> maybe because Dan Rather is refusing to disclose his
> source???
That's the point! If someone gave them bogus
information and they stood behind it wouldn't it clear
them if they gave the source? Why protect someone that
duped them anyway?
> but
> let's keep that a separate thread, ok?
Opps.
> As for the
> mostly right-wing
> opinion... you aren't seriously questioning that are
> you?
They lean a bit to the right but are not mostly to the
right.
Considering most major media is to the left we need at
least a little truth out there :)
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote_Feb1004.html
Like every other institution, the Washington and
political press corps operate with a good number of
biases and predilections.
They include, but are not limited to, a near-universal
shared sense that liberal political positions on
social issues like gun control, homosexuality,
abortion, and religion are the default, while more
conservative positions are "conservative positions."
They include a belief that government is a mechanism
to solve the nation's problems; that more taxes on
corporations and the wealthy are good ways to cut the
deficit and raise money for social spending and don't
have a negative affect on economic growth; and that
emotional examples of suffering (provided by unions or
consumer groups) are good ways to illustrate economic
statistic stories.
More systematically, the press believes that fluid
narratives in coverage are better than static
storylines; that new things are more interesting than
old things; that close races are preferable to loose
ones; and that incumbents are destined for dethroning,
somehow.
The press, by and large, does not accept President
Bush's justifications for the Iraq war -- in any of
its WMD, imminent threat, or evil-doer formulations.
It does not understand how educated, sensible people
could possibly be wary of multilateral institutions or
friendly, sophisticated European allies.
It does not accept the proposition that the Bush tax
cuts helped the economy by stimulating summer
spending.
It remains fixated on the unemployment rate.
It believes President Bush is "walking a fine line"
with regards to the gay marriage issue, choosing
between "tolerance" and his "right-wing base."
It still has a hard time understanding how, despite
the drumbeat of conservative grass-top complaints
about overspending and deficits, President Bush's base
remains extremely and loyally devoted to him -- and it
looks for every opportunity to find cracks in that
base.
Of course, the swirling Joe Wilson and National Guard
stories play right to the press's scandal bias -- not
to mention the bias towards process stories (grand
juries produce ENDLESS process!).
The worldview of the dominant media can be seen in
every frame of video and every print word choice that
is currently being produced about the presidential
race.
That means the President's communications advisers
have a choice:
Try to change the storyline and the press' attitude,
or try to win this election without changing them.
So we ask again: What's it going to be, Ken, Karen,
Mary, Terry, Nicole, and Dan?
That's quite a headline in the Los Angeles Times:
"Bush Supports Shift of Jobs Overseas." LINK
And the Washington Post story filled with quotes from
Republican-leaning business people who have
politically soured on the President is quite striking.
LINK
As is the Wall Street Journal piece despoiling the
Medicare reform law before it event takes effect.
On the strength of all the negative coverage of the
President and all his own positive coverage, Sen.
Kerry heads into today's twin primaries on a roll.
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