Look at this from over the weekend where Joe Biden was interviewed by a central Florida newswoman:
Ok, so this has gotten some airtime in the last day or so, and I've seen two sides to the argument on this interview and Biden saying "is this a joke?" Today, I watched a bit of Studio B with Shepard Smith on Fixed News, and it was my first look into the situation. He was pissed at the insinuation that Biden question the journalistic integrity of the newswoman (WFTV's Barbara West). He said he could not see why it was not a valid and apt interview. He mainly focused on the section of the interview where she quotes Marx and asksBiden if Obama should be equated to socialist ideas and Marx. He interviewed a clearly conservative public relations expert who agreed with Shep. Shep was visibly annoyed at the situation. Here is the segment in its entirety (I found it on Studio B's page on FoxNews.com, and it was the MAIN video staring me right in the face):
That was kind of funny, so I guess that puts me on Biden's side.
I don't know if I'd call it "gotcha" journalism, at least not more than any other journalism at times like this is, but those questions are bloody stupid. At the very least, they show a preference of "being tough" over making any sense.
I think it was a dumb move to ban the station - it just makes it sound like they were on to something - but I guess that they're just stressed so near the election.
Finally, I think it's a bit sad that in America it's an insult to be compared to Sweden. Somebody's priorities are wrong. And if the name "Marx" still has the same connotations as "Hitler", then the Red scare isn't truly over yet. I don't think politicians would be as frightened of the comparison in most of Europe.
Yeah, I thought it was a bit odd to make it sound as if it would be bad to be like Sweden, when they have some of the highest living standards in the world. (If you look at the UN human development index, they are ranked #6 (the USA is #12) I think the Republicans need to go back and have a look at what Socialism actually means. Countries like China and Cuba are socialist. The way Western Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand operate etc is not what you would class as socialism.
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That was kind of funny, so I guess that puts me on Biden's side.
I don't know if I'd call it "gotcha" journalism, at least not more than any other journalism at times like this is, but those questions are bloody stupid. At the very least, they show a preference of "being tough" over making any sense.
I think it was a dumb move to ban the station - it just makes it sound like they were on to something - but I guess that they're just stressed so near the election.
Finally, I think it's a bit sad that in America it's an insult to be compared to Sweden. Somebody's priorities are wrong. And if the name "Marx" still has the same connotations as "Hitler", then the Red scare isn't truly over yet. I don't think politicians would be as frightened of the comparison in most of Europe.
Yeah, I thought it was a bit odd to make it sound as if it would be bad to be like Sweden, when they have some of the highest living standards in the world. (If you look at the UN human development index, they are ranked #6 (the USA is #12)
I think the Republicans need to go back and have a look at what Socialism actually means. Countries like China and Cuba are socialist.
The way Western Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand operate etc is not what you would class as socialism.
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