9-11-07 Bias Countdown with Oldermann

MSNBC show airing September 11, “Countdown with Keith Oldermann - Six years later, where are those to blame now? Iraq and 9/11 stand connected and we are suffering the consequences” was filled with bias remarks.

Oldermann was very biased (partisan biased) when his feelings towards the Bush administration were clearly displayed.

First Oldermann started by criticizing former Bush cabinet member Powell for inadvertently giving the UN wrong information about the weapons of mass destruction. He called Rumsfeld “unrepentant” and said that he “used September 11th to pursue his goal of bombing Iraq.” This is a personal opinion and this is subjective news. Who is to say that it was the personal goal of someone to bomb a country? Even if this segment was commentary, it was not made clear to the viewer that it was because there was no verbiage on the screen indicating this.

Oldermann also called Cheney the creator of his “cherry picking Intel apparatus.” This is again assumption and opinion. Oldermann said that Bin Laden is benefiting from the war.

Oldermann stated that we (Americans) spent so much time in a country (Iraq) “that had neither means nor motive to threaten us” but that “tempted Mr. Bush and those around him who wish to transform the Middle East.”

This entire segment is entirely too one-sided. If it is news, this reporter should be thrown off the air. And if it is commentary, then MSNBC should have made that MUCH more clear to the viewer.