Why Media Hates the Tea Party

[SurviveIt]

I was watching Bill O'Reilly the other day on Fox and he was having a conversation (argument) with one of the main editors of Politico regarding the Tea Party movement.

Bill was really downing the Tea Party movement while the Politico guy was kind of up on it. I'm also seeing this (to a lesser degree) with CNN as well. Why would any news organization be down on a grass roots movement? Is it because they can’t be controlled, or manipulated like the news organizations are used to?

What are your thoughts?

[Texas Pete]

Originally Posted by SurviveIt

I was watching Bill O'Reilly the other day on Fox and he was having a conversation (argument) with one of the main editors of Politico regarding the Tea Party movement.

Bill was really downing the Tea Party movement while the Politico guy was kind of up on it. I'm also seeing this (to a lesser degree) with CNN as well. Why would any news organization be down on a grass roots movement? Is it because they can’t be controlled, or manipulated like the news organizations are used to?

What are your thoughts?

I saw the segment you are talking about......O'Riley is not news it is "Opinion".....In watching O'Riley he often asks "tough" questions about groups he supports (or at lease Fox is Perceived as supporting) not becuase he is against them but to "test their mettle" so to speak. He rightfully beleives that if he dosent ask everybody hard questions and plays favorites based on his own bias he is not doing a good job.

[stant]

the tea party is a growing big deal. i think this is a effort in containment

[SurviveIt]

Originally Posted by Texas Pete

I saw the segment you are talking about......O'Riley is not news it is "Opinion".....In watching O'Riley he often asks "tough" questions about groups he supports (or at lease Fox is Perceived as supporting) not becuase he is against them but to "test their mettle" so to speak. He rightfully beleives that if he dosent ask everybody hard questions and plays favorites based on his own bias he is not doing a good job.

Texas,

Its not just Bill O'Riley's political insights. It was the subject of his insights about the news media NOT being receptive to the Tea Party. And he is correct ... The news media in general is NOT favorable of the Tea Party. I watched many news organizations such as CNN, ABC and others that portray this movement as invalid.

[MrGreenJeans]

That's because they are scared of this movement, it fly's in the face of the new socialist agenda and might just upset the apple cart or flip it upside down.

[name]

the tea what? wasnt that like years ago in protest of taxes? did taxes go up? mine didn't.

[SurviveIt]

Originally Posted by name

the tea what?

Really? Since its impossible to be hard of hearing on a forum, I can only point you to your search engine.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement
Yahoo News RSS Feeds (tea party): http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rs...Party&eo=UTF-8

[Dwind]

I'm not sure if O'Reilly is of the same mind as Limbaugh- but Rush is a hard core Republican. He pretty much sees everything in Black & White. He sees the 9/12-Tea Party as related to the Republicans, but splitting their 'anti liberal' voting bloc. Think that describes the Irish Hornblower?

[vepr]

maybe its because they can't recite the Pledge of Allegiance

YouTube- Tea Party Pledge Of Allegiance Fail

[name]

Originally Posted by vepr

maybe its because they can't recite the Pledge of Allegiance

YouTube- Tea Party Pledge Of Allegiance Fail

Imagine if Obama did that what people would say.

[SurviveIt]

Originally Posted by Dwind

I'm not sure if O'Reilly is of the same mind as Limbaugh- but Rush is a hard core Republican. He pretty much sees everything in Black & White. He sees the 9/12-Tea Party as related to the Republicans, but splitting their 'anti liberal' voting bloc. Think that describes the Irish Hornblower?

Dwind,

So what you are saying is that there is a fear that the Tea Party movement may become an official political party and cause the republican numbers to dwindle, like a Ross Perot presidential run?

Mark

[akblack10]

Because a strong 3rd Party is a threat to a 2 Party system!

[Ruleryak]

The Tea Party is not a strong party. It is a co-opted lame duck. The first few months the idea existed it was organic and real, but it has already become a republican platform. I stopped going to Tea Party meetings in my hometown here as soon as they started beginning those meetings with a Christian prayer (something they do practically nationwide now), and espousing word for word the GOP ideals. I had been attending local county Republican Party meetings for a while when the Tea Party concept caught on and noticed that very quickly all of the same exact people attending the Rep. meetings were attending the Tea Party meetings and using their skills with Robert's Rules of Order to build out almost exactly the same "leadership" structure. By the time protest #2 (the big one in April 09) came around it was already leaning away from where it started and was leaning hard towards just being a new name for the GOP. By the time protest #3 came around on the 4th of July it was a Fox News brainchild supposedly as well as a Christian Republican movement. The keynote and guest speakers were all of a sudden talking about family values and party strength and not about the bailout or creation of walking talking checks and balances (US Citizens unwilling to allow this bullsh*t to continue). The spine was gone, the will broken. In less than a year it's business as usual, just from a "new" angle.

No thank you. I got involved to work with a different concept entirely.

[Ritepath]

Media = BA grads from liberal art colleges....it's natural to ridicule what you don't understand.

[-Sepp]

The tea partys are nobody AND everybody at the same time. There is no established leader or, memberships. All you have to be is a patriot and a believer in our constitution.
I don't foresee the tea partiers fielding any candidates but, I do see them as an influencing factor in the comming elections.

The democrats and their media have been working 24/7 to discredit and ridicule those folks...and I ask WHY one side of the isle seems so hell bent against folks who simply want the constitution obeyed and the government put back in check.

The answer? It's obvious that the democrats fear the tea people will begin waking up others as to what the real agenda is.

As I see it, the constitution and especially the bill of rights are non-negotiable and never to be up for debate period.

[Br'er Rabbit]

Originally Posted by SurviveIt

I was watching Bill O'Reilly the other day on Fox and he was having a conversation (argument) with one of the main editors of Politico regarding the Tea Party movement.

Bill was really downing the Tea Party movement while the Politico guy was kind of up on it. I'm also seeing this (to a lesser degree) with CNN as well. Why would any news organization be down on a grass roots movement? Is it because they can’t be controlled, or manipulated like the news organizations are used to?

What are your thoughts?

I also saw the interview you are referring to. Bills point was that the mainstream media had only done two news segments out of thousands ( I would want to see their research to veryify - sounds a little over the top to me ) which cast the Tea Party people in a positive light. The editor from Politico was trying to defend the mainstream media's coverage of the Tea Party as being more balanced than that, to which Bill stongly disagreed.

IMHO the mainstream media and the political elite (on both sides of the aisle ) are both scared and dismissive of the Tea Party movement.

They are scared because for the first time in recent US history a large number of the people are standing-up and are shaping the political dynamic. Normally the politicians and media are the ones in control - they spin and create the issues and tell the sheeple how to go vote and what to think. This time around, the shoe is on the other foot and they dont like it one bit.

The reason for the scorn and contempt usually addressed to those in the Tea Party from the "elite" is beause they genuiely think that the vast majority of the American people are too dumb to govern themselves. Issues like foreign policy, consitutional law, national security, etc, etc are far too complex for a midwestern hick like myself to understand. They just want us to go back to our trailers and turn on Jerry Springer and let them take care of us because they are far smarter and know what is best for us.

Ok, I will get down off my soap box now.

[Phoenixdadeadhead]

You can put the tea party and the green party category "sideshow jokes". For most the tea party is just a bunch of wack jobs, for others the tea party is a way to make a few extra bucks, for some liberals the tea party is an easy way to sew dissension in conservatives, and for a tiny few the Tea party is Their Party.

[SkullyWV]

Originally Posted by vepr

maybe its because they can't recite the Pledge of Allegiance

YouTube- Tea Party Pledge Of Allegiance Fail

That is correct. None of the folks that have attended these events know that the word indivisible is in there. You are very observant to find that and it is good that you pointed it out.

The people that attend these things should just stop and think how good things would be if we just gave all of our money to the gubermunt and let them feed us and provide what we need.

[SkullyWV]

Originally Posted by name

Imagine if Obama did that what people would say.

I imagine the news media would play it down and the conservative talking heads would beat the crap out of it.

Do you have a point to make? Share it with us, won't you.

[SkullyWV]

Originally Posted by Phoenixdadeadhead

You can put the tea party and the green party category "sideshow jokes". For most the tea party is just a bunch of wack jobs, for others the tea party is a way to make a few extra bucks, for some liberals the tea party is an easy way to sew dissension in conservatives, and for a tiny few the Tea party is Their Party.

Yes and 640K RAM should be enough for anyone.

The movement is in its infancy. It is too early to tell what it will become.
However the press will probably soon realize that they are fueling the fire by reporting on the movement and stop, thereby removing it from the TV addicted mainstream and putting it to rest.