President Bush’s 8th trip to the Gulf Coast, and Shortfall of Quality Journalists like Water Cronkite

President Bush’s 8th trip to the Gulf Coast, and Shortfall of Quality Journalists like Water Cronkite Free Mind's thoughts about the declining quality of American news media, October 11, 2005. To quote Senator Landrieu, in her Senate testimony, she said, “We used to have Water Cronkite, but all we have is Geraldo.” She was angry that the coverage was too sensational and inconsiderate of people’s feelings. Americans are split. One White House correspondent said “For foreign countries like the Pakistan earthquake, the response is within 12 hours, so much faster than Katrina.” A Washington Post journalist said, “It is expensive logistically when the president travels, in terms of security, and police.” The real watch dogs are the White House correspondents; at least that is what they think they are. Their job is to be critical and hold the president suspect of something improper and they have to expose and deny everything he does. A juvenile reporter was outspoken like a pit bull trying to bark and maul down gentle and civil Harriet Miers. They can be intimidating. I feel sorry for Scott McClellan’s position. Everyday they beat down on him, like “Today, the president refused to answer the question, is he going to withdraw Miers’ nomination?” Like a juvenile mob, she interrogated and challenged McClellan. For someone who is daring to interrogate the president during a visit by a head of state, and is extremely undiplomatic, is ill-suited to follow the president abroad. Someone who is good in a well-situated controlled situation, like the East Room, is not good outdoors where the real action is. If this outspoken but careless reporter would travel with the president to South Korea or in China, she can ask questions to generate huge turmoil on the international scene, and damages the U.S. relationship with other countries. It is better to keep dirty laundry at home, not drag it out in the international arena. For world peace, we don’t need this wild reporting style. Most viewers would like to see calm logic, not sensational reporting. Bush’s Struggle in Rectifying His Tarnished Image In Front of the American People Without 20-year-old reporters with their own agenda misrepresenting him. We saw that the president got off the Air Force One steps and jumped into a SUV waiting, without giving room for the press to interrogate him with questions like “When you will withdraw troops from Iraq?” Then he hurried to the Emergency Center to keep things calm and organized. The news reporters didn’t have a chance to barrage him with bullets and questions. This was a successful tactics. As they could only use the official released tape and do the true reporting, not massaged, albeit with some of their own criticism. With the different tapes, they varnished the story. Like 1) “The president was slow to respond to Katrina, continued with his vacation, and didn’t return to Washington for two days.” 2) “Rita was so unnecessary, and he was just doing it for show and photo ops.” They didn’t bother to talk about the facts. They lied to the American public. The fact is that of Galveston, though spared, Cameron parish was totally obliterated to splinters by Hurricane Rita, and the past history was that in Galveston 8000 died in a 1900 flood, and in Cameron parish 390 died during Hurricane Audrey in 1957. We hope that the coverage when the president visits China and Korea can be constructive and there will not be unsuitable reporters intentionally portraying the president badly to cause diplomatic disasters. Foreign diplomacy is in need to be promoted, not to be damaged further. Some people following him will have critical remarks like he is bad to balance the China trade, he is bad to encourage outsourcing for corporate profit, he is bad to adjust the currency, he is not strong enough about human rights, or will insult China’s one party system at her free spin of the story. Ahead of the Senate passage of the Defense Bill of $455 Billion for fiscal year 2006 on Friday 10/7. This included the Senate-approved $50 Billion in Iraq and Afghanistan for Bush’s request. A White House correspondent on 10/2 released the tape against Bush’s Iraq troops. This looks like it was politically motivated and timed to attempt to defeat the defense bill. Also the Republican Party rift is being exaggerated with the intent to shake the administration. So if a conniving reporter made up their juvenile mind, and made unsuitable remarks for lack of response to Hurricane Katrina, laughing at the overreaction to Rita, trying to block the Defense Budget, are the reporters trying to influence US policy? Did Bush announce a cut non-security discretionary budget to appease these unruly reporters? This criticism will amount to many good employees’ to lose their jobs and support for their families. One wonders if such a conspiracy is a nightmare or become true. Media Intervention and the Executive Role in Immediacy to interact with the American People Should the Americans listen to the media more or the president’s remarks more? If the reporters are Shirley Temple, and with cute dimples, maybe. Does Bush exhibit a poor taste in bringing along juvenile reporters with him? The American people continue to watch him sink and fall into low ratings, and the flirtatious twenties-something reporters taunting him. Sometimes, like Texas cattle being prodded in a lost direction on lost prairie. Their judgment is to hold his collar belt leash him tightly to their standard, with low morale, till the puppet falls apart. A Taiwan woman DPP secretary, Chen WenQian, who ruined the Nationalist party. BeiGang North Port incense container can be inserted by every man. She held multi-relations with several men and was secretary to DPP leaders. She basically destroyed the KMT. But later she defected and supported the KMT. But the Nationalists were already finished by her, and her movements. Some media reporters behavior is like these women. Women who can ruin a party, or a country. Ambush Bush on the White House lawn to cause a government breakdown, albeit in slow motion. Like Mao’s wife. Jiang Qing. A shameless woman who plotted to sabotage so many people. Are these women the same to the finishing line? Coming plots Stop Bush’s most helpful strategist, Karl Rove Get rid of Harriet Miers Roil Up China, South Korea President’s Thursday speech was made to boost support for the defense spending bill, passed Friday. ……… On Unruly White House Correspondents These news reporters don’t represent us. We didn’t vote for them. They should not be in every way “Interrogating the president”, strutting on White House Lawn. Waiting on Sundays for the president return from Camp David after escaping Sheehan. With their 20s voracious style for power, and satisfaction of getting a country’s leader to kowtow to them. They are paparazzi, in the way of the president when he was going to the Emergency Center. But they always added on something no one cared to know, perhaps only themselves, “The president will stay here (Austin) tonight”. We didn’t care, and never could confirm it anyway. In China, should she have a state room hotel, next to Bush, so she can more in tune of what his every move is and give a critique? Perhaps the big achievement will be that she can remove Karl Rove, so that the president will be a truly puppet of hers? At her whims, and dictate every suitable correct way to do things.