THS ComMedia

This Blog has been specifically created for Mr. MacArthur's ComMedia Class at Tolland High School for the Spring Semester, 2006. We will be following the big stories of the next few months and how they're covered (or not covered) in the media (MsM and Alt!).

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A child of the 60's, graduate of Tolland High School, the University of Connecticut, and Wesleyan University, ready to begin his 34th year teaching -- all at Tolland High.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Cheney Speaks!

Okay, short of finding out that the Veep was drunk as a skunk, or sleeping with Harry Whittington's wife, I think I've heard enough of this story. Cheney has been embarrassed: let's move on to more meaningful stories.

But before we do, check out this site: CROOKS & LIARS and bookmark it for the future. You'll find lots of recent clips from the news channels, the Daily Show, etc. As you can see if you go here , right now it's all Cheney all the time.

Well, this afternoon, Cheney finally talked to the media. Well, not to the media exactly, but to Brit Hume of the Fox News Network. Well, it was to him or Rush Limbaugh, you'd guess. Both are very friendly forums for the Vice President, the Administration, and Republicans in general. (That's where I would go, too, if I were Cheney. A sympathetic ear, no hard questions).

As you can also see, Crooks & Liars is not a fan of the Vice President. But you can judge for yourself as C & L will link you to the video of Cheney's appearance, or else to the transcript in the Washington Post.

Further on down the page, you'll see that CNN was not so impressed with Cheney giving an exclusive to one of their chief rivals.

Meanwhile, it comes out that Cheney drank at least one beer at lunch (he tells Brit Hume). They went shooting at three. There's soem question as to how this information was handled by MSNBC.

And further down C & L, we find Lawrence O'Donnell, whose article on "Was Cheney Drunk?" from the Huffington Post we looked at in class today. Here he is on MSNBC's Scarborough Country (Joe Scarborough is a former congressman, from California, I believe. Put him a little to the right of center).

Oh, wait -- here's a late breaking story! This could be what we're looking for! I'm not sure if soembody had a cellphone, or it was from the Secret Service, but there's apparently a videotape of the shooting! Check it out!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well its pretty much already been said about what I think on the Cheney issue... but my God, that video was the funniest thing I have seen all week. Awesome, awesome. haha =)

Myles

9:38 PM  

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