Good Morning America on Terri Shiavo
This morning, Good Morning America (GMA) interviewed Terri’s brother, Michael Shiavo, and Tom DeLay (separately).
I felt Terri’s brother wasn’t asked the questions that would have allowed him to really tell us what is going on, Michael and his lawyer lied about starvation/dehydration being a peaceful death (It's not. See my earlier post on this.), and Tom DeLay did an excellent job.
Senator DeLay forcefully corrected GMA that Terri is not on life support. He said that death row inmates have more rights and appeals to keep from being killed than Terri does. He pointed out that in Florida to do what they are doing to Terri would get you a prison term and a $5,000 fine if you did it to a dog.
Kate Snow (who did the interviews) said “understood” and moved on when Tom DeLay corrected her that Terri is not on life support. Obviously she didn’t want the truth to get in the way of her agenda, which is why a follow-up question such as “Really?, then why is MSM reporting otherwise?” Kate also tried to paint the Republican's efforts as purely political, and named her source for that allegation as “House Republicans”.
She also showed results from a poll of their viewers that showed 87% of the respondents said they would not want to live this way. Which way? The way the main stream media has portrayed her as on life support, comatose, and as a vegetable? Or as she really is – alert, aware, not on life support, and responsive.
Hopefully GMA had record viewers for Tom DeLay’s segment.
I felt Terri’s brother wasn’t asked the questions that would have allowed him to really tell us what is going on, Michael and his lawyer lied about starvation/dehydration being a peaceful death (It's not. See my earlier post on this.), and Tom DeLay did an excellent job.
Senator DeLay forcefully corrected GMA that Terri is not on life support. He said that death row inmates have more rights and appeals to keep from being killed than Terri does. He pointed out that in Florida to do what they are doing to Terri would get you a prison term and a $5,000 fine if you did it to a dog.
Kate Snow (who did the interviews) said “understood” and moved on when Tom DeLay corrected her that Terri is not on life support. Obviously she didn’t want the truth to get in the way of her agenda, which is why a follow-up question such as “Really?, then why is MSM reporting otherwise?” Kate also tried to paint the Republican's efforts as purely political, and named her source for that allegation as “House Republicans”.
She also showed results from a poll of their viewers that showed 87% of the respondents said they would not want to live this way. Which way? The way the main stream media has portrayed her as on life support, comatose, and as a vegetable? Or as she really is – alert, aware, not on life support, and responsive.
Hopefully GMA had record viewers for Tom DeLay’s segment.
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