Posted on 11/23/2005 4:51:05 AM PST by Mike Bates
Recent polls among American readers (and viewers) of the press continue to show a reluctance to trust the once vaunted U.S. mainstream media. And the recent brouhaha at the New York Times over the Judith Miller fiasco only further muddies the public's trust, not only on how reporters and editors report but also on what they choose to publish (or broadcast).
For example, there have been whole forests cut down to provide enough paper for stories about Rep. Tom DeLay, the Texas Republican indicted recently on allegations of money laundering through state political action committees that helped the GOP secure a majority of U.S. congressional seats from the Lone Star state.
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Consider the contrasting coverage of DeLay with that of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Virtually every detail of alleged DeLay transgressions gets reported and in very great detail. But scant coverage has been given to equally serious allegations against the junior senator from New York.
There have been no front-page stories in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald or any other so-called major daily with respect to serious allegations of wrongdoing on the part of Hillary Clinton and her Senate election campaign committee.
While tens of thousands of inches (and scores of hours on broadcast and cable TV) have been used up to discuss allegations that DeLay "laundered" about $190,000 from corporate donors in Texas through the Republican National Committee and then back to GOP candidates in Texas races, there's been virtually nothing mentioned about accusations that Hillary Clinton and senior Democrats "laundered" nearly $2 million of improper or illegal gift-giving during the summer of 2000 when she began her run for the Senate.
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Hillary is no different than anyone when it comes to how the MSM treats her.
Right now - she is in the early honeymoon stage.
....once she is soaring in the clouds
The MSM will dump her like a hot rock.
Make no mistake - taking down Hillary is something they won't be able to resist - and what's more - they can't wait to do it.
krinton krime klub ping.
Nothing sticks to the Clintoons.
Republicans are more concerned to cover up the misdeeds of prominent Democrats than the Democrats are. They have been since Nixon, at least. If the DNC carried out a purge of its ranks by shooting 1/3 of its membership and burying the bodies in a mass grave the Republican AG office would cover it up so long as the MSM declines to make a big deal about it.
It just ain't gonna happen!
Really. Someone please call me when the Times prints the headline "The Scandal that Sank Hillary" page one, above the fold, or "Hillary to Run for Senator from Kansas" while serving Sentence in Leavenworth".
Yes, hope does spring eternal.
Also, I am very pleased to see that Paul Rodriquez has landed on his feet. Paul is a great investigative reporter and he was editor of the Washington Times sponsored magazine, Insight, that went out of business a year or so ago. Fine magazine -- I had subscribed for years and was sorry to see it go.
Years ago, Paul wrote a great story about this. He has done a great deal of research. Hillary does have some surprises coming, and perhaps so do some of the people who committed perjury during the Rosen criminal trial.
I'll stay tuned :)
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