Comments on: Sky is Blue! http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Sun, 27 May 2012 19:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: joec http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42949 joec Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:47:57 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42949 From the CNN website: </em>Rice 'loves' Fox News; CBS anchor 'decent guy'<em> From The New York Post, circa 1975: </em>Ford to NYC: Drop Dead<em> From the CNN website: Rice ‘loves’ Fox News; CBS anchor
‘decent guy’

From The New York Post, circa 1975: Ford to NYC: Drop Dead

]]> By: corvus http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42867 corvus Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:25:19 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42867 She's looking towards future employment. She’s looking towards future employment.

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42813 Gray Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:07:25 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42813 On second thought, this is pathetic: “My Fox guys, I love every single one of them.� There's a single woman, not too old, not totally unattractive, and she has to waste her emotions on the TV. Aren't there any condign bachelors in the Republican African-American Leadership Council, for instance? This woman has to get laid! :D On second thought, this is pathetic:
“My Fox guys, I love every single one of them.�
There’s a single woman, not too old, not totally unattractive, and she has to waste her emotions on the TV. Aren’t there any condign bachelors in the Republican African-American Leadership Council, for instance? This woman has to get laid!
:D

]]> By: Ya sure http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42804 Ya sure Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:43:21 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42804 theres a purpose to this story? Wouldn't think it would be surprising if any political type has favorite reporters. theres a purpose to this story?

Wouldn’t think it would be surprising if any political type has favorite reporters.

]]> By: Kim Ritter http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42790 Kim Ritter Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:00:40 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42790 <em>She disputed that Iraq was in the throes of a civil war. To that, </em><em>Hagel said, “To sit there are say that, that’s just not true.� </em> Maybe Condi's been Hannitized! She disputed that Iraq was in the throes of a civil war. To that, Hagel said, “To sit there are say that, that’s just not true.�
Maybe Condi’s been Hannitized!

]]> By: CharlesJordan http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42784 CharlesJordan Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:54:11 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42784 Her words are the words of a member of a party that claims to hate media bias of any kind. Her words are the words of a member of a party that claims to hate media bias of any kind.

]]> By: vwcat http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42771 vwcat Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:21:05 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42771 What news. Condi loves Fox! wow. never would have guessed. What news. Condi loves Fox! wow. never would have guessed.

]]> By: nicrivera http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42748 nicrivera Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:38:44 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42748 The Associated Press reports on the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_iraq" rel="nofollow">heated exchange</a> between Republican Senator Hagel and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during Senate Foreign Relations Hearing this morning: <i>Rice engaged in a tense exchange with Hagel, a Vietnam veteran and longtime critic of Bush’s Iraq policy, disputing his characterization of Bush’s buildup as an “escalation.� “Putting in 22,000 more troops is not an escalation?� Hagel asked. [To that, Rice replied,] “I think, Senator, escalation is not just a matter of how many numbers you put in.� “Would you call it a decrease?� Hagel asked. “I would call it, Senator, an augmentation that allows the Iraqis to deal with this very serious problem that they have in Baghdad,� she said. Hagel told Rice, “Madame Secretary, Iraqis are killing Iraqis. We are in a civil war. This is sectarian violence out of control.� She disputed that Iraq was in the throes of a civil war. To that, Hagel said, “To sit there are say that, that’s just not true.�</i> The Associated Press reports on the heated exchange between Republican Senator Hagel and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during Senate Foreign Relations Hearing this morning:

Rice engaged in a tense exchange with Hagel, a Vietnam veteran and longtime critic of Bush’s Iraq policy, disputing his characterization of Bush’s buildup as an “escalation.�

“Putting in 22,000 more troops is not an escalation?� Hagel asked. [To that, Rice replied,] “I think, Senator, escalation is not just a matter of how many numbers you put in.�

“Would you call it a decrease?� Hagel asked.

“I would call it, Senator, an augmentation that allows the Iraqis to deal with this very serious problem that they have in Baghdad,� she said.

Hagel told Rice, “Madame Secretary, Iraqis are killing Iraqis. We are in a civil war. This is sectarian violence out of control.�

She disputed that Iraq was in the throes of a civil war. To that, Hagel said, “To sit there are say that, that’s just not true.�

]]> By: David Schraub http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42725 David Schraub Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:16:04 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42725 You mean <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/11/somalia.ap/index.html" rel="nofollow">this story</a>? Every one is aware that CNN.com can run multiple stories at a time, right? You mean this story?

Every one is aware that CNN.com can run multiple stories at a time, right?

]]> By: Kim Ritter http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42722 Kim Ritter Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:02:11 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42722 Gee, I guess it doesn't matter any more if you're guilty or not- as long as someone can be said to have "close ties" to the guilty parties- thats good enough. As for Condi preferring Faux News- the WH would probably banish their personnel to Siberia if they admitted to watching CNN! Gee, I guess it doesn’t matter any more if you’re guilty or not- as long as someone can be said to have “close ties” to the guilty parties- thats good enough.

As for Condi preferring Faux News- the WH would probably banish their personnel to Siberia if they admitted to watching CNN!

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42718 Gray Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:55:09 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42718 I guess Condi's TV habits ill get a more prominent place in the papers than <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fapnews.myway.com%2Farticle%2F20070111%2FD8MJ52IG0.html" rel="nofollow">this news</a>: "MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A top U.S. official in the region said Thursday that none of the al-Qaida suspects believed to be hiding in Somalia died in a U.S. airstrike this week, but Somalis with close ties to the terrorist group were killed." I guess Condi’s TV habits ill get a more prominent place in the papers than this news:

“MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – A top U.S. official in the region said Thursday that none of the al-Qaida suspects believed to be hiding in Somalia died in a U.S. airstrike this week, but Somalis with close ties to the terrorist group were killed.”

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/10224/sky-is-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-42692 Gray Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:01:38 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media-criticism/sky-is-blue/#comment-42692 CNN reported this? So the surge in reporting about the Bush speech is already over? I guess tomorrow the networks will bring the 'news' about Natalee Holloway again... CNN reported this?
So the surge in reporting about the Bush speech is already over?
I guess tomorrow the networks will bring the ‘news’ about Natalee Holloway again…

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