Rep. Walsh: Media protects Obama because he's black

Ockham said:

Bingo. The race card pulled by anyone is stupid --- The media would be defending and turning a blind eye for any Democrat. And while the media has in the last year put it's toe in the water with some concerns in the press and on media outlets, they have in no way possible given any stretch of the imagination, given Obama the criticism that he would/could have if he had a (R) next to his name.

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GSE said:

The question is why was it not covered, unbiased news media would not exlcude it becuase it's news. $500 million dollars of tax payer money is lost, they agreed to testify, and then they took the Fifth. What possible justification is there for not reporting this? You are right that I do not know for sure why they did not cover it, but I do have every right to question it...so why would they not cover it? Hmmmmmmmm, let me think....what could it be?..........unreported news story........not positive for the President during a particulalry vuulnerable time period.......what could it be????? ....I know there is something here....could it be? Bias? Nah...gotta be something else...right? I mean you are not suggesting that it would not be covered were it a Republican President are you?

Does it occur to you that not reporting news opens the same door taking the Fifth does. While taking the Fifth is a Constitutional right, our Founding fathers never said you were guaranteed protection from the questions raised by taking the Fifth....which means a media source is not protected from the questions raised by taking the Fifth on covering a news story.

And does not assigning credit for stats somehow deny their validity? I see an awful lot of stats posted here where the poster did not credit the source........I would hate to think those stats are considered fiction because of that, unless of course the rule only applies to stats that oppose your views, because that would be ......do you see it coming? .....wait for it...here it comes......Bias.

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pbrauer said:

I don't know why the Solyndra execs pleaded the 5[SUP]th[/SUP] and neither do you. You can claim media bias all you want, but the fact is the Bush Administration has a history with Solyndra which goes back to 2007. So, be careful what you wish for.

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