White House Objects to NBC News Interview with Bush

Whose lost the most credibility among the American people, the media, or the Republican party? Personally, I’d have to call it a tie.

In ready NBC’s (pathetic) response, one can only conclude that they agree with Gillespie that it was ‘totally misleading and deceitful’.
…NBC News as part of a free press in a free society, makes its own editorial decisions…
Right. No matter how partisan they are.

Does the White House have nothing better to do than take on NBC? How ridiculous.

im a democrat and i opposed the war but lets give the man his due:since the surge, things have turned around. emotion is one thing, facts on the ground another. given enough time, we can help bring stability to iraq.

im a democrat and i opposed the war but lets give the man his due:since the surge, things have turned around. emotion is one thing, facts on the ground another. given enough time, we can help bring stability to iraq.

I believe Bush in this case, because if there’s anything the Bush White House knows it’s deceit.

Well I dunno, seems like the Prez should chill out. He is very unpopular and attacking the media won’t change that fact.

Bush & Obama are two of a kind, big babies…

They decide, they report. We don’t watch.

MSNBC is a piece of junk.Biased,mean spirited and full of opinions from good for nothing loud mouths posing as journalists.We have a free press but not irresponsible press in our country which MSNBC epitomizes.The best way to shut down this disgrace is NOT to watch it.

What is cry-baby-obama crying about today? New day, new sob story. I’m sick of it.

um, ah, oh, um, ya know, well, um … dah. (direct quote from Obama at non-scripted rally).

Yes, you people should watch FOX. For real and truthful news you can count on. It isn’t biased at all.

Richard Engel is a full fledged leftwing anti-war journalist. Why in the world Bush did an interview with him I don’t know, but I respect Bush for going in the lion’s den (more than you can say for most democrat candidates)….
The part Engel left out was where Bush admonished Engel for not getting the speech right – and I guess poor wussy baby Engel couldn’t stand that so they edited it.
NBC is going down the tubes with Obama.

The way Bush has been treated by the liberal press has been despicable. They lie, distort and make things up.
Bush has been classy about it the whole time. He doesn’t defend himself ENOUGH.
It’s Obama who is the baby. He’s had the best press coverage of anyone, and STILL he whines. What a loser.

NBC probably did edit it badly. I like watching full interviews like the one Bush did with Yahoo, editing things out does change contexts often times.

Has Obama completed his 57 state campaign tour yet?
*snort*

I guess the bigger question for Congress is WHY AREN’T BUSH, CHENEY & RUMMY in jail???

Okay, now they see what it’s like to have only portions of their statements broadcasted. Reaping and sowing!

I have just about quit watching NBC, MSNBC. Since everyone got their shorts all in a bunch of Imus, yet allow Sharpton, Jackson dictate to them, now with the National Barrack Corporation and More of the SAme National Barrack Corporation continuing to place obama on a pedistle so we all can worship at the alter of Obama.
What a bunch of junk NBC has become. I watch only two shows on NBC. When Leno leaves that will be down to one. Wonder whay no one watchs NBC, they have nothing to watch.
Obama wants everyone to lay off his wife. Well she got where she is because of affirmitave action and now she is not proud to be an American. She benifited from the good Ivy League schools and she is complaining about America. Well had she lived in another country, she would not have been so lucky. So Suck it up, stop bashing GWB.

How about a nice long vacation in crawford. I think the American people and rest of the world could use a break for the next six or so months.

All Obama has to go on is linking McCain to Bush, NEGLECTING that the democrats have double digit lower approval ratings and their have been in the TEENS! They are the do-nothing Congress/Senate, and have milked more war pork than any time in US history. It has been since they were voted in that the troubles have started, and they’ve spent grotesque amounts and not ended the war, they’ve in fact perpetuated everything. THESE are what Obama must be linked to, as well as his terrorist ties, racism, sexism, anti-Americanism and multiple LIES (so many, lost count).

Very uninformed society of voters these days. Why would anyone want Obama to run our country when he has only 6 years of political experience and has never ever led anything. McCain has been on both sides of Congress and has led several of our most critical committees. In addition….he’s a war hero with over 20 bombing missions. If anyone was ever qualified to run our country…it’s McCain and not College Boy. Bush has had the most difficult presidency since Lincoln and has had to run our country in the face of the most critical liberal media in history. If all presidential administrations were as media scrutinized as this one, they would all pale in the public’s eyes. Be informed America!!!! Don’t be stupid!!!

I dont think msnbc and it’s crew should be messing with the president of the united states. George Bush is still in charge.

Terry I could not agree with you more. No…this is not ok!

Brian…you are a victim of the media and have allowed your views to be shaped by them.

President Bush has the lowest all time approval rating. His administration has mislead the American people and continues to twist the truth, while taking no responsibility for their actions, behavior and deciet. It is time for Americans to make decisions that are not based on fear and false information. Shame on the Bush administrators for trying to hold the media hostage for simply saying things many Americans discuss daily. We all understand the failed policies of the Bush administration, including a false premise to go to war, the deaths of Americans and Iraq’s in the war, our raveged economy including oil prices,the first president to “charge” the cost of a war and not pay for it. Our children will have to pay off these expenses. Fatigue to American soliders and their families with multiple tours of duty! Mr. President, we would not be using stop loss, if all soldiers wanted to continue going to Iraq over and over. The costs for all of us is too, high. Most people are worse off than they were 8 years ago. The policies of the Bush administration have failed.

Brian…I repsect your opinion as well and I will back off a bit. I get testy when I hear support for the new Democrats that have absolutely no experience and no business running this country that I love dearly. I am indeed referring to the same channels. I truly believe the war was justified because we were in immediate danger by those in the middle east. Iraq had the 5th strongest military in the world and was being run by an unpredictable mad man. They were a threat to us and to our allies. The visual media…for the first time was allowed to cover and report on this war and exposed war for the ugliness that it is. This war is no different than any war we’ve ever been involved in. The liberal media has continually spun this against Bush and his administration and with everything we DON’T know (nor should we) we should support our President in a time of crisis. I also truly believe that our economy is cyclical. This is proven throughout history. Bush’s administration has actually sustained this beyond it’s normal downturn. There are many indicators of a successful economy and they self-adjust to keep our economy in line. Now with that being said…I cannot explain petroleum prices. This is impacting us all…not just in gas prices but in resins, plastics, etc. We are all affected.

I thought checks and balances came from the other two branches of the government. The news is supposed to report objectively?

Let me get this straight you idiots. You claim the liberal media. What liberal media? Correct me if I wrong which I’m not but “newsflash” a weapons company owns NBC name General Electric. They don’t only make weapons but they make WMD you fools. NBC was pushing the war from day one because they have a vested interest in it. Wake up you fools the Bush crime family cannot be trusted.

Unfortunately, this is nothing new. Every White House – does not matter which administration – has manipulated or avoided the media anyway is could. Why think Bush’s WH would be any different? And will things change with a change? Certainly not. The otherwaise ill informed American people are crazy to think otherwise.

MSNBC and NBC are guided by polling or public consensus. Thus, whichever direction the pendulum of the public mood swings they will adjust their coverage and reporting to satisfy the public mood and keep viewership at a higher level in order to maintain advertising revenue during the dedicated time slot. In this case, since the numbers have swung against President Bush it will be reflected in the coverage and content of the reporting.
We have seen this pendulum swing from September 11, 2001 to where we are now which is reflected in public opinion polls – both then and now. It’s a bit of conundrum if we think which comes first however. Does the public mood create the tone of the news or does the news create the public mood? Many would say it’s the latter, but more than likely it is a combination of the two but we must keep in mind that the news industry has the greater means to communicate this information and also profits the most from this manipulation of the news.
In this case I think the White House has a legitimate grievance since the interview is clearly edited. In fairness to Richard Engel, he may not have been a part of this editing since the editing was done for the MSNBC broadcast – even though the interview included a portion of quasi commentary.
Like music, fashion, soft drinks and wars: the news industry follows trends.

NBC is a mouthpiece for Obama because they know when McBush runs against him he (Obama) will lose by a landslide. That way McCain can continiue the war and they (NBC GE) can sell their weapons and drain us tax payers. A couple of yrs ago Chris Mathews was almost fired because he was very vocal against the war and Tim Russert threatened to fire him if he didn’t tone his rhetoric down because the bigwigs at (GE) were getting pissed.

You see thunderbolt you must look at the bigger picture instead of this ” oh the news is trashing our lovely president” thing. They have influence in the government, which totally corrupts the news. They are not being straight with us about Iraq. Many European news companies are putting the Iraqi death toll way higher than what we are reporting. I trust them more.

If the full text is freely available, no one needs to complain about NBC’s interpretation. It has a right to its interpretation just as everyone else does.

The truth about Bush should be more than enough to get him impeached.

MR, other than very small outlets with little influence, and in movie fantasies, media ouput has always been influenced by the parent corporation. It is nothing new. It has always been a business, and an important one. The consumer needs to not be a sheep and accept everything at face value, and should look for a cross section of news sources. However, without the media businesses, there is a good chance we would not even be alerted that we need to look for information on an issue elsewhere. With all its flaws, the media are very important.

NBC should re-read the Constitution. Electronic media isn’t part of “press” as defined by the Constitution, nor has the Supreme Court ever ruled if broadcasting is part of “press.” I think NBC is assuming it is. You know what happens when you assume…

MR, I agree. Media are corporations and thus generally conservative by nature.

There is no more biased media than fox. Compared to them there is no bias in news. I agree that their is bias in these other outlets but it is a class bias. A bias of the economically empowered against the other 98%. If you side with the 2% because you think you believe you will one day be in the 2%, a reality check is in order.

How can one conclude that NBC news is a branch of the Obama campaign just because the President’ offical remarks are distored while Senator Obama is asked “Could you give us your campaigns main talking points in your own words?”?

Generally speaking…the media leans left…plain and simple. Everyone in here has a good opinion and I respect them all. My primary concern is this…5% of Americans actually understand the issues at hand (abortion is not one of them) and actually understand the candidates. The media forms the opinion of the voters and the voters are lazy when it comes to understanding what is actually at stake here. MR…you simply scare me because your views are radical in nature and not politically centered. Our presidential voting process is now a homecoming popularity vote. Who’s the most popular candidate? They will win and this is influenced by a LIBERAL media. Niether Democrat candidate has the experience, nor is even remotely qualified to hold the most important position on earth. The Republican candidate is. He has the credentials to take office without having to spend the next two years learning how to be the President. I support Bush but he was not qualified either. He did however have Executive experience whereas niether of the two Dems have anything close. Be informed voters…there is too much at stake to just vote without knowing what the hell your actually voting for!!!

When the press distorts the truth we all lose. This isn’t about Pres. Bush, it’s about the office of the President of the United States and a news organization that can twist the truth. We all should be outraged, no matter what our thought of Pres. Bush.

VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NBC’S LATEST INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT BUSH. I WOULD EXPECT THIS KIND OF BIAS REPORTING FROM CNN BUT NOT NBC. UNLESS THIS IS ADDRESSED DIRECTLY, I WILL STOP TURNING ON BRIAN WILLIAMS EVERY NIGHT AND START WATCHING ABC OR FOX INSTEAD! NBC HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST ACCURATE (IN MY OPINION) SOURCE FOR NEWS. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT. KEN JARRELS

Oh, “SheepHerder”.
NBC deletes a couple of sentences that don’t change the meaning of the President’s message one iota (look them up!), the White House howls in protest for no reason other than to further its campaign of smearing the media and accusing it of liberal bias, and you buy into it hook, line and sinker? Then you accuse people who can see what’s transparently going on of being the ones who are brainwashed? If that’s the case, go back to listening to Fox and Limbaugh so you can know what to think next.
As for reading books, try any one of the thousands–including numerous ones by credible former administration officials and sources close to the White House–that have documented the lies, deceit, misinformation, disinformation, and scare tactics of the Bush administation. It’s a wonder to behold.