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Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

runasim — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:29:53 -0000

DLS-

Just like when talking about Democrats, I want to know which Democrats, when people like you keep on about he liberal media, I'd need to knwo which media, who and how.

These days, the media function on a business model and they will sell whatever commodiry has buyers, from Rush Limbaugh to Keith Oberman.
Being businesses, however, the executives are much friendlier to the GOP, as they are seen as more buisness friendly, If, however, there is hot 'liberal' story afoot, they will push that on the customers.

It's whatever sells (attracts viewers and advertisint)).
The liberal media meme is so passe.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

pacatrue — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:09:56 -0000

Flag lapel pins, Bosnia tales, and serving on a board with Ayers are certainly the fundamental issues facing our nation, so I think the debate did a perfect job in helping the American public choose a President.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

T-Steel — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:49:26 -0000

Actually DLS, I don't find your criticism grating at all. I think you have some good insight.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

ChrisWWW — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:07:00 -0000

Just look at the way the press treated Bush, how they treat McCain, how they treated Reagan vs. how they treat both Clinton's and now Obama. The proof is right before your eyes.

I hereby declare the media is conservative.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

DLS — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:03:56 -0000

OK, Chris, you can be mentally ill if you choose, but you don't advance yourself, to say the least.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

ChrisWWW — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:57:19 -0000

But at the same time, the very most stupid or dishonest people will deny that people in the media are liberal.

Only stupid or dishonest people would make such a claim after witnessing the media's transformation in the last 30 years.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

DLS — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:48:19 -0000

"unconstitional" Nice wine at lunchtime. I'm still in a Ted Kennedy kind of mindset.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

DLS — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:47:41 -0000

T-Steel: In case you wish to know, you will be relieved to know that I make the distinction between Obama the subject of cult leftist idiocy and transparently hypocritical (and unconstitional) predictable-leftist reverse racism, and Obama not only the young, attractive "package" but qualified candidate for the Presidency. Just in case you found some of my criticism to be grating at times.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

DLS — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:44:51 -0000

But at the same time, the very most stupid or dishonest people will deny that people in the media are liberal.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

ChrisWWW — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:29:47 -0000

Damozel,
You seem to have missed the last few months, so let me bring you up to date via Andrew Sullivan:

Hillary Clinton has argued he is less qualified to be commander-in-chief than the Republican nominee, John McCain. She has said she doesn't know for sure he is not a secret Muslim. She has said his choice of church is unacceptable to her. She has said he deliberately wants many Americans to continue scraping by without health insurance.

Her campaign has insinuated he was once a drug dealer. The Clintons have publicly associated Obama with domestic terrorist William Ayers, with the militant Palestinian group Hamas and with anti-semitic demagogue Louis Farrakhan.

I would agree that early on Hillary unfairly received the "villainess edit" but now she has more than earned it.

And I'm going to tell you what I told Pete Abel:
Please stop wasting your time on the Politico. It's just another cog in the Fox News/Limbaugh/Drudge machine.

Re: The Media’s Role in the Obama Phenomenon: a Sign of Deeper Trends

T-Steel — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:49:32 -0000

When I first heard Senator Obama was going for Dem nomination, I immediately thought:

Black guy running for POTUS? If he wins a primary early, he's going to get some serious LOVE.

When he won Iowa, we saw it. The press went nuts. Heck I even went a little nuts myself. All I kept saying was that "white people voted for him so he has a chance". The media love was bound to happen since a Clinton is the hunt. Obama was/is the new guy, Clinton is the old guard. Give the love to the new guy.

What I don't believe (which has been peddled in some circles) is that Obama is some sort of "master puppeteer" that is guiding MSM. He's taking advantage of a situation (although that situation is evaporating). Another thing is that Obama isn't from the Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton school of black politics. MSM is comfortable with roughing them up. Obama is the "unknown black dude that doesn't sound like Jackson/Sharpton and isn't a minister". Seems like the MSM is trying to get a handle on Obama (Rev. Wright helped) but Obama is still a little hard to peg.