Why is the news media hiding minority speeches at the Republican convention?

[Doc Savage Fan]

You really want them to focus on how the GOP Party treats minority's?

The RNC booed the delegate of Puerto Rico and began yelling USA when she came on This was an American women who had a funny accent and she was shouted down.

And let's not forget the black women who was thrown peanuts and told "This is how we feed animals"

It's always nice to see examples like this illustrating the exceptional intelligence and highly developed critical thinking skills of the Democratic base.

 

[Theb]

There are white basketball players in the NBA, but the sports media rarely discusses them - using Breitbart Logic the media is biased and pro basketball is not a sport dominated by tall black men.

 

[JeepinEd]

Keynote speakers and Romney/Ryan. Even if those few minority speakers were not paid for, you're still not getting around the fact that the only minorities in the room is the hired help.

Funny you should say that. Years ago, I was invited as a guest to a fund raiser for now L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Since I didn't have to pay the $$$$ to attend, I thought it would be pretty interesting. It turns out I was the token Hispanic. What really got me though, is that when I approached Mr. Villaraigosa to introduce myself, he just handed me his empty wine glass and kept talking to someone else. I never did get to talk to him. Several of the guests though I was his son, which I found humorous.

 

[OrByte]

It is not a Democrat Talking point nor strategy to state or imply that the GOP lacks minority participation.

It is a fact...that EVERYONE including the GOP acknowledges that the Republican party lacks minority participation.

That said, Republican minority representation at the RNC was on display and evident...but I don't think that matters much when the voting delegation is nearly all white, period.

I'm sorry...but it really bugged the shit out of me when Condi Rice, whom I respect moreso these days than when she was on the GWB payroll, was up there, talking about the Jim Crow South that she grew up in....and the audience was basically made up of the OLD JIM CROW SOUTHERNERS that she was talking crap about!!

fracking ridonkulus!!

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

It is not a Democrat Talking point nor strategy to state or imply that the GOP lacks minority participation.

It is a fact...that EVERYONE including the GOP acknowledges that the Republican party lacks minority participation.

That said, Republican minority representation at the RNC was on display and evident...but I don't think that matters much when the voting delegation is nearly all white, period.

I'm sorry...but it really bugged the shit out of me when Condi Rice, whom I respect moreso these days than when she was on the GWB payroll, was up there, talking about the Jim Crow South that she grew up in....and the audience was basically made up of the OLD JIM CROW SOUTHERNERS that she was talking crap about!!

fracking ridonkulus!!

The audience was basically made up of Jim Crow Southerners? That's horseshit. Those people were all Republicans...not Democrats.

 

[PJABBER]

talking about the Jim Crow South that she grew up in....and the audience was basically made up of the OLD JIM CROW SOUTHERNERS that she was talking crap about!!

fracking ridonkulus!!

Oh yeah, I did see the ghosts of the ol' Klan rolling in the aisles! I really did!

They were rollin' on their way to Charlotte, yes they were!

 

[Incorruptible]

The media along with left wing morons like to claim that the gop is racist but its not so obviously they ignore the minorities. The democrats are much more racist though

 

[Fern]

Because the minorities in the Repub party are lesser known.

You know how such politicians, whether they be minority or not, become well known?

It's by getting the exposure the national stage provides.

If MSNBC and other MSM are refusing them coverage, they are discriminating against these candidates and working to marginalize them. They are denying them the opportunity to become well known.

Fern

 

[jackstar7]

You know how such politicians, whether they be minority or not, become well known?

It's by getting the exposure the national stage provides.

If MSNBC and other MSM are refusing them coverage, they are discriminating against these candidates and working to marginalize them. They are denying them the opportunity to become well known.

Fern

AND Fox News... and Hurricanes.

 

[berzerker60]

The efforts to highlight what diversity exists in the GOP is a great thing (assuming the RNC leadership follows through and doesn't get hit with another Tea Party insurrection), but the fact remains that 90% of GOP voters were white in 2008 and have been for 30 years. Let's not go crazy and pretend like the Republican party hasn't harnessed racism for its benefit since Nixon, even if it's making efforts to get away from that strategy now, and it's going to take some time to turn the ship and back down from the 'party of angry white guys' cliff. I do sincerely wish them the best of luck, though. America needs two sane parties compromising on competing world views, not the crazified GOP that makes even Mitt Freaking Romney pretend he's somewhere right of Mussolini in order to get the nomination, and not the domination by Democrats that's inevitable for at least a few years in a decade or two if the GOP clings to its dieing off base angry at the world leaving them behind.

 

[Fern]

AND Fox News... and Hurricanes.

If Fox pulled away coverage they're guilty as well.

But I didn't watch enough to know if they did, nor have I heard that claim.

Given the length of their scheduled coverage, and my expectation that they would want to showcase the minority speakers (aren't they biased towards the Repubs?) I assumed they would.

Fern

 

[jackstar7]

If Fox pulled away coverage they're guilty as well.

But I didn't watch enough to know if they did, nor have I heard that claim.

Given the length of their scheduled coverage, and my expectation that they would want to showcase the minority speakers (aren't they biased towards the Repubs?) I assumed they would.

Fern

But for minority speakers, here’s a handy guide to how the rival networks broke down coverage:

Mia Love: MNSBC was in commercial; Fox aired Shepard Smith‘s coverage of Hurricane Isaac from New Orleans.

Brian Sandoval: MSNBC aired hurricane coverage; Fox’s Sean Hannity interviewed Rep. Eric Cantor.

Ted Cruz: MSNBC cut to panel analysis of the convention; Fox went to commercial and returned with a Scott Walker interview.

Artur Davis: MSNBC aired panel discussion, mentioned his speech 5 minutes in, but didn’t air it; Fox aired the entirety of the speech.

Nikki Haley: both MSNBC and Fox News aired the speech.

Lucé Vela Fortuño: MSNBC aired more roundtable discussion; Fox News cut away to discussion by Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly.

So with the exception of former Rep. Davis, MSNBC did not omit any speeches that Fox News did not also omit.

These are TV channels. They need advertising revenue. No producer who wants to keep their job at any of these for-profit stations is going to air coverage of something that doesn't bring in viewers. And if the competition is showing hurricane footage while you're showing an unpaid political infomercial... well, don't expect to be back after the long weekend.

 

[DominionSeraph]

One thing that is sure in this election cycle is that the news media is in the bag for Obama.

I only listen to Fox News and I haven't detected even a hint of that from them. In fact, I can't think of even a single neutral report coming from them.

 

[jackstar7]

One thing that is sure in this election cycle is that the news media is in the bag for Obama.

Just one more punch on that victim card to earn a free sandwich on your next visit!