I like William Schnieder of CNN

[Mizmoon]

He's one of the few on any network who I think is genuinely non-partisan.

He just said that Bush needs to fire up his base regain his lost momentum, which requires him to bash Kerry. The problem is that moderates don't like to hear such partisan stuff, especially from the President himself. It turns-off the undecides.

That made me smile.

ON EDIT ***Yes, I was not aware that he was a AEI Fellow, but I have to say that I don't see it in his reports. I really don't. Perhaps he has satanic power or something.***

[Renew Deal]

1. You better duck

:scared:

[MazeRat7]

6. and cover

[rockymountaindem]

2. He's a fellow of the American Enterprise Institute.

That's something that not even Rush, O'Rielly and Hannity can claim.

[blitzen]

26. I thought we debunked the AEI thing a few months back...

Isn't the AEI William Scheneider an academic--a different guy completely. I remember reading his CV a few months ago and it was definitely not the CNN guy. I could be wrong, though. The problem with the CNN guy is that he speaks as if the electorate are simpletons (morans). He tends to frame things the way a typical freeper would see them. On the other hand, he is not a pure partisan--hence his calling last night's debate a clear win for Kerry.

[LiberalFighter]

34. CNN and AEI are the same guy

http://www.aei.org/scholars/filter.,scholarID.53/scholar.asp">William Schneider @ American Enterprise Institute LINK

[htuttle]

3. He's a 'fellow' at the extremely partisan American Enterprise Institute

I think your frame of reference needs adjusting.

[sidwill]

7. I think the correct term would be....

He's a fellow at the extremely partisan American Enterprise Institute and organization devoted to promoting the corporate plutocracy's interests via manipulatioon of the news media.

There, thats about right.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

4. Schnieder? Ha, don't trust him

He's just setting you up for a huge let down on election day. This guy is a GOP hack!

[WI_DEM]

some days I like him and other days I detest him

Go figure. Same with Tweety.

[Reciprocity]

25. Yep same here. n/t

[Goldmund]

5. Nope, he's luring you by stating the obvious -- that Kerry won the debate

[Media_Lies_Daily]

8. Don't look now, but you've been duped...

...but don't feel bad, that's his job.

[oasis]

9. Your smile doesn't worry me. Schnieder is a devious AEI bastard.

His smiles are just part of his act.

[MidwestTransplant]

10. Hold on, I will be right back with my flame thrower

[AmerDem]

11. WOW, I can tell you don't know anything about the man!

He is without a doubt one of the MOST partisan frauds on the airwaves today. Do yourself a major favor, assume from the get go that 100% of the talking heads you watch on todays networks are repukes at their core then watch for them to prove otherwise. Most of the current talking heads are hand picked at the corporate level to further the corporate/white house agenda.

[AlCzervik]

12. The resident AEI potted plant.

[NewJeffCT]

13. He's a Republican, but...

But, he has shown in the past that he's not afraid to say something is bad for Bush... he's certainly not in the category of Rush, Hannity, etc as being completely 1 sided.

[krkaufman]

14. A couple truthful comments by Schneider...

... does not make up for his continual pro-Bush spinning of polls.

IMO, you need to see more of the man.

[Qanisqineq]

15. he suckers me in with his friendly smile sometimes

maybe it is just me, but some days he just looks so friendly, grandfather-like... I feel I must trust him. Some days he genuinely seems nonpartisan. Then there are other days...

[necso]

16. Just because some media type

feeds you the occassional tidbit, you cannot ignore the regular diet.

And, of course, by watching you drive up their marketshare -- thence their "value".

You get what you "buy".

Buy carefully.

[colonel odis]

17. a couple of weeks ago he said the terrorists want kerry to win.

draw your own conclusions about the guy.

[Kahuna]

22. That was one of his golden oldies.

:puke:

[EST]

18. Do you also like vomit on your clothes?

Schneider is the hack's hack. Master of the cheap shot. If he looks or acts anything like non-partisan, brace yourself. He's gonna hit hard on progressives and liberals.

[Catherine Vincent]

19. my ass....

[leftofthedial]

20. schneider is a RW shill

I wouldn't trust a word out of his mouth, though this does sound like a rare little bit of truth snuck out.

[Kahuna]

21. You mean. "Bill, black voters gave Gore the edge so his "win" doesn't

really count," Schneider???? Odd. :eyes:

[realcountrymusic]

23. You know what pisses me off?

My first measure of the partisanship of a "reporter:" they talk continually about what the pResident "needs" to do. I almost never hear this about Kerry. It's as if they are hometown sportscasters urging their team on with advice and secure that the majority of their audience shares the same perspective. Candy Crapley and John "Look at that Hair" whatshisface are prime examples of this. Both, last night, parrotted the Rove lines about what Bush "needed to do," implying that we should be rooting for the B/C campaign to pull it together.

They also manage to work in a lot of editorial commentary with this device, under the guise of "reporting" the campaign's spin: "Well, Bush's people believe he NEEDS to drive home the point that John Kerry is a flip-flopping babykilling gay-loving take-your-machine-gun-away tax-you-to-death weak-on-TERRA LIBERAL from Massa-Kennedy-chusetts. And they believe they can do that over the next few days on the campaign trail. Reporting live from the Bush/Cheney party room for media whores, this is John Whatshisface. Back to you Wolf."

Watch for it. Mark the words "need to" and "have to." You'll see what I'm talking about.

RCM

[undercover_brother]

24. i agree with you

[PCIntern]

27. Wow...

you oughta do a few searches here and find the threads about so many of his 'commentaries' which we assail on a daily basis.

I personally called CNN and spent 10 minutes haranguing the poor asshole who picked up the phone about the grandfatherly comment that Osama wants Kerry to win the election.

I would not stop until I was completely finished. The guy on the line was overwhelmed and told me that no one had ever expressed that type of dissatisfaction to him before. I asked HIM if this were his first day on the job and that eh better get used to it becasue we're coming at him from DU.

[al bupp]

28. I Knew Bill as a Kid

He was a Harvard prof at the same time as my dad in the seventies. He used to come by the house all the time. One of the wittiest people I ever met, I have to say.

Haven't spoken to him in probably 20 years or more, but I still get a kick out of seeing him on the tube. I agree w/ you, more often than not his comments seem to carry some insight.

[AmerDem]

35. are you republican?

?

[al bupp]

40. Hardly, Sir

Just sharing my own perspective on the man. Clearly it's somewhat at odds with the general perceptions around here. So be it.

[AmerDem]

41. yea, so be it

[lucky777]

29. All Surface: he's never made a comment of any Depth

I hate that guy. He's Master of the Obvious. There is no history, no shading, no depth, no attempt to get below the surface. It's always, "Bush must do this___

The only guy I kind of like now is Ron Reagan on MSNBC

[Ilsa]

30. He refers to himself as the only liberal member of AEI.

There are times when he phrases things in a manner beneficial to shrub. Mostly, he doesn't bother me. Even Tucker Carlson doesn't bother me that much. Novak and the others do.

[PCIntern]

31. Liberal?

Compared to whom?

We have moved so far to the right that Nixon couldn't get nominated from the Democratic Party...he'd be considered too intellectual, not photogenic, pro-environment, pro-Communist.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

32. He does seem non-partisan at times.

But he has some VERY anti-Dem things, and oftentimes does atte

He has good days and bad days. But I find it weird that CNN's Senior Political Analyst has very close ties to a veeery-pro-Bush neoconservative think tank, and its hard to trust the man because of it.

Same situation with Candy Crowley. One has to wonder why she's covering the Kerry campaign, when she clearly has deep disdain for Democrats and Kerry himself -- she tries to cover it up, but not nearly as well as Bill Schneider does.

[PCIntern]

33. Maybe they won't notice that she's there

since she fades into the background so easily.

My TV screen goes to 'blue screen' when she comes on - the electronics think that it's interference.

[MADem]

36. I was told that he was gay

..not that there is anything WRONG with that, but it doesn't really mesh with the AEI and their conservative agenda. Oh, and the above link has one too many https in it. This one should work: http://www.aei.org/scholars/filter.,scholarID.53/scholar.asp

[realFedUp]

37. BS on CNN

He's just another CNNer.

[against all enemies]

38. "al Qaeda wants Kerry to win" I heard Bill say it myself.

I called CNN and asked how Bill knew that, was he speaking directly to al Qaeda? He is a creep.

[AlinPA]

39. I disagree. I have watched him for several years and find him to be

pro-republican. Watch him, he will throw a bone once in awhile, and will return to his pro-Bush* reports.

[Eric J in MN]

42. I disagree. I'lll take your word for it that he did a good report

recently, but he's done lots of awful Democrat-bashing reports.

[goodboy]

43. you like a right wing p.o.s.....(nt)