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ABC's "The Note" - Now That ABC Admits to Campaigning for Dems, do FEC Regs Apply to Them?
ABC The Note ^
| 2-12-04
| jstein7
Posted on 02/12/2004 7:23:05 PM PST by jmstein7
Question for you...
ABC News has admitted its bias, writing in "The Note":
Like every other institution, the Washington and political press corps operate with a good number of biases and predilections.
They include, but are not limited to, a near-universal shared sense that liberal political positions on social issues like gun control, homosexuality, abortion, and religion are the default, while more conservative positions are "conservative positions."
They include a belief that government is a mechanism to solve the nation's problems; that more taxes on corporations and the wealthy are good ways to cut the deficit and raise money for social spending and don't have a negative affect on economic growth; and that emotional examples of suffering (provided by unions or consumer groups) are good ways to illustrate economic statistic stories.
More systematically, the press believes that fluid narratives in coverage are better than static storylines; that new things are more interesting than old things; that close races are preferable to loose ones; and that incumbents are destined for dethroning, somehow.
The press, by and large, does not accept President Bush's justifications for the Iraq war -- in any of its WMD, imminent threat, or evil-doer formulations. It does not understand how educated, sensible people could possibly be wary of multilateral institutions or friendly, sophisticated European allies.
It does not accept the proposition that the Bush tax cuts helped the economy by stimulating summer spending.
It remains fixated on the unemployment rate.
It believes President Bush is "walking a fine line" with regards to the gay marriage issue, choosing between "tolerance" and his "right-wing base."
It still has a hard time understanding how, despite the drumbeat of conservative grass-top complaints about overspending and deficits, President Bush's base remains extremely and loyally devoted to him -- and it looks for every opportunity to find cracks in that base.
Of course, the swirling Joe Wilson and National Guard stories play right to the press's scandal bias -- not to mention the bias towards process stories (grand juries produce ENDLESS process!).
The worldview of the dominant media can be seen in every frame of video and every print word choice that is currently being produced about the presidential race.
That means the President's communications advisers have a choice:
Try to change the storyline and the press' attitude, or try to win this election without changing them.
Okay. So, now that ABC News admits that it is a political interest group with a liberal agenda -- threatening the President to change or be hit with political attacks from ABC -- does/should ABC News now be forced to comply with FEC (Federal Election Commission) Regulations and McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance "Reform" Laws?
Interesting.
TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: abcnews; fec; mediabias
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To: jmstein7
It does not understand how educated, sensible people could possibly be wary of multilateral institutions or friendly, sophisticated European allies. That would be because "it" doesn't recall that just a few decades ago those "sophisticated European allies" were invading each other and murdering millions of people.
To: jmstein7; Alamo-Girl; amom; Ragtime Cowgirl; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Jim Robinson; ...
See my media boycott proposal in my post above in regards to the article.
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posted on
02/12/2004 8:57:27 PM PST
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
To: JohnHuang2
See my post #20 above!
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posted on
02/12/2004 8:59:58 PM PST
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
To: Defender2
Couldn't agree with you more, my friend.
To: JohnHuang2
Thanks JohnHuang2, To Paraphrase"They want War, Then War is what they get"!!!!
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:13:46 PM PST
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
To: Defender2
"They want War, Then War is what they get"!!!!
Bush 2004 State of the Union Address :-)
To: diotima; mhking
[blink...blink...blinkblinkblink]
ABC wrote this???
ABC stands behind this???
I mean, they are actually flat out admitting to this???
Have they lost their marbles entirely? Leftists are NEVER supposed to admit to self-evident facts like this. It is against their Holy Bylaws!
MHKING! This is a nuclear-powered mega "just-damn!"
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:25:49 PM PST
by
King Prout
(I am coming to think that the tree of liberty is presently dying of thirst.)
To: Defender2
Way ahead of you. Once we got FNC on cable, I stopped watching ANY network news, ever! :-)
To: JohnHuang2
#26. :-)
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:31:18 PM PST
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
To: nopardons
:-)
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:34:18 PM PST
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
To: King Prout; diotima; Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; ...
I mean, they are actually flat out admitting to this??? It took me long enough to pick my jaw up off the floor when this first showed up. (I've saved it on my website - http://mhking.blogspot.com/)
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:34:53 PM PST
by
mhking
To: jmstein7
bump
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:37:31 PM PST
by
VOA
To: mhking
It is NOT an admission.
This is not honesty; running a primetime story on their bias ON AIR is honesty.
Posting it in "The Note" is a taunt and jab at conservatives; it's says,"ha, ha!!! We know that nobody but you will read this, and nobody will ever call us on this, but all your fears about bias are true! We're going to PURPOSEFULLY destroy your candidate, but nobody but you will know that we are doing it on purpose! Everyone else will think we are still objective."
Got it?
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:43:11 PM PST
by
jmstein7
(Real Men Don't Need Chunks of Government Metal on Their Chests to be Heroes)
To: jmstein7
#33. I still think we should boycott ALL of the Networks for the reason I stated above in my post #20. Very Best FReegards, Defender2 D2
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:48:33 PM PST
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
To: mhking
bttt
To: mhking
It still has a hard time understanding how, despite the drumbeat of conservative grass-top complaints about overspending and deficits, President Bush's base remains extremely and loyally devoted to him --and it looks for every opportunity to find cracks in that base. No sense looking any further than some right here on FR. Plenty of cracks and crackpots here....
Prairie
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:56:52 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(WMD's in Iraq -- The absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.)
To: Defender2
I watch very darned little of the networks Defender2. Damned little in fact. Guess I've got a boycott going already.
Prairie
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:58:05 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(WMD's in Iraq -- The absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.)
To: prairiebreeze
I do not watch them much either. After this, I'm now definitely at WAR with them! I think I will cancel my cable
and just radio and Free Republic!!!!:-)
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:00:54 PM PST
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
To: Defender2
Indeed. Thanks for the ping!
To: Alamo-Girl
Your Welcome, Alamo-Girl!!!!:-) Hugs!!!!:-)
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:32:21 PM PST
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
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