From coast to coast, newspapers fall for McCain's phony 'change' line

After a big news event, I often look at the Newseum's collection of front pages from across the country. After last night's "speech," I figured that I'd check to see how many newspapers were taking any sort of critical look at the speech -- much as so many did after Obama's acceptance speech.

What I see disgusts and angers me.

Every newspaper I look at gushes nothing but unflattering praise for McCain in its big display type and choice of photos. And the key word CHANGE is emblazoned across dozens of those pages in very large type, demonstrating how McCain has co-opted Obama with the complicit help of this nation's corporate newspapers. While some of the front-page stories may have some parts that question the speech, the display type and photos are what make the largest impact upon American readers, and the message from today's front pages is undeniable: We like McCain, and you'd better like him, too.

Rarely have I become so angry while looking at the day's front pages that I've had to stop partway through. But that's what happened today. And newspapers wonder why their circulation is collapsing. Regardless of whatever good work newspapers do in covering local news, their continued shilling for the Republican Party casts a cloud over the industry, and Americans are seeing through their bullshit.

I'm sure there must be at least a couple newspapers that didn't strap on the kneepads for Karl Rove on today's front page, but I'm too angry to hunt them down.

That's what it amounts to.

It's the same old moldy bill of goods that didn't work with Reagan and the Bewshes and it's NOT going to work this time. In politics, past performance is USUALLY a guarantee of future results.

Change from McSame? How would that look, exactly?

lol

We need a strong one. Now.