Special thanks to the liberal kooks
and psychopaths in the media whose
overly favorable support for Kerry
became so obvious it helped push
Bush over the top and Kerry back into the Twilight Zone.
Posted on 11/03/2004 6:07:50 PM PST by Joe Taranto
It's over for them, they just don't know it. And even we don't really know we know it.
Newspapers:
'The circulation trends look pretty close to flat, which is fine. It’s not terribly different from the long-term trend, which is one of a slight decline every year for the last 20 years," said Barton Crockett, publishing analyst at J.P. Morgan.'
'USA Today remained the largest daily with circulation of 2,230,899, followed by The Wall Street Journal at 1,800,607 and The New York Times at 1,113,000. They were the only three above 1 million and were followed by the Los Angeles Times at 965,633, The Washington Post at 746,724, the New York Daily News at 715,070 and the Chicago Tribune at 613,429.'- http://archive.showmenews.com/2002/Nov/20021106Busi007.asp
1% of the US reads the largest newspaper. :-)
0.5% read the "grey lady".
Television:
"MONICA KARO: When I first started in this business, you could go out and make a buy on three networks and reach 90 to 92 percent of your audience in one fell swoop. You can't do that anymore, so it takes going to a number of many other places, in other media as well, to try to come close to reaching that number." - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec99/ratings_7-29.html
"The seven broadcast networks’ share of the primetime audience dipped to a record low 36.3 percent last week and hit a low of 38.4 percent for the month of June, according to new data from the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau." - http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2002/jul02/jul08/5_fri/news2friday.html
I do not agree. People are beginning to realize just how biased the MSM really are.
"It makes me wonder how much bigger the margin would have been if the media coverage was 'fair and balanced'."
Watching some bedraggled "strategist" named Hilary Rosen on Hardball right now. She says "We have to figure out how it is that culture affects these social issues.(close paraphrase)"
They simply are incapable of believing that issues like homosexual "marriage," death penalty, abortion, religious freedom in the public square--they just can't bring themselves to believe that these ARE inportant issues, and they don't stand for anything--they are what they are.
Now Al Sharpton is saying "we aren't that different--it's just culture." Blaming Rove for "using this culture/ moral stuff."
Jon Meacham: "less about division than about liberty."
He sort of gets it.
Slut Mitchell: "It's the cost. McCain-Feingold back-fired."
Then takes shot at Swiftees, who spent pennies on the MoveOn dollar!
If that's true, it would suggest that Kerry himself and the Democrat party machine, by themselves, could only gin up one-third of the vote.
Thus, without the support of the MSM, the Democrats are revealed as an ineffectual minority.
Reality check!
Kerry was an absurdly weak candidate. Intellectually lazy. An elitist snob, without personal warmth. An utter boar. A man of little accomplishment and totally devoid of convictions.
Yet, with the help of a corrupt political party and an even more corrupt media, he was somehow able to garner 49% of the vote, nationally!
How far were we from President-elect Kerry, really? Fifty, maybe a hundred thousand votes in Ohio (assuming the provisional ballots are stacked toward the Democrat, as is likely).
We won. But it was too close for comfort. And 2008 (and 2006) will probably offer an even bigger challenge...
The MSM's lack of Vietnam and anti-American activities coverage was certainly a major
failure on their part, a betrayal of the American people, and overtly dishonest.
They failed to examine his lack of accomplishment in the Senate, and they failed to
call him on *any* of his claims, not to mention repeating the fallacies ad nauseum.
Thank God for places like Freerepublic and for Rush, Hannity, and the other conservative talk radio hosts!
Rush is especially to be praised. Not only did he bring truth to the people, but he remained optimistic and kept the electorate optimistic, focused, and in touch with reality.
Old Media is a very apt description if anyone happened to watch SeeBS on election night.
They were propping those old coots up with wire and string.
"Bush was covered very negatively this year, according to the study, but he did not match the amount of bad press faced by Ronald Reagan in 1984. "
Yes. The MSM eyeing up both Ronald Regan and George W. Bush sensed such a threat to what they believe in that they have had no alternative but to do unfair battle through the deviouse ultra liberal organs.
The are terrified to their souls, people like bRather, when encountering leaders that truly appear blessed by God to lead a nation found in freedom to stay free and strong and embrace Judeao Christian values and conservative values.
They are no different then Satan as he must have felt when His Creator kicked him out of the fold........hissing, knashing of his teeth, slited eyes peering with hate and envy.
How else can I view the actions of this large group of people that by many accounts have lost their souls in the pursuit of helping form a total socialistic society where all forms of sin may be both condoned by the state and actually encouraged. They in their lust to cheapen and bring down those that seek a higher calling in how they govern, only show to anyone with some values just how low they have sank. Soon they will loose their limbs and learn how to better practice their evil ways, by sleethering to and fro.
So much the more to seek alternate and honest journalism where it still exists.
Why, Dan'd rather walk through a fire wearing a gasoline suit than call it for Bush, doncha know. Slap a dab o'gravy on that biscuit.
MM
...a liberal "talking head" in late 1990s, said truth/balance is no longer relevant, "progressive" journalists must advance society towards a socialist utopia. ...that said, RUSH said 10 to 15 points in the polls.
S.O.P...remember: "$hrillary NY listening tour" in 2000.
Special thanks to the liberal kooks
and psychopaths in the media whose
overly favorable support for Kerry
became so obvious it helped push
Bush over the top and Kerry back into the Twilight Zone.
Bush won despite the MSM, but there's no doubt they had their effect. If they had been neutral, or done their job, it would have been a 12% blowout (after all, Kerry is a freakin TRAITORand COMMUNIST). Death to the MSM!
"Death to the MSM"
I am really on a "personal crusade" to hold Old Media responsible this year.
We've all known for decades that Old Media has very obvious biases, bigotries, and prejudices and will go to any lengths they feel necessary (forged documents, anyone?) to achieve their aims of Elitist Socialist Democrat domination of American politics...or in their quests to get the public afraid and herdbound and accepting of Socialist legislation...this has been their tactic style for years..
But during the Bush first term and throughout this election, they have really brought out the fangs and dirty tricks in a way more vicious than I've ever seen them do in my lifetime....or, at least, since Watergate.
Rather, Jennings, Brokaw, Couric, Woodruff and other pompous MSM clowns live in a fishbowl America that is comprised of two to three big cities plus flyover country. To them, America is a country they are embarrassed about because it isn't like Europe and the rest of the world. Their resentments, bigotry, and hatefulness were so plain this year, yet if they had any common sense at all they would realize that their inner attitudes are being seen plainly by more and more people in this country.
In the days of Ed Murrow, a journalist was someone who was respected, at least by some people in this country. How many people do you know today who really respect any of the people I just listed? (and I'm not talking about "Isn't she cute?" America's "Sweetheart" (not) Katie C, either. I'm talking about respect with trust, not celebrity.)
Oh please, please, please let the MSM die. If it's not going to fix itself or change, I celebrate and find satisfaction in its every drop in audience share. I dearly hope they destroy themselves. Old Media has turned newscasting into a despicable, deceptive art more like Pravda than reality.
"Thus, without the support of the MSM, the Democrats are revealed as an ineffectual minority."
Absolutely, the Democrats have been propped up by the media for many years, if there had been unbiased coverage we would never have had a Clinton presidency and possibly never a Carter presidency.
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