Transcript provided by el Rushbo:David Gregory says, "Laura, the White House made a determination that speaking about the war candidly is what's important now and yet it's clear the president's having a hard time being heard."
INGRAHAM: The Today Show spends all this money to send people to the Olympics, which is great, it was great programming. All this money for "Where in the world is Matt Lauer?" Bring the Today Show to Iraq. Bring the Today Show to Talafar. Do the show from the 4th ID at Camp Victory. And then, when you talk to those soldiers on the ground, when you go out with the Iraqi military, when you talk to the villagers, when you see the children, then I want NBC to report on only the IEDs, only the killings, only the reprisals. When people are on the ground, whether it's recently David Ignatius for the Washington Post, whether it's recently--
GREGORY: But Laura --
INGRAHAM: Let me finish, because you guys --
GREGORY: Wait a minute, Laura. If you want to be fair -- first of all, the Today Show went to Iraq. Matt Lauer was there.
INGRAHAM: Did you do a show? Did you do a show from Iraq?
GREGORY: -- okay, and we've got a bureau there.
INGRAHAM: David, David. To "do a show from Iraq" means to talk to the Iraqi military, to go out with the Iraqi military, to actually have a conversation with the people, instead of reporting from hotel balconies about the latest IEDs going off.
Yes, let's see the "courageous" media standing up for this 'failure' in Iraq when they are face to face with the everyday facts, not standing on a hotel balcony like little emperors or ava perons, creating the news instead of reporting it. Tell the real story, not the propaganda of Al Franken and moveon.com.
