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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:11 PM
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Can someone explain to me why FOX NEWS is CHEERLEADING!!! for Clinton
WTF!!!!!
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:11 PM
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1. Hillary is the Neocon's candidate of choice on the democratic side.
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nomorewhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:16 PM
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19. exactly! the right wing is absolutely SALIVATING over a hillary nomination
they want to eat her alive, and they believe with certainty that mccain would destroy her
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:26 PM
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25. I agree! NT
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JimGinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:12 PM
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2. Isn't It Obvious?
She can't beat McCain, He can.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:12 PM
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3. Because they think McCain can win is she's the nominee.
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BooScout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:12 PM
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4. Maybe they got Obama's memo on being bipartisian?
:evilgrin:
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:12 PM
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5. Because they have no chance of beating Obama, and every chance of beating Hillary.
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EV_Ares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:13 PM
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6. Remember, Rupert Murdoch held a huge fundraiser for her at his
personal home. I would guess she would do what she could to help him do more consolidation of his media empire. He is zeroing in on the NY Times which he wants.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:13 PM
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7. A Hillary nomination is a win-win for the Rethugs
Edited on Mon Mar-03-08 08:14 PM by rocknation
She'll be easiest to beat because she was for Iraq before she was against it. And if she wins anyway, she'll be easier for them to control via her DLC ties.

:headbang:
rocknation
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jazzjunkysue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:13 PM
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8. They wanted her from the start. She's the new Joe Liebermann.
She'll do all their dirty work for them. She'll never tell.
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blonndee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:13 PM
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9. Do you really have to ask? n/t
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dempartisan23 Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:14 PM
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10. they want mccain to win
fox news hopes we are stupid enough to vote for clinton tomorrow. will we?
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:14 PM
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11. They WANT her to win.
Easy win for McCain thereafter.
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:14 PM
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12. They want the Democrats at each other's throats all the way to the convention.
While the primary's still contested, the GOP's watching and eating popcorn.

They want us tearing each other apart, so Hillary's their gal.
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:14 PM
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13. Cuz' McCain supposedly can coast to victory if Hillary is the nominee.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:14 PM
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14. The RNC is doing all they can to try to make her the nominee
Otherwise, they are fucked and they know it.



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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:15 PM
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15. She's doing their work concerning Obama.
It's a rating Bonanza.
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NoBushSpokenHere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:15 PM
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16. No, she is the "Selection" made long ago when the NAFTA deal was made nt
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:15 PM
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17. It's simple....
...McCain can beat Clinton. McCain cannot beat Obama.

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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:16 PM
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We all know why
Don't we?
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:16 PM
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18. The Republicans like her.
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:17 PM
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20. This is a rhetorical question - right? nt
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:30 PM
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21. You just got this memo?
:rofl:
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:49 PM
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22. Murdoch is a HUGE Clinton supporter
Murdoch is, if nothing else, a good judge of character. He knows a right-winger when he sees one.


Murdoch backs old adversary Clinton
Email Printer friendly version Normal font Large font Anne Davies, Herald Correspondent in Washington
December 1, 2007


Helping hands … Hillary Clinton, whose campaign relies on donors' generosity.
Photo: AP

Advertisement
RUPERT MURDOCH'S Fox News network might lean to the right and its commentators be harsh critics of the Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, but it seems its boss has paid to support her campaign - as have many News Corp executives.

The Federal Election Commission's donor disclosures reveal that Rupert Murdoch and his son James, chief executive of BSkyB in Britain, have each personally contributed generously to Senator Clinton's presidential campaign as have several board members and senior executives.

(snip)

It works like this: a bundler asks employees, board members, wives, children and friends to donate to a particular candidate. It is illegal for a person to reimburse its employees but some make donations to a charity of the person's choice if the employee makes the political donation.

The Centre for Responsive Politics, a non-profit group in Washington that researches the donor lists, says News Corporation is Senator Clinton's 20th largest supporter. Its executives and staff have contributed more than $US93,000 to her campaign so far.

(snip)

News Corp is not Senator Clinton's largest donor - that honour goes to the law firm DLA Piper, closely followed by Goldman Sachs - nor is it doing anything wrong. But the practice of bundling is causing significant concern among organisations that campaign for transparency in the big-money world of US politics.

"Bundlers are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars and they are doing it in the dark. We don't know who they are and how much the candidate owes them. These are the people who get ambassadorships to places like Australia, as well as access to the president, once the candidate wins," says Massie Ritsch, communications director of the Centre for Responsive Politics.

(snip)

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/murdoch-backs-old-adversary-clinton/2007/11/30/1196394619033.html



Clinton and Murdoch
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RBInMaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:53 PM
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23. They want to keep the D fighting going and want Hillary to win.
The right wing is praying that she wins. They want to run against her in November, and she will unite their fractured party the likes you'd never believe.
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:54 PM
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24. Media Bias in Favor of Obama And Against Hillary :Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) took the
Media Bias in Favor of Obama And Against Hillary Clinton:Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
It appears Obama is getting a taste of what real question are about..real media IN YOUR FACE! He is scared and doesn't like it...some leadership.
There is a 4 page pdf doc (03/08)..worth the read!

I made a post to GD ..here..won't circulate...wtf?

* http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...


Persistent Media Bias in Favor of Barack Obama And Against Hillary Clinton
Edited on Mon Mar-03-08 07:24 AM by Algorem
(4 pages,pdf)
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/Important%20memo%20 ...

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/th ...

Persistent Media Bias in Favor of Barack Obama
And Against Hillary Clinton
Independent media watchdog groups have documented a persistent and pervasive media
bias in favor of Barack Obama and against Hillary Clinton.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) took the media to task for writing the
obituary of Hillary Clinton prior to the New Hampshire primary. Tellingly, FAIR’s
report ended with the admonition, “The press corps seems chastened by their misreading
of the New Hampshire electorate, and many are vowing to be more cautious in their
assumptions. Will they follow through on their own advice?” Events since then—
especially in this crucial week leading up to primaries in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and
Vermont—indicate that the answer to that question is, “No.”
Leading up to the New Hampshire primary, the storyline on the Democratic side was the
disastrous state of the Clinton campaign. Her loss was a given; it seemed the only
considerations were the margin of defeat and whether or not she would even continue
running at all. The day of the primary, the Washington Post reported (1/8/08) that a
second loss to Obama "would leave the New York senator's candidacy gasping for
breath," and declared that Clinton's vow to stay in the race
may be more wish than reality. By Wednesday, it may be too late. By then, Obama's
campaign may have inflicted enough damage on the woman-who-was-once-inevitable
that no amount of readjusting, recalibrating and rearranging will give her the wherewithal
to overcome two big losses in the first contests of the 2008 nomination battle.
Clinton, of course, won the primary--surprising the pundits and contradicting the polls
that journalists unwisely use to set the tone of so much of their coverage. In the
aftermath, the media were left asking what went "wrong" with the numbers. As the front
page of USA Today declared (1/10/08), "For pollsters, N.H. 'unprecedented.'" But this
isn't so; the actual USA Today story included a state pollster who noted that pre-election
polls in 2000 vastly underestimated John McCain's victory over George W. Bush. Right
before the primary, the New York Times reported (1/30/00) that "a series of polls showed
the two Republican front-runners in a dead heat." Given that McCain won by 19 points,
journalists and pollsters puzzling over Clinton's showing are ignoring very recent history.
. .
As it stands now, the races for the major party nominations are remarkably close. The
most valuable service journalists could provide now would be to illustrate the differences
between the candidates on the major issues of importance to voters. The press corps
seems chastened by their misreading of the New Hampshire electorate, and many are
vowing to be more cautious in their assumptions. Will they follow through on their own
advice? And will voters ever get campaign reporting that helps them make informed
choices about the direction of their democracy?
(FAIR Media Advisory, “Humbled in New Hampshire,” January 11, 2008)....

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