Media Meltdown

April 14, 2003 | Dick Morris

[Mean Daddy]

As much as I distrust him, I think he's onto something with his article. Iraq wasn't the only regime tore down by President Bush.

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[twntaipan]

bttt

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Bump to the toe.

[Mustang]

Maybe...just maybe...toe sucking is the cure for leftist nitwittery.

Mustang sends from "Malpaso" News.

[patriciaruth]

Ping.

[marktwain]

This has been building for a long time, but especially since 1994. Americans expected change when the Republicans won the House and the Senate. They started to get it, then the OldDominantLiberalMedia went into overdrive damage control mode. They sacrificed decades of carefully nurtured, if undeserved, credibility in order to keep their guy, Clinton, in the White House.

The war coverage may be the turning point for a majority of Americans, but It started much earlier. This is the dawning of a golden age for America, where Truth and Skepticism will take their rightful predominant place with care for "the chilrun".

[patriciaruth]

Morris didn't think Bush would win the Senate in the 2002 Election, so wishful thinking of his old affiliations still affect his thinking; but he does often have a sharp eye for trends.

[Diogenesis]

" In the Iraq War, the public may well have learned not to trust the broadcast networks or the establishment newspapers. "

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[EternalVigilance]

Yep. And the other thing, which the toesucker didn't mention, is the power of the internet.

Personally, I never switched on a TV throughout the war, believe it or not. I followed it on FR, and watched live feeds from all over the world on my computer screen; including the live feed that culminated in the now-famous events outside the Palestine Hotel.

[ErnBatavia]

Bump to the toe.

I hadn't checked the author until I saw how you bumped the thread!

[Bluntpoint]

My once healthy parrot died when I lined his cage with the NYTs. The vet said he died of Active Colon Disease. That is, he could not stop crapping. Frank Rich killed my "Polly."

[Cboldt]

Those in professional politics take the media's distortions for granted, and even learn to play them through what has come to be called "spin." We know what's happening in Washington, the White House and Congress; each morning, when we read the version the media give to the public, we can't but help notice the difference.

The "elite" have noticed that the media does not accurately portray reality, and the "elite" have no incentive to announce or address it. In fact, the media is an organ, a part of the elite, and accuracy is NOT part of the agenda. At best, the goal is market share and revenue. At worst, the goal is manipulation of public opinion and perception in order to effect a deeper level of control.

[MEG33]

Dick read the polls..He knows which side the public is on.

[Amalie]

I would agree. in fact, I even agree with John Kerry on this one issue- I think we need (and are going to get) some regime change - change in editors, news anchors, newspaper slant, etc. Financially, it's the only thing that will save some of these "institutions." Let's leave Walter Chronkite, perky Katie Couric, and thier ilk in the dustbin of failed ideas. Next up - colleges...

[MEG33]

You missed some fine footage from the embeds and interviews of our troops.Cable of course.

[dawn53]

The person who came up with the "embeds" also gets some of the credit.

If these reporters had not been "embedded" they would have been on the sidelines, giving cynical reports about what was happening from Kuwait and Qatar.

The only reporters covering the stories in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities would have been Peter Arnett and the anti-American foreign reporters and we wouldn't have seen the same pictures that we've been seeing. They would have avoided the jubilant crowds and the positive images.

[ImpBill]

"This has been a rough war for tyrants and those who try to control the thoughts of their people. In Baghdad - but also in Manhattan, at the headquarters of the Times, NBC, CBS and ABC."

Says it all. The left tried to compare Bush to Hitler and Sadamn, but the biggest comparison is that the "Leftist, Elite Media Guard" is a whole team of Bagdad-Bobs.

[EternalVigilance]

I'm with you EV.

I always knew you were one sharp cookie! ;-)