Comments on: Our Media At Work

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:48:59 +0000

wendy - my apologies. You are correct; the American people can sniff out a phoney from a thousand miles away. That’s why they voted for that famous brush-clearing son of the working class George W. Bush.

By: Wendy Whinner

Wendy Whinner — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:55:00 +0000

You know I just realized something.

This Obama - Clinton firestorm has wreaked havoc on Susie’s blogging voice. She is shaken to the core as many of her former allies, kindred spirits and fellow bloggers have turned against Susie’s choice. This has made Susie take a step back to consider what her progressive / liberal philosophy is about.

I suspect this is why Susie has been so quiet lately. That is my 2 cents - maybe Hillary’s campaign could use it.

By: Wendy Whinner

Wendy Whinner — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:49:04 +0000

Actually Bob, Susie’s post was a complaint about how the media generally decides to report an event. You can call it framing - you libs love to complain that you lose elections because you fail to frame things properly. It is never the fault of your position on the issues of course (per the advice of the high-priced San Francisco linguist) and dweeb George something or other (am I correct?).

As to trivia vs. substance or wind sailing vs. bowling, Americans tend to consider all of a candidate’s traits when they vote. Unfortunately for you, candidates like the wind-surfing Patrician wannabe Kerry just don’t cut it wit the majority of American voters. But don’t despair, there is an election every four years in case you hadn’t heard.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:03:52 +0000

wendy whinner - yeah, you’re right. There is a secret cabal of media people who regularly meet and decide how to hurt conservatives and help liberals.
It’s all obvious if you have the right kind of vision.
Btw – I don’t presume to speak for Susie, but the post was about how a long appearance filled with red meat political substance on the part of the candidate was reduced to trivialities. That’s not a left-right problem. The major players in our media spend far too much time with trivial framing issues – who can bowl, who wind sails, etc. It’s about trivia over substance. I would hope even a conservative could agree that’s a problem.

By: Wendy Whinner

Wendy Whinner — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:50:34 +0000

Susie, the funny part is you are liberal and most of the working MSM are liberals too. So if you feel they are slanting things re Obama vs Clinton, just think how conservatives feel every day of every year.

By: zuzu

zuzu — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:02:16 +0000

Melissa has spoken out on all three, steveeboy.

By: steveeboy

steveeboy — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:35:59 +0000

hillary + “balls”= OKAY

hillary + “Rocky is a Pansy”= OKAY

“periodically”+ hillary = NOT OKAY