[LibertarianInExile]

"...most notably when CNN dissected Georgia Democrat Zell Miller's angry anti-Kerry rant, the result was informative television that demonstrated the power of injecting a little journalism into reports."

Speaking of bias, the St. Pete Slimes sucks. If you're reading this paper, you're just helping the left. Pick up a copy of something better. I'd sooner get my Tampa Bay local news from the Ocala Star-Banner than read that commie crap.

[Ken522]

... and I thought the St. Pete Times would say something positive about Republicans for a change!

[SpeakingUp]

Viewers would not be blamed for wondering how many thousands of dollars TV outlets were spending to serve as stenographers for the GOP party line.

This guy is starting to get it. Yes, we do wonder how much money the networks spend to convey political messages. By the way dude, it was fun to see them spend a few bucks on us for a change.

[OldFriend]

The nets did us a favor by not covering more of the conventions and keeping their mouths shut while they did cover the convention.

The more they bash Zell the more we know he was effective.

Jim Lehrer really criticized the main stream media for their lack of attention to the conventions and suggested they ought to get out of the news business and stick to entertainment.

[shezza]

Viewers would not be blamed for wondering how many thousands of dollars TV outlets were spending to serve as stenographers for the GOP party line.... The few times outlets interrupted punditry and strategy talk to fact-check convention speakers, most notably when CNN dissected Georgia Democrat Zell Miller's angry anti-Kerry rant, the result was informative television that demonstrated the power of injecting a little journalism into reports.

Sheesh. Can their liberal bias get any more blatant?

[Fire137]

Were they as upset by what they saw at the Demorat convention? I doubt it!

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

He's right - NBC and Broke-now would have loved to have a lot more time to have McCrazy come on and try to break the GOP's kneecaps.

[Condor51]

"...during the Republican gathering last week, with soon-to-retire NBC anchor Tom Brokaw lamenting the stage-managed nature of the proceedings.."

Right Tom! Not like those patriotic demoncRATS who waved thousands of tiny US Flags - and them immediately threw them away and ON THE FLOOR when the cameras went off!

As Eric Cartman would say, "Screw you".

[maica]

"...to serve as stenographers for the GOP party line."

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I heard a pro-Kerry commentator say this on a Sunday show. Is this a new talking point, or is the St Pete editorialist just "borrowing" a good line?


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I guess instant rebuttal is called "fact-checking" when the speech is not favorable to Kerry.

[Tamzee]

convention schedulers, who placed important speeches so close together, there was little room for extra content.

We did this on purpose, ya morons, to prevent your rabid leftist "extra content".