Posted on 06/21/2007 6:36:14 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
Journalism: Last fall, when the jobless rate hit a five-year low of 4.4%, Vice President Cheney was asked by ABC's George Stephanopolous why the administration didn't get more credit for it. "Well," said Cheney, "you guys don't help."
So much for the understatement of 2006. Cheney, of course, was referring to the now-obvious fact that even when there's good news about the economy, it's played down — or turned upside down — by the mainstream media.
Coverage of that unemployment report, coming just before the congressional elections, was just one of many cases in point
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Last years’s election was a PERFECT example of the Power of Propoganda, and how it works....
And expect it to be REPEATED next year.
Expect MASSIVE Illegal alien protests next summer, Voter Fraud on an incredible scale, and a rash of “outings” of Republicans in the days leading up to the election.
In Hillary’s quest for power, no stone will be left unturned, no propoganda weapon left unused....
And conservatives (including perhaps the majority on FR) fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
“Mark Foley was a typical October surprise.”
Foley was a trumped up deal, and the MSM willingly went along, devoting THOUSANDS of hours to it’s coverage, while Democrat Corruption got NO spotlight, whatsoever...
It will only be WORSE in the 2008 elections. COUNT ON IT.
The “Gay Mafia”(THIER WORDS, not mine) that runs most of today’s media outlets will not be denied thier “rights”, and are willing to get us ALL killed to get them...
So what else is new? This has been going on for decades.
What I find astounding is the number of conservatives (again including the majority of FR) who get taken in again and again, despite claiming to be politically savvy.
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