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"Harry Hope" |
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17 Jan 2004 07:19:04 AM |
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Media Analyst Says Press Gives Bush a Free Ride |
In "Fraud," Waldman looks to specifically address why Bush did not
receive more scrutiny from the press.
"Bush proved you don't have to show them the real man, you just have
to show someone who looks like the real man," Waldman said.
Bush's widely publicized habits of providing nicknames for reporters
produced the "illusion of intimacy" and his oft-reported verbal
mishaps first seemed like a liability, but soon became an asset,
Waldman said.
He believes that the press let Bush escape accountability for his
words because they believed him to not be intelligent enough to lie.
This was in contrast to the treatment of former Vice President Al
Gore, Waldman explained, who he said received intense press scrutiny
because his articulate speech gave people the impression that he was
the calculating one.
Waldman said the sentiment among reporters was, "[Gore's] the smart
one, so he's trying to lie."
More than three years later, it's hard for conservatives "to argue
with a straight face that the media has treated him [Bush] badly,"
Waldman said.
Waldman said that Sept. 11, 2001, also made the media hypersensitive
to public opinion and more careful about questioning the White House.
"Going against the mood" is something reporters are afraid to do, he
said.
"I do think they fell down on this one," Waldman said about the
performance of the press during 9/11 and the war on Iraq.
"Reporters could've done a much better job asking, 'What is it they're
trying to say and where's the proof?'"
"I'm not trying to bash the press," Waldman added, especially when he
takes into account deadline pressure.
But to him, "What looks like objectivity is giving him [Bush] the path
to lie."
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/newsroom/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2071018
January 16, 2004
Waldman Says Press Gives Bush a Free Ride
By Sonya Moore
Conservatives have long complained about the media's "liberal bias."
Increasingly, liberals claim that much of the media actually tilts
right.
Whatever the truth, political and media analyst Paul Waldman declares
a fundamental difference: liberals in the media tend to at least
pursue objectivity while conservatives rarely bother.
And President Bush, he told E&P, effectively exploits this gap.
"Most reporters who are liberal," he said, "will bend over backwards
to prove that their work is not biased."
In fact, Waldman's new book, "Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies
and Why the Media Didn't Tell You," published by Sourcebooks Inc. on
Thursday, was inspired, he said, by e-mails he sent (as early as 2000)
to friends and family asserting that the media was letting Bush get
away with so much.
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Bush getting a free ride? Really?
Harry
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| User: "Lone Ranger" |
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28 Jan 2004 05:35:15 PM |
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:19:04 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
In fact, Waldman's new book, "Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies
and Why the Media Didn't Tell You," published by Sourcebooks Inc. on
Thursday, was inspired, he said, by e-mails he sent (as early as 2000)
to friends and family asserting that the media was letting Bush get
away with so much.
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Bush getting a free ride? Really?
From the "liberal" media? You're kidding, right?
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Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!
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| User: "King Pineapple" |
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| Title: Re: Media Analyst Says Press Gives Bush a Free Ride |
28 Jan 2004 06:59:47 PM |
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Paid Political Hack "Lone Ranger"
<snowball2002@bigfoot.com.spamalamadingdong> wrote in message
news:40183a75.6977773@news.online.no...
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:19:04 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
In fact, Waldman's new book, "Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies
and Why the Media Didn't Tell You," published by Sourcebooks Inc. on
Thursday, was inspired, he said, by e-mails he sent (as early as 2000)
to friends and family asserting that the media was letting Bush get
away with so much.
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Bush getting a free ride? Really?
From the "liberal" media? You're kidding, right?
This is the same "conservative media" that called the state of Florida for
Bush's opponent before the polls had even closed, then rushed to again to
recount the votes to try and prove Gore won.
This is the same "conservative media" that trumpeted headlines that "Bush
knew" about 9-11 in advance.
"I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things"-
CBS News Managing Editor/Chief Anchor Dan Rather
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| User: "Gary Forbis" |
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| Title: Re: Media Analyst Says Press Gives Bush a Free Ride |
29 Jan 2004 01:53:48 AM |
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"King Pineapple" <saddlepill@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<7WYRb.832$GO6.169@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>...
Paid Political Hack "Lone Ranger"
<snowball2002@bigfoot.com.spamalamadingdong> wrote in message
news:40183a75.6977773@news.online.no...
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:19:04 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
In fact, Waldman's new book, "Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies
and Why the Media Didn't Tell You," published by Sourcebooks Inc. on
Thursday, was inspired, he said, by e-mails he sent (as early as 2000)
to friends and family asserting that the media was letting Bush get
away with so much.
_____________________________________________________
Bush getting a free ride? Really?
From the "liberal" media? You're kidding, right?
This is the same "conservative media" that called the state of Florida for
Bush's opponent before the polls had even closed, then rushed to again to
recount the votes to try and prove Gore won.
The media used exit polling to call Florida. Only Fox threw it the other
way and it had Republican political hacks with close ties to Bush as their
analysts.
The people rushing for a recount were people in the Democratic party.
The "liberal media" were reporting the news, which is quite different
than rushing "to recount the votes to try and prove Gore won." News
media should report the news not editorialize about it.
This is the same "conservative media" that trumpeted headlines that "Bush
knew" about 9-11 in advance.
Can you give specific examples of this last assertion.
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