Fudging Media
What I want to know is, when did it become the duty of the media to select our presidential nominees for the American people? CNN ran a poll asking those who responded who they would definetely vote for and who they would definetely not vote for. Of course they hand picked the politicians straight out of the republican talking points...wait, maybe I just answered my own question. The poll showed that nearly half would definetely not vote for Hillary Clinton. Well...duh! I haven't met a Dem yet who has endorsed her candidacy for presidency. In any event, the media is supposed to report the news. That's its job. A very important job. What it is not supposed to do, is create news. Some of the options on their poll are of people who haven't even announced or suggested that they'll run for office, and one of them, Al Gore, has straight up said he will not be running. So what is their point of finding out who will or won't be voting for him? Wow! What a scoop! They've finally discovered how many people won't vote for someone who isn't even running! What a feather in CNN's cap! Thank goodness they jumped on this because the elections are a whole 2 years away. Whew! They almost missed the boat on that one, those Johnny Come Latelys.
What I've also found is that ever since the 2000 election, there is no break from presidential election "what if" news. It's as if we're in one long election year from hell, with no end in sight. Now that we know, again for the millionth time, that Hillary won't make it out of the primaries IF she were to even run, can we get on to some of the more pressing issues that plague us? Do I really need to list them?
Poll: Clinton gets high 'no' vote for 2008
What I've also found is that ever since the 2000 election, there is no break from presidential election "what if" news. It's as if we're in one long election year from hell, with no end in sight. Now that we know, again for the millionth time, that Hillary won't make it out of the primaries IF she were to even run, can we get on to some of the more pressing issues that plague us? Do I really need to list them?
Poll: Clinton gets high 'no' vote for 2008
posted by Tootsie Farklepants at 8:05 AM
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If the media had chosen the 2004 Presidential winner, John Kerry would reside in the White House today but you already knew that didn't you?
Oh my dear delusional child. Don't you recall the relentless statements such as:
"Flip Flopper"
"Voted for it before voting against it"
"Out of the mainstream"
"The most liberal senator"
"Left of Kennedy"
and of course the infamous swift boating...
But you already knew that didn't you?
"Knowing" is a far more abstract term to the cons among us...
Anyway, as someone who lived in upstate NY in 2000, let me say that Hillary Clinton is one hell of a campaigner. We'll see what comes after 2006, I hope.
Al Gore "possibly" running (he refuses to rule it out 100%) is a pretty powerful lever to get the other nominees to carry his message on global warming. Good tactics.
She is currently The BEST campaigner and anyone who doesnt realize that is too blinded by their own party politics to see it.
Tootsie: Care to show me where any mainstream media figure persoanlly made any of those comments? I doubt you can even find one that relayed them after someone else said them. The comments you site all originated from Bush supporters of which the legacy media is no part of.
A list for Kevin:
Lisa Myers NBC Senior correspondent
Neil Cavuto
Sean Hannity
Bill O'Reilly
The Beltway Boys
Fox News and Friends
The Washington Post
CBS -> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/29/politics/main646435.shtml
What the mainstream media DID do was perpetuate the label by repeating the republican talking points ad nauseum through their own commentators and the guests they have on their shows. The news media should stick to the news, not advance Karl Roves agenda, which is exactly what they did.
Just because a reporter didn't personally make the claim, doesn't mean that they didn't advance that claim for someone else. If someone says something, personally, and no one hears it, then there is really no harm done. But when it is said, and repeated and repeated, etc. You get the point.
There was a segment on the Daily Show (and I wish it was still up on their website but unfortunately too many years have passed), linking quote after quote of various news programs repeating the claims. I swear it went on for a good 2 minutes.
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