Obama meets privately with Olbermann and Maddow for two plus hours. Seriously WTF?

I think the word you are missing is SELECT. Select members of the press including opinionated talk show hosts Olbermann and Maddow. That's the hypocrisy. He called Fox opinionated and then invited two opinionated NBC hosts to his pad.

Of course the White House has to "Select" who can attend. If they did not there would be entirely too many people. It is insane to think otherwise. And call it what you want but Fox is not news. They are not only opinionated but flat out liars. The problem with Fox is they do not even use the truth or facts in forming their opinions. They form opinions and then fabricate news and cut sound bites to "prove" their point. When it is all said and done they do not need to attend a meeting like this. They will simply fabricate their own reality as they have in the past anyways.

That's not what he's doing now...he's a divisive little troll.???

Divisive little troll? Do you think he is a relative, or what? Cousins maybe?

Focus on that because you can't say how he's failed bringing anyone together.

That's ok. You're ignoring that proves how true it actually is.

No, I just thought your choice of words was funny. lol Many of your comments have troll qualities. Just thought it was funny that you mentioned it.

Many of your post just attack people that are not who you want them to be....liberals are alike in that respect.

When was the last time they decided to agree with a republican view point that wasn't something that they side with them normally on?

No...they rather (you included) them agree with their point instead.

You're not pristine. Ha. Ha.

and calling someone a troll is a troll like quality. It's the number one quality, actually. Considering you just use the name to discredit someone and STILL have not denied what I said.

More push towards it being right and you actually believing it.

Go on...avoid doing it again.

J_Jammer, I was just having fun. I have actually commented to some who have referenced you as a troll, that I did not think you are a troll. Since posting those comments, I have questioned my judgment. I can't actually figure out what you are. You claim to not be a Republican? Yet, you take every opportunity to comment like one?

Not pristine? Imagine my shock. And, I was trying soo hard to be perfect. Not! I am still pissed about MSM 'moving us along' in the lead up to the 'war of choice' with Iraq. No one has been held accountable, we just 'moved along', leaving judgment to historians. I don't blame Fox alone, the rest were all co-conspirators in taking us to war with a country, which had not killed one American and was not openly threatening us. I haven't been quite as lucky as some, in moving along. The past still matters to me.

Nothing President Obama does to unite our country, should circumvent justice. People should not get a pass, for unity, without justice. But hey, I'm just 'One Lonely Voice', trying to move along, since justice doesn't seem possible.

Just because the court doesn't bring about justice doesn't mean justice isn't possible. As in there are other ways (NON-Violent) to bring about justice. Socially they can bring justice. Someone can hold a "mock" trial and put it on youtube with answers brought to you by video archives of the Bush or whoever (preferably not Bush because he's been silent and not speaking up like some people) and then allow people of the United States to vote in a poll on guilt or not.

The problem is that whoever does this has to actually DO IT and not MOCK it. An actual TRY at presenting both sides and then allowing the Citizens to vote will show a viewpoint that is rarely heard. Someone has to actually want to present both sides without being so angry.

I do post things that are more in agreement with conservatives because liberals are so embittered and it's not even reasonable bitterness. It's gotten to the point that they are as funny as those that believe Obama isn't born in America....it's ridiculous.

I like fighting for the underdog because usually those against the underdog are bullies. So far that seems to be true. With the atheist anger on this site against Christians it's easy for me to defend them as well---and not because I agree with them, but because the atheist are being unreasonably angry and spiteful. That is not ok.

People want fairness but those that want it are being bullies and then they demand that everyone be reasonable when they can't even budge on what they think.

Obama promised to bring people together. It's almost been a year and he's done more to push people apart. Did you hear his speeches in NY when he was at those begging for money conventions? Talking about how much better democrats are than everyone else? If he were at a rally and talked like that about a single race what would people think then?

It doesn't matter who you are with and why...NEVER-EVER think you are better than anyone else. That does nobody any good.

Sadly, you do not understand "privately" either.

If the minutes of the meeting are not made public then it is a private meeting. Very simple.

Sadly, you do not understand the hypocrisy. The reason I mentioned Olbermann and Maddow in the headline is because they are opinionated talk show hosts. A day earlier Obama accused Fox as being opinionated and not "real news." Then he invites two opinionated talk show hosts he happens to agree with. Sad.

Sadly, you will not quite grasp this comment either.

Everyone has opinion. Some are based on fact. Some are based on spin. Fact and spin are not equal and should not be treated as equal.

Then why do you treat Rachel and Keith as such when they have lied and spun things?

You need to learn the english language. Your ignorance is embarrassing.

"Obama meets privately with Olbermann and Maddow" means they met privately, not with a whole host of others present.

Presidents always meet with the press, catch a clue, including your precious Bush.

What is appalling is this failed and pathetic attempt at spin. Now go wipe the egg off your face and hide in the corner until people forget your grand faux pa.

"Presidents always meet with the press, catch a clue, including your precious Bush."

Correct and the meetings are always made public, that is why they are called the press.

Can you refer me to the minutes of this two plus hour meeting? I would appreciate it. If not, can you educate yourself on the responsibility of the press. Thanks.

Hell, George W. and his group willfully created their own press to throw softball questions. FACT! Ignored by MSM but fact no less.

http://gossiplist.com/blog2/2005/02/14/democrats-demand-a-special-prosecutor-for...

No prosecution, we just 'moved along'. Nothing to see here, move along, became a pattern with the Bush administration. MSM was afraid of George W. and his cohorts. Who could blame them, they ate their own. How many people from the Bush administration wrote books, to point out the wrongs of George W.? We just moved along.

George W. made news daily, it appeared as though people were picking on him. The facts were picking on him, not those who reported them.

And Obama's doing the EXACT same thing.

You just ignore it.

I don't watch Fox and Keith and Rachel are not BETTER...they are the same contaminators like Fox has except they are whiners for the left. Not only that they pander to Obama like little doggies begging for the masters scraps.

I almost thought you could make it an entire post without prattling about Keith & Rachel.

Oops.

What did they talk about?

That accuracy in the headline thing again!

Show me the minutes of the meetings and I'll rewrite the headline.

That's as big of a lie when people said the liberals didn't throw a fit when Bush Sr. Spoke to a fraction of the schools Obama did.....

they even wasted Congress's time debating if what he did was ethical or not.

Don't BS me.

umm no one did. we laughed at shrub jr acting like an idiot at west point but i don't remember anyone throwing a fit. oh wait there was the thing where kkkarl rove was charging exorbitant sums to speak at private schools but i wouldn't call any of the reaction here throwing a fit.

No, because you like them so you justify their bad habits with "not a fit"---typical, but not factual.

Stink money stealer. But he has nothing on King of Treasury Timmy. Oh but I didn't know I had to pay taxes.

Raise the taxes liberals can't even remember to pay the taxes...and they say that that is important to adhere to. ha.

You're right.

Presidents always choose favorites and that's ok...especially if they pick them in the media.

GO OBAMA BROWN NOSING!

People of the press?

Anyone from Fox?

Looks like it pays to be informed of your opinions and know your facts. I like the cut of your jib ;)

If the Bush meetings with neocon warmongers weren't secret, then we would know what they discussed.

And yet people complained about that.

So what should have to change when the King of Change does the same exact thing?

Don't give Obama the victim card.

He wanted the job and he hates when people disagree with him...proven by his reactions to those that have.

When has Obama shown a negative reaction to opposition that didn't deserve it?

Key phrase being "deserve."

Just give me a clear example of when he got on someone's case simply because they opposed him. You can't even give me that much. Key word is Joe Wilson. That stupid fucker deserved everything he got - not for his opinion - but for his utter disrespect to the President of the United States. What the hell does it matter what the meeting was about. They aren't plotting the downfall of man. Get over it

cuz Fox and CNN swing right?

Now it's MSNBC's turn to do all that.

And Rachel and Keith need the popularity---and ratings.

lol

It's not a lie.

How could one think that Obama doesn't need MSNBC to kiss his plagiarizing butt?

I hope this explodes in all their faces because Rachel and Keith are such panderers. They need to be shown for who they are not who they want you to see. It matters that they fake their "truth" so that others will like them.

Such as yourself.

Connie,

It took less than five minutes to find mountains of video of Olbermann and Maddow lying. Below are some. I am not the most computer savvy person and don't know how to embed video, but all the links below have video showing the entertainers in their own words.

Google Olbermann and lies you will get 5.72 MILLION things to look at (not all of which indicate he is the liar). Maddow and lies yields 2.9 MILLION. O'Reilly and lies will get you 2.29 MILLION things to look at.

Olbermann lies about health care:

http://186-kps.com/blog/2009/08/10/olbermann-is-a-complete-moron-lies-in-special...

Olbermann lies about who is a fair target to cover:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/justin-mccarthy/2008/06/04/steve-doocy-calls-out-ke...

Olbermann lies about Michael Medved and slavery:

http://www.nelsonguirado.com/index.php/asymmetric/2007/10/02/keith_olbermann_lie...

Olbermann lies about O'Reilly's defending Nazis after Olbermann uses a Nazi salute:

http://www.olbermannwatch.com/archives/2006/07/olbermann_defen.php

Olbermann's top ten lies told on the air in 2006:

http://www.olbermannwatch.com/archives/2006/12/keith_olbermann_2.php

Olbermann lies about his ratings:

http://www.narbosa.com/2009/08/olbermann-lies-about-his-35-and-younger.html

Olbermann lies about tea party violence:

http://celebrifi.com/gossip/Shocker-Keith-Olbermann-Lies-About-Tea-Party-Violenc...

Maddow lies on her Meet the Press debut:

http://rightvoices.com/2009/08/16/maddow-lies-her-way-through-her-meet-the-press...

Maddow lies about Limbaugh:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/d-s-hube/2009/06/04/maddow-slimes-limbaugh-phony-qu...

Maddow lies about ACORN:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDRvRShXPNc

Maddow lies about Honduras:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mshH9fCNLTo

Maddow lies about MoveOn.org:

http://www.westernjournalism.com/?p=3046

Everyone lies, but thinking that those you listen to lie less (political commentators) is fooling yourself more than telling the truth.

That's why I find her annoying and lacking in communication skills.

This is funny, well it's funny and it's stupid.
Is this an effort to form a group, so like minds can share?
A twisted spinnoff by dabne and look at the support, sam666th & jj bagohammers.
All this served up by Fox Noise & newsbusters, so much kool-aid for the delusional masses. And you guys continue to suck it up.

You really need better news sources.

Just a guess, for all we know this was a follow up to when Obama met w/Bush41 in TX and Bush41 referred to Olbermann & Maddow as "sick puppies".
And that would make for much better story to post but you can't use anything from Fox because they lie.

imo
http://opinionsandreasons.blogspot.com/

So does MSNBC and Obama.

What do you say about that?

Jim,

Take whatever shots you like at me by all means.

Less than 1% of the population watches ANY Fox broadcast, except O'Reilly who draws just over 1%. Does Fox have that much power? Of course not. Why are we talking about evil Fox news instead of Iraq, Afghanistan, health care, the economy? For the White House to go after Fox only boosts their ratings. It's like when Olbermann jokingly said he should send O'Reilly part of his paycheck because of the ratings increase Olbermann enjoyed during the Olbermann-O'Reilly feud. I don't consume Fox, I just think it is stupid 1) to pretend that any news/entertainment show is not biased and 2) for the White House to spend any time on this.

It wasn't a private meeting with just Olbermann and Maddow as you imply. Unfortunately you are using Fox as a source which has once again misguided you. The two-and-a-half hour chat also included Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, Gwen Ifill of PBS and Gloria Borger of CNN among others. Maybe just the fact that Fox would lead you to believe that there was some kind of private meeting should just go to show you that they do not in fact report anything in an unbiased matter. Not even a biased against them. Fox is a Fucking joke. But... whatever... You just keep going to them for your "news"...

Then why is there no mention of it anywhere other than by you?

Seems kind of private.

@J_Jammer... Quit being a lazy ass troll and find it! I did. I am sure you can. You and your type deserve to be "educated" by Faux....

Let me rephrase that for you:

They were the only ones there. Was their cameras or recorders in the room so that all America knows what they talked about?

Because if there was not---private is still right.

You're hate for a news agency that doesn't kiss Obama's Butt is cute.

"Let me rephrase that for you: They were the only ones there."

So you didn't bother to research it huh? Well I am done talking to your lazy ass. If you did the research you would know that they were not "the only ones there" but you would rather troll for an argument. Childish POS... get a life.

Is it really that hard to answer if there were recording devices?

I'm going to assume no since you took great pains to throw a tantrum and storm off.

Private is factual, then.

J_Jammer... How many people have to be there before it's not private? 50? 1000? Everyone? If it's not recorded then its private? What? The fact is that it has been implied first by Fox and second by people on this site that Obama met privately with only Olbermann and Maddow. All I have said is that this was not the case. Your little play on words only cements that fact that you are being a childish troll. I don't say this lightly but You are an idiot!

I already stated what I said. that's why something is viewed as private or not. Sorry it makes you cry, but that's the way it is.

As for what was said here, I never agreed. I just reiterated what I always state about MSNBC...they're just a lap dog. Just like people stated about Fox and Bush.

Except Bush didn't meet privately with them.

hey sam.. not taking shots, just makin' fun..
dabne made a goof of a post and you politely recommended it?

Connie makes good points against a barrage of nonsense from jj and then you take the time to shoot at 2 pretty decent reporters in response. I'm confused..
I know, it;s just my opinion ..

imo
http://opinionsandreasons.blogspot.com/

Are you pimping your blog in every post?

How come nobody understands privately? Do we have the minutes of that meeting?

OK then it was private.