> cHat wrote: > ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, AP & Reuters are who I call the "Mainstream Media" > in TV, print and spoken forms. >
Ok, and on a 24-hour week day basis what is the consumership of those news sources vs all other media? > The "S-CHIP" Bill - > Bush had to veto it, not because of the fact that it increased medical > coverage to kids, but because of the riders on it that opened free > medical coverage to adults that could be claimed as student > dependents. > Ok so we agree that here Bush is no different from any other President in that he has to work with imperfect legislation, but can control this via his influence with lobbyists, Congress, and his control of the media (Whitehouse press office, State of the Unions, et al). Now let's get to the example where he's being victimize by events out of his control that you originally mentioned. So far you've given zero examples of your point. > Polling Results (in general) - > We are pelted with poll results that show approval ratings or other > pieces of public opinion. Ok, and these "poll results" are some new fangled way invented solely after Bush was elected to unfairly tarnish him? > Cop Killing - > Bush got blamed for killing an officer in his own motorcade! The Time > headline read "Bush Motorcade Kills Cop" when the officer hit an > obstruction while a part of the motorcade. The same thing happened > with Clinton, the headline on Time read, "Officer Killed Escorting > Clinton." > Again, tell me the market penetration of these news sources you're complaining about because if you want to simply compare headlines I think you're going to be hardpressed to scientifically show anything. The problem with the boogeyman arguments - from either side - like this one is that they aren't factually based. It's a great example of an excuse you're using to justify why things aren't working out the way you like. Call it cognitive dissonence, call it whining, call it mental welfare. But either way, as for 2008, your "media bias" point is full of poop. Dude - Rush Limbaugh is accused of electioneering! This that's biased? Or is that just good journalism? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262473 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
