TIME MAG today:
The President, however, may be indifferent to the acrid fussing of his Republican foes. He will be able to bask once again in the glow of positive press coverage (accented by a momentous signing ceremony), which will focus on four areas helpful to the Democrats’ prospects in November: the masterful display of White House patience and competence that got the job done; the elements of the legislation that are in fact consistently popular with large numbers of Americans, such as its insurance-company crackdowns; the return of the meme that Republicans are the party of No; and the accompanying rising poll numbers for the Administration and the new law…
Democrats will be joined in the fray by much of the press. For Republicans, this will seem like familiar ground, since generations of conservatives have complained that the so-called mainstream media have been biased against them. Well, get ready, Republicans, for déjà vu all over again. The coverage through November likely will highlight the most extreme attacks on the President and his law and spotlight stories of real Americans whose lives have been improved by access to health care (pushed, no doubt, by Democrats from every competitive congressional district and state). The louder Republicans yell, the more they will be characterized and caricatured as sore losers infuriated by the first major delivery of candidate Obama’s promise of “change.” The focus on the weekend’s alleged racial and gay-bashing verbal attacks by opponents of the Democrats’ plan should be a caution to Republican strategists trying to figure out how to manage the media this year.
Republicans need to start their assault now!
What bullshit.
Since a bunch of lies passed the bill, why shouldn’t Obama’s media friends use a bunch of lies to try to sell the bill?
That is just sickening. They’re not only dispensing with any pretense of objectivity, they’re rubbing our noses in it.
I was at a class last week wherein one of the guest speakers was a reporter from congressional quarterly. He bemoaned the fact that conventional media is dying and he might not have a job by age 50. I did my best to suppress hysterical laughter.
I like it when they get insufferaby smug, they’re easier to blindside.
Wear that badge of “NO!” proudly - in the case of the Republicans, it means fighting tyranny and protecting our God-given freedoms.
Translation: We in the MSM will spin the story any way we like.
That's a neat trick, since we'll be taxed now and the benefits don't kick in 'til 2013 or 2014.
Wow, that’s quite the threat, and not even veiled. But thanks for announcing your game plan, you know, just for confirmation...
The media is going to cover for him no matter what. They still want the Republicans to play by the rules while the dems put the finishing touches on their socialist takeover. Sounds like a threat to me.
Pathetic and shows how much they really believe in this horrible law.
The TIME quote in here is laughable. False story about racist comments with video proof to the contrary and that’s what makes the news.