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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:57 AM Original message |
The Media Picks Its Preferred Story |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. D'ya think they all get together on some conference call and decide |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Absolutely. Every day the rnc or whomever has their daily talking |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. They dont need to on this one. Race-based stories are a given ratings booster..... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. I actually like this. It shows that Obama basically owns them. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Quite the opposite...... its' Beer-gate redux.... |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. CHRIS MATTHEWS HAS BEEN PUSHING RACE SINCE BEFORE ELECTION |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yeah so...?! Tweety would be right that this is racially motivated |
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MoJoWorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yep, anything to avoid letting Obama talk about Health Care.... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. the very people the President needs to convince won't..... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. If the average American has been paying attention, they know |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. The racism that exists on the fringe is not the problem..... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. * |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is a win-win for the repukes. It smacks down those who |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't think so. It's a lazy approach when health care is front and center |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Obama will definitely continue to brush it off. He has no other choice. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. What did the President say in the Sunday interviews about how he hopes the final bill includes a PO? |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Wrong. The win win is for Obama. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think this is an issue Obama has to sidestep. He really has no choice. He's got to tamp it down. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yes, yes and yes. NT |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. And the reason they can't is because no one has been stupid enough |
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Indigent (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. But isn't racism the preferred story in DU as of late? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Obama only said what he said because he had no alternative. |
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Indigent (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Or maybe Obama agrees with Colin Powell or Glenn Greenwald, who had an alternative n/t |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. It's the reality of what's going on but that doesn't mean the |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
19. It just occurred to me that race is going to be the M$M distraction for all of O's presidency |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
20. of course there is "nannying" of the press going on |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. They must protect themselves from this... |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. So apparently there were no blunders in any of the interviews. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. Most of the media are socially liberal & fiscally conservative. |
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