He called on a Superstar to promote hatred of 'nut cases' while linking this incident with Alec Baldwin to 'clues' of the Virginia Tech killer. Huh?
It's unfortunate when any marriage fails but there is no 'persciption' for a successful marriage. There are no guarantees in life, only the living.
Evidently, Mr. Baldwin had reached the end of his rope with a daughter he dearly wants communication with. In a way, she got her wish and found her power in the relationship. She hurt him, but, in more than one way she hurt herself as well.
In the long view, if he and his daughter find this served as a wedge to their relationship, there will be lost moments by both. I hope that doesn't happen, especially when all this was propagated by conservative media seeking distraction and bolstering of a much bigger issue while attempting to attract ratings and promotion of a political agenda that enhances their financial interests. Let's face it, FOX News ain't public radio.
- tends to be egocentric, critical, and uncooperative
- may be tearful, fearful, and full of worries
- relationship with mother is particularly thorny
- displays anger physically--fights, slams doors, kicks
- away from home, behavior is well mannered and quite helpful
- friendships are still important, but with more quarrels than before
may have one “best friend”
- not actively interested in the opposite sex, but on the verge
From where I sit, this was an obvious issue between the parties involved and not the place of exploitive media to cause greater harm to an already set of injured parties.
If I were Alec Baldwin, I'd sue every media entity including personalities that excerbated the problem with his child and not look back. This should never be allowed to overshadow relationships between famous people and their children. My concern is that people involved in entertainment will relinquish their parental rights and responsiblities to insure their livelihood as anyone else would if their way of making a living was viciously displayed by an angry 11 year old.
The 'leak' was unfortunate and in my opinion very damaging to an young girl in need of guidance rather than indulged to by exploiters that would seek to destroy her father while promoting a false agenda of child advocacy that belongs in a family session, councelor's office or court.
To prove my point, Hannity in his show on Friday not only yelled and harassed Dr. Robby Lukwig to say things that were out of context to the circumstances by William Bladwin, and there was an entire lead-in by Anderson Cooper that is 'typical' of this exploitive and damaging media agenda.
Pete Earley, appreciate you coming on.
We will have you on again, Peter Earley.
The book, again, is "Crazy."Thanks, Pete.You can catch our coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre on the 360 daily podcast. And you don't need an MP3 player.
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Up next: the heroes of the Virginia Tech tragedy. Hear from the brave students who helped others escape the terror.
Also tonight: Actor Alec Baldwin, well, kind of loses control, caught on tape. The question is, why has the tape been made public? Well, you will hear for yourself.
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ALEC BALDWIN, ACTOR: I am going to let you know just how I feel about what a rude little pig you really are. You are a rude, thoughtless little pig.
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COOPER: Who was he talking to? He was talking to his 11-year- old daughter. You will hear the entire outburst and what he's saying about it now, and, again, why it all has become public -- ahead on 360.
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COOPER: We want to update you on some breaking news. ABC News is reporting that Cho might have shared his plans to -- to someone before going on his rampage. Now, we emphasize the word might. But we do not know exactly who that person or persons might have been. We do know that authorities are zeroing in on the possibility that he shared his plans. Tonight, we will continue to follow that throughout the evening.
I bet.
Nothing else happened in the world of course.
Like USA military deaths in Iraq today came to 3315.
Or that the deaths in Iraq overshadow any progress with the Unity Government as members of Maliki's cabinet resign.
That 'The Bush/Cheney/Gate Surge' has caused a surge in Iraqi deaths making March 2007 the highest civilian (That was civilian) casualties since March 2003. One thing is true about WINNING the Iraq War under Bush. Absolutely true, if one is interested in winning. When enough people die and the USA has the biggest guns as winner, that war will definately be won. Now after same, who is left in Iraq that are actually Iraqis is anyone's guess. That is why it is called Genocide. But, that is too heavy a reality for these bozos. So, let's go back to interferring in Alec Baldwin's parenting.
The contents of the tape reveal a parent in a great deal of pain and at 'wits end' in keeping contact with his daughter. The 'interference' could have easily been coached or actually committed by a mother intent on winning a very difficult custody battle.
COOPER: Well, Alec Baldwin released a statement about the call. Here's part of it, and I quote, "I'm sorry, as everyone who knows me is aware, for losing my temper with my child. I've been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years now. You have to go through this to understand (although I hope you never do). I'm sorry for what happened. But I'm equally sorry that a court order was violated which had deliberately been put under seal in this case."
And as Cooper stated ... Here's part of it ... but, of course all the voice mail message was played. Of course.
BESLOW: My understanding is that the court had already suspended visitation based upon the tape. So at that point in time there was no reason for Ms. Basinger to do anything to impair her ability before the court. And she has a superbly sound tactician, Mr. Hersh, who I know personally, know to be an honorable lawyer, ethical lawyer, but as a litigator he would not have taken this step.
And that is how it comes across to me. As a tactic. As Ms. Basinger may not have compelling evidence to prove her side of the divorce complait and may actually be have the personal issues he states she has, this was obviously an issue of aggression against Mr. Baldwin to manifest exactly the result it did. Why even go public with such proof and a masterful lawyer of a tactician unless they wanted to not only evoke such a response but ruin him publically to 'make him back off.'
It's that last thing Alec Baldwin should do while rebuilding more confidence with the courts involved. I do believe these circumstances were aggravated and of concern to me is the use of this issue in a political spectrum as well as the well being of the 11 year old who may have acted alone in anger while in the custody of her mother or may have been manipulated in these circumstances while now regretting she has injured the relationship with her father while under any undue pressure from her mother.
I find the public airing of these circumstances offensive in many ways. I find them damaging to all the relationships involved and litigable. I hope everyone involved is happy with their lack of ability to control their impulse to exploit. I sincerely don't believe this episode brands Mr. Baldwin as a monster or his daughter as a brat or abused 11 year old. It's disconcerting to hear an interchange like that but it hardly paints a complete picture. It's unfortunate media is finding 'it's juice' in such issues rather than the ravages of an illegal war that profoundly needs to find closure.
It also has absolutely nothing to do with Virginia Tech and the tragedy of this past week.
