Both Matthews and O'Reilly, along with Coulter, Bennett and others rose to fame by jumping on the Bill + Monica story. That bedroom investigation gave birth to the new style of tabloid attack "news" on cable TV and radio, where there is a decided right-wing bias, as if they occupy the moral high-ground.
Matthews stayed in the middle, but the others were decidedly neocon. And became harsher and harsher. However, I have a feeling there's a gradual bashlash going on now. Let's face it, everything that goes around comes around, the media are whores for any hot story and they always cut our heros down to size once they've proven themselves flawed.
Bill Bennett was the first casualty as he turned out to have feet of clay. Coulter may be next. The Bush administration may be the final ones to fall as a shift back toward the common sense middle begins.
Now it's really truth versus right-wing dominant spin. The truth being that Gw Bush is no flawless hero, his policies are pretty extreme, his tax cuts are not fair, and the Iraq War was sold to us with false advertising.
Since the Iraq War is the centerpiece of their administration, that is their principal weakness. 21 troops killed or wounded yesterday after Bush declared "Bring it on!". Operation Sidewinder is not stopping them. Like a desert Vietnam in the making. A quagmire of sand. Bush is pumping up the troops today. They are going to need it. Many more will be sent to Iraq soon and have to stay there for a long time. Not a nice place to be stationed. No fun. We may eventually pacify that country, but it will not be easy and will not happen by next year. |
