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johnnyrocket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 01:10 PM
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Coverage of Lieberman and Hagel comments illustrates imbalance in media
Facinating analysis by media matters, its stunning the extent of the MSM's criminal conspiracy with Bush and Co.



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the extent to which the media ignored Hagel's criticism of Bush is simply stunning. A search of the Nexis database finds only 47 news stories that have mentioned Hagel and variants on the word "demonize"; only 16 stories mention Hagel's suggestion that Bush's criticism of those who disagree with him is "not democracy nor what this country has stood for."
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That is a huge contrast to the wall-to-wall media coverage given Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman's (CT) recent criticism of fellow Democrats
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http://mediamatters.org/items/200512100004#2
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