Posted on 09/01/2009 7:37:18 AM PDT by AJKauf
So now the mainstream media is in catch-up mode. Having quietly fretted as Obama’s poll numbers drifted lower and misrepresented the extent of independent voters’ support, they now must explain that the town hall crowds weren’t simply crackpots or dupes of the insurance industry. Those people are actually quite representative of the electorate — especially the electorate willing to turn out to vote in the 2010 congressional elections. And while they swooned at Obama press conferences, the media must now admit that Obama has been colossally ineffective at persuading the public.
The “catch-up” phenomenon is nothing new. We saw it with the Iraq war surge. For months and months the military, a few stalwart senators like John McCain and Joe Lieberman, conservative media outlets, and bipartisan military experts reported back that the surge was making a difference. The New York Times, the weekly not-much-news magazines, and the network broadcasts kept mum. But then shortly before then-candidate Obama was to visit Iraq, the mainstream media rushed to close the gap between the reality on the ground and their own gloom-and-doom reporting. It was catch-up time. The surge hadn’t suddenly worked; its success just couldn’t be ignored any longer...
(Excerpt) Read more at pajamasmedia.com ...
LOL - I like that cartoon.
Media remains convinced that nothing important happens outside the East Coast Metroplex Corridor.
Film at 10.
I see the affects of the Koolaid have yet to wear off ... I guess it’s something in the water.
I think the unraveling needs to start with this idiot press secretary Bahgdad Bob Gibbs.
Any question this guy doesn’t want to answer he says, “I’m not familiar with that survey or that article etc.”
No one follows up with questions.
He passes off answers in the most condescending fashion and always with his disrespectful remarks about Bush and Cheney etc.
The MSM needs to corner this guy. Do their homework, and ask some pointed questions.
“Did the president know about the Lockerbie bomber release before it was announced?”
“Is it true and if so, why has the president spent millions of dollars employing an army of lawyers, to squelch any investigation of his past records, whether they be of his birth, his early education, his law school writings and any Illinois Legislature information.”
“How is President Obama celebrating Ramadan?”
Well Mr. Broder, the public does not like being lied to. The public has a copy of the bill and can compare Obama's "didactic" responses to what is actually in the bill. They found out he was lying and now they are beyond pissed.
Get over yourself Broder, you are not all that smart, and this article is proof of that.
Yes this guy is not impressive. Love how he gets out of answering questions.
Good ones, erman!
Leni
“I think the unraveling needs to start with this idiot press secretary Bahgdad Bob Gibbs.”
At least he’s a paid fool; the rest of the MSM are volunteers.
Perfect visuals of reality :)
When hell freezes over.
I just checked Wikipedia -- David Broder was born in 1929. Doesn't that put him past his sell-by date under Obamacare?
Entire RAT kingdom is going to unravel. They’ve awakened the sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve. That resolve is to sweep out the Congress and start over with patriots.
Patient, didactic - how condescending that choice of words is, as if Broder thinks Bambi was being forced to preach to a kindergarten class. That right there emphasizes the point of the column.
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