Reply #16: the media is LAZY! [View All]

[ginnyinWI]

Our short-attention-span public needs the easy stuff. The media is lazy. It wants an easy story, complete with pictures and soundbites and then it will act.

Last week they got what they wanted and did run some good coverage: CNN Headline News showed two clips of John Kerry criticizing the administration and defending the Democratic Party. His speech fit their need for hard-hitting statements put into easy sound bites and complete with video-- and they ran it every half-hour all day!