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Media Bias? Yes, for Hillary.
As pointed out by Jonathan Alter, the press wants Hillary to stay in this thing. A brokered convention is the stuff that the press' dreams are made of.
Dan Abrams (Video warning: May cause rise in blood temperature.) mentioned this argument, but threw it right out as his three analysts basically backed it up. Dan cut people off as they brought up the fact that Hillary's campaign, not the pundits, had decided that Ohio and Texas were her last chance. Dan set up the fictional case that the press was writing an early obituary for Clinton (because of disdain for her), despite the evidence to the contrary (i.e., that the obituary was written by her campaign and that the press was merely repeating it).
Is there bias in the media? Definitely. Is it against Hillary. Definitely NOT.
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Of course Time Warner, GE and Westinghouse want Clinton over Obama. Two are arms manufacturers, and Clinton is in bed with that industry. They've all swallowed her talking points and recited them verbatim. Nobody cares she's hiding her tax returns, or how many sleazy lobbyists she takes checks from. But Obama's middle name is of constant conversation. It was a brilliant deception, mounting these false complaints she was being beat up by the media, to help further her talking points. She's determined to get the nomination by hook or by crook, no matter what it does to the party or the country.
March 4, 2008 10:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
Its true, the media should be Hillary's best friend because their failure to ask even the most basic questions about her and her record is the only reason she even has a campaign.
My full analysis of the media bias issue:
http://thepersonalispolitical.tumblr.com/post/27451031
March 4, 2008 10:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
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