There is no such thing as LIBERAL MSM. There is far right wing media, and soft porn--the moderate right wing media. Liberal/left media? Where?
On Nov 8, 11:30 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Survive Media Bias > by Kathryn Jean Lopez > townhall.com > > Candidates cannot live by the Internet alone, but there was something > clever about former Tennessee Republican senator Fred Thompson's media > approach to running for president. The former star of "Law and Order" > could have flooded every frequency there is. Instead, he went straight > to his core audience. > > Thompson favored Internet videos and talk radio, generally refusing to > bend over backward for hostile media, such as the evening news shows > and papers of record. Some would call that lazy. I'd call it smart. > > Michelle Bachmann learned her lesson the hard way. The Minnesota > mother of five, foster mom of 23 and tax lawyer serves as a member of > the House of Representatives. But she almost lost her bid for re- > election, and the reason is MSNBC, a network that's become a > playground of the rabid left. > > Bachmann made the mistake of appearing on MSNBC's "Hardball" in mid- > October. Host Chris Matthews berated her for daring to suggest that > the mainstream media do its job and report on some of the radical anti- > American associations of the man who has now been elected president of > the United States. Congresswoman gone wild? Hardly. > > But Matthews was a softie compared to left-wing radio talk-show host > Mike Malloy, who outrageously said of Bachmann: "She's a hatemonger. > She's the type of person that would have gladly rounded up the Jews in > Germany and shipped them off to death camps. She's the type of person > who would have had no problem sending typhoid-smeared blankets to > Native American families awaiting deportation to reservations. ... > This is an evil bitch from hell. I mean, just an absolute evil > woman." > > What exactly did Bachmann do to deserve this? > > She said to Matthews, when asked about domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, > who has played more than a cameo role in President-elect Barack > Obama's life and career: "This is an unrepentant terrorist who says he > wishes he would have bombed more people. Remember, this is a man who > bombed the Pentagon and was happy to be bombing Americans, as well. > This is not a person that the president of the United States would > want to be associated with." > > She continued to insist that, had former Republican presidential > nominee John McCain been hanging out with Ayers, "It would have been a > nightly story. It would have been everywhere." > > Bachmann and others were right to push the issue, which, sadly, didn't > have enough of an impact. Obama's links with Ayers, much like his > association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, speaks directly about his > judgment. Bachmann knows this and tried to point it out, calmly and > with reason. And for doing so, she was pilloried, held up to > widespread ridicule and nearly deprived of her role as a public > servant. > > I've spent a little time with Bachmann and know her at least well > enough to be able to combat this "hatemonger" nonsense. Death camps?! > She and her husband care for as many disadvantaged children as they > possibly can. > > As she recently told my friend, radio talk-show host Mark Levin, it's > amazing that any "normal American" would want to have anything to do > with politics after the "public flogging" Bachmann endured in the > final weeks of her re-election campaign. Her story of overcoming the > megaphone of the mainstream media -- an entity that proved a > tremendous fundraising boon for her opponent -- and speaking directly > to the voters via talk radio and old-fashioned campaigning should > serve as an inspiration to good Americans who want to serve -- and > have their voices heard over the noise. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
