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Our Sick Edwards-Excusing Media
Media Research Center ^ | 08/12/08 | L. Brent Bozell III

Posted on 08/12/2008 2:03:55 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

You know there are some in the liberal media who have simply lost touch with reality when the headline reads "John Edwards Cheats on Wife With Cancer" and they ask with great detachment whether he'll be able to run for office again soon. These people's morality is so bizarre that they showed more outrage at John McCain featuring a picture of Paris Hilton in a commercial for two eye-blinks than for Edwards catting around on a dying spouse. ...

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TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: bias; bozell; corruptdems; edwards; mediabias; msm; riellehunter
Pile on!
1 posted on 08/12/2008 2:03:56 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

The media is just unfortunately ultra prejudiced in favor of the left and there is a double standard. They think that this is the “popular” way to report news. My husband and I will not buy any newspapers that show this slant. And also, not to watch any tv networks or buy anything they advertise when we see that they show this type of unfairness. And we will email the sources and let them know this. Yes, it’s hard because there are so many that are this way. Luckily I don’t watch much tv.


2 posted on 08/12/2008 2:14:45 PM PDT by Stephanie32
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

What is so....AMAZING, is that the MSM is just going on....nobody questioning their choices in who/what to cover.

The clear double-standard is there for all to see, yet the media will not even acknowledge that they have a serious problem.

The MSM HATES Republicans.

Can anyone deny that?


3 posted on 08/12/2008 2:17:15 PM PDT by kjo
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

John Edwards should not be running for any elective office, nor should he be seeking any appointive office either. He is tainted, now and to the end of his days, as unfit to serve in a position of public trust. He has chosen to make his priority a “pubic thrust”, and eliminates himself from serious consideration for ANYTHING that is not a personal quest for redemption and contrition.


4 posted on 08/12/2008 2:19:23 PM PDT by alloysteel (Are Democrats truly "better angels"? They are lousy stewards for America.)
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To: Stephanie32

I grew up reading two newspapers a day. Haven’t read one in 12 years. But the idiots at the Cleveland Plain Dealer keep callin’ me, offering a month’s free subscription. The last guy who called me, surprised me. I told him that I didn’t want the paper even if it was free. Then I told him that the CPD was just way too left-wing for me. His response? “I completely understand. Thanks for your time.”


5 posted on 08/12/2008 2:23:28 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

That is what we need to all do. Take a stand on this and hold them accountable for their unfair reporting. If enough people did it they would start to care.


6 posted on 08/12/2008 2:28:19 PM PDT by Stephanie32
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To: kjo
The MSM HATES Republicans.

Can anyone deny that?

Well, they loved McCain. Until he secured the nomination.

Then again, McCain isn't really a Republican, is he?

7 posted on 08/12/2008 2:31:52 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: kjo
The MSM HATES Republicans. Can anyone deny that?

Media bias infuriates me, and on this one news story alone I've lost count of the denials of bias. Some of them may even believe their own denials.

8 posted on 08/12/2008 2:47:34 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (My spiritual advisor is a lawyer.)
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No, you’re right, McCain is a slippery “centerist” always looking for the “right” position...he considered running with Kerry last time.

Still, to keep Barry the socialist out of power, I might have to vote for McCain....not happy.


9 posted on 08/12/2008 2:54:33 PM PDT by kjo
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
"You know there are some in the liberal media who have simply lost touch with reality when the headline reads "John Edwards Cheats on Wife With Cancer" and they ask with great detachment whether he'll be able to run for office again soon. These people's morality is so bizarre that they showed more outrage at John McCain featuring a picture of Paris Hilton in a commercial for two eye-blinks than for Edwards catting around on a dying spouse."

The liberal position is that deep down everyone is skanky. "Everybody does it." Teddy, Jack, Bobby, Slick Willy, Gary and Gary, John and Prettyboy. The skank is such a familiar part of life for most liberals...it's like a candy bar or filling your tank with gas.

The tragedy of adultery, divorce and bastardy is totally lost for them. There is no "moral" issue for them. There are no morals.

10 posted on 08/12/2008 3:29:34 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
What can you say? Edwards is such a stud muffin. Just look what $15,000 a month got him.

Bleah.

11 posted on 08/12/2008 3:36:51 PM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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To: kjo

The media is the right hand of the democrat party. It will always attack republicans and provide cover for the crimes committed by democrats. Their bias is twice as bad right now because the current democrat candidate is a black man.


12 posted on 08/12/2008 4:48:33 PM PDT by peeps36 ( Al Gore Is A Big Fat Lying Hypocrite. He Pollutes The Air By Opening His Big Mouth)
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
The liberal position is that deep down everyone is skanky. "Everybody does it." Teddy, Jack, Bobby, Slick Willy, Gary and Gary, John and Prettyboy. The skank is such a familiar part of life for most liberals...it's like a candy bar or filling your tank with gas. The tragedy of adultery, divorce and bastardy is totally lost for them. There is no "moral" issue for them. There are no morals.

So true. A big skank-arama for them all. But they still love to poke at Republicans caught in the act because they seem to despise the fact that the Republicans still attempt to follow a moral code and pay a penalty for breaking it, so much do the dems seemingly hate any moral impositions. So we still hear more Larry Craig jokes than we hear any comment on Silky Pony's escapades. Of course, out of deference to Silky's ailing wife, it's probably just as well - this time.

13 posted on 08/12/2008 6:11:12 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Communism/socialism has failed millions, a lesson lost on too many.)
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To: fortunecookie

That anyone could truly love and remain faithful to his wife is lost on them.


14 posted on 08/12/2008 6:31:50 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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That anyone could truly love and remain faithful to his wife is lost on them.

So sadly true. And I imagine it goes both ways these days with the feminazi dem spouses. Some of their marriages seem more like business arrangements, to further the political aims of each, than a true, loving commitment. Maybe that's why we don't hear the DU left freaking out about arranged marriages and burkas and 'honor' killings and such...

15 posted on 08/12/2008 6:38:47 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Communism/socialism has failed millions, a lesson lost on too many.)
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