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Posted by Jim Hauser on December 13, 2006, 11:33 pm
>I am in the US Army stationed overseas. We are able to watch Good
> Morning America here. During commercial breaks, ABC News headlines are
> scrolled from bottom to top of the screen. while watching on Dec 13th,
> in two different topics the President was referred to as "Mr Bush".
> What is the reason for this disrespect? Wether one likes our president,
> or dislikes him is completely irrelevant. He is still the President.
> Show respect for the position! This is a first and an absolute low for
> ABC News. ABC would never refer to the President of North Korea as Mr
> Kim Il-Sun, or the President of Iran as Mr Ahmadinejad. Why would ABC
> ever even think to refer to our president as Mr Bush? Does ABC News
> have more respect for NK and Iran that the US? They dont refer to
> doctors or professors or policeman as "Mr". Why do this to the
> President of the US unless they have nothing but utter contempt for the
> POSITION of the President.
>
> I posted this on the ABC News Message Board. It will be interesting to
> see if/how they will respond. I bet they dont. I understand bias in the
> media, but this is way too far for me.
>
> What do you think? Do you think I am over reacting?
>
> Pat
>
I noticed this many years back but found out that it is proper to call the
President Mr... However, IMHO, it does sound disrespectful and I never did
like it. Even for the presidents that I did not vote for...
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