The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarters Expenses?
Posted on 11/19/2011 2:32:19 AM PST by Kaslin
Good Morning, Barack!
With his poll numbers dropping like dissidents in Syria, President Barack Obama has to be hoping the national media will continue to help him out. Last time around, the network news organizations swooned over the junior senator from Illinois and marginalized his opponent, Sen. John McCain, as much as possible.
According to a new study by the conservative Media Research Center, the president has some reason to be optimistic about the media in 2012. The group examined the morning shows on ABC, CBS and NBC in order to ascertain campaign attitudes. The headlines are these:
-- So far in 2011, morning network correspondents have labeled Republican candidates as conservative 49 times. But only once have they referred to Obama as a liberal.
-- By a four-to-one margin, the morning show hosts have used adversarial questioning against Republican interview subjects as compared to Democratic guests.
-- The morning programs routinely run positive "human interest" stories about the president and his family. No Republican contender has received that kind of coverage.
The conclusion reached by the MRC is that the morning programs are not likely to "cheerlead" for the Obama campaign as some did in 2008. Instead, they will be more likely to scrutinize his Republican opposition.
Having worked at both CBS News and ABC News, I can tell you there is a managerial culture that is decidedly liberal. Some places are worse than others. Under Dan Rather, the CBS landscape was openly left. Under the late Peter Jennings, ABC News was more politically correct than agenda-driven. Jennings did not like political advocacy on either side.
Americans can expect a vicious campaign next year. The Republican candidate will have to go after Obama on his record, and that will bring hard blowback. Obama, himself, rarely uses personal attacks. But some of his supporters, especially on the Internet, certainly do. Gutter sniping will be all over the place.
Last time around, McCain did not take the fight to Obama, preferring to highlight his own experience for the country. That was a mistake that the Democrats exploited. Sen. Obama's political record was weak; he was essentially running on charisma. Instead of pinning him down on specific solutions to targeted problems, McCain allowed his young opponent to dazzle the public with rhetoric.
This time around, the Republicans have cold, hard facts to present to the American people. And the only answer to those damning statistics is diversion, pettifogging the issue with ginned up controversy and smoke.
We can expect the national media to embrace the pettifog and flog it all morning (and evening). The media are loath to admit any mistakes, and their support of Obama is on the record. There is little chance the Republican challenger will receive fair and balanced coverage.
Will media support for the president be enough to give him the edge in 2012? If the vote is close, the answer most likely is yes.
If the media gives Obama nothing but positive coverage, it will likely mean the death of the media.
Who’s going to buy a newspaper from somebody that cannot be trusted one wit?
And who is going to listen to the LSM?
So true. I'm not so sure we can't already conclude that the media has lost its ability to persuade.
The MSM shilled for all dem candidates in 2010 and 2011 elections, and had their hat handed to them.
They simply cannot sell us on Obama-again. As a matter of fact, people may instinctively go for the opposite of what the media are selling, given the mess we're in.
Isn’t that the truth
" “Some thoughts on those angry voters. Ask parents of any two-year-old and they can tell you about those temper tantrums: the stomping feet, the rolling eyes, the screaming. It’s clear that the anger controls the child and not the other way around. It’s the job of the parent to teach the child to control the anger and channel it in a positive way. Imagine a nation full of uncontrolled two-year-old rage. The voters had a temper tantrum last week....Parenting and governing don’t have to be dirty words: the nation can’t be run by an angry two-year-old.” — Peter Jennings in his daily ABC Radio commentary, November 14, 1994, after Republicans won control of Congress.
LOTS more:
http://www.mediaresearch.org/profiles/jennings/welcome.asp on the Republican takeover in 1994
This time around, the Republicans have cold, hard facts to present to the American people’
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But they haven’t got the balls to present it.
When is the last time we heard from Boehner, or Mitch McConnell.
You remember Mitch McConnell don’t you? He is Senate Minority Leader, I think he must have spoken up a time or two, but I cannot remember the last time.
I guess snide, smarmy, condescending comments are not attacks? I guess the straw man attacks don't target those who resemble the straw men?
The truth be known, our current President is a nasty little man with a forked tongue and little sense of decency.
“Obama, himself, rarely uses personal attacks.”
Bill O’Reilly is rarely a blowhard
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarters Expenses?
Hussein, we hardly knew ya!
The repubs all have many skeletons in their closets. They are, after all, corrupt and human.
They know the MSM smear machine will destroy them if they are targeted. They prefer to lay low.
The repubs all have many skeletons in their closets. They are, after all, corrupt and human.
They know the MSM smear machine will destroy them if they are targeted. They prefer to lay low.
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