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To: Honey_Bee who wrote (63336)	1/4/2012 11:53:36 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Probably because she's a woman... that's certainly not an acceptable reason, but that's my hunch... look what "they" did to Sarah Palin... GZ

To: Honey_Bee who wrote (63336)	1/4/2012 12:35:16 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

Bachman is a conservative woman. The Soros media will NOT ALLOW conservative women to exist. The same with conservative blacks (Herrman Cain, Clarence Thomas).

To: Honey_Bee who wrote (63336)	1/4/2012 2:52:29 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

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: Honey_Bee who wrote (63336)	1/4/2012 3:04:45 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 103300

Nurse who laughed as woman gave birth to stillborn child banned from working at troubled health trust Terrai Mutasa treated Allyson Childs with 'contempt' during her ordeal Nursing and Midwifery Council will now assess her competency to practise By Daily Mail Reporter 3rd January 2012 dailymail.co.uk A midwife who treated a woman with 'contempt' as she gave birth to a stillborn baby has been sacked from the troubled health trust where she worked. Terrai Mutasa laughed at Allyson Childs for requesting painkillers amid the trauma of her labour and while doctors fought in vain to resuscitate 9lb 10oz Layla-Grace, who had been born with the umbilical cord around her neck. In response to her request for a Caesarean at Queen's Hospital in Romford, the midwife allegedly said: 'Do you think that won't hurt? Believe me it will.' Digusted: Allyson Childs, pictured with partner Steve and daughters Danielle and Lucie-Louise, was treated with 'contempt' by a midwife while giving birth to a stillborn baby Ms Childs said: 'I am angry and disgusted. I've been let down massively by the hospital. I want a full inquiry. No woman should have to go through what I did.' Queen's Hospital has apologised to Ms Childs over this and a further complaint about the 'insensitive conduct' of an unnamed nurse who sent Ms Childs 'rude' texts hounding her to return medical files. The trust running Queen's is under fire over its maternity care after five women died in 18 months. Complaints against Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust rose by a third from 2009 to 2010. 'Massively let down': The maternity unit at Queen's Hospital in Romford, Essex, where Ms Childs suffered her traumatic birth on September 24 Ms Childs claimed that during the traumatic birth Ms Mutasa treated her contemptuously. Ms Childs further claims Ms Mutasa told her mother to 'find the scissors' to cut the umbilical cord during the birth on September 24. An internal report also reveals the hospital added to the family's distress by losing Layla-Grace's pink bib. Queen's apologised for this and for leaving the body in a bloodstained cot. The hospital's chief executive Averil Dongworth met Ms Childs and her partner Steve, 25 - who await the results of a post-mortem examination - and told them she was 'moved and saddened' by their experience. She said in a statement: 'I offered Ms Childs and her family our sincere apologies. We will not tolerate poor standards of care. 'The midwife involved in Miss Child’s care is no longer working at the trust.' Ms Mutasa was referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which will probe her competency to practise. Read more: dailymail.co.uk