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See, falseseeker, I told you

Tankard2 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:32:05 +0000

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See, falseseeker, I told you we're still saying it.

Katie Couric for one seemed

NobleCommentDecider — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:49:23 +0000

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Katie Couric for one seemed to sense a total lack of any knowledge or intelligence in Palin. Anyone with a brain could tell the soulmate duo were a crock possibly even worse that Bush/Cheney. Even the media titans may have shuddered to think of McCain/Palin in the White House with the likes of Tucker Bounds as press spokesperson.

The media were more than fair in their coverage, and yet they may have had an increase in focus in their campaign reporting due to the myriad of economic and foreign policy catastrophes being left by Bush.

Katie Couric for one seemed

NobleCommentDecider — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:46:28 +0000

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Yet the media were more than fair in their coverage, and they may have had an increase in focus in their campaign reporting due to a collapsing stock market and rapidly sinking US economy.

Stop pickin' on Little Debbie

ifthethunderdontgetya — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:34:56 +0000

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Stop pickin' on Little Debbie Snackcakes!
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OMG, you two are hysterical.

KateO — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:26:43 +0000

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OMG, you two are hysterical. Have you ever noticed how she never ends a sentence? Also, by the way, Howell is terrible. She never hits the mark. Never. She uses the ombudsman role for her own purposes.

You sound like with that type

ttarleton — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:53:29 +0000

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You sound like with that type of comment you might be one of those bitter kind of people there! Also, I don't know for sure about that constitutional thing, it may be fungible, by you might be kind of restrictin' my 1st amendment rights by commentin' like that!

Hey now, don't forget they

Boyd Reed — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:45:44 +0000

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Hey now, don't forget they teach that fancy pageant walkin' too!

Then, also, in the schools, you have, this, also, this. You betcha!

Your last paragraph is

acanuck — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:40:29 +0000

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Your last paragraph is spot-on, Jade.
"Objectivity" is a journalistic concept, and -- most notably on the TV networks -- journalists are no longer calling the shots.
When entertainment divisions shape news coverage, an historic election becomes a new form of reality show -- "Ballot Bowl," as CNN called it.
"Objectivity" gets relegated to brief segments with titles like "Keeping Them Honest."
Even then, the goal appears to be parity: one dubious statement by McCain, another from Obama -- regardless of which is more egregious.
In answer to ttarleton, I have no idea what they teach in J-schools any more; mostly teleprompter reading, I guess.

False equivalence rules! Are

ttarleton — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:29:50 +0000

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False equivalence rules! Are they actually teaching that "parity" crap in journalism programs? Do any of you know?

Corporate media is

plee — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:21:00 +0000

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Corporate media is pro-Republican.