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| Author | Message |
| Moderate | Posted – 4/20/2008 9:21:07 PM | show profile Had this happened to a Fox News reporter, it would be on every news channel and front page of every newspaper. |
| bulletinizer | Posted – 4/20/2008 10:38:30 PM | show profile Richard, you didn't. ________________ |
| Gipper87 | Posted – 4/20/2008 11:07:11 PM | show profile srsly where is the coverage of this??? oh yeah "journalists" dont want to report on anything that makes them look like the GODLESS PERVERTS they are. Remember when Bill O'Reilly's DISGRUNTLED former producer made up all those LIES about him? every chucklehead LIB JOURNALIST in the country was jabbering about it. WHAT ABOUT NOW??!? |
| al medio | Posted – 4/21/2008 1:03:58 AM | show profile What was the rope for? |
| ManhattanMatt | Posted – 4/21/2008 2:33:33 AM | show profile Duh ... ...he was a "slave". |
| Dead Air | Posted – 4/21/2008 4:57:31 AM | show profile I think you have to make the distinction here that Richard Quest was arrested all on his lonesome in Central Park carrying meth, a fact that he was quick to point out to the arresting officers, as opposed to the lead anchor and face of a cable network being accused of sexual harassment by a co-worker. Quest is small potatoes in that regard. Had Quest been as high-profile as say Wolf Blitzer or Larry king, you would be hearing about this forever. My guess is he will probably lose his job over this (for the drugs angle, not the sexual one.) |
| Dead Air | Posted – 4/21/2008 5:02:41 AM | show profile And what exactly did Andrea Makris lie about? Please detail all the info that you have and your sources... This theory that BOR was somehow duped has been debunked in these chatrooms before. Do we really need to go over this old terrain all over again. Your feelings are just going to get hurt. |
| chucho | Posted – 4/21/2008 7:18:36 AM | show profile >> Everyone knows (just ask chucho and the other libs on this board) that the media is FAIR and BALANCED. << More manufactured outrage. It has been covered, by Reuters, AP, New York Times and quite a few others (telling from the Google News aggregator). Interestingly enough, a lot of the coverage involved devoting reporting staff to write their own stories (and columns) instead of just re-publishing AP and Reuters wire. Also: Richard Quest has a silly business travel show in CNN International. To compare his professional status to that of a major cable news anchor or pundit is quite forced, IMO. I was listening recently to a theory of how people consume news. The guy compared it to evolution. A pundit says something, which leads to other pundits saying the same thing. The gene then at some point mutates, and that mutation continues on. Case in point: Insignificant CNN business travel host gets caught with drug possession in some freaky situation that strikes fear int he hearts of meat&potato types. Then somewhere along the way this "gene" become a "meme" -- that the coverage of this event somehow is proof of a vast liberal conspiracy to cover up coverage of a situation involving a man who, as far as I can tell is a apolitical foreign host of a fluffy CNN news program. And then the "gene" mutated into an argument based on unfounded assertions, which include: a.) Richard Quest is a significant liberal whose infractions are being protected from coverage by the US media. Interesting how stuff like this evolves, perennially, into "uncontroversial" evidence of the same argument. For what it's worth: I've enjoyed the coverage. It's quite funny. And I've had no problem finding that news, even in the pages of the anti-American, liberal, hippie, commie, jewy, gay New York Times. |
| thevertman | Posted – 4/21/2008 7:56:07 AM | show profile Poor Billo, still has to have these clueless followers on here defend him. His former Producer lied? LOL. If Billo is innocent and just the victim of a disgruntled former producer of his, Bill Clinton is innocent too. Cause we both know neither case can be proven, right Frank Dumbo and Dippy Gipper? Do you two get paid to make this garbage up? |
| klaboo | Posted – 4/21/2008 9:43:44 AM | show profile Clinton can and was proved - remember the blue dress with the "Clinton" stain? DNA test proved him to be a liar. |
| thevertman | Posted – 4/21/2008 1:31:45 PM | show profile But still you insist that O'Reilly was lied on and you no doubt think that he did nothing wrong. But...you are also convinced of a double standard, typical conservative infantile blathering, because a CNN personality was arrested on drug charges. What part of 'no one cares because this guy is not a well known commentator or even host' don't you understand. The guy has no show on CNN, he doesn't even appear very often. Ask ten people who he is and I bet 10 of them would say "Who?" If you wanna make a point how about trying to start a thread that makes sense. |
| chucho | Posted – 4/21/2008 2:36:56 PM | show profile >> that was a civil lawsuit (that she dropped) << She didn't drop the lawsuit. It was settled out of court when BillO paid millions instead of going to court so everyone could hear him talking about molesting a woman with a falafel. Once again, Frank fashions the "facts" to jive with his world view instead of vice versa. Sound familiar? It should. That's the same kind of conservative thinking that got us into Iraq on the basis of intelligence that was molded to fit Rumsfeld's pre-conceived notions about the world. Again, Makris didn't drop the case. She and Bill O'Reilly settled out of court. But would you expect anything else from Frank but to interpret reality to fit his world view? He is a conservative after all. |
| chucho | Posted – 4/21/2008 4:16:45 PM | show profile Yes, she sued for $60 million. There was talk of settling for $2 million. Then they reached and out of court settlement (whcih is different than "dropping the case") the amount is not known but considering the negotiated settlement it could have surpassed two million dollars since she was scoffing at the $2 million offer when she threatened to take BillO ot court. I hope that clears it up for you. And how is this different? Well, let's see. If the allegations are true, and he certainly didn't think h could win a lawsuit, Bill O'Reilly was violating federal sexual harassment law and behaving in a disgusting and lecherous manner toward a subordinate female worker. Richard Quest was in possession of a small amount of methamphetamine -- so small he didn't even post bail. The rope and dildo stuff? Well, it's not illegal, so that's between him and your weird fixation on other people's sexual proclivities. So only you can answer that part of the question, sweet cheeks. |
| chucho | Posted – 4/21/2008 4:23:52 PM | show profile By the way, I think the dildo was actually in Quest's boot, not his ass. I think a dildo would probably slide out of your ass while you're walking. Also, I don't think police searching people's anuses in Central Park is very common. The police probably found the dildo as they were searching Quest for weapons, which would include checking his boots for shivs or knives. So, once again, Frank is loose with facts, just like a good conservative. |
| chucho | Posted – 4/21/2008 4:26:06 PM | show profile >> Just a small felony. << It's not a felony. Felony is based on amount. For example, growing pot is a felony if there are more than X plants. Otherwise the federal courts would be backed up with literally thousands of rinky-dink drug possession laws. Once again, Frank proves to be loose with the facts. Although this one is probably based on ignorance rather than insidiously orchestrated misrepresentation. |
| chucho | Posted – 4/21/2008 4:30:47 PM | show profile I've already established that Olberman is a douchebag just like Bill O'Reilly. That's the difference between a liberal and a conservative: ability to dismiss all punditry as useless rather than just attacking the pundits of "the other side of the aisle". In fact, I agree with Gene Weingarten: Rush Limbaugh is the best and most talented bloviating pundit and BillO and Olberman are both equally douche-y. Savage (with whom I have no doubt Frank is a huge fan) is the most incompetent and hateful of them all, but Anne Coulter comes in a close second. Gosh, there are so many right wing blowhards that are just as bad as Olberman, but for the record: I consider Olberman (and Randu Rhodes) "Part of the Big Problem". So you're preaching to the choir on that one. But, touche! (If you insist.) |
| chucho | Posted – 4/22/2008 9:27:50 AM | show profile What am I? You're lawyer? Why can't conservatives look up their own information? Oh, I forgot: only Fox News pundits and right wing think tanks are Conservative Approved(tm) sources of information, so no wonder why you think possession of a small amount of methamphetamine is a federal charge. Lay off the drug-war propaganda, will ya? (Here's a clue: Quest was released with having to post bail. When's the last time somebody facing federal charges got such treatment in a municipal court? DUH!) Possession laws vary from state to state, but whether someone in possession of a controlled substance gets hit with federal charges usually depends on "possession" versus "possession with intent to distribute." I have a friend who may or may not currently still be growing pot -- he grows (or has grown) 11 plants because 12 hits (or would have hit) him with federal charges while 11 is a state charge. He has a clean record, so in all likelihood if here busted he wouldn't even go to jail -- he'd be on parole for a while, though. But no federal charges need apply. Also, drugs laws and severity of punishment and charges vary on the category of the controlled substance and whether you crossed a state line. |
| chucho | Posted – 4/22/2008 12:54:25 PM | show profile That's my point Frank: these kind of possession counts aren't federal crimes. Even meth and cocaine in these amounts do not go to federal charges ergo Richard Quest did not commit a federal crime as you falsely claimed. Had he been charged with possession with intent to distribute (eg higher quantities) then yes, he would be hit with serious federal charges and his case would be sent to a different court-- like the one Bill O'Reilly paid a lot of money to stay out of. |
