From NYT Fish Wrap to CBS
As if CBS News was reading this blog and its criticism of the MSM, especially recently, another example of the MSM’s attempt at stealth candidate assassination appears in the form of their self-described ’senior political editor.’ Start out with a title suggesting Palin’s RNC speech was a success as a backhanded compliment noting the crowd was partisan and ready to ‘respond to all the applause lines’ But don’t express these comments together. Put the complimentary portion in the title to look like you approve and much further down in the piece place the comment that renders the positive comment meaningless.
And don’t forget in every report to hint or actually note each of the tabloid style talking points used to criticize the subject of the report. And to write that Palin was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it is borrowing the John Kerry attack credited to Karl Rove from the last election. If you are going to state what you did about Palin and the Bridge, continue by furnishing the details behind that statement..
Just like stating experience will continue to be an issue for Palin, the top political editor at CBS commits another journalistic crime. It gives the impression that the MSM had nothing to do with that fact as if that is just the way it is. That is to say that the MSM endlessly cranks out items they want the focus to be on and then act all innocent when it becomes the focus and some (certainly this blog) raise the issue on their issues. They are ostensibly an extension of the opposition campaign. When will they treat the other candidates with the same practices being applied to McCain and Palin? It is likely they won’t since they have not yet.
Stanford Matthews
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