talk.politics.misc

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:19:52 -0500, zzpat wrote:

>B1ackwater wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:21:56 -0400, "Harry Dope"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Democrats are scared shitless of FOXNEWS because they know they
>>> would have to answer questions.
>>
>> Republicans ain't too fond of CNN or CBS for the
>> same reasons :-)
>>
>> Face it, NO politician wants to be scrutinized - because
>> they ALL look really bad in close-up. Better they just
>> make their speeches, tell everyone what to think and do,
>> and never have to account for what THEY really think
>> and do.
>>
>
>Sometimes the media is the problem. Meet the Press is particularly bad.
>
>For example, the same Republicans who say they support war are never
>asked if they're willing to raise taxes to pay for the war but Democrats
>are always asked if they regret their vote (which makes them look weak).
> Every Republican is weak on the war also because they're unwilling to
>ask for any sacrifice.
>
>Russert was probably the biggest pro war reporter on TV and now he's
>rewriting history to make it look like he and his colleagues weren't
>part of the problem. Wolf Blitzer was 100% pro war and wrong. Brian
>Williams was 100% pro war and wrong. Chis Matthews was 100% pro war and
>wrong. Everyone at Fox was 100% pro war and wrong.
>
>It seems like it's ok for reporters to be 100% pro war and 100% wrong.
>
>Instead of pushing the problems behind the WMD intelligence they
>(Russert and Blitzer were the worst) pushed government propaganda. It
>was as if the networks and cable were taken over by the Bush White
>House. 100% propaganda, 100% wrong and now the politicians have to fix
>what they helped break.


The media folks *REALLY* wanted a shooting war - for the
obvious reasons. I think they helped tip 'reality' and
thus public opinion to get it. Once they'd used up all
the footage of big bomb blasts, tank attacks and firefights
they needed a NEW cause, a new passion ... and switched
to being ANTI-war, re-tilting reality and opinion to
create controversy and anger they could profit from.

It's the nature of the "news" biz. Has been for a long
time. Wasn't it old man Hearst who promised to deliver
a Spanish-American war built not on facts but on mere
allegations and artistic turns of phrase - and did ?