Many West Virginia voters (4 people) turned off by anti-Kerry ads (Knight Ridder Alert)

Knight Ridder ^ | 8.25.04 | SUMANA CHATTERJEE

[tomahawk]

Yeah, sure.

That's why vets are moving to Bush in the polls, because the SwiftVet ads are hurting him.

What bullsh*t Knight Ridder publishes.

[Kirkwood]

Wonder how many beer halls the reporter had to go to until he found enough negative comments to write this story? Oh, probably wrote the story first then filled in the names later.

[jwalsh07]

Just another left wing 527 carrying Kerrys water, the media is swarming with them. ABC, CBS, NBC, NY SLimes etc etc etc.

[Spok]

Damage control. The media has so spent its credibility in partisanship, any story like this has to be looked at with some suspicion.

[Steve_Seattle]

Over the past year, I've noticed that Knight-Ridder is the source of many of the most blatant anti-Bush stories, many of them consisting of little more than selective anti-Bush quotes from "the common man" to "prove" the reporter's anti-Bush theme.

[boxerblues]

Others say the attack ads are a smokescreen to shield Bush's military record from scrutiny

...or I have no idea what has happened in the past nor will I remember this conversation 5 minutes after you take the microphone from in front of my face.

[palmer]

"It makes me not want to vote in any election, and certainly not for Bush," said Martha Pritchett, 57, who supported Bush in 2000.

Who supported Bush by pressing a random lever. Staying home sounds like a good idea for people like her, let's keep those ads running.

[Eastbound]

"Instead of swaying voters, the ads appear to reinforce the political opinions of voters who'd already made up their minds and alienate those still undecided."

Nuh uh. Not true. Notice the extreme percentage drop in the military and veterans groups that used to be for Kerry before the ads appeared.

This guy is whistling Dixie.

[VadeRetro]

Even when presented with facts from military records, Ken Walker remained steadfast in opposing Kerry.

Translation: Our superiorly educated reporter tried to hammer this idiot into going along with the theme of this story but the local yokel ignored the facts and stayed firmly locked in his Right-Wing Hate.

[Nataku X]

SurveyUSA, ARG, Rasmussen have shown HUGE pro-Bush jumps in Michigan, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, and the rest we simply don't have enough reliable polling data on.

[Nataku X]

You can check out thep olling jumps in the states I mentioned above at http://www.realclearpolitics.com/bush_vs_kerry_sbys.html ... the rest of the state polls simply are Zogpiss and Strategic Vision, neither of which I trust.

[Bob]

A Knight Ridder investigation of military records, medal citations, after-action reports and the records of at least one accuser found that the documentary evidence supports Kerry.

Of corse the records support kerry -- he wrote many of them.

His superiors accepted his fabricated reports as honest ones, which they would have been, had they been submitted by any other officer under their command.

[sam_whiskey]

You've gotta love articles like this...their transparency is even more obvious than the panels of "Indpendent a.k.a. Liberal" voters the networks seem to trot out each election cycle.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

When the media knows the polls don't agree with the position they want people to accept then they resort to the favorite tactic of the snake oil salesman, anecdotal evidence that can be selectively chosen.

[VadeRetro]

I wonder if we'll see the pony-tailed wonder from the '92 debates who reminded the candidates "We are ALL your children."

[colorado tanker]

You know the media are getting desperate when the resort to the old man in the street interview gimmick to get their spin.

[VadeRetro]

When the media knows the polls don't agree with the position they want people to accept then they resort to the favorite tactic of the snake oil salesman, anecdotal evidence that can be selectively chosen.

I get the impression that this reporter walked around this little Eastern Panhandle racetrack town and found some older people too nice to argue. He bullied them into giving him some quotes he could use. One guy refused to cooperate and was cited for insubordination.

[Dog Gone]

Dorcas Rambsburg, age 75: "They are just slashing at each other and it's hard to tell the truth."

Her name fits. She's a Dorcas.

[sam_whiskey]

Maybe. My personal favorite is the blue-hair from Iowa in 2000-who rummaged through dumpsters collecting cans to pay for her prescription drugs.