Morton Krondacke: Media Bias Surpresses "Good" Iraq News

Naples Daily News ^ | 6/8/04 | Morton Krondacke

[Zhangliqun]

Now if only we can win over Eleanor Clift...

[bruin66]

Kondracke exemplifies what I consider to be a "patriotic liberal".

Used to be called "The Loyal Opposition". That notion has long since died in the democrat party.

[William Tell]

counterpunch said: "If this were Clinton, he would have had the new Iraqi Prime Minister along with those Iraqi amputees standing next to him in a Rose Garden press conference."

And if Bush does it, the press will scream that the new Iraqi Prime Minister is just a lackey in the palm of Bush and that Bush should have more sensitivity to the opinions of the average Iraqi and that the new Prime Minister is obviously not qualified for his job, etc.

The only ones responsible for the biased reporting are the advertisers, subscribers and viewers who pay to keep these liars in business.

[counterpunch]

And if Bush does it, the press will scream that the new Iraqi Prime Minister is just a lackey in the palm of Bush

I don't believe that's true. Perhaps some on the fringe in op-ed circles would. Perhaps some in the media would include the typical "counter-point" remark in passing like "Some have suggested the Prime Minster is little more than a US puppet."

But who cares?
People can smell bullsh*t when the see it. But the have to at least see it. The problem Bush is facing is that only the negative aspects of the story are getting reported. The media commentators can be as contrarian as they like, as long as they're at least talking about it.

The people will sort it out from there.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

If this were Clinton, he would have had the new Iraqi Prime Minister along with those Iraqi amputees standing next to him in a Rose Garden press conference.

Clinton would not have had this problem because the media supported him. Anytime he suffered even mild critism he sent James Carvile and bunch to to the TV stations and Sunday talk shows to verbally assasinate the ctitic and trash the story. Meanwhile, Sidney Bloomingthal and George Stepanopalis were working behind the scenes to discredit the story and threaten the media not to report it.

I am confident that this administration is not ignorant of the media bias and I am sure they have a plan to overcome it.