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Posted on 08/25/2004 10:31:16 AM PDT by FesterUSMC
CNN is complaining that 21 days of the swiftboat thing has been going on but the MSM has yet to really cover the allegations with ANY balance. Article after article you read, "veterans against Kerry backed by Bush" WHERES THE PROOF!, "Veterans against Kerry though NONE of them served on his boat" Steve Gardner simply disappears from the earth even though he’s all over the radio. "Its lies, all lies!"
Even though
1. Christmas in Cambodia was a lie.
2. The no man left behind incident has been changed by the Kerry campaign SINCE the democratic convention supporting the swift vets claim Kerry’s boat fled.
3. Kerry's Purple heart has now been admitted by the Kerry campaign that it was gained under false pretences and the wound was self-inflicted
4. Then a lie that came out after the book was the "flying dog" lie that Kerry made to humaneusa.org
The media needs see the bias and cut the S*** and get down to the business of reporting and actually doing research.
They won't. They're part of the bias. They're doing their absolute, level best to suppress the Swiftvets.
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Its diversionary. First they want to protect the public from the image of what Kerry was like in Vietnam. He comes off as a complete socio-path consumed with his power over the Vietnemese and manipulative and distrusting of the federal government. Later a collaborator in an plot to assassinate a senator and a competual lier, distorter, and all around bad guy. By focusing on the "Texas Nexus" they can avoid those issues and use the SwiftVets to attack Bush. It is unnerving to say the least.
That the MSM continues in their bias is only to be expected, that the Republicans don't call them out on it is inexcusible.
You watch the media though, they'll print anything the Dem's feed them in response as if it were the gospel.
My wife and kids were at Hershey Park yesterday until 9PM and I watched some network news, some cnn and some fox.
Every last one of them covered the Swifties ad nauseum. What shows are you watching?
they will eventually..they will have no choice
(and then they wonder why FNC has become so popular)
Doogle
In your dreams. They want to see Kerry elected and unless he self-destructs, they're not going to drop the hammer on him. 90% of the mainstream media journalists are Democrats and liberals.
And everything else is filtered through their worldview. Wake up, the media is manipulating the public. This set of events (Swiftees) is one example among thousands.
Have to say that Lisa Myers covered it last night on NBC. She did a reasonable job of it. Made mistakes, but her mistakes actually hurt Kerry. I'd say it was 60/40 pro Kerry, which for the MSM is not bad.
(steely)
(steely)
Why did John Kerry add four bronze stars to his records on 3/12/2001?
You forgot:
* The Swift Boats operated in close coordination with each other, and it is easier to comprehend the worth (or danger) of one of the team members if you weren't on that same boat. How many of the non-sKerry boat members are supporting him?
No matter... this is really not about the Swift Boats any more.
This election has now become a DUEL TO THE DEATH between the Old Media papers and the Fraudcasters, set against the New Media: internet and talk radio.
We're not going away.
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See post 11. I withdraw my coment as far as Lisa Myers is concerned.
Man it's friggin' SKerry! I've never seen this on a national scale... it seems like a SciFi Channel, made-for-TV special!
It could be 21 years and the main stream media would still not cover it.
They haven't been "mainstream," since World War II!!!
Walter Chronkite singlehandedly defeated the Unites States in the Vietnam War, for goodness sake!!! (along with help from John "Fonda" Kerry!!!)
How about be call the Broadcast Media (BM) ! The BM is biased and is carrying the kool-aid for the Kerry campaign!
Actually this weeks US News & World Report has two articles questioning Kerry's Cambodia Christmas recollections and the fact that this might indicated a character problem with the Democratic candidate.
The media is slowly starting to recognize that their "fair haired boy" may have some warts and that as journalists they need to cover them, even if they try to apologize for him a bit.
The real issue here is that Unfit for Command has made the NY Time Best Seller List. If book sales stay strong for a few weeks, the media will know that the public has found out either by directly reading this book or by talking to friends and relatives who have read the book that Mr. Kerry embelishes things in addition to waffling on his positions. I feel that the public still remembers the lying, waffling presidency of Bill Clinton and doesn't want to repeat that.
At that point the media will be faced to deal with reality, which they are slowly getting around to, but kicking and screaming all the way. The mainstream media is just proving to the public that the mainstream media can not be trusted.
The other day, I listened to an NRR interview of an ACLU person and political activist talking about the coming Republican Convension demonstrations. What was striking abou t the interview was that they said that many people were now willing to demonstrate in large numbers because they had been alienated for so long.
I translated that to mean that many in the liberal left realize that the voters of the US have intensionally elected a Republican Senate, a Republican House of Represenatives and a Republican President and many many Republican Governors and don't like it that their views are no longer rubber stamped by government.
The media needs to sell advertising and generate money. Once they understand that they are no longer "main stream" things will change. We are seeing slow and small steps changes in those directions, whether it is the Dennis Miller show or Fox News dominating the cable channels.
LOL.
If you believe the FMSM can defeat the world's strongest military, then it is clear the political will to win doesn't exist.
Winning elections trumped winning the war.
You know, we need a thread like ## and counting, for the number of days CBS, ABC, NBC, etc do not cover the Swift Boat folks, especially given that the book will be #1 on the NYT best seller list come Sept 5th.
lol
Wull Hay! When "THE MOST TRUST MAN IN AMERICA" tells America "We've lost it," then that's how the FMSM kills "political will!" That's called "stampeding the sheeple!!!"
They're still trying to do it today, except that Dan Blather is still asking: "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"
Don'tcha remember Hairy Kerry's favorite pop tune... "We gotta git outa this place... If it's the last thing we ever do!"
It was kind of eye-opening to see all the news, internet, blog, and other stories that this Google Search turned up.
What further surprised me was that most of them were fairly current, i.e within the last 3 or 4 days.
This story is growing and I now understand why Kerry and his machine are so upset that they are making presonal calls to the Swift Boat vets and trying to blackmail them either by attorneys or by private investigators.
ping!
I've been confused on this since Elliott's original report had Kerry's boat moving away and providing cover fire.
3. Kerry's Purple heart has now been admitted by the Kerry campaign that it was gained under false pretences and the wound was self-inflicted
I've been searching for a quote that the campaign admitted this. I know O'Neill said they had on Fox, but I haven't found it yet. Any info?
if you watched the democratic convention you heard that they said all the boats fled and Kerry came back to get Rasshole. "no man left behind"
I've been searching for a quote that the campaign admitted this. I know O'Neill said they had on Fox, but I haven't found it yet. Any info?
What do you think the Kerry campaign is going to post this on their website or something? Do you think the MSM is going to report it?
Kerry staffer was high muckety-muck in Moveon.org = no peep yep from the media.
Nah, no bias at all
Good analysis. We are seeing hints that the media is starting to actually dig in and do some investigative journalism. The combination of bias and complexities of the events involved is tough though. This is a fascinating thread that reveals bias and poor reporting:
Read the entire thread
Unit's Report Supports Kerry's Version (another selective document release)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1198863/posts?page=11
"Then a lie that came out after the book was the "flying dog" lie that Kerry made to humaneusa.org"
This was reported back in March
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1101353/posts
I think BM is very appropriate, and it stands for more than Broadcast Media!. LOL
Ironman, seeing your name made me smile. Good to see you here, and hope to see more of your posts. Thanks too for all of your hard work done in the DC Chapter in days gone by, but not forgotten.
I'm looking for the quote from Fox. So far, I've only heard SBVs saying that they said it.
And I don't recall (and didn't see upon rereading) Kerry mentioning the Bay Hap incident at the DNC.
During the Democratic National Convention, Kerry used the Bay Hap River incident to suggest that he alone returned to rescue Jim Rassmann—a Special Forces solider—who was on Kerry's boat and was tossed into the river. Kerry described this incident to the American people as "No man left behind."
See this:
Linda Eddy (Freeper IPWGOP) cartoonist censored by Minneapolis Star Tribune editor Jim Boyd!
As you and I know... Nothing is more deadly to a candidate than RIDICULE!!!
It's the most poisonous virus in politics!!!
Absolutely right. Kerry hasn't quite had his Dukakis moment, but he came pretty close with the bunny suit. I think he's on very thin ice.
7:13 [WPO] Washington Post's Coll to focus on writing books
7:13 [WPO] Washington Post managing editor Steve Coll resigns
Hmmmm.
One can only imagine what photos of him and ? were shown to bring about his resignation.
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