Comments on: When Journalists Lose Their Temper

By: Grewgills

Grewgills — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:13:31 +0000

Johnson should have let Romney finish his sentence.
“I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign, I don’t have lobbyists that are tied to my … ” (campaign)
Had Romney finished that sentence, Johnson would have had him dead to rights and no amount of parsing could have gotten him out of it.

By: Howard

Howard — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:13:05 +0000

Just remember: AP is a propaganda service for the Democrat Party(aka Terrorists Rights Party). Mitt should have known he was dealing with the enemy and not have given him the time of day. AP is worse than CNN–if that is possible.

By: jjv

jjv — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:49:09 +0000

Hey Trevor, what’s the problem with your lack of comprehension? What part of "No lobbyists RUNNING my campaign" don’t you get? Go to his web page and SEE who is running the campaign.

He said the guy was an advisor and you appear to think their is no distinction between the roles of the head of the campaign an an advisor.

See if you can "comprehend" this. The head of a corporation, the guy that RUNS it is the CEO. The corporation has BOARD members who are ADVISORS to the CEO. Now you tell me if the board member is "RUNNING THE CORPORATION"

If you can’t understand this then your tinfoil hat needs replacing.

By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:57:40 +0000

The journalist is hardly a "dupe." Over the years and overseas as well as in the USA, AP & Reuters and AFP have joined the Guardian & Independent & US periodicals in becoming infested with self-righteous self-important boobies who believe they have a mission other than to merely report—like paparazzi they are becoming part of the process itself rather than reporting on it.

There has to be collusion and implicit encouragement of this partisan hack Johnson’s garbage & lies, especially as Capt. Ed points out, he has written disparagingly of Romney on numerous occasions, even bringing up his great-grandfather’s polygamy. Also, Johnson has written soft praise and glowing admiration of Hillary’s courageous response to a campaign HQ of hers taken under siege by a demented Democrat.

The mainstream media has become part of the DNC claque and should no longer be accredited if bogus hacks like Johnson are part of the baggage. AP & Reuters & Newsweak are packed with snarks who think what’s fair on the left is foul on the right. [Ditto the NYT, with Linda Greenhouse & other ethically challenged Enron consultant-types coming to mind.] With few exceptions, the mainstream media is now promoting Democrat candidates and disrespecting Republican candidates pretty much across the board—McCain & Huckabee are exceptions for the moment. The press actually likes McCain’s soft centrism & believes Huckabee will be a pushover if nominated.

Like the Kossacks being urged to vote for Romney to disrupt the GOP nominating process in Michigan, the press [including much-maligned Fox which is beginning to reflect liberal biases as it becomes more mainstream] is abandoning all pretense at objective facts such as who, what, when, where, and why. Instead the MSM is promoting process itself—therebye abandoning principle of any kind, and turning the election into a sporting event in which it is not only onlooker and reporter, but also referee.

Leave that to the editorial pages and report facts, not ignorant bigoted reportorial bias.

By: Tap

Tap — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:06:38 +0000

I was impressed with Romney’s response. He wasn’t parsing words..the reporter was. Romney’s point remains valid..he isn’t beholden to Washington lobbyists, certainly not in the way that a McCain or a Clinton is.

By: Mr.Smith

Mr.Smith — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:59:12 +0000

It’s about time our press started to bust some balls out there for once. Mitt Romney seems like a decent candidate but being called out on his little blunder of not having any lobbyist in his campaign was priceless.

Glenn Johnson, I salute you. Wish there was more reporters like you out there keeping this schmucks in check.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:39:34 +0000

"he even carried on his little fight after the press conference." Nice try, watch the full video of the second encounter. Mitt approaches the reporter, not the other way around. "Lose their Temper", God forbid a reporter calls someone out on his BS. Notice Mitt is about to say "I don’t have lobbyists tied to my" and then the reporter interrupts. Then Romney gets all "that depends on what your definition of is is." Romney’s Press Secretary tells Glen Johnson repeatedly to keep his opinions to himself. Opinions? This must be a joke.

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:14:09 +0000

I didn’t think his reaction was out of line either, though I did come away from the exchange wondering whether he was accurately answering the criticism. If he’s going to make statements about how you’re not letting lobbyists run your campaign, then I think that’s a more genuine positive attribute if it’s true not just by parsing words about what you mean by "running your campaign".

So on the substance, I didn’t think his response was very convincing, but on the manner in which he answered I thought he did just fine and maintained a relatively cool demeanor in spite of the reporter’s confrontational tone.

By: supernovia

supernovia — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:04:50 +0000

Seriously. Once the guy brought up his concern… in a very unprofessional way "That’s not true!" vs, "Isn’t this person tied to your campaign" … Mitt answered clearly. He didn’t even work around the question like every other politician out there. But the guy continued to rail on him. And of course there are all sorts of blogs out there now saying Mitt was testy with the guy. Show me a candidate who would have reacted better. :-p

Enjoying your fresh perspective..