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Seattle newspapers biased in favor of Murray over Nethercutt
Today's Seattle Times reports on Hillary Clinton's fundraising appearance on behalf of Sen. Patty Murray, trying to defend her seat from challenger Rep. George Nethercutt. "Clinton brings star power"
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton brought her fund-raising prowess and star power to Seattle yesterday on behalf of Sen. Patty Murray, whom Clinton portrayed as a "real threat" to the Bush administration.
The headline and this photograph took up half of the front page of today's local news section. [photo caption: "Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, listens as Sen. Patty Murray talks about homeland security and port issues yesterday at Terminal 18 at the Port of Seattle"].
By way of comparison, Murray still gets the headline in this report of last month's visit of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on behalf of George Nethercutt: "Senate majority leader campaigning to unseat Murray"
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist made campaign stops in Washington state yesterday, trying to drum up money and attention for U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, the man Republican leaders hope can knock off incumbent Sen. Patty Murray.
The spin is that Murray's rightful position is being threatened by "Republican leaders", as opposed to, say, state voters who believe Nethercutt can do a better job of representing them in Washington, DC than can the sitting Senator.
Today's Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that "Clinton, Murray team up"
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Patty Murray joined forces in Seattle yesterday to promote port security and raise money for Murray's re-election campaign.
The P-I allows Murray to tie herself to the issue of port security and doesn't challenge or seek a rebuttal to Murray's claim that
the Bush administration is funding port security at only 12 percent of what is needed.
George Nethercutt isn't mentioned until the 21st paragraph.http://www.thatliberalmedia.com/archives/002240.html |
