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A Media Bribed?
Commerce Committee Chairman McCain and his handlers continue to bribe
the media. How? Easy accessibility.
Wherever the Chairman's "Straight Talk Express" goes, so do the media. The
David Broders of this world, along with bands of other beat reporters, travel
with the Chairman on his bus from state to state. Easy accessibility.
In a Valentine's Day segment on the PBS McNeil Hour Newsweek's Evan Thomas
admitted that the media has been "too forgiving" when it comes to the
Chairman's many gaffes. Thomas went on to comment that the press would have
reported a lot more about the Chairman's Commerce Committee letters
scandal had it not been for his "disarming 'Straight Talk Express' ". Easy
accessibility.
Yet, could this be the only reason why Chairman McCain has
raised millions on his web site? Could "easy accessibility" be the
sole reason for his rise in the polls? Possibly. After all, few have argued that
the media doesn't have overwhelming influence in people's thinking.
[Remember, when last did the major media ever quote Zogby's polls until
they showed McCain's number's rising.]
Recently, serious questions of hypocrisy on the part of Chairman
McCain have hit, and some say even paralyzed, his campaign. Questions
involve how the Chairman could rail against special interests and
promise to bring "government back to the people" while raising large amounts of
money with the help of Washington insiders/lobbyists. Others point to the fact
that many Washington insiders/lobbyists who have raised money for the
Chairman's campaign have current business in front of the very same Chairman's
powerful Senate Commerce Committee.
While his campaign continues to wrangle with these questions and
others, the Chairman and his handlers continue to bribe a media with "easy
accessibility". Why bribe the media? Simple. An aggressive media is less likely
to expose the Chairman campaign's ongoing hypocrisy.
Easy accessibility + perception of "Straight Talk" = bribery of the media.
Unfortunately, while many wonder how much longer this bribery of the media
lasts, no one is questioning what the Chairman's campaign may be trying to
desperately hide from public scrutiny. Why did the Chairman and his
handlers choose to take the media for a "ride"? Perhaps they were worried that
an aggressive media might expose the real Chairman McCain.
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