[ejdrapes]

It appears that they're playing down the latest Time poll too. I haven't heard it get a lot of press, although hurricane frances is dominating the news right now.

[OldFriend]

Frankly, the less commentary on the President's speech the better!

They would have misrepresent his words, criticize the content, and generally denigrate the man.

Better to discuss Kobe and Frances.

[ClearCase_guy]

After the Convention had come to a close, Aaron Brown of CNN said (paraphrase): "This week, the news has been all about the Republican Convention. But as the people of Florida know, tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow, we will talk about nothing but Frances. I promise you."

Meaning: We're going to hope you forget this whole thing happened.

Also, various TV channels that night had said (over and over again) "John Kerry! Midnight rally! In Ohio! A Response to the President! Stay Tuned!"

Then Kerry came out, made bad jokes, slurred his words and appeared drunk, screwed up basic facts and looked lost. Within 5 minutes two channels (that I know of) had switched to other news: "Leeeeeet's go cover something else ..."

Huge media bias this year. Huge. They know their way of life is over after this election cycle. They are on the dustbin of history.

[joonbug]

Explains why Fox News had much higher ratings for the convention than the MSM networks. The MSM continues to become irrelevant.

[Cobra64]

"But even after all that, the networks were more enthusiastic doing an autopsy on the Kobe Bryant case than discussing the Bush speech."

I've been saying this for years. Who gives a nat's wit about these soap-opera reports? OJ, Kobe... and whatever irrelevant "stories" in America's MSM. Even FNC covers this tripe. People can read this sensationalism in the bird cage liners sold at the supermarket.

[Uncle Vlad]

Brings a new meaning to the phrase, "the elephant in the living room," doesn't it?

[Poincare]

Our battle is with the MSM. Why doesn't Bush say so? Kerry is just the media's ill chosen dummy which is why one may think that they will try to replace him if it becomes obvious that he will not replace Bush.

[NetValue]

The television networks will deserve a big payback after Bush is re-elected by a landslide.

The first should be a mandatory allocation of network prime time to candidates for federal elective offices.

The second is even better. Establish an FCC fairness standard for all political broadcasting.