Posted on 10/08/2004 4:57:36 PM PDT by KStorm
CONTROVERSY HITS ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR MARK HALPERIN... EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPING... An internal memo written by ABCNEWS Political Director Mark Halperin admonishes ABC staff during coverage of Democrat Kerry and Republican Bush -- not to 'reflexively and artificially hold both sides 'equally' accountable'...
On one of my calls I told them "No more Monday Night Football ... and I don't even know if you have anything besides that ... but I ain't gonna be watching it!" LOL!
We've been checking out "Lost", which is the new series from J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and David Fury ("Angel"). So far, so good, but other than that, nada mucho
I'll return to your thread later. Thanks again
No 1-3 Tennessee at 1-3 Green Bay? That's not exactly taking one for the cause. :)
"The press and the judges run this country now."
Well said! Sad, but true. We NEED TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!
Shocking admission by ABC. I've written to my local affiliate and told them they are off my list along with CBS!
I would like to know if this Mark Halperin the Mark Halperin of Clinton Administration fame....surely wish someone who knew would report.
Wow, come on man. It is a blantant admission that they press is not going to hold Kerry to the same standard, a stated belief that Bush is running fast and loose with the facts and should be called on it, that kerry is running fast and loose with the facts but that is not really what his message is about so ABC should ignore it.
This is worse for ABC than the fake memos story was for CBS. This memo is not fake. We know who wrote it and it is very telling of bias at ABC News.
I wonder if this guy is related to the Commie Halpern Clinton tried to get as head of some department, but the Republicans wouldn't allow it.
The Clinton/Soros Halperin's first name is Morton. He is the Director Open Society Institute DC. I don't know if he is related to Mark Halperin.
Highlighted Democratic NY speakers in 2002 along with such "stars" as Bill Clinton, Former NYC Mayor Dinkens, and none other than John Edwards.
This Halperin also will control exactly how ABC reports the election results in November. Not a good scenario since he obviously in the employ of the Democratic machine.
ONe does wonder if he is somehow related to the other Halperin. Maybe someone will tell us.
RATHER interesting, isn't it? I hope it gets reported a lot.
The first version published of yesterday's Note included what was intended as a SATIRICAL report of a fictional ABC News/Washington Post poll. No such poll was conducted. The questions and results listed were not from a real poll.
But on this day when John Kerry has a chance for wins in Tennessee and/or Virginia that just might get the Southern monkey off of his back -- and take an opponent out of the race -- and after two full news cycles in which Kerry's transient upper hand over President Bush doesn't seem to have been removed by the "Meet" appearance -- on this day, let us tell you again what we tried to say yesterday.
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.
So we ask again: What's it going to be, Ken, Karen, Mary, Terry, Nicole, and Dan?
I thought he might be the son. He's been all over Left-wing TV shows like Charlie Rose.
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