Saturday, November 16, 2013

NBC Sympathizes about the President: with editor notes



NBC Sympathizes about the President: with editor notes



For those that are infuriated why the president is not run out of town on a rail, what follows is what is today called news.  It is blatant MSM apologist for Obama.



On Friday, NBC's Today tried to cast President Obama's Thursday press conference about the ObamaCare disaster in the most sympathetic light possible, with co-host Savannah leading off the show by proclaiming: "The humble president....President Obama does damage control on the botched health care rollout with his legacy hanging in the balance." [Listen to the audio]
Introducing the segment moments later, Guthrie claimed the President was "falling on the sword over this health care rollout disaster." In the report that followed, White House correspondent Peter Alexander emphasized Obama's supposedly humility: "The President the first to admit that he has a lot of work ahead of him to regain the confidence of the American people....[he] was strikingly contrite." [notice, they start with the set up the president was humble]



After Alexander's report, fill-in co-host Willie Geist observed: "It was a remarkable press conference yesterday, talking about, 'This is on me,' he was humbled, he said, 'I'm not a perfect man.' I don't think we've seen this President Obama." Guthrie agreed: "You know what? Even friends and admirers of the President don't usually use the word 'humble' in association with him, but I think that's the apt description this morning." [heads up; because he is not, never has been and never will]
Geist fully accepted the President claims of being unaware of the non-functioning HealthCare.gov website before its launch: "And one of the most remarkable things that really struck me yesterday was he said, 'I didn't know beforehand that the website wasn't going to work.' So his staff allowed him to go out time and again and say, 'We're going to be fine, we're going to be ready on October the 1st,' knowing full well that there were problems in the pipeline." [Plausible lie; it is documented the president knew and did not act]

Guthrie chimed in: "...he said it was actually a week into the rollout, after the website was open, before they even grasped how serious these problems were." [Guthrie has to know this is a bald faced lie. The president knew, the staff knew and pulled the trigger anyway]


Wrapping up the exchange, Geist noted: "And how quickly things change. It was less than a month ago today; the shutdown was here, some people writing the obituaries of the Republican Party, that story has changed a lot this morning." [no mention the GOP handed the president the perfect foil; delay the individual mandate]

[One of those "people" was NBC's chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd, who labeled the shutdown an "unmitigated political disaster" for the GOP. It's unclear when Todd will make the same pronouncement for the Democratic Party and ObamaCare.]



Here is a full transcript of the November 15 segment:

7:00 AM ET TEASE:



SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: The humble president. [The "Hail Mary President" saving his butt]

BARACK OBAMA: We fumbled...Ultimately, I'm the head of this team...That's on me...I'm trying to fix it.


GUTHRIE: President Obama does damage control on the botched health care roll out with his legacy hanging in the balance. [Damage control for him and his reputation, not for you; he does not care about you]

7:02AM ET SEGMENT:

GUTHRIE: We're going to begin this morning with Today's Top Story, President Obama falling on the sword over this health care rollout disaster. NBC's Peter Alexander is at the White House this morning with the latest. Peter, good morning. [She obviously does not know the meaning of "falling on the sword"]

[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Tough Pill to Swallow; President Admits to "Fumbled" Rollout]

PETER ALEXANDER: Savannah, good morning to you. The President: the first to admit that he has a lot of work ahead of him to regain the confidence of the American people. Today is critical,  we're gonna see whether his idea for a temporary fix to ObamaCare is really enough to satisfy anxious Democrats, with the House voting on proposed legislative changes to the law. [It is not what was said, but what was left out.  Obama held to his arrogant posture of allowing people to keep their substandard plans; dear leader knows best]
BARACK OBAMA: We fumbled the rollout on this health care law.
ALEXANDER: In the wake of the President's suggested fix, the insurance industry is now fuming. [Not to mention 5 million people]
OBAMA: I'm offering an idea that will help do it. [Changing the law by executive fiat, but leaving in place the actual law itself; just delaying the law for individuals]
ALEXANDER: The President's idea, ask insurers to hold off dropping as many as 5 million insurance policies that have been cancelled because they don't cover everything mandated under ObamaCare. Required coverage like emergency room visits, maternity care, and mental health. [How about a simple "We will amend the law to let you do what I promised all along"]

ROBERT LASZEWSKI [HEALTH POLICY CONSULTANT]: Any insurance company that can accomplish this should get the information technology hall of fame award. It's just one hell of a mess.   [A simple aside that Obama burned the house down and is acting as if he has not given permission to re-paint]

ALEXANDER: Insurers, who insist they were not consulted about the President's request, say Mr. Obama is simply passing his problem like a hot potato on to them. Industry leaders warn the fixes could result in higher premiums for consumers. [Another "missing".  Obama went on at length to describe the ineptitude of the government to successfully contract IT work.  Question: Why did he do it then?]

OBAMA: This fix won't solve every problem for every person, but it's gonna help a lot of people. Doing more will require work with Congress. [Lets here for repeal and replace]

ALEXANDER: But today, dissatisfied House Republicans vote on their own way forward, a plan to let Americans who got cancellation letters keep current policies. Insurers would also be allowed to sell new plans that don't comply with the Affordable Care Act.

REP. ERIC CANTOR [R-VA]: This bill will hopefully begin to ease some of the pain that working families are feeling.

ALEXANDER: The President was strikingly contrite.[really, in what way?]

OBAMA: I did not have enough awareness about the problems in the website...And again, that's on us which is why – that's on me. And that's why I'm trying to fix it. [An unbelievable assertion]

ALEXANDER: Determination, even as President Obama's leadership comes under question. [Wow, what a revelation when his popularity is at an all time low]

OBAMA: I'm up to the challenge. [Why now and not then? What has changed?]

SUSAN PAGE [USA TODAY]: It's not just the future of the health care law at stake; it is really the future of his second term and his presidency. [One bit of truth wedged into the whole narrative]

ALEXANDER: And one House Democrat told NBC News, quote, "Someone's head ought to roll because of all this." For the first time, the President actually indicated there will be an intense evaluation, Savannah and Willie, a post-mortem of sorts when everything's said and done to see how we got to this place. [Like, "We could have closed the barn door!"]

GUTHRIE: Yeah, a top advisor this morning in the paper saying they're taking it deathly seriously. Peter Alexander, thank you.



WILLIE GEIST: Savannah, you covered this White House for two and a half years, I cover it every morning across the street on Morning Joe. It was a remarkable press conference yesterday, talking about, "This is on me," he was humbled, he said, "I'm not a perfect man." I don't think we've seen this President Obama. [This is the President speaking that in running scared; what else would he say?]

[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Political Pressure; President's Healthcare Mea Culpa]

GUTHRIE: You know what? Even friends and admirers of the President don't usually use the word "humble" in association with him, but I think that's the apt description this morning. I mean, you have to think about, this really goes to the core, not just of his agenda, that health care was the big part of his initiative when he came into office, but also the core of his political argument. He wanted to convince people that government can work to help people, government can be competent, and this undermines that very argument. [True, he proved his political ideology wrong and himself incompetent]

GEIST: And one of the most remarkable things that really struck me yesterday was he said, "I didn't know beforehand that the website wasn't going to work." So his staff allowed him to go out time and again and say, "We're going to be fine, we're going to be ready on October the 1st," knowing full well that there were problems in the pipeline. [Geist has to know this is a bald faced lie. The president knew, the staff knew and they pulled the trigger anyway]

GUTHRIE: You'd love to hear the conversations that are going on behind closed doors. And don't miss something else in that news conference yesterday; he said it was actually a week into the rollout, after the website was open, before they even grasped how serious these problems were. [Savannah dear, this is an open confession of incompetence]

GEIST: And how quickly things change. It was less than a month ago today; the shutdown was here, some people writing the obituaries of the Republican Party, that story has changed a lot this morning. [Yes, we can start writing the obits for the Democrats]

GUTHRIE: Very volatile politics we have. [Understatement: Right?]

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