Mediamatters.org: "The Edwards standard and John McCain"

[spooky3]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200806270008?f=h_top

"During John Edwards' campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, media regularly treated his personal wealth as a key to assessing his policy proposals -- a standard that is not being applied to John McCain.

It often seemed as though the news media was incapable of running a story about Edwards' anti-poverty proposals without noting his own wealth. The Washington Post, for example, ran a 203-word blurb about Edwards' eight-state poverty tour, opening it with a 28-word reminder of the candidate's fortune: "John Edwards is battling back the 'three H's' that have dogged his campaign -- expensive haircuts, a lavish new house and a stint working for a hedge fund."

That was nothing new for the Post, which spent much of 2007 in an apparent bid to become the nation's leading source of haircut journalism (four separate articles in the paper's December 11, 2007, edition mentioned the Edwards haircut, many months after it first made "news.") A later article about the poverty tour reported in the fourth paragraph: "Edwards urged reporters to 'please stay focused on the stories we heard' from the workers, rather than the candidate." Paragraphs five, six, and seven then dwelled on "a series of controversies that cast doubt on the image he has cultivated as a millionaire lawyer who as the son of a millworker understands the plight of those with less than he has."

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On The Chris Matthews Show, Matthews aired a clip of McCain attacking Obama's tax plan -- but didn't point out that McCain and his wife would save more than $360,000 less under Obama's plan than under his own. Like The Washington Post, neither Matthews nor any of his guests made even passing mention of McCain's personal wealth. (Matthews on Edwards last year: "John Edwards, that dude with the hot-ticket haircuts, now wants the rest of us to cool it on expensive cars.")"

The librul media strike again...

[waiting for hope]

1. I serious ...

Let's all get our pitchforks out start a revolt. The "average" citizen has way too many other things to think/worry about to notice this type of blatant hypocrisy.



I'm so over the media - when will it end?

[iris5426]

2. ugh.

the media is such crap.

[Catchawave]

3. Unfortunately, McCain isn't an advocate for the poor....

Hence he dodges the "wealth" bullet (free ride!) in the media. :mad:

JE said over and over that his personal taxes would go up under his (own) plan, and that it was "giving back" for his public education and other opportunities afforded him.

But what really burns me, are that the progressive blogs let JE down. Where were they defending John when we needed them too.

Markos led the charge when he went after him for accepting PubFi. "He can't be competitive NOW"....and John was thrown under the blogger bus :cry:

[spooky3]

4. The media bosses aren't comfortable with the concept of noblesse oblige

They feel they deserve their $ and power. And anyone (and who is more credible that someone arguing against his/her apparent immediate self-interest?) who questions that will be humiliated and personally attacked, since the concept itself is honorable.

[saracat]

5. And the self described liberals enthuse about a decision by a nominee NOT to take public financing

and to suck at the tough of the wealthy to get as much money as possible! That was why our nominee had to meet with the "big donors" and also why he went to Hollywood. Make no mistake , the campaign isn't funded by little donors and as it stands, no campaign ever will be. I don't understand "how" this is supposed to be admirable. As an Edwards supporter first and foremost I don't. One cannot be concerned with the fate of the average person and the poor person and do this. It isn't possible.

This is all justified under the rationale of winning" while as JRE said, "children are going to bed hungry tonight". I am sickened by all of this money being thrown away and none of it going to any good use. I think the public election funding ought to be mandated and I think we need to bring back the Fairness in media act.Otherwise our elections are nothing more than product placement and job opportunities for agencies media and consultants.

[spooky3]

7. the system is very definitely broken.

[balantz]

6. For a taste of what I think of the media

please take some time to scrutinize these well made studies:

http://www.youtube.com/user/simonshack

Please spend a little time there with an open mind.