wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 4/19/06 9:07:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> > > MDixon6569@ writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > Ever since I've been reading newspapers and following current
> > events
> > > (perhaps from about age 16?) there has been someone who has
> said
> > > that about whomever was the current president.
> > >
> > > So now they're saying it about Bush. I mean, hey, how many
> times
> > > did I see that written about Clinton? Or Reagan? Or -- even
> > > today! -- about Jimmy Carter?
> > >
> > > Yawn.
> > >
> > > One other thing, it also helps if you have a "drive by media"
to
> > > push an agenda.
> >
> > Actually, the mainstream media have mostly supported
> > Bush until recently when his polls began dropping. Now
> > at least some of them are jumping on that bandwagon to
> > be in line with the majority of their readers.
> >
> I noticed something curious recently though, that I was evaluating
> regarding the favoritism of the press towards the party in power.
It
> was widely reported recently that the former Gov of Illinois, Ryan,
> has been charged with blatant corruption, but I couldn't find his
> party affiliation listed in any of the articles. Sure enough when I
> looked it up, he is a Republican. I am reasonably sure that had he
> been a Democrat, that fact would've been noted in the news.
>
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com and http://www.tpmuckracker.com are
your best bet for learning stuff the Bush administration doesn't want
you to hear. Amy Goodman is intersting but she's far more willing to
accept wild rumors as fact. Marshal and his people do as much fact
checking as any reputable newspaper -- not surprising since they are
all reputable journalists who have gotten tired of the "mainstream
media" s willingness to toe the War President Can Do No Wrong line.
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