Media criticizes Pelosi for wearing headscarf in Mideast. No mention that Rice & Pickles did too

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200704050012

Media quoted criticism of Pelosi for wearing headscarf in Middle East without noting that Rice, Laura Bush have also done so

News reports in the Associated Press and the New York Post, and an editorial in Investor's Business Daily, quoted Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) by saying that "being seen in a head scarf and so forth is sending the wrong signal to the people of Syria and to the people of the Middle East," without noting that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and first lady Laura Bush have both done the same when visiting the Middle East.

An April 5 article in the New York Post asserted, "From the campaign trail in Iowa, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney slammed Pelosi's diplomatic excursion," before offering Romney's quote:

"I just don't know what got into her head, to be completely honest with you," he said.

"Her going to a state which is, without question, a sponsor of terror, and having her picture taken with Assad and being seen in a head scarf and so forth is sending the wrong signal to the people of Syria and to the people of the Middle East."

An April 4 AP report similarly noted Romney's criticism without offering any context. Neither that report nor the Post article made it clear in the text that Pelosi wore the scarf during a visit to the tomb of John the Baptist inside the Umayyad mosque in Damascus and not in her meeting with with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Romney's quote could be read to suggest that Pelosi wore the scarf during that meeting. A photo accompanying the Post article shows clearly that Pelosi's head was not covered when she met with Assad.

Additionally, an editorial in the April 5 edition of Investor's Business Daily asserted, "Anyone who thinks Nancy Pelosi showing up wearing a scarf around her head visiting a mosque" will lead to peace negotiations "won't even make janitor in the foreign service." The editorial continued, "Speaking of that scarf, one waggish Canadian commentator remarked that 'given the maple leaf-studded head scarf she donned before entering a Syrian mosque yesterday, American House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could have been an ambassador for Canada,' " adding that Pelosi "represented the dovish foreign policy of the land of the maple leaf a lot more than that of a post-9/11 America leading a global war on terror."

[underpants]

1. I've recently had the occassion to watch some MSM offerings

NBC Nightly News and 360 and some Fox sprinkled in. I am amazed at this fairy world they are reporting on. I read articles here everyday, I watch whole debates and hearings in congress, I watch video of people doing and saying things ....and then I saw the complete opposite of what happen discussed/reported on.

This is truly amazing. Not that I am surprised but I am just shocked at how far off it is. It's not even close. And yes it basically is rightwing talking points.

I think our local NBC station (the huge ratings king) news department is now Fox News. The station was bought by the "Lincoln Financial group" -I am not sure if this is the same "Lincoln group" that I have read several articles about (think Sinclair media on steroids). For some reason they still say things like "..and the White House says.." as if there was any relevance to that. For example-Gore didn't really testify there were a lot of questions about what he claimed, that was the entire report.

[BeyondGeography]

2. In other words, fuck the media

[LiberalEsto]

3. They need to get a life

Nancy Pelosi probably grew up wearing scarves and other headcoverings to Mass. What is the big f_ing deal?

[Supersedeas]

4. the GOP/Media Establishment has their marching orders

[thecrow]

5. Oh my what do I see here?

America's First Lady heckled in Jerusalem
Laura Bush faced angry protest on her visit to Jerusalem holy sites on Sunday

Laura Bush started her goodwill tour to the Middle East on Friday. On her visit to Jerusalem holy sites on Sunday she encountered hostile demonstrations. Wearing a black headscarf and accompanied by the wife of Israeli President Moshe Katsav, Americas' First Lady spent a few momen ...
Date: 23 May 2005, 12:35 | (c) 2006 Softpedia
http://news.softpedia.com/.../World/index-78.shtml

[Ezlivin]

6. Photos?

If we had some photos of Pickles and Rice in their head scarfs, we could silence this bullshit extra quick.

Remember: These people live and die by the image.

[ashling]

7. tried to post this earlier -

Laura Visits Dome of the Rock

[sallyseven]

8. Why the heck would anyone care what Romney said?

He is an idiot and not worth the time it takes to write what he said.Give it up romney no one cares about you.

[johnnyrocket]

9. Here's Rice in a mosque with a headscarf