OT: Wonder if they'll make a BIG deal out of this.

[Black_Knyght]

First Mel Gibson caught hell for his drunken outburst, then Michael Richards caught flack for his comments.

Wonder if anyone will even bother with this?

`Officer' Estrada trades obscenities

[President_Elect_Shang]

Who is Erik Estrada?

[Ironmanbc]

he's the one ALWAYS getting he's pal into trouble.

[President_Elect_Shang]

ironmanbc said:
he's the one ALWAYS getting he's pal into trouble.

ROFLMAO

[Atrocities]

This is all just some ploy to get people to watch the show. Don't pay any attention to it.


What I wonder about is when Trent Lott was basically fired from his position within the Senate because he made the statement, "You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today," at Strom Thurman’s 100th birthday party celebration. (Unknowing to Trent, Strom was a member of a party in the late 40's whose centerpiece was opposition to integration, and that Strom himself made the statement that he was proud to be a member of that party when he made a bid for the white house in the 70's.) Trent was basically ruined for this comment.

Senator John Kerry openly makes what he later refers to as a bad joke, “You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." Many people, especially those men and women in uniform to whom many believe the comment was, by association, directed, did not openly view this “joke” comment as humorous. Kerry's comments, while embarrassing for a week or so, had no seemingly lasting affect on the man or his career.

The Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, told a crowd gathered at City Hall last year for a march honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that New Orleans will be "chocolate" again.

Many believe that his comments were innocent and bared no racist views at all. Thus this story simply went away with no lasting affects on the Mayor; say for his overwhelming re-election victory.

No I ask you if a Republican had made the Kerry comments, or if a Republican Mayor had stood on the steps to City Hall of some city and said that this city would be a "Vanilla city" again, what would the fall out have been?

Simple answer, they would have both lost their jobs in the ensuing media frenzy. That being said, the view that there is a media bias, a double standard if you will, that unfairly targets certain individuals over their comments, yet openly ignores equally derogatory comments made by others, does exist. This bias is far from being equally applied to all who make inappropriate comments.

It appears that your political affiliation might in some way insolate or target you for retribution over your comments. I ask you is this fair? Shouldn't they all be held to the same standard of bad comment equals bad press on an even and equal basis?

While innocent comment at a 100th birthday party results in the termination of one mans career, the comments by a mayor that are openly racist serve to get him re-elected. Only in America.

I ask that they stop making mountains out of molehills, but if they must continue, that they do it equally across the spectrum.

[frightlever]

Racism applies to comments made from a stronger party about a weaker thusly it is impossible for a black man to make a racist comment. Ironically it is racist for me to state this.

However the comment about lack of education and going to Iraq is fairly accurate. When the US Army stops lowering entry requirements just to meet recruiting levels you can complain about *****y comments from the Democrats. Until then just buy flowers for the families that can't afford them.

You know I'm kinda chuffed that my main forum grief has been from stating my dislike for the comments from someone like you Atrocities. Good show, honey.

[Possum]

Atro, this is a well thought-out little essay you have penned here. Well done! While you're hardly the first to comment upon the gross hypocrisy of the media, you do make your points well, and illustrate with good examples.

While I won't attempt to excuse the behavior of the media, I can offer you an observation (not original) that may help explain their behavior.

American news networks are not in the business of reporting the news. They are in the business of delivering a target audience to their advertisers.

[Atrocities]

frightlever said:

You know I'm kinda chuffed that my main forum grief has been from stating my dislike for the comments from someone like you Atrocities. Good show, honey.

I am sorry to be the source of your chuffedness and forum grief, luv, but we boys will be boys. *wink*

[Possum]

/me giggles

[President_Elect_Shang]

You're all just jealous of me cause I'm the real deal! O-La-La