Why aren't Americans informed? Post-recess AP vs. FR coverage of the Miguel Estrada case.

AP, FR, various ^ | Mon. Feb. 24 -> Thurs. morn. Feb. 27, 2003 | Various

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Post-recess AP coverage of Miguel Estrada:

 

AP 4-day search - keyword: Estrada

 

Courtesy of Drudgereport.com.

 

10 matches found between Feb 24, 2003 and Feb 27, 2003

 

Senators Fight Over Judicial Nominees (AP)

By JESSE J. HOLLAND -9:04 AM Feb 27, 2003

Estrada Judicial Fight Drags On in Senate (AP)

By JESSE J. HOLLAND -5:10 AM Feb 27, 2003  

 

Bush Pushes Senators to Confirm Estrada (AP)

By SCOTT LINDLAW- 5:18 PM Feb 26, 2003

 

Bush Pleads for Estrada Confirmation (AP)

By SCOTT LINDLAW - 12:24 PM Feb 26, 2003

 

Bush Pleads for Estrada Confirmation (AP)

By SCOTT LINDLAW - 12:11 PM Feb 26, 2003

 

Democrats Ask GOP to Move Past Estrada (AP)

By JESSE J. HOLLAND - 8:26 PM Feb 25, 2003

Senate Dems Hold Back Estrada Nomination (AP) (2 posts, same time)

By JESSE J. HOLLAND - 6:34 PM Feb 24, 2003

 

Bush Aide: Estrada Treated Differently (AP)  (2 posts, same time)

By JANELLE CARTER - 8:14 AM Feb 24, 2003

(Also, through FR search, not AP's Washington Post Drudge search:)

 

Senate Dems Resist Pressure To Sens Estrada Nomination To Senate Floor ^
Posted by Wait4Truth
On 02/24/2003 7:19 PM EST with 163 comments
ap.tbo.com ^ | 2/24/03 | Jesse J. Holland

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FR posted articles from the time period:

 

Minus minor editorials, Senate statements or live threads:

 

Dems shameless in Estrada nomination ^

Posted by conservativecorner
On 02/27/2003 9:22 AM EST with 5 comments
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | Feb.27, 2003 | Robert Novak

 

Will Republicans go spineless on Estrada? ^

Posted by JohnHuang2
On 02/27/2003 7:56 AM EST with 48 comments
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Thursday, February 27, 2003 | Jane Chastain

Bush Administration's Hispanic Leaders Fight for Estrada  ^
Posted by kattracks
On 02/27/2003 6:11 AM EST
CNSNews.com ^ | 2/27/03 | Jeff Johnson

 

George F. Will: The Constitution’s balance of powers is at stake in Estrada nomination  ^
Posted by kattracks
On 02/27/2003 1:52 AM EST with 18 comments
Union Leader ^ | 2/27/03 | George F. Will

 

Democrats for Estrada ^
Posted by TroutStalker
On 02/26/2003 1:29 PM EST with 6 comments
The Wall Street Journal ^ | Wednesday, February 26, 2003

 

Linda Chavez: Republicans Need To Call Dems' Bluff On Estrada Nomination ^
Posted by Stand Watch Listen
On 02/26/2003 10:34 AM EST with 8 comments
CNSNews.com ^ | February 26, 2003 | Linda Chavez

 

Filibuster support ebbs on Estrada ^
Posted by kattracks
On 02/26/2003 1:11 AM EST with 24 comments
Washington Times ^ | 2/26/03 | Amy Fagan

 

GOP Goes on Estrada Offensive ^
Posted by Indy Pendance
On 02/26/2003 0:10 AM EST with 33 comments
foxnews ^ | February 25, 2003

 

Filibusted - Democratic Opposition to Estrada Will Backfire (Liberal writer?)  ^
Posted by 11th_VA
On 02/25/2003 10:15 PM EST with 11 comments
Pacific News Service ^ | Feb 25, 2003 | Marcelo Rodriguez  

 

Fourth Democratic Senator Backs Estrada  ^
Posted by kattracks
On 02/25/2003 10:01 PM EST with 59 comments
Reuters ^ | 2/25/03 | Thomas Ferraro

 

White House to Schumer: You’re Wrong. The White House defends Miguel Estrada — again ^
Posted by Utah Girl
On 02/25/2003 7:39 PM EST with 70 comments
NRO ^ | 2/25/2003 | Alberto Gonzales, The White House

 

Silence Is Honorable (Estrada Nomination)  ^
Posted by conservativecorner
On 02/25/2003 8:46 AM EST with 9 comments
The Washington Post ^ | Feb.25, 2003 | Benjamin Wittes

 

How Estrada Can Win: A few good words, and the Democratic filibuster might fall apart ^
Posted by Utah Girl
On 02/24/2003 3:15 PM EST with 22 comments
NRO ^ | 2/24/2003 | Byron York

 

A price to pay for tactics (Estrada Nomination) ^
Posted by conservativecorner
On 02/24/2003 10:29 AM EST with 24 comments
The Washington Times ^ | Feb.24, 2003 | Donald Lambro

 

DEMS FACE BACKLASH (Estrada) ^
Posted by kattracks
On 02/24/2003 3:16 AM EST with 11 comments
New York Post ^ | 2/24/03 | VINCENT MORRIS

 

The borking of Miguel Estrada ^
Posted by kattracks
On 02/24/2003 0:22 AM EST with 22 comments
TownHall.com ^ | 2/24/03 | Paul Greenberg

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Based on AP headlines and the minimal daily AP newswire coverage re. Miguel Estrada, average Americans would not be informed about the serious threat to our judiciary system posed by the current actions of the Senate Democrats by their continued refusal to allow Miguel a vote.

Last night on the Senate floor, Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) said, "Six separate newspapers (editorials) have called on the Dem. Senators to stop this filibuster...Yet we hear the Democrats come to the floor and say that no one cares about this. ...that they don't have to worry about paying a political price because no one's paying attention....Is that the standard that we can expect from this body?"

Please keep writing letters to the editor.

Let the Senators know that we're paying attention.

Call the Senate toll free: 1-800-648-3516

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among the people...

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[Dr. Scarpetta]

Today was the first day my local newspaper (Express-Times) in Easton, PA mentioned the word ESTRADA. They gave it TWO SENTENCES.

I've been e-mailing 4 different editors every favorable Estrada article that's been posted here, also with links so they can go directly to the source. They haven't responded to me once. Just about everyone you talk to has never heard of Estrada.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Today was the first day my local newspaper (Express-Times) in Easton, PA mentioned the word ESTRADA. They gave it TWO SENTENCES.

I've been e-mailing 4 different editors every favorable Estrada article that's been posted here, also with links so they can go directly to the source. They haven't responded to me once. Just about everyone you talk to has never heard of Estrada.

[ken5050]

You go girl!!!!!!

FYI, on Tuesday...CNN's Inside Politics did not have ANY mention of the President's comments earlier that day to the Latyin coalition about Miguel Estrada...absolutely unbelievable......

[ken5050]

You go girl!!!!!!

FYI, on Tuesday...CNN's Inside Politics did not have ANY mention of the President's comments earlier that day to the Latino coalition about Miguel Estrada...absolutely unbelievable......

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

FYI. Let our Senators know that AP isn't covering the whole story, re. Miguel Estrada. The last Democratic Las Vegas weekend meeting received more daily coverage from AP than the unprecidented, dishonorable filibuster of this outstanding judicial nominee by the Senate minority.

E-mail AP.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

CNN's Inside Politics did not have ANY mention of the President's comments earlier that day to the Latyin coalition about Miguel Estrada...absolutely unbelievable......

It is unbelievable. I'm so used to watching Fox that I forget that other channels exclude conservative events.

[upchuck]

Of all the FR threads listed, this one^ based on the Novak article is the most telling.

DANG!! The rats are a bunch of slimeballs.

DOUBLE DANG!!!! FR is slow today!!!!!!!!!!

[ken5050]

The show occasionally has an interesting segment..like Novak's commentary, or some of the head-to-head debates....they rotate..Bay Buchanan Vs. Donna Brazile is interesting, and the reporter from Scripps, whose name I can't remember, Betsy something..is quite good....I set the VCR each day, it's on in the afternoon...then I'll fast forward through it at night...usually can watch all the good stuff in about 5 minutes...

[Wright is right!]

It's just bidness as usual at the AP and the networks - aiming their coverage at the uninformed and pretending they're the only source of news.

NBC Nightly News did the same thing last night, with Nora O'Donnell doing a lengthy piece on the noisy but small "rebellion" in Parliament against Tony Blair by members of his own Labour Party. They even allowed one MP to finish a lengthy diabtribe containing all the discredited Bush Is A Dim-Bulb Uneducated Cowboy With No Gravitas Terry MacAuliffe DNC Fax talking points he could muster. Although O'Donnell DID finally say that "Blair prevailed in a vote," she didn't mention what the vote was - 400-something - 130-something. Nor did she mention a SECOND vote which Blair also won overwhelmingly.

They're still in Gate-Keeper Mode, hoping/thinking that if they don't report it, no one will know about it.

Michael

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Just about everyone you talk to has never heard of Estrada.

Thank you for sending letters to the editor. Keep writing. I sent out a few hundred last week and finally got one published in Sunday's Tampa Tribune.

There were over 2000 responses to yesterday's Estrada hearings - which is major interest from Freepers who will do much to spread the word.

This thread will hopefully show Senators and honest press people that AP's ignoring important facts about Miguel's case:
1)the historic first time any lower court nominee has been filibustered,
2)that all seven living Solicitors General (four of them Democrats) have said that the Democrats' reason for obstructing Miguel's vote - the request for privileged memos - should never be given up to a judicial committee,
3) that the 60-vote requirement is extra-Constitutional,
4) that the Democrats don't have one substantive reason to block Miguel's vote,
4) that a far left special interest group, PFAW is feeding the Senate Democrats talking points,
5) that unelected liberal law professor Lawrence Tribe (along with two of his associates) told the Democratic Senate to obstruct the President's agenda and judicial nominees at a Democratic retreat post election 2000....
and more.

Any one of those items rates at least one story. All together, they rate a continuing front page scandal about today's Democratic Senate.

We need to call Reid, Leahy, Schumer, Durbin, Clinton and Edwards and tell them that we are paying attention...and keep calling daily until Miguel's confirmed.

Those who claim we aren't paying attention, aren't listening to their constituents.

[Charles Henrickson]

The Democrats are being partisan and mean-spirited.

They are responsible for gridlock.

They are shutting down the government.

They are trying to hijack the confirmation process.

All I can say is . . .

No justices, no peace.

[MeekOneGOP]

bumpity bumpity ...

...and hoping John can breathe life back into the FR server.

[votelife]

My new talking point in Graham phone calls is roughly 80% of Floridians would vote YES on Estrada. Since Graham is not supporting, he's putting special interest groups above the wishes of his state.

Liberals love to talk about special interests, except when there LIBERAL special interests!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Keep writing and calling, ken. I sent AP the non-AP links above, told them they were neglecting to report the facts and that these many articles would help> (^:

E-mail major media:

 

info@ap.org

feedback@ap.org

editor@reuters.com

newsonline@bbc.co.uk

esw@rollcall.com

ABC's "20/20"

CBS' 60 Minutes

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Some good mega-media e-mail link sites:

 

http://www.conservativeusa.org/megalink.htm

 

http://globalfreepress.com/email_the_media.shtml

 

http://www.pregnantpause.org/people/media-em.htm#News

I think I broke the internet.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) says that the Democrats aren't worried because the American people aren't hearing about Miguel Estrada. Hah! Please help educate AP...and then call the Democrats, again! Story links above.

 

AP's very influential:

 

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1,700 U.S. daily, weekly, non-English and college newspapers

5,000 radio/TV outlets taking AP

750 taking AP Network News

55 taking AP All News Radio, AP's 24-hour news radio network.

330 International broadcasters who receive AP’s global video news service, APTN, and SNTV, a sports joint venture video service.

8,500 International subscribers who receive AP news and photos

121 number of countries served by AP

http://www.ap.org/pages/aptoday/aptoday_fact_fig.html

feedback@ap.org

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Maybe Graham's too big for us little Florida people. He's running for President as a Democrat which means he must appease the far left special interest groups - the socialist wing of the Democratic party (perhaps because the socialist party is the largest in the world, UN first! No more borders! We are the world! Constitution?).

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) actually repeated the "Miguel is not mainstream" talking point today. I laughed out loud and then called his office.

Today's Democratic Party: Mainstream? By the Numbers: CBC, CHC + Progressive Caucus [it's not about "race"].

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Re. #11:

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[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Dems. are gloating, claiming that the American people aren't hearing about Miguel so they won't have to pay a political price for their current misbehavior. We can fix that.

AP's slacking. Send them this thread. 10 post-recess articles on the AP newswires is nothing. Show them what others are writing (links here) and keep calling the Senators. Over 2000 responses on yesterday's live Estrada hearing thread. America is paying attention!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

FYI. Please help Freep AP. E-mail and story links here. Thank you!

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