President CNNMSNBCFOX....media reminding Bush who is the boss.

[madfloridian]

This is a nice little write-up, reminding to never trust what we see and hear.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_r__j__ko_050825_president_cnnmsnbcfo.htm

"Media coverage of the ongoing Bush/Sheehan matter is worth following, not for its substance - that is sorely lacking - but rather, for the audacity the media is showing by giving its favorite child a public spanking.

"Media" refers to the conglomerates that currently pose as the fourth estate and, in effect, lull the public into thinking it still has someone or something looking out for it by checking government excess and/or abuse of power.

In the current Bush vacation/war/Cindy script, the media is attacking its own valuable creation. After all, Bush is pro-business, anti- regulation, and has done wonders for media conglomerates with his version of the FCC. As for being a media creation, even Bush has recognized his true Creator for some time now. This is evidenced by his quote while mulling his first run for Governor of Texas:

"You know I could run for governor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office.

The media maketh and the media taketh away, my friends.

And this one little remembrance of remarks made on Hardball just before the media turned again someone else:

To understand why Dean took this beating (in January, 2004), one should refer to an interview Dean did with Chris Mathews on Hardball in the previous month.

The following are 3 Dean quotes from the interview:

"What I'm going to do is appoint people to the FCC that believe democracy depends on getting information from all portions of the political spectrum, not just one… Yes, we're going to break up giant media enterprises… You have got to say that there has to be a limit as to how-- if the state has an interest, which it does, in preserving democracy, then there has to be a limitation on how deeply the media companies can penetrate every single community. To the extent of even having two or three or four outlets in a single community, that kind of information control is not compatible with democracy."

Lastly, if 633 replays of a misleading tape proved insufficient to derail the Dean threat to their continued consolidation, the Center for Media and Public Affairs reported that only 39 percent of Dean's coverage on the network evening news was positive during the week after Iowa. By contrast, rival John Edwards' coverage was 86 percent positive during the same period, and John Kerry's was 71 percent positive.

[yorkiemommie1]

1. the quote from * is Priceless !!

saving that one !

[snot]

2. At this point, I'm thinking Bush has limited remaining value--

He can't be elected again, so his greatest remaining potential value is to serve as a scape-goat to carry off as many sins as possible and let a new Repub candidate emerge free from taint.

[Daphne08]

3. Now I know why the media destroyed Howard Dean

I didn't realize that he was so dedicated to media reform... which is exactly what MUST occur or we will lose our country!

[wli]

4. So that's why Dean's been so harshly muzzled. n/t

[Dr Fate]

5. Muzzled? I saw him on cable & network TV shows like 10 times this summer.

They didn't cut his mic or censor him to my knowledge.

[wli]

6. I boycott the MSM so I don't know firsthand

It certainly sounded as if he'd been smeared or muzzled or something, but what do I know.