[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.

[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. "

FREED IRAQI'S CHEERING CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM WHO ARRIVED

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THIS JUST IN: "Americans who only watch CBS/CNN/NBC/ABC
are at risk for developing depression, shingles, and other DSM symptoms and signs.
The therapy may be as follows, Rx : FREE REPUBLIC 1-2x q2-6h or prn"

[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.

[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."

[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...

[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.

[katana]

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.

This paragraph is a keeper, but he forgot to mention Atlanta (CNN).

[I still care]

bttt for an excellent article.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Maybe it's early, but I can't see a source for this article. Sure would be nice to know that MILLIONS of Americans were reading it this morning. (^;

[George W. Bush]

Mean Daddy, where was this Morris piece published?

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The result has been a major shift in American media/news habits. While CBS viewership dropped 15 percent from pre-war totals, ABC fell 6 percent and NBC gained an anemic 3 percent, the Fox News Channel audience rose 236 percent while CNN and MSNBC (with smaller audiences) recorded similarly impressive gains. On morning TV, the cable show Fox and Friends actually drew 2.9 million viewers, more than CBS' 2.8 million on its Early Show - the first time a cable news station has beaten a network news program in ratings (but not the last).

Among younger viewers (18-34), CBS Evening News fell 16 percent while Fox News Channel gained fivefold.

ABCNNBCBS alert, Dave! We can't hold a funeral just yet but they're on their deathbed and refusing last rites. These shifts in viewership demographics are going to kill the socialist networks in coming years. They are doomed now, I think, even if they changed to an unbiased format. Too late to turn it around now.

[randita]

I watched ABC Evening News once during the war. They reported the Baghdad market attack as fact, complete with video footage from Al Jazeera running as background. Now we know the missile that fell in that market was an errant Iraqi one.

Why bother watching ABC News when you can watch Al Jazeera and get the original report?

[VadeRetro]

Toesucker Morris gets one right once in a while. This is one of those times.

[chilepepper]

Dick Morris is completely off target, and the "target" is so massive so I can't see how he missed it:

He makes an interesting list --

Civil War == Photography,
WWII == Radio,
Vietnam == Television,
GWI == CNN 24/7 News.

The next member of the series is, of course,

GWII == Internet.

The reason the major media news outlets "lost credibility" is also obvious, people could cross check their information on the internet with the major media.

I don't know about you folks, but I picked up my news from EVERYWHERE (Debka, the Russian "Intelligence" translations, FreeRepublic of course, as well as the Chilean TV & newspapers, Orlin Grabbe (!), BBC, Foxnews, and *even* CNN!

I purposely chose a wide a variey of news sources, from highly biased on each side, to rumor, to foreign -- then I made up my own mind based on as much information as I could get...