And [rightwingers] also accused the media of being in the tank for Obama, which is a standard “liberal media” charge, but which, at least in some cases, was an observable fact (although I think it had less to do with Obama and more with Clinton) and which now makes them all uncomfortable and susceptible to overreaction the other way. There is a reason why the Republicans laid so low during that period. They knew they could use it to pressure the media once the general election battle was engaged.
Why, one might ask, did clever folks like Kos and so many others in the leftysphere lay so low, not at all insisting on fair, untruthy coverage of the Democratic primaries? Why did so many on the left eat up every morsel of the media’s Clinton hate and Obama adoration, with nary a peep? Why did the media critique no longer matter, when it was bad for the goose and good for the gander?
And what is the leg-tingler’s position on the Fairness Doctrine?
“Sen. Obama does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,” press secretary Michael Ortiz said in an e-mail….“He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible,” Ortiz added.
Oritz goes on to mention nice things like Net Neutrality (Barack’s gonna filibuster for that, mark my words!).
Heck, everything’s been great in the media since 1987, when they abolished the Fairness Doctrine, hasn’t it? What has possibly gone wrong?
Front page
Heh, love the goose/gander correct and spot on usage!
Truthiness? It’s what’s for reporting!
Why, without truthiness, the MCM would have to do all sorts of boring things. Like check facts. Write about factual things. Deal in reality.
So much more fun to play games any which they can.
And it gives us a President BushBoy? Doesn’t really affect their world…well, maybe if the economy tanks enough to cause layoffs. But, still, those at the top will probably just stay there, and they do have economic cushions. So, what’s not like about journamalism?
Alas, for the rest of us, the nation, and the world? We’ll just have to get over it.
Buyers Remorse?
Could it be? He was given a pass on so much and now that he is the stand alone candidate he does not quite measure up to the hype. Too bad. They allowed this to happen and now what?
AGAINST the Fairness Doctrine?
““He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible,” Ortiz added.”
Okay then, as long as it’s not FAIR.
WAIT, I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE!
This sounded so familiar…
“…the media is on the verge of declaring any criticism of John McCain off-limits — even when it isn’t really criticism.”
Wherever could I have heard something like this before?
OH! I know!
“I will acknowledge that the Obama campaign and many of Obama’s supporters have happened upon a spectacularly effective strategy: with a minimum of effort, almost any criticism of Obama can be turned into an accusation of racism against the person offering the criticism. This not only deflects all attention from the criticism itself: it demonizes the critic, and removes him from all future debate. I don’t think Obama and his strategists are intelligent enough to have figured out all the complex reasons that make this strategy work so well. I think they’ve stumbled upon it in the way most politicians conduct their careers: they are shrewd and clever, they sense where the opponent’s weakness is, and they are especially sensitive to blood in the water. None of this is true intelligence. It’s politics, perhaps politics very well-executed, but just politics. True intelligence doesn’t enter into it.”
Why this very same post has even been pointed out here.
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Around these parts we call cucumber slices circle bites
It was an affair, not a honeymoon
The media’s true love is Johnny Mac, Obama was just a Spring fling.
Spring is over.
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“Just say NO! to Kool-aid.”
"Distractions"
Obama’s cop-out reminds me of my 10 year-old self telling my parents I wasn’t to do homework because I suffered from “studying-induced narcolepsy.”
They purchased
a pig in a poke. I used this phrase all through the primary to explain why I was not voting for Teh Precious.
Guess his supporters should locate some lipstick.