News Roundup - Hour 1
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-06-11/news-roundup-hour-1
President Barack Obama and Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolf, left, inspect a tar ball as they look at the effect the BP oil spill is having on Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., May 28, 2010
Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy via Flickr
Women dominate Tuesday's primary elections. BP comes under more pressure from the White House. And Fed Chair Bernanke warns against big spending cuts or tax increases. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.
Guests
Byron York
chief political correspondent, Washington Examiner, and author of "The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy."
David Corn
Washington bureau chief, "Mother Jones" magazine; author of several books, most recently, "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War." He blogs at politicsdaily.com.
Dayo Olopade
Bernard Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation; political reporter for The Daily Beast.
Friday News Roundup Video
The panelists take listener calls on President Obama's handling of the BP Gulf oil disaster and assess the media coverage surrounding the spill:
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This is why I know we're up a creek as a nation when it comes to the future of math of science; not even the so-called "experts" know how to correctly use "velocity". Both men used it incorrectly!! Rate of flow (speed) != velocity; velocity implies that there is a direction (presumably up). Even speed is misleading as it implies a constant acceleration, which I doubt due to constantly changing pressure.
You guys should specifically state the number of barrels over some discrete period of time; i.e., the rate of flow.
Did George Bush meet with the president of Exxon after the Valdez spill? I don't recall that he did and I don't recall that anyone make a big deal a bout it. So this criticism of Obama is out of line.
Monday Morning Quarterbacks sell News.
First..
Katrina -- lives were at stake literally
Oil Spill -- economy is at stake and the economic lives of people but not physical lives at stake .. yet
Second...
The Right doesn't want big government BUT they love to call on Government to solve something like this... when its a Democratic administration. Its Politics so Drill Baby Drill
Lastly..
For all the people screaming that the Federal Government should take over everything... what the heck does the Federal Govt know about oil drilling technology??
The best thing the Government can do is impose Fines that are high enough that BP has no choice but the meet the expectations of the public. Money Talks BS walks.
The people of Gulf Coast have been through enough... both Republicans and Democratic politico's need to instead become Americans and pull together to deal with this.
Jack17, Was Bush president during Exxon Valdez? I suppose you mean the Bush (43) the one responsible fro every evil deed in human history since Cain and Able?
Your panelists should do their homework on S.C. politics. Republicans in this state have been known to run plant opposition candidates before. I can't remember the year (in the 1980s I think) the S.C. Republican party ran a fake opposition candidate (who lo and behold was a black man) and ran incredibly bigoted "campaign advertisements" on his behalf. Considering how amazingly sleazy (and racist) politics in S.C. are, it's mind boggling how the media seems to be taking this Alvin Greene story at face value and laughing it up. It may be the case that he is an unqualified, but real candidate, but it is also very possible that the Republican party is running this "candidate" and you all are complicit in their fraud.
I have to agree. They laughed that one off, but then reported about the sexual accusation against Haley. That proves how low they can go.
How can Dayo say there aren't enough "data points" to evaluate the anti-incumbency mood that was pushed by the media. Didn't 80+ elections result in the incumbent being re-elected? Only two, I believe, were thrown out, and they were no prize winners for either party.
The media whipped this "anti-incumbency mood" angle like crazy, and it never happened.
Ms. Olapade mispoke several times regarding "volunteers" who are 'supposed to be cleaning up when in fact no one is seen cleaning the beach' when in fact volunteers have largely been restricted from access to areas where severe oil has impacted. BP has subcontracted clean-up to numerous temporary employment companies who vary widely in the quality of their work.
In general, the caliber of this panel's commentary was lower than I have come to expect from this show. The panel normally does an excellent job of summarizing the range of views that are out there, and the ways in which different arguments have been mobilized around each news issue.
I expect each participant's personal views to color their analysis of the situation. But this week the analysis often took a back seat to pure editorializing and conjecture.
If you don't know much about prop 14, or about SC politics, then defer to someone else. Don't make stuff up.
The connections between the politics of the spill and the broader politics of energy in the US are interesting. But I'm not very interested in your opinion, absent any real information.
Dayo, in particular, seemed much more interested in telling me what her personal opinion is, than giving me useful information and analysis.
Thanks but no thanks.
I have to agree with a previous commenter. The chemistry of this panel was toxic, primarily because of Dayo Olopade. Your panels generally have thoughtful and non-extreme members, who don't have an agenda. Ms. Olopade does not fit in that category.
I have a few comments about this mornings show:
Noone mentioned that BP is the main supplier for all the oil that is needed to run the military. I learned that fact earlier in the day from NPR. Whether this is good or bad I can't say but I found it interesting that nothing was said by your guests about the connection.
My other comment is I find it disheartening to know that even the media is not giving this President credit for all that he has accomplished. Many of his appointees are being held up by the Republicans so his hands are tied.
Why isn't that being made more of by the media.
I distinctly remember President Obama in the first weeks after his election telling us that it was going to take a while to turn this ship around. I hardly think 1 and 1/2 years is enough time to make this ship of state turn around.
Last but not least, as a small manufacturer, I saw my business disappear in a short period of time as everthing went to China. That was 10 years ago.
Why is the public so shocked about the loss of US manufacturing? It is long gone. Everyone is so blind to the changes that have taken place. Nothing stays the same. I could go on about "Outsourcing". Just try to get help when you want to learn new software. The public should thank itself for the state it is in. We let it happen because we did not pay attention.
I have to agree with the previous posters. I typically listen to Fridays show online during the weekend while I do house work. It was so difficult to listen to Dayo Olopade that Half way through this Friday's show I would literally stop what I was doing, run over to my computer, and skip ahead to avoid having to listen to her. It was quite sad as I really look forward to the Friday shows.