied with her “my book is not just about Sarah and Bristol” line and added, “a lot of fun stories.” The anchor replied, “I want to ask you about one of those stories in a second. But first, you say that at that point, the campaign seemed to be glamorizing teen pregnancy, that the campaign really wanted to suggest that a pro-life message was more important than the message of how to avoid teen pregnancy to begin with? ” McCain answered, in part, “I have a sister who is almost exactly- my little sister Bridget is almost exactly Bristol’s age, and I just know that I want teens in this country to be aware of what can happen when you have sex. You can die from sex in this era, and not necessarily- I just think that the pro-abstinence complete campaign isn’t necessarily the most effective one.” Stephanopoulos concluded the interview by asking his guest about another of her “fun stories” involving a visit to the White House where she was apparently “dis-invited” from a lunch at the White House with Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna. The anchor repeated his endorsement of McCain’s book at the very end of the interview: “Meghan McCain, it is a terrific book, it’s a fun book, it’s a revealing book about life in politics as well .” ABC has promoted Ms. McCain’s liberal flavor of Republicanism in the past with her appearance as a guest host on The View, where she slammed conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham , and profiled her support of same-sex “marriage” on World News .

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NBC’s Today Show Invites on Two Liberals To Analyze Glenn Beck Rally

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

NBC’s Matt Lauer, on Monday’s Today show, invited on the not-so balanced panel of the Reverend Al Sharpton and the NAACP’s Ben Jealous to analyze Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally that took place on the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream speech” with Jealous proclaiming that “if Dr. King stood up there” the conservatives in attendance would not have “responded well” to him. Jealous went on to say Dr. King’s “last campaign” was the “poor people’s campaign. To make sure that all people…can find a good job, all kids can go to a great school. And Mr. Beck, that’s not what he talks about. And that’s not, that doesn’t seem to be what he actually wants.” This led Lauer, ignoring the fact that rally attendees also want those things, that they just differ on the methods to get there, to observe: “It seems like you guys are saying, without saying, that you’re looking at what happened and you’re looking at Glenn Beck as somewhat of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” The following Kelly O’Donnell set-up piece and Lauer interview with Sharpton and Jealous was aired on the August 30 Today show: ANN CURRY: As Brian mentioned, talk show host Glenn Beck drew a big crowd at the National Mall in Washington this weekend including guest speaker Sarah Palin for a controversial rally he called “Restoring Honor.” NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell has a wrap-up now. Kelly, good morning. [On screen headline: “Rallying The Faithful, Glenn Beck ‘Restoring Honor’ Rally Draws Thousands”] KELLY O’DONNELL: Hi, Ann. There is still so much to debate this morning. From the size of the crowd — was it 80,000 or as Brian mentioned, more than 300,000 — to the motives behind calling the rally for this place on a very famous anniversary. Now Glenn Beck did try to set one rumor straight. He says he and Sarah Palin won’t be running for anything. Beck says he has zero political aspirations. GLENN BECK: It has nothing to do with politics! It has everything to do with God! O’DONNELL: Conservative media star Glenn Beck insisted on that “no politics” distinction. Still, the massive rally easily looked like a political event. SARAH PALIN: We must restore America and restore her honor! O’DONNELL: Beck did not criticize President Obama from the stage but has been harsh, even calling Mr. Obama racist last year. BECK: This president, I think, has exposed himself as a guy over and over and over again who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture. O’DONNELL: Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Beck said he now regrets that comment. BECK: It shouldn’t have been said. It was poorly said, and it was not accurate. O’DONNELL: Back at the rally, many who came from around the country did criticize the President’s politics. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: I believe in our Constitution, and this administration doesn’t. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I, I cannot disagree with our president more. I believe he’s leading this country in the wrong direction. O’DONNELL: Others criticized the time and place, held on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. Beck called that timing a coincidence. He and Palin praised King. PALIN: We feel the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. O’DONNELL: But civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton led a smaller, competing rally. REVEREND AL SHARPTON: They want to disgrace this day! And we’re not giving them this day! This is our day, and we ain’t giving it away! O’DONNELL: The context is full of tension. Beck also said his rally would reclaim the civil rights movement. BECK: Meaning people of faith that look at equal justice and look at every man the same. That’s who needs to reclaim it, not the politicians. Not the parties. Not white people or black people. O’DONNELL: And Beck tried to sort of shape some of the imagery here. He had asked some of the followers not to bring signs and often signs at these sort of events, if they have controversial images or words attract a lot of negative attention. And interestingly Beck said he regretted those words calling the President a racist but said he was not retracting them, simply amending them. Matt? LAUER: Kelly O’Donnell, Kelly thanks very much. As you just heard the Reverend Al Sharpton led his own rally this weekend. Ben Jealous is the president of the NAACP. Guys, good morning to both of you. AL SHARPTON: Good morning. BEN JEALOUS: Good morning. LAUER: So much talk leading up to this rally, Reverend Sharpton, and now so much analysis afterward, people worried about the timing, the date, the location, the 47th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech, thinking it was some kind of political rally masquerading as a non-partisan rally for patriotism and responsibility. In the end, wasn’t it fairly uneventful? SHARPTON: Yeah and, and you wonder whether that was designed that way because, just remember now it was Mr. Beck himself that was saying this is gonna be to “reclaim civil rights. I’m gonna do this and that,” attacking the President. And then he comes and does none of that. So I don’t know if it was his promotion or whether we’re seeing the true political strategy. LAUER: But when I, but when I saw you speaking there at your own rally saying “we’re not gonna let him have this day, this is our day,” in the end is it a case of “never mind?” I mean was there no offense? SHARPTON: No, what the offense is to try and cast that as civil rights. Blacks, whites, we had many speakers of all races that are legitimately in civil rights, union leaders, the Secretary of Education, people that are trying to deal with the inequality in this country. We’re not talking about the day didn’t belong to blacks or whites. The day does belong to those that believe in what Dr. King’s dream was about. LAUER: Mr. Jealous there were many people at that rally who said we need to honor the legacy of Dr. King. When you watched and listened to what happened on the Mall there, what was your gut reaction? JEALOUS: My gut reaction was that if Dr. King stood up there, if he came back or somebody read his speech, that, that crowd wouldn’t have responded well to the full text of his speech. You know we are here to finish Dr. King’s last campaign, the poor people’s campaign. To make sure that all people in this country can find a good job, all kids can go to a great school. And Mr. Beck, that’s not what he talks about. And that’s not, that doesn’t seem to be what he actually wants. LAUER: Here’s from an op-ed in the New York Times this morning: “One could also call the day a strange, unlooked for fulfillment of King’s prophecies. Forty-seven years after the “I have a dream” speech here were tens of thousands of white conservatives roaring their approval of its author.” SHARPTON: But not applauding the content, because it was never discussed. Because in the speech Dr. King addressed unemployment and the plight of the poor, police brutality. And when we have an America where we can applaud where everyone is treated the same, that is the fulfillment of Dr. King. LAUER: It seems like you guys are saying, without saying, that you’re looking at what happened and you’re looking at Glenn Beck as somewhat of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. SHARPTON: No I think it’s a political strategy, possibly. I think every time we see the right wing, when we get in an election, they bring out God and country. Jerry Falwell did it one era. We had to deal with it, with same-sex marriage with George Bush. So I think now we see – Barry Goldwater did it in Dr. King’s day. Now I think Mr. Beck has started the, what we’re seeing in the midterm, that they’re going to again, try to use religion rather than really deal with the real issues. I’m a minister, I want us to turn to God- LAUER: Right. SHARPTON: -but I want us to turn to God but I want us to turn to God in a fair and equal way. LAUER: Is perhaps the most disappointing thing, Mr. Jealous, that we have two rallies, same city, same day, and one is predominantly white and the other is predominantly African-American? Would that not disappoint Dr. King? JEALOUS: You know we are, on October 2nd, we’ll have a rally called “One Nation.” It’ll be a large rally. It will be there at the Lincoln and you’ll see people of all faiths coming. We have 3000 buses confirmed right now and you can look at who’s gonna be driving those buses and you will see Dr. King’s dream made manifest. But let’s not forget that, that the rally was in D.C. and our crowd is very much a local crowd. You saw from the speakers there at, you know Gianette Margia, Secretary Duncan, a wide range of people, and those are the folks who are coming together for the “One Nation” rally and will be leading their folks there. SHARPTON: But I think Matt- LAUER: Quickly if you will. SHARPTON: -you’ve got to remember Dr. King was also criticized so criticized in ’63 for having mostly blacks there. We are trying to transform the country to make it one. The difference between Al Roker and an Al Sharpton, he gives the climate. I try to help change the climate. LAUER: You saved up for that one, didn’t you? SHARPTON: I always save one for you. LAUER: Nice. Appreciate it. Guys, good to have you here.

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Glenn Beck Rally Attracts Only 87,000

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

An estimated 87,000 people attended a rally organized by talk-radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News. The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance on aerial pictures it took over the rally, which stretched from in front of the Lincoln Memorial along the Reflecting Pool to the Washington Monument. Beck and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at the rally. Beck, who predicted that at least 100,000 people would show up, opened his comments with a joke: “I have just gotten word from the media that there is over 1,000 people here today.” AirPhotosLive.com gave its estimate a margin of error of 9,000, meaning between 78,000 and 96,000 people attended the rally. The photos used to make the estimate were taken at noon Saturday, which is when the company estimated was the rally's high point. Rally organizers had a permit for crowd of 300,000. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have A Dream” Speech was delivered to over 200,000 people. added by: Future_America

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ABC’s Claiborne Presses MLK Niece to ‘Understand, At Least, How Some’ See Beck Rally as ‘Affront’ to Civil Rights Movement

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

On Saturday’s Good Morning America on ABC, during an interview with Dr. Alveda King – a niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. known for her pro-life activism – substitute host Ron Claiborne challenged her to defend her participation in conservative talker Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally in two out of the three questions he posed to her. The ABC host asked if she was “comfortable aligning yourself” with Beck – considered “inflammatory and divisive” by “many people.” After failing to get Dr. King to criticize the conservative talker, Claiborne seemed to appeal to her to “understand at least” why some agree with Democratic Congressman John Lewis’s assessment of the Beck rally as an “affront” to the Civil Rights Movement. Claiborne’s second and third questions: Many people call Glenn Beck’s political views and style inflammatory and divisive. Are you comfortable, are you comfortable aligning yourself with someone who once called President Obama a racist? Well, Congressman John Lewis, who, of course, stood beside your uncle 47 years ago and marched many times for civil rights, has said that Beck’s rally is an affront to what the Civil Rights Movement stood for. When you hear that kind of talk, can you understand, at least, how some people could interpret it that way? The interview with Dr. King came right after a report filed by correspondent Claire Shipman which, similarly to her report from Friday’s GMA , assigned such labels at “right-wing” and “controversial” to Beck, while the Reverend Al Sharpton’s own controversial history was not mentioned, nor was his liberal ideology. Below are complete transcripts of Shipman’s report and Claiborne’s interview with Dr. King from the Saturday, August 28, Good Morning America on ABC, with critical portions in bold : RON CLAIBORNE, IN OPENING TEASER : And rally uproar: Glenn Beck holds his controversial rally on the Washington Mall this morning. And there will be counterprotests by those who say he’s trying to hijack the legacy of Martin Luther King. … BIANNA GOLODRYGA: Turning to Washington, D.C., now, Glenn Beck says tens of thousands of people are going to join him at the Lincoln Memorial in just a few hours for his “Restoring Honor” rally. It’s already stirring up emotion and controversy on this anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Claire Shipman is in Washington, D.C., with more. Good morning, Claire. CLAIRE SHIPMAN: Good morning, Bianna. You know, the crowd here is already enormous, and a lot of the people have been here for hours. Some of them camped out overnight so they could get closer to the heart of Glenn Beck’s message today. But, as you mentioned, the debate over who should control, honor, mark this anniversary has been intense. The buses have been pulling out for days, from all over the country. Tea Party activists and Glenn Beck supporters are on their way to Washington, well aware that the day has multiple meanings. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: There’s a lot of us that have a dream now. And the dream is that government gets off our backs. SHIPMAN: Forty-seven years ago today, same place, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King delivered the words still buried in our psyche. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST: I have a dream. SHIPMAN: But this year is Glenn Beck’s rally for America’s honor, and it will feature Sarah Palin. And it’s meant to support American troops. CLIP OF AD: It’s time to restore America. GLENN BECK, FNC HOST: I believe in divine providence. SHIPMAN: The right-wing radio show host insists the timing was an oversight, but he seized on the King legacy as compatible with his message. BECK: We reclaim the Civil Rights Movement. REVEREND AL SHARPTON, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST: Sharpton, keeping it real. SHIPMAN: The Reverend Al Sharpton, among others, worries that their day and King’s legacy has been hijacked. SHARPTON, TO PODIUM: They’re having an anti-government march on a day that King came to appeal to government. You can’t have it both ways. SHIPMAN: He is planning a countermarch today. Beck himself seems intent on making it a day of toned-down rhetoric, suggesting to one reporter that he made a mistake when he made this controversial statement last year: BECK: This President has a deep-seeded hatred for white people or the white culture. SHIPMAN: He insists he intends to honor the memory of Dr. King. As one King follower put it, if all sides can channel Dr. King today, it will keep this commemoration at least in the spirit of the original. And so far, it does seem that everybody here this morning wants to honor that legacy, Ron. RON CLAIBORNE: All right. Thank you very much, Claire Shipman reporting from Washington. And joining me now, from just outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., is Dr. Alveda King. She is the, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s niece. She’ll be speaking at the Glenn Beck rally that is starting later today. Welcome to the show. DR. ALVEDA KING, NIECE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: Well, thank you. Good morning. CLAIBORNE: Okay, good morning to you. Dr. King, why are you attending this rally, the Glenn Beck rally there in D.C. today? KING: I am attending this rally to help reclaim America. You know, when Glenn said he’s reclaiming the civil rights movement, I don’t need to be reclaimed. I am the civil rights movement. And so I’m joining Glenn to talk about faith, hope, charity, honor. Those are things that America needs to reclaim. Our children need to remember how to love each other, how to honor each other, their parents, God and their neighbors. So I agree with Glenn on all those principles. And for me, it’s principle over politics. And that’s why I’m here. My uncle talked about love. My uncle talked about faith, hope and charity. My uncle talked about honor. And I’m expecting to honor my uncle today. My daddy, Reverend A.D. King, my grandaddy, Martin Luther King, Sr., we’re a family of faith, hope and love. And that’s why I’m here today. CLAIBORNE: And Dr. Martin Luther King, as you said, also talked about bringing people together, healing racial divisions. Many people call Glenn Beck’s political views and style inflammatory and divisive. Are you comfortable, are you comfortable aligning yourself with someone who once called President Obama a racist? KING: Well, I’ve never called President Obama a racist. I love President Obama. I pray for him all the time. God loves President Obama. God loves Glenn. God loves you. And God loves me. And that’s the message I’m here for. And for me, it’s principle over politics. I talk to Glenn about that all the time. When Glenn says that there’s one human race, I agree with him. So we’re not here to divide. I’m about unity. And really, that’s why I’m here. And I want to honor my uncle today. CLAIBORNE: Well, Congressman John Lewis, who, of course, stood beside your uncle 47 years ago and marched many times for civil rights, has said that Beck’s rally is an affront to what the Civil Rights Movement stood for. When you hear that kind of talk, can you understand, at least, how some people could interpret it that way? KING: You know, my daddy, A. D. King, was on the Edmund Pettus Bridge with John Lewis. I marched and went to jail. I believe Congressman Lewis remembers that. My home in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed. And so, I really remember that history. But right in the middle of that history, I remember my family talking about faith, hope, love. And we’ve got to honor each other. So I’m calling on the Congressman, Reverend Sharpton, I talked to him about that last night. I’m calling for everybody to remember that my uncle talked about bringing everybody together, not dividing. I tell Glenn that all the time. And we’re talking about the one human race that needs to be loved and honored. And we’re loving our neighbors as we love ourselves. CLAIBORNE: Okay. KING: That’s really what Glenn and I talk about. CLAIBORNE: Thank you very much, Alveda King, for joining us this morning. You’ll be at that rally, the Glenn Beck rally, later today. Bianna? GOLODRYDA: A lot of different voices there. CLAIBORNE: A lot of controversy. GOLODRYGA: Controversy. CLAIBORNE: Dueling rallies taking place there. GOLODRYGA: In the nation’s capital.

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ABC’s Tahman Bradley: Beck Rally’s ‘Crowd Was Almost All White, Giving Critics an Open Door’

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

On Sunday’s Good Morning America, during a report which focused on FNC host Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally and the hostile reaction from civil rights activists like the Reverend Al Sharpton, ABC correspondent Tahman Bradley asserted that “the crowd was almost all white, giving critics an open door.” After noting that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s niece – Dr. Alveda King – was a speaker at the rally, Bradley noted the racial makeup of Beck’s event: TAHMAN BRADLEY: Dr. King’s own niece, Alveda King, spoke. DR. ALVEDA KING, NIECE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: We need to rebuild America. BRADLEY: An obvious effort to try to show inclusion on this historic day, but the crowd was almost all white, giving critics an open door. REVEREND AL SHARPTON, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST: We’re not giving them this day. This is our day, and we ain’t giving it away. And similar to reports on the rally that aired on GMA on Friday and Saturday, ABC used such labels as “controversial” and “conservative” to label Beck or his followers, but did not use ideological labels to refer to Sharpton, nor was the left-wing activist’s own controversial history mentioned.  In the opening teaser, substitute host Ron Claiborne asserted that the rally was “led by controversial conservatives Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin.” Below is a complete transcript of Bradley’s report from the Sunday, August 29, Good Morning America on ABC, with critical portions in bold : RON CLAIBORNE, IN OPENING TEASER: And rallying cry: Thousands descend on the Washington Mall for a rally led by controversial conservatives Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin . Is this new conservative movement gaining new momentum? … BIANNA GOLODRYGA: Turning to politics now and the competing rallies in Washington, D.C., on the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech Saturday. At one, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. At the other, the Reverend Al Sharpton. Tahman Bradley was there. TAHMAN BRADLEY: Conservatives and Tea Party supporters came to the National Mall in droves, a rally cry from Fox News commentator Glenn Beck.

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Glenn Beck Rally Attracts Estimated 87,000

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

An estimated 87,000 people attended a rally organized by talk-radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News. The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance on aerial pictures it took over the rally, which stretched from in front of the Lincoln Memorial along the Reflecting Pool to the Washington Monument. Beck and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at the rally. Beck, who predicted that at least 100,000 people would show up, opened his comments with a joke: “I have just gotten word from the media that there is over 1,000 people here today.” AirPhotosLive.com gave its estimate a margin of error of 9,000, meaning between 78,000 and 96,000 people attended the rally. The photos used to make the estimate were taken at noon Saturday, which is when the company estimated was the rally's high point. Rally organizers had a permit for crowd of 300,000. Crowd estimates used to be provided by the National Park Service, but the agency stopped counting crowds in 1997 after being accused of underestimating the size of the Million Man March in 1995. added by: TimALoftis

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87,000 Morons Show up to "Restoring Honor" rally

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

An estimated 87,000 people attended a rally organized by talk-radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News. The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance on aerial pictures it took over the rally, which stretched from in front of the Lincoln Memorial along the Reflecting Pool to the Washington Monument. Beck and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at the rally. Beck, who predicted that at least 100,000 people would show up, opened his comments with a joke: “I have just gotten word from the media that there is over 1,000 people here today.” http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20014993-503544.html added by: Ches_Actkinson

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Amateur Hour at CNN: Error-Filled Chyron During Beck Rally

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

There is something about CNN and the people writing chyrons for the alleged “most trusted name in news” with the “best political team on television.” Last week, these geniuses clarified the White House’s position on President Barack Obama’s religion. However on CNN Aug. 28 coverage of Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally, which CNN reporters and anchors seemingly held their collective noses up and reported on throughout the event, the chyron on the screen was something likened to one of those parlor games where you circle the numerous errors involved. (h/t Inside Cable News ) First off, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s name was misspelled. Second, she was identified as a former presidential candidate, when she was actually the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 2008. And finally, it’s labeling Beck as Palin. Just not a good day for CNN.

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Levi Johnston — Takes Back Apology to Palin Fam

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Filed under: Sarah Palin , Levi Johnston , Bristol Palin , Politix , TV , Celebrity Feuds Levi Johnston claims the apology he issued to Sarah Palin and her family back in July was total BS … and he only begged for Sarah’s forgiveness to make Bristol happy. Levi appeared on the CBS ” Early Show ” this morning — where the dude who once… Read more

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