Barack Obama has morphed into Jimmy Carter before our eyes, but the
liberal media have refused to report on the Obama Administration’s
failed foreign policy of apologies and appeasement. Terrified to hurt
Obama’s chances of re-election, they are shamelessly seizing on this
horrific attack on Americans abroad to push their go-to narrative that
Mitt Romney is tone deaf.
Romney rightly criticized the Obama Administration for its spineless
apology to thugs whose idea of ‘diplomacy’ is intimidation, violence and
murder. As the façade of the ‘Arab Spring’ continues to fracture and
crumble away, the media have shifted to a strategy of distraction and
omission.
The Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) Wednesday evening newscasts devoted more
than 9 minutes (9 minutes, 28 seconds) to the flap over Mitt Romney's
statement criticizing the administration's handling of the Libyan crisis
but spent just 25 seconds on questions regarding Barack Obama's
Middle-East policy, a greater than 20-to-1 disparity.
NBC's Brian Williams opened the Nightly News telling viewers: "Romney is taking fire tonight for the way he went on the attack politically...somehow
[Romney] wanted today to be about America apologizing for its values,
even after it became clear today was about the death of an American
ambassador and others." CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley dutifully noted: "Democrats said the governor had injected politics into a tragedy." Over on ABC's World News Diane Sawyer announced: "Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney under fire for comments he made about the upheaval as it was unfolding." (video after the jump)
Thursday's CBS This Morning rushed to President Obama's
defense over the spat between the Democrat and opponent Mitt Romney over
a statement issued by the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt condemning an
obscure Internet video about Muhammad. Minutes after Steve Kroft tossed softballs at the President
and let him speak uninterrupted for two and half minutes, the show
confronted Republican Senator Rob Portman for defending Romney's attack.
Anchor Norah O'Donnell hounded Portman, interjecting five
confrontational questions in just over two and half minutes, about the
same amount of time that Obama spoke without any disruption. O'Donnell
cried, "You're mistaken, Senator," and read statements from Peggy Noonan, Nick Burns, and Mike Rogers to emphasize that "Republicans...are saying that Governor Romney stepped in it." [audio available here; video below the jump]
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