Liberal Watchdog Challenges Anti-McCain Media Bias
The McCain campaign has gotten a lot of mileage lately from its not-so-subtle cries of media bias in favor of Sen. Barack Obama. Rubbish, says Media Matters for America, a liberal media watchdog group. ABC News reports that the organization -- which published a book titled "Free Ride" about McCain's historically cozy relationship with the press -- is airing an ad that shows Sen. John McCain has gotten his share of media adulation. From ABC News:
In a new ad to run on cable stations, Media Matters for America argues that McCain -- not Obama -- is the favored candidate of the press. The ad splices together comments by prominent media figures on the press’ favorable relationship with the Arizona Republican -- and features a cartoon version of McCain picking flower petals while saying, "They love me, they love me not."
Most notably, the ad features a famous clip of Chris Matthews -- who was featured prominently in McCain's "Obama Love" ad, swooning over Obama -- declaring that the media is McCain's "base." It is unclear how much of an impact the ad will have on the public's perception -- especially since it has become almost axiomatic that the press is in the bag for Obama. But it is a reminder that, for the bulk of his political career, McCain has gotten extremely favorable coverage from the media. The presumed GOP nominee owes his reputation as a maverick to countless newspaper articles that ingrained this image into the public consciousness, and McCain's experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam allowed the Arizona senator to deflect criticism a priori. It's hard to have a lot of sympathy for him if the magic is gone from that romance.
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Posted 07/29/2008 06:10pm with
Liberal Media Bias? I think not.
journalists at the Unity ‘08 National Convention in Chicago all the while
complaining he’s not getting nearly enough news coverage. With all these journalists losing out on a great opportunity to meet with and write about
the man, could it be they might be looking for something to report, a story
to investigate?
three birds with one stone – take mainstream media to task for not giving
voters coverage on the full McCain, bring attention to a health issue
affecting many veterans, and give Senator McCain the level of news coverage
he craves.
these minority journalists will pander to Obama because of race, while
disregarding their own consistent record of filling us full with stories of
McCain’s war ‘hero’ trials and tribulations without giving us the full story.
numerous articles on his status as a POW, inform us each and every time one
vet speaks out about the torture of John McCain, even going into great detail
about the types of torture and the number of years the man was tortured. Yet,
it never enters their minds to ever ask the obvious question – “Could the man
running for the highest office in the United States of America, a job with
incredible stress, possibly suffer from PTSD?”
million hits will appear. Most are articles by veteran groups having to do
with McCain’s lack of support for veterans and his actions to shut down the
MIA/POW investigations, while many others discuss the very real possibility
he suffers from PTSD. Now go to Google News section and enter ‘mccain ptsd’.
approximately 80 hits, you will be lucky to pull up one or two articles
addressing this issue.
media articles updating us on the hour about a simple mole removal.
McCain may suffer from PTSD or perhaps LOSS. They are more than willing to
write about the details of McCain’s torture but not the probable result of said torture.
“Among U.S. servicemen taken captive during the Korean War, as many as nine
out of 10 survivors may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and
other mental disorders more than 35 years after their release” [ psychologist Patricia B. Sutker of the New Orleans Veterans Administration Medical Center and her colleagues report in the January AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY]
the symptoms, yet no one in mainstream media will question him, a candidate
for Commander in Chief, a man who has an infamous history of an out of
control temper who refuses to release his full military medical records to
the general press.
McCain does not suffer from ptsd? Call me, I need gas money.
‘Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, can result from wartime trauma such
as suffering wounds or witnessing others being hurt. Symptoms include
irritability or outbursts of anger, sleep difficulties, trouble
concentrating, extreme vigilance and an exaggerated startle response.’
[Reuters]
question the history and events leading us into war. They refused. To
their credit, however, they ‘apologized’ years later for their failure to
fully report these events.
in our country, the President of the United States, our Commander in Chief?”
elephant in the room, put a politician before country, violate the spirit of
journalism and ignore the ethics that bind them, or they can do their job.
Posted 07/30/2008 01:55pm with
Media bias toward Obama? What a laugh!! If anything, the media seems to be overcompensating for what a lot of people saw as excessive adulation for Obama.
They keep giving this nincompoop a pass, when he commits gaffes and tells outrageous lies. It is obvious that a lot of people failed to learn the right lessons from 8 years of George W. Bush. I have always heard that insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL GET IF THIS MAN BECOMES PRESIDENT!!
Posted 07/30/2008 07:34pm with
hey, they gave McCain coverage, its not the medias fault he was on the CHEESE isle ?
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