I am sitting here watching a show on CNN called No Bias, No Bull. Roland Martin is the moderator. Jeffrey Toobin is a guest. I don’t know who the two women are. The subject is the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor.
They just laughed off a caller they disagreed with (8:57 pm est). That is bias.
I think I disagreed with the caller just as they did, but frankly, they jumped all over the caller instead of letting him finish his statement. They might have asked the caller some intelligent questions to develop a better understanding of the statement. However, they were too busy laughing and putting the caller down for me to be sure what he intended to say. That is bull.
The caller made a statement that Sotomayor could not have lived the “Full life,” she claimed to have because she has no children and was divorced. The moderator and guests decided that was a sexist comment. It may have been. Earlier, a caller stated that the Republicans were going to be racist and challenge Sotomayor because she is female and Hispanic. No one questioned or challenged that caller. That is bias and bull.
No Bias, No Bull? Come on CNN, we need better from you.
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Ok. It’s CNN. Because they call the show unbiased, you think it
might possibly be unbiased? Come on, it’s CNN! Thats all they do. Biased reporting is their thing. If they would have been unbiased,
they would play what she has actually said, and acknowlege that she infact said it, but would then allow debate on what interpretations could come from that. But, then it’s really difficult to defuse “I think that a hispanic can bring better decisions to the court than a white person.”, not to mention ” The appeals court is where we make laws. Oh, I shouldn’t have said that, should I? ” She pretty much summed up herself there. Hard to debate facts. So, you have to laugh it off, as an avoidance technique. Worked for Obama.
It’s Roland Martin not Roland Smith you idiot! Just the first of much of what you got wrong…..
And john boy; as has been stated many times this week; if all you can come up with are these two minuscule statements by this giant of the judicial world over a 30 year career it will be a waste of time and taxpayer dollars to have hearings at all. Say hello to our new justice Sotomayor!
Farrell: I can’t tell if you are serious or facetious here.
So…there are different standards for hearings for Sotomayor than there are for Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, et al? (include any other nominations).
Much of this circus started with the Bork confirmation hearings, by the Democrats. As has been stated elsewhere, there truly needs to be separation of powers between the branches of government; no reason to let any president do whatever the hell he pleases. Let the senators do their jobs also, and hopefully they’ll ask appropriate questions of this “giant”.
And come on now, the government will waste money and time? A time honored tradition going back since before I was born.