Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Pissing on the value of Jounalism -- WHAT LIBERAL MEDIA?

From PEW:

In a number of recent presidential campaigns, someone or something has emerged from obscurity to become a household word and an integral part of the media narrative. In the 1988 race it was a Massachusetts criminal named Willie Horton, and four years later, it was a former television reporter turned singer named Gennifer Flowers. In 2004, the name in the headlines was a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. This year, at least so far, the newsmaker from nowhere is Chicago minister Jeremiah Wright...

Last week—as Wright re-emerged into full public view to speak to PBS’ Bill Moyers, the NAACP and the National Press Club—the controversy he generated made more news than both Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Clinton was a significant or dominant factor in 41% of the campaign stories and McCain registered in 14% of them. Meanwhile the relationship between Wright and his former parishioner Obama accounted for 42% of the week’s campaign coverage.


Gee, what do Willie Horton, Gennifer Flowers, Swift Boat Vets and Jeremiah Wright have in common?

They were all bogus slanders raised by the right wing AGAINST DEMOCRATS and flogged to death by the media.

The GOP count is ZERO.

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