Posted on 11/03/2004 3:26:24 PM PST by Ginifer
I think it is fair to say the biggest loser in this election has been America's mainstream media ... the BIG media ... the three old-line television networks, ABC, CBS and NBC ... newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post and down to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. We have come to expect them to have a liberal bias in their news columns as well as their editorial pages, but never before have we seen these so-called news sources so blatantly partisan as they have been this year.
The poster child of news bias this election cycle, of course, was Dan Rather and his "60 Minutes" episode in which he attacked the military record of President Bush, and used forged documents from a long-time discredited source as the basis for his story. When he got caught, he stood by his story, arrogantly insisting we should believe him because he was who he was. And when CBS finally admitted the story was untrue, they announced an investigation by so-called impartial people, but have you noticed: the election is over and we have not heard a report from either CBS or their investigators.
And the great, gray New York Times ... which prior to the election fired its editor and managing editor because of a scandal involving non-factual reporting ... continued its liberal bias, not only in its editorial pages but also on the news pages. Close to the end of the campaign CBS and the New York Times and others in the liberal media, accused the American military of not securing hundreds of tons of high explosives in Iraq even though the military people on the ground said it was not so.
There were other examples, many of them, but the obvious point is that all of these so-called news stories were heavily biased to the left. To be effective, the free press must have the respect of the American people. But in this year's campaign, America's elite media hit a new low in trust, and in so doing became the biggest loser in the 2004 elections.
Yes, Fox was shameful. Fox has been going left for some time. Hardly fair and balanced.
However, sorry they not only don't have the balls...literally....they don't BELIEVE they are LIBERALS!!
The ad that did the most damage to Kerry was footage of him accusing American soldiers of war crimes. He could never overcome it.
Oh yes---remember when Clinton came to Florida to unseat Jeb Bush??? Jeb made it with 13%---Then off to 'help' Gray Davis in California---he lost big time----then of course he did try to help Gore--and now Kerry----oh he went to help Bowles against Elizabeth Dole also====well that's 5 can't remember the other 2.
Do you think he will endorse Hillary? We can only hope so with his record.
They did this morning as well. They knew that Bush won, but were for reasons which escape me unwilling to simply report it properly.
The Network and Cable news this morning was a sad joke. They used to compete to be first to report the results, now they compete to see who has the sack to be last.
We have gone through the looking glass it seems to me.
Another political campaign that went down with the Bill Clinton Curse was the Democratic ticket for the 2002 Hawaii gubernatorial race, Mazie Hirono and Matt Matsunaga. (I assume this is one of the 7.)
Slick Willie came out here to "save" the ticket and "revitalize" the Party. He mainly brought back memories of how slimy the Dems are. The Republican, Linda Lingle, won in a landslide.
This is in a state that is traditionally heavily Democratic.
Link: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Oct/31/ln/ln01a.html
We'll serve crow ala king, crow pot pie, stuffed crow, barbecued crow, crow kiev, and have them wash it all down with wine made from sour grapes!
"Don't forget the Swift Boat Vets,"
I agree. They broke through when the Bush campaign was treading water.
The Swiftees delivered, for America.
Thank you, gentlemen, for me and my children.
What I think we have to do is boycott and cause trouble for these people in every way we can. I heard that Disney(ABC) wants to go to the Florida legislature and get tax breaks. We ought to organize conservatives all over the country to send emails to Republican members of the state legislature reminding them how ABC slimed Republicans and urging them to repeal Disney tax breaks instead of giving new ones. Disney's main source of income comes from families and most families, especially ones with money are Republicans. A perfect set for a major boycott.
I will get on it. My contacts in the Legislature will get an earfull.
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