Thanks to Eric Boehlert at Media Matters for this piece:
The press has dressed up this Clinton Iraq-vote issue within an inch of its life, all the while insisting that it’s the voters who are angry and annoyed at Clinton and her calculating ways. Now, thanks to polling, we know that’s not entirely true. It’s time for the press to stop telling us what it thinks is important, and start reporting what voters think is important.
Categories: Hillary · journalistic integrity
Thanks to Eric Boehlert at Media Matters for this piece:
The press has dressed up this Clinton Iraq-vote issue within an inch of its life, all the while insisting that it’s the voters who are angry and annoyed at Clinton and her calculating ways. Now, thanks to polling, we know that’s not entirely true. It’s time for the press to stop telling us what it thinks is important, and start reporting what voters think is important.
Categories: Hillary · journalistic integrity
There is no trick so low that the Hillary-haters won’t stoop to using. In the latest version, the wingers allege that the good Senator adopted a phony southern drawl and diction for her recent visit to Alabama.
What the wingers did, of course, was lift a part of her speech where Senator Clinton was quoting the words, grammar and diction of a southern gospel hymn. The Wingers didn’t think it would be a good thing for their readers to know the context that gave rise to the piece she quoted.
Such is the way in goes in rightwingerville. Fox, Freepers, and Drudge all piling on and essentially lying to their readers and viewers.
Thanks to Greg Sargent for this tip.
There is no trick so low that the Hillary-haters won’t stoop to using. In the latest version, the wingers allege that the good Senator adopted a phony southern drawl and diction for her recent visit to Alabama.
What the wingers did, of course, was lift a part of her speech where Senator Clinton was quoting the words, grammar and diction of a southern gospel hymn. The Wingers didn’t think it would be a good thing for their readers to know the context that gave rise to the piece she quoted.
Such is the way in goes in rightwingerville. Fox, Freepers, and Drudge all piling on and essentially lying to their readers and viewers.
Thanks to Greg Sargent for this tip.
From Election Central at the TMP Cafe we get this interesting report.
Some new poll numbers suggest that the conventional wisdom — which holds that Hillary Clinton will suffer badly in the primary from her war vote and unwillingness to call it a mistake — may be questionable or even wrong.The new numbers are buried in the big survey released this week by the Washington Post. Democrats were asked whether given “what was known at the time,” it was the right thing for Hillary to vote for war authorization, or whether it was a mistake. A surprising 52% said her vote was the right thing to do at the time, versus only 47% who said it was a mistake.
What’s more, when even those who said it was a mistake were then asked if Hillary should apologize, a mere 31% said yes. And guess how many said an apology wasn’t necessary? Sixty-eight percent. And remember, these are potential Democratic primary voters.
Stick to your guns, Girl!
From Election Central at the TMP Cafe we get this interesting report.
Some new poll numbers suggest that the conventional wisdom — which holds that Hillary Clinton will suffer badly in the primary from her war vote and unwillingness to call it a mistake — may be questionable or even wrong.The new numbers are buried in the big survey released this week by the Washington Post. Democrats were asked whether given “what was known at the time,” it was the right thing for Hillary to vote for war authorization, or whether it was a mistake. A surprising 52% said her vote was the right thing to do at the time, versus only 47% who said it was a mistake.
What’s more, when even those who said it was a mistake were then asked if Hillary should apologize, a mere 31% said yes. And guess how many said an apology wasn’t necessary? Sixty-eight percent. And remember, these are potential Democratic primary voters.
Stick to your guns, Girl!
The media is trying to do to Senator Clinton what it did to Gore and to Kerry. Our friends at Media Matters cite an analysis of Senator Clinton’s I-Pod songlist, for heaven sakes, declaring that it “suggests premeditation, if not actual poll-testing.”
There is no place so low our news media will not go to assure that there is no real political discourse.
Categories: Hillary · journalistic integrity · smear
The media is trying to do to Senator Clinton what it did to Gore and to Kerry. Our friends at Media Matters cite an analysis of Senator Clinton’s I-Pod songlist, for heaven sakes, declaring that it “suggests premeditation, if not actual poll-testing.”
There is no place so low our news media will not go to assure that there is no real political discourse.
Categories: Hillary · journalistic integrity · smear
This is a choice and welcome bit of news from CBS.
What many conservatives regard as the nightmare scenario — President Hillary Rodham Clinton— is increasingly seen by veteran Republican politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability.In GOP circles, the Democratic front-runner is seen as so strong, and the political climate for Republicans so hostile, that many influential voices — including current and former lawmakers, and veterans of President Bush’s campaigns — have grown despairing. These partisans describe a political equivalent of the stages of grief, starting with denial, then resentment and ending with acceptance.
Categories: Hillary
This is a choice and welcome bit of news from CBS.
What many conservatives regard as the nightmare scenario — President Hillary Rodham Clinton— is increasingly seen by veteran Republican politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability.In GOP circles, the Democratic front-runner is seen as so strong, and the political climate for Republicans so hostile, that many influential voices — including current and former lawmakers, and veterans of President Bush’s campaigns — have grown despairing. These partisans describe a political equivalent of the stages of grief, starting with denial, then resentment and ending with acceptance.
Categories: Hillary
