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To: longnshort who wrote (355)	12/28/2011 10:33:27 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 826

The Girl Scouts went down the leftwing toilet a long time ago.

To: longnshort who wrote (355)	12/28/2011 10:34:23 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 826

Media Matters is a Soros creation.

To: longnshort who wrote (355)	1/4/2012 7:15:36 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 826

Univision Attacks Conserrvative Latinos Univision Wages Political War On Latino Conservatives 01/03/2012 news.investors.com Bias: A giant TV network has effectively admitted to blackmailing Florida's GOP Sen. Marco Rubio over his immigration stance. It's Exhibit A of the kind of sludge being hurled at Latino leaders who won't toe the open-borders line. Bigfoot Spanish-language television network Univision unwittingly revealed it's got a mafia-style hit-equivalent out there waiting for any conservative leader of Hispanic descent who won't tout their open-borders line on immigration. So much for reporting the news. Univision's top honchos behind this are all about politics — and are running their news organization like a cult mafia leader wielding power based on groupthink and fear. Last October, the Miami Herald broke news that Univision executive Isaac Lee threatened to make public a story about the arrest of Rubio's brother-in-law 24 years ago — that is, unless, in an offer he couldn't refuse, Rubio agreed to go on Univision's Jorge Ramos show, presumably to be savaged by the TV host, known as a loud advocate of open borders. Univision denied the Herald story, though the paper had multiple witnesses — but then spilled the beans to the New Yorker, admitting to writer Ken Auletta that it had indeed offered the popular Florida senator "three Univision options" to soften or spike their nasty "investigation" if Rubio did the Ramos show. Univision figured it could demolish Rubio politically with the offer, which is why it pulled out all stops and violated all standards of journalistic ethics. But things didn't go as planned: Rubio refused to be blackmailed and told them no. Univision then ran the scurrilous piece attempting to link Rubio to drugs, which was so baseless even the mainstream media wouldn't pick it up. Subscribe to the IBD Editorials Podcast The Miami Herald's Marc Caputo reported a whole string of disgraceful pressure tactics Univision pulled to put the heat on Rubio. Those ranged from adding the words #rubio and #drugs to advertise their show on their Twitter feed and create a false link, to sending a huge TV truck to the doorstep of Rubio's sister, to attract embarrassing attention. Caputo reported that the Univision shakedown also included trying to get Florida Gov. Rick Scott to call for Rubio's resignation. Caputo said the ploy appalled Univision's reputable journalists, who called him up to describe the egregious violation of ethics. What does this say about Univision and its line? That there's a creepy network determined to stamp out any dissent in the Hispanic community and force all leaders to toe a party line — or else face media ruin. Univision Chairman Haim Saban made that clear in an email to the Herald, declaring Rubio "anti-Hispanic" because of his views on immigration, as if Saban has some edge over Rubio, the son of Cuban exiles, when it comes to being Hispanic. Here are the facts: Rubio is popular among Hispanics and represents a massive threat to the Democrats' grip on the pivotal Hispanic vote, which may be up for grabs, given the Obama administration's economic failures. Saban is a big-time billionaire bankroller of the Democratic Party and seems willing to turn his TV network into a Democrat mouthpiece. This is no small matter. Saban's network — which says it reaches 75% of Latino households and frequently tops the Big Three networks in viewership — seems to think it has a monopoly on the news and that it can make or break any Hispanic leader. Heck, it seems to think it can even arbitrate who's Hispanic. Univision's Isaac Lee, who made the "options" offer, had the nerve to gleefully retweet a report that Latinos respect Univision more than the Catholic Church or military — a power politics statement if there ever was one, given he did it the day Auletta's piece came out. In doing this, Univision is sadly showing that it isn't about news, but rather about raw politics. And because it's corrupting the news, its monopoly won't likely last. Indeed, that Rubio remains popular despite the attacks suggests that Latinos are no longer a group that can be dictated to by Univision. And Rubio's brave refusal to be blackmailed over his immigration views is as much a threat to Univision as it is to the Democrats.

To: longnshort who wrote (355)	3/21/2012 10:23:33 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 826

Obama HQ briefs Romney's press corps DYLAN BYERS \|3/20/12 politico.com The Obama 2012 team hosted an off-the-record briefing for Mitt Romney's press corps at Chicago headquarters today, reporters tell me. Obama press secretary Ben La Bolt and deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter hosted the event, during which reporters were given a tour of the office and asked questions about the Obama team's strategy and outlook on the 2012 race. Campaign manager Jim Messina is said to have made a cameo appearance. Reporters described the event as unrevelatory and said nothing groundbreaking was discussed, but also described it as an important "get-to-know-you" session for the TV, print, and wire reporters in attendance. The Romney campaign, which has had a complicated relationship with its press corps, seems to have been unaware that the meeting took place. In separate emails, press secretaries Andrea Saul and Rick Gorka would not say if they had known about the meeting. But both seemed unfazed. "That's fine. We brief them on the failures of the Obama White House every day," Saul emailed. "That's fine, we brief them on what a failure the President has been on a daily basis," Gorka wrote.