THE DEM SPEECH POLICE

New York Post ^ | 10/18/04

[kattracks]

[snip]

But does the DNC really want to open a can of worms over what can be aired under the guise of news?

After all, many news groups surely would fail such a test, their news coverage rendered no more than "in-kind" contributions to their favored candidates.

* Last month, CBS News ran a report claiming that President Bush shirked his Air National Guard duty, relying in large part on documents that were later revealed to be almost certainly forged.

* This month, ABC News political director Mark Halperin virtually ordered his staff to take a pro-Kerry tilt in their reporting. "We have a responsibility to hold both sides accountable . . . but that doesn't mean we reflexively and artificially hold both sides 'equally' accountable . . . " Halperin wrote in a staff memo.

* Last week, Robert Redford's Sundance Channel dedicated 51/2 hours to a "Vote for Change" concert featuring, among others, Bush-hater Bruce Springsteen. The channel also carries anti-Bush Al Franken's Air America radio show every weeknight.

And that just scratches the surface.

Are those broadcasts illegal? Should the traditionally left-leaning media get a pass on attempts to aid the Kerry-Edwards ticket because they're engaging in a more subtle form of agenda-pushing than Sinclair?

[skinkinthegrass]

Thanks for the post. :)) BUMP

[peteram]

And yet, they're critical of Sinclair Broadcasting Group.

Hypocrites.

[Dave Hamilton]

Liberals always WHINE about anything that does suit their perverted and hateful ideology. No wonder so many of them are unemployed, divorced or otherwise miserable. It begins with taking personal responsibility for oneself and situation, and packing away the crying towel!

[Just mythoughts]

No complaints from the speech 'god' McCain, save one, Swift Boats Vets not equal enough to speak.