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Originally Posted by Professor S
Dyflon, Germ and Jason, you can hoot and howl all you like about claims of media bias, but a spade is a spade. No amount of jokes or mocking can erase the OBVIOUS bias that the media has shown since the Palin pick. That doesn't mean that I am defending her pick, it just means I'm pointing out the obvious. At some point you'll have to look at a situation and recognize it for what it is.
The problem with how the left is reacting to this, is that its working for McCain. The more the Palin pick receives such hollywood and media backlash, the more they alientate the country from the cause, and point out Obama's own inexperience and the fact that he is the PRESIDENTIAL candiate with little experience, and not the VP candidate and thats a big difference.
In the end, if they continue with such wolfpack tactics, this is going to be 2004 all over again: The Republicans will win and the Democata will be left scratching their heads, wondering how the hell they lost.
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Okay...You call it obvious bias and I say that it's not obvious bias. Where have we gotten with this? You know who first called out the "liberal media?" It was segregationists. They were upset that Blacks were getting an equal say opposing Jim Crow laws. But, no, I guess they shouldn't have reported that because it was biased against the segregationists. I understand this doesn't really have to do with current times, but there's been nothing to show me coverage has been biased. It seems like the Right knows they have the media in their back pocket and are afraid when the left makes any kind of intrusion on it.
I love your term, "wolfpack tactics." I guess that means FLAT OUT LYING from the McCain campaign. They were even called out by FACTCHECK.ORG for mis-quoting one of their articles. They said Palin went to Iraq, she didn't. Their attack ads have been downright shameful. They said Obama taught sex-ed to kindergarteners, but it was really just a bill to teach them how to avoid approaching threatening strangers. And guess what? The media hasn't given McCain nearly as much shit as he deserves for it. You can say it's as effective as it is, but you can't deny that it makes McCain lose a hell of a lot of integrity. You can stand by these so-called "wolf-pack" ideals if you want, but I don't know how you live with yourself by supporting them, just like I don't know how McCain does. Case in point from the McCain campaign
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'We’re running a campaign to win. And we’re not too concerned about what the media filter tries to say about it.’
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They don't care about people or the issues. Sad.
Palin is a fad. The post-convention bump has already showed itself. Gallup has it at 47% to 45% McCain, a statistical tie. Smart people will tire of the negative campaign run by the countless D.C lobbyists and Karl Rove. Just because the media calls them out on his lies doesn't mean they are biased. Have you ever thought that maybe Palin just has a hell of a lot more dirt on her than Obama?? It's been 19 months, maybe Obama has a lot less skeletons in his closet than you want him to. McCain cheated on his bed-ridden wife, I haven't heard much about this. I wonder why...
EDIT: And I posted the SNL thing because I thought it was, you know, funny. There's no reason to get bent out of shape about it.