IOCC vs. Bob Costa and the White House: No Tribute to Mark 40th Anniversary of Munich Killings

from WesealZippers:

(NYP) — Those calling for a moment of silence at next week’s Olympics to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Munich terrorist massacre of Israeli athlete-hostages have just picked up key support.

First, NBC’s lead Olympics anchor, Bob Costas, said he’ll publicly call out the International Olympics Committee for refusing the request.

And, Costas added, if the IOC fails to allow a moment of silence during next Friday’s opening ceremonies, he’ll hold one instead on NBC’s telecast as the Israeli team enters the arena.

“I intend to note that the IOC denied the request,” he said. “Many people find that denial more than puzzling, but insensitive, [so] here’s a minute of silence right now.”

Good for him.

Then, in the wake of Costas’ announcement, the White House joined in, saying, “We absolutely support the campaign.”

Eleven athletes and coaches were killed in a botched German attempt to rescue them from Palestinian terrorists.

Ankie Rekhess-Spitzer, widow of the slain fencing coach, has long sought an official commemoration of the tragedy.

She says the IOC called such a gesture “political” and “told us the Arab delegations will get up and leave. To which I said, ‘It’s OK; if they don’t understand what the Olympics are all about, let them leave.’”

http://weaselzippers.us/2012/07/21/bob-costas-says-he-will-observe-moment-of-silence-for-victims-of-1972-munich-massacre-during-live-broadcast-of-london-olympics-opening-ceremony-despite-iocs-refusal-to-allow-it/

As Everyone Tries the Trayvon Martin Case in the Press, What If the Teen Did Attack George Zimmerman?

The usual race baiters lent their voice to the outcries in Sanford FL, where an unarmed teen was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch resident. George Zimmerman, in lawful possession of his own gun, claims to have shot Trayvon in self defense.

Now, at a White House event on Friday, a deputy press secretary is seen whispering to an NBC reporter. That same reporter is the “only” one to then shout a question to Obama after he made his announcement of the World Bank position, thus giving Obama the opportunity to put his voice into the controversy. “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon”. Ironically, as the Chicago Sun Times is reporting, no one is discussing the 42 shootings and the deaths that occurred in Chicago on the same night as Trayvon’s murder.

Yes, the Sanford Police Department did not handle the crime scene properly. But with the release of the 911 tapes, could it be possible that Zimmerman did act in self defense? A voice is heard in the background screaming for help. Will the FBI be able to enhance this enough to determine whose voice it is? And why isn’t anyone reporting about the injuries that Zimmerman had that night? Did Trayvon start to run from Zimmerman, then double back to confront him for following him? The photos being shown of Trayvon Martin— how current are they, for they don’t look like a 17 year old?

When the facts come out, how will the liberal media spin them to keep this narrative going?

No parent should have to endure the pain that Trayvon Martin’s family is, and they deserve to have the answers as to what exactly happened that horrible night. They deserve not just answers, but the truth. Sometimes, though, the truth may not be what one wants to hear!

“Obama Fried Chicken” Peddled in China; Gotta Hand it to the Commie Capitalists

By Ed Flanagan, NBC News

BEIJING – For all the grief the Obama administration is getting from China for filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization about Chinese tariffs on American chicken exports, perhaps the president should be suing China for royalties instead.

We’ve seen Obama peddle chicken for Kentucky Fried Chicken in Hong Kong, so it was just a matter of time before he broke loose and got his own franchise here in the mainland.

Obama Fried Chicken, or at least what we assume OFC stands for, was found earlier this week in Beijing and comes with the slogan written underneath in Chinese: “We’re so cool, aren’t we?”

Indeed…

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Thanks to the team at Shanghaiist for the photo.

http://behindthewall.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/30/8055460-obama-fried-chicken-in-china-its-on-the-menu

Carville: Obama Was Out of Bounds on Jobs Speech Scheduling

Democratic strategist James Carville told me that the White House was in the wrong when it requested that the President address Congress on the same night and time as a Republican presidential debate.

“I do think this is a really big debate and I think the White House was out of bounds…in trying to schedule a speech during a debate,” Carville said on “GMA.”

This will be Gov. Rick Perry’s first debate, and as Carville said this morning the stakes are high.

“Given a choice between watching a debate and the speech I would have watched the debate and I’m not even a Republican or even close to being a Republican,” he said, adding it will be a “barn burner.”

The administration agreed to move the speech to Thursday- possibly competing with the kick off of the NFL season instead. The White House has been touting this jobs plan telling ABC News that he will propose tax relief, infrastructure investment and assistance for the long term unemployed.

Obama has received advice from both sides with some arguing for an ambitious proposal and others recommending finding middle ground.

Carville, an ABC News consultant, told me it doesn’t matter what Obama proposes, it won’t get through Congress.

“Just go out and just document it, it’s not so much that the speech is important George, it’s the follow up after the speech,” he said. “And this is going to have to be what they are going to run the 2012 campaign on…this congress is not going to pass anything that the president proposes, that is pretty clear.”

–George Stephanopoulos

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/james-carville-white-house-out-of-bounds-over-speech-flap/

MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Makes “Vile” Comment about Laura Ingraham; Apologizes & Suspended from Air

     Refusing to give MSNBC’s Ed Schultz any ratings at all, I catch his show when it replays later in the evening.

     On his radio show earlier this week, the obnoxious pundit used a vile term when referring to conservative pundit Laura Ingraham. For her part, Ms. Ingraham basically brushed the comment off, stating that she would add a line or so to her upcoming book about the mysoginistic commentator.

       Yesterday, Schultz privately reached out to Ingraham to apologized, noting that he left her a message and would again try to speak with her personally. He then met with the management of MSNBC/NBC, and was apologetic for his actions, and the manner in which they reflect upon the network as a whole. Realizing he is not one who has avoided controversy, in his on-air apology, Schultz noted that he had truly crossed a line that was wrong, and accepted responsibility for his actions. His apology was extended to his wife, children and grandchildren as well. In fact, Schultz mentioned his wife more than once in his apology, so one has to believe that she was shocked at his comment on-air.

        For his part, it seems that this might be one of those more sincere statements.

For article and videos:

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ed-schultz-suspended-for-slut-comment-directed-at-laura-ingraham_b68342

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ed-schultz-apologizes-on-the-ed-show-for-calling-laura-ingraham-a-right-wing-slut/

Note: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, who is very derogatory about Sarah Palin and even moreso about Michele Bachmann must have received the “word from the powers that be”, and he stated that he would try to be a little kinder in his coverage of Rep. Bachmann!

Dateline Cairo: Journalists Being Attacked, Arrested, as Violence Increases

Supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak attacked pro-democracy protesters and targeted journalists in Cairo on Wednesday. The Cutline reported yesterday on pro-Mubarak mobs going after journalists from CNN, CBS, ABC and numerous international news outlets.

That media crackdown seems to be accelerating today. So far, there have been several reports on Twitter indicating that pro-Mubarak mobs have attacked journalists and bloggers–and that some journalists have also been arrested by Mubarak’s much-feared police force.

But it’s not only the police arresting members of the media. The AP reports that the Egyptian military is rounding up journalists, with correspondent Hadeel Al-Shalchitweeting that two New York Times journalists have been arrested. (The Times journalists were later released).

Also, Washington Post foreign editor Douglas Jehl wrote Thursday that witnesses say Leila Fadel, the paper’s Cairo bureau chief, and photographer Linda Davidson “were among two dozen journalists arrested this morning by the Egyptian Interior Ministry.”

It’s not clear why the army is now detaining journalists, but it might be for their own protection from the violent, pro-Mubarak mobs who are out again on Thursday.

for full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20110203/ts_yblog_thecutline/journalists-get-attacked-arrested-in-egypt

Olbermann Suspended Indefinitely without Pay for Campaign Contributions

     NBC’s anchors and commentators’ political views are clearly on the left side. No one disputes that fact. But in its  attempt to be “unbiased”, the NBC policies forbid the likes of Keith Olbermann from making political campaign contributions.

     So, upon learning that Olbermann had contributed to THREE Democratic campaigns, he has been suspended indefinitely without pay.

For the story:

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/olbermann-suspended-from-msnbc-for-campaign-donations/

Charlie Rangel Insults and Berates Luke Russert, then Calls to apologize when he is told that Luke is the son of the late Tim Russert

Russert reminded Charlie that he could also be voted out by his colleagues over the ethics violations.

This really fired up Rangel, who asked: “What station are you from?  While you’re young, I guess you do need to make a name for yourself, but basically you know it’s a dumb question.  It doesn’t really sound like NBC asking these dumb questions, but it just shows what has really happened to a channel that did have some respect.”

Apparently Rangel decided this morning that it was prudent to apologize to Luke Russert for berating him.  He said during a news conference this morning: “I had a very good conversation with Luke Russert this morning and apologized for the way I treated him on television.”

http://www.bittenandbound.com/2010/07/23/luke-russert-charlie-rangel-controversial-video-and-apology/

NBC Reporter Surprised at “Self Deporting” as a Result of the Arizona Immigration law

NBC’s Lee Cowan, on Thursday’s NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, discovered a stunning result of Arizona’s new immigration policies – illegal immigrants are now leaving the state. Cowan opened his piece noting a long line now “stretches around the Mexican Consulate in Phoenix every day” but noticed a twist, as the line was full of “immigrants trying to figure out not how to stay in Arizona, but how to flee it.”

Cowan peppered his story with anecdotes of local businesses losing customers “A look around this once-bustling barrio is telling. The local hair salon has more empty chairs now than customers” and schools losing students as he claimed “School numbers are dwindling, too. This one is 75 percent Hispanic. Since the immigration law passed, they’ve lost more than 100 students.” Cowan even punctuated this factoid with the sob story of a boy being taken out of school by his father to go back to Mexico:

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2010/07/09/nbc-reporter-discovers-immigration-law-enforcement-causes-illegals#ixzz0tJjmCXGC

MSM Begins to Realize that Obama’s Rhetoric is Damaging Businesses, Recovery

from Newsbusters:

Wow, just wow. Never would have seen this one coming, but is one of the standard-bearers of the media elite recognizing the Obama administration’s anti-business populist tone is inhibiting the U.S. economy?

On the June 18 broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” NBC “Meet the Press” moderator David Gregory was asked to respond to a June 18 New York Times article by David Sanger suggesting the Obama administration may be “overstepping” and discouraging business growth in the United States. Gregory told “Squawk Box” viewers that in his view they were and called it “a real problem.”

“It is, certainly beyond Washington,” Gregory explained. “You all know it talking to business leaders every day and I do speak to business leaders quite often as well and I hear it time and time again that what you got at the administration are two problems. One, you’ve got nobody in the inner sanctum of the President’s advisers who has ever run a business – who have never run a business. And that’s a real problem. I think there’s a level of recognition about that being a problem in the West Wing as well. But the rhetoric and the policy substantively, a lot of people feel, is anti-business and getting to a point where it could really discourage businesses in the United States and certainly the multinationals working here as well. That’s a problem and I think that element of criticism from Joe Barton, while off the reservation substantively, got to that larger point, which is this populist string.”

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2010/06/18/nbc-s-david-gregory-white-house-rhetoric-anti-business-could-really-disco#ixzz0rEDtET4t