Framing Helen Thomas
October 14, 2005News & Politics
Bob Geiger notes: "Now I get it. If you're in the media, you're either with the White House or with the terrorists." (Yellow Dog Blog)
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That age-old question; how does a girl get noticed? Well, questioning White House spin may be a good start. At yesterday's press conference [VIDEO] veteran reporter Helen Thomas had the gall to ask:
"What does the President mean by 'total victory' -- that we will never leave Iraq until we have 'total victory'? What does that mean?"And just as Scott McClellan had pressed play on his response reel, Thomas interrupted the geyser of platitudes to ask about the will of the Iraqis. McClellan then took himself off of pause and redirected the conversation back to Iraq... war on terror... you're getting very sleepy... 9/11..., at which point Thomas interrupted again to remind the spokesman:
"It has nothing to do with -- Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11."This pissed him off sufficiently to respond to her personally:
"Well, you have a very different view of the war on terrorism, and I'm sure you're opposed to the broader war on terrorism..."ABC's Terry Moran came to her aid. Read the whole transcript, it's very Center Cannot Hold.
Bob Geiger notes: "Now I get it. If you're in the media, you're either with the White House or with the terrorists." (Yellow Dog Blog)
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