Reply #29: Years from now, [View All]

[karynnj]

I suspect some scholar will compare the full CSPAN archieved Kerry speesches of Fall 2004 to the archieved "news" reports. The media filter had a huge impact. Throughout the fall, I would watch a CSPAN speech, full of energy, exuberance and hope - only to see lackluster coverage. ie Candy Crowley on CNN speaking of where Kerry was, then some comments on his topic and complaints that he criticized the Dear Leader. Then cut to Kerry for less than a minute. The camera shots were interesting and contrived to not show the huge crowds. But those people were there. Think what the impact would have been with decent coverage.