Bush Gets Tremendous Crowds in S. Korea, US Media Ignores Story
Posted on August 6, 2008
-By Warner Todd Huston
Over at Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft introduces us to Amy Proctor’s report on the amazingly large crowd of South Koreans that came out to welcome George W. Bush to their country. It’s a good thing that Amy clued us in here in America, because our media sure ignored the story of this large turnout.
Amy directs our attention to The Korea Times report that revealed that 374 “conservative groups” intended to “stage a large-scale demonstration welcoming Bush, at Seoul Plaza,” and boy did they ever come through. It turns out, the anti-Bush protesters were only able to muster a could of hundred protesters while the pro-Bush rally saw 15,000 Koreans turn out to participate.
Amy reminds us that none of the pro-Bush rallies were sponsored by the South Korean government, too.
But, true to fashion, the western media did its level best report only the bad. On August 5, at 6:07am EDT, Reuters first tried to report the President’s visit with this headline: Bush arrives in Seoul, faces large anti-US protest. But once the truth started coming out, Reuters tried to cover its obvious mistake with this later headline: Bush arrives in Seoul, anti-U.S. protest fizzles.
Amy also found some nice video of the pro-Bush rally.
So, what happened to the US press? Where were the reports of this massive outpouring of affection for George W. Bush? They didn’t seem to have a problem showing the love the Europeans dished out to Barack Obama, did they? So, why the silence on the well received Bush visit?
Somehow, the media sort of missed that one, eh?
Great report Amy and good work.
(Photo credits: #1 AP, #2 Reuters)
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And had he gotten the coverage, would you have viewed the support as flippantly as Obama’s in Germany?
No, he is a sitting President, after all, which makes him deserving of a large crowd and accolades.
Just a side note; I’m an Army wife and we were stationed in Korea last month.
Many south Koreans are grateful for our partnership and assistance during the Korean War. We help shield them from Kim Jung Il and they’re smart enough to like the U.S. because of it.
Thank you for the article and pics. Thankfully the S. Koreans know a good man when they see one. LUV U W!!!!
And Pres. Bush didn’t even have a free rock concert before he gave his speech (and no phallic symbols of Prussian/Hun imperialism in the background either).
jgregg – If he had set up the rally himself, advertised it for a week, and had the MSM acting as carnival barkers for it, yes, I’m sure he would have.
If I remember Korean:
Kahm sahm hameda.