[Inyokern]

One way media bias hurts liberals is by giving them a false sense of security.

Excellent analysis!

I think a great example of this was the 1988 election. I have always felt that the liberal press killed Michael Dukakis with kindness. He never realized how unpopular his stand on the Pledge of Allegiance and the release of Willy Horton would prove to be because the liberal press never told him.

[berned]

There is a lot of common sense and truth in this article.

Also, there's the "cry wolf" factor.

After decades and decades of media liberals predicting that any Repub victory will GUARANTEE that old people will be starved and thrown out of their homes, blacks lynched in the streets, and women enslaved in sweatshops, blah blah blah, then none of it ever happens, eventually even the dumbest of voters may have that golden "hey wait a minute!" epiphany.

[jocon307]

"I have always felt that the liberal press killed Michael Dukakis with kindness"

Maybe it was intended as a kindness, but it was the "squirrel-head in the tank" photo that did him in. LOL, well I remember hubby when the photo was first published showing it to me and saying "They should have offered the photographer $500 to destroy this roll of film". And we were a lot younger then and not political at all. Yet already any casual observer could clearly see the dem's fecklessness and fakery.

[CyberAnt]

I agree with you - and if we just stand back and watch, we will see this happening with Pelosi. She will get nothing but the best of press, while the public in general will be totally opposed to her stand on issues, and her attacks on the President.

She can possibly (along with Daschle) ... totally destroy the dems/liberals chances of gaining any ground in the election of 2004.

OTOH, DeLay will be vilified in the press - while he continues to be very popular with the conservative public.

[finnman69]

Liberals are starting to understand that radio shows like Rush Limbaugh's and Sean Hannity's are also a threat to them ans they open up the eyes of listeners. The far LW wackos will try more and more to have these programs regulated.