Posted on 11/05/2008 4:22:46 PM PST by Saint X
It might be a moot point for this last election, but the media played a role in it. Just who it helped was a point of contention for Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan.
Both chairs were asked if the news coverage gave President-elect Barack Obama an added advantage in this election at a luncheon at the National Press Club Nov. 5. Dean said he didn't think it did, which was met with grumbles from the audience. He claimed the media had an impact, but it was offset on both sides and he specifically cited the media "obsession" over Obama's association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
"Well, I wouldn't have thought so," Dean said. "I wouldn't have thought so. You know, I don't think we need to go over the specific obsessions that went on, but there was a fair amount of obsession with guilt by association tactics, so I'm sure Mike will have a different take on this stuff. But when preachers are put on for hours at a time by the cable networks who have no bearing on what the beliefs of Senator were at all at the time - I don't think he got particularly favorable - I'm not complaining about it because all's fair in politics, but I'd say it was pretty even."
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This is like fish asking other fish if they are wet.
Did the media aide Obama in the election? Well....um.....YEAH, DUH!!!
MSM failed to launch even 1 investigative report into Ayers, Wright, Rezko, Khalidi, Farakhan, Odinga and the various others in Obamas life. If John McCain or any republican had even 1 of those people in his life, it would be non stop coverage.
Wonder what the kickback was from the dims to the MSM? Or perhaps wonder what favor the MSM is expecting from the dims for the work they did getting BO put into office?
Fair warning to the GOP/RNC head, PACK YOUR BAGS, YOU'RE GONE!!!
Anyone who claims that the MSM did not aid Obama is a liar. The evidence is there for all to see.
But while they are clashing, let’s get to the bottom of the Obama birth certificiate, and the video the SF paper is still hiding.
Yea, Obama won, but that doesn’t mean we let these issues die. And what about Acorn, huh?
The kickback? Probably the promise of a bailout!
Bush missed that opportunity. What we have seen, is a pretty complete under-utilization of the “bully pulpit” for the last 8 years, and it has cost America dearly.
Every time Howie Dean says or does anything it reminds us that the must have been a dangerously incompetent quack as a doctor — b/c the guy is so completely irrational and delusional that it’s impossible to believe he could be competent in the practice of medicine. There are probably very good reasons he started looking for a new career outside of medicine??
Thought he was a lawyer.
No, Dean has his M.D. from Yale, sad to say..... sad in what it says about the value of that degree!
It wasn’t just the Media that enabled the Obama victory, but to what I believe a larger extent, the RNC threw the election with their lack of testicular fortitude over the last bunch of years.
Howard Dean is such a liar, he may well be pathological. Lord, I detest politicians!
Wait until Obama fires all the Judges. Let see the media go after him like they did Bush for firing a couple.
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