Reply #90: I wouldn't call it concerted [View All]

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Concerted sounds paranoid. I just think the media is clueless, and generally doesn't like to work hard. They've decided that Dean is the story, and why cover anyone else. Of course, these same morons said that Dubya was unassailable a few months ago - so you'd think that they would have been properly humbled, and absorbed the lesson.

Why ask Dean how his position on Iraq ranged from Cowboy Dubya-ish (the Salon quote) to dedicated internationist (PBS Newshour quote) over a mere 29 days in January-February 2003 (a full four months after the vote that he criticizes Kerry, Edwards and Gephardt for)?

Personally, I think than anything that people in this country claim is evidence of a conspiracy is better explained by either stupidity or chronic inattention.

Still, the media are the gatekeepers in this society, and they need to do a better job - and they need to be constantly reminded of that. The Republicans have done an excellent job at getting their attention. It's time that we matched their effort.

Like much of the electorate in this country, the media is much less aware than they imagine they are.