in 1992, Maxine Waters had become widely known for her extraordinarily hateful statements in the wake of that spring's Rodney King riots, nonetheless delivered a seconding speech for Clinton at the convention. Contemptibly, none of the networks covered it,instead, making sure that the dais could not be seen by the cameras, with huddled newspeople blocking the view (CSPAN did carry it live), and totally ignored it in their commentary afterward. In contrast, they gave extensive coverage to the corresponding seconding speech of Buchanan at the Republican Convention, which was initially well-received, but then spun into Mein Kampf. Ancient echoes of the Durbin/Rove dichotomy.
Are you trying to suggest the MSM is biased or has ulterior motives.
You damned right-wing militant! How dare you insinuate something like that?
(sarcasm off)
<< .... they gave extensive coverage to the corresponding seconding speech of Buchanan at the Republican Convention, which was initially well-received, but then spun into Mein Kampf. >>
That inspired and stirring seconding is likely the best American political speech I ever heard: Mr Buchannan at his zenith.
Before the Modern Inquistion we euphamise as "political correctness" spun his speech as you have described.
And Mr Buchannan went stumbling off -- through single-handedly electing Cli'ton, trade Ludditesqueness, incipient Korsokoff's and the Reform party -- to irrelevence.
[Maxine, "who?"]