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To: LindyBill who wrote (63967)	1/1/2003 3:56:52 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Here's an article you will enjoy, I think. The NY Times is running a page one story about the conservative bias of the media and how the Democrats are trying to catch up. Isn't this an implicit slam at their own paper? Rush must be in ecstasy. No money could buy publicity like this! I'll just excerpt it. You can link to the site for the full flavor. Try to imagine, to use Dershowitz' phrase, the shoe being on the other foot for this story. The mind boggles. Outflanked Democrats Wonder How to Catch Up in Media Wars By JIM RUTENBERG Worried that their party has been outgunned in the political propaganda wars by conservative radio and television personalities, influential Democrats are scouring the nation for a liberal answer to Rush Limbaugh and the many others on the deep bench of Republican friends. For years, Democrats have groused about their inability to balance what they see as the increasing influence over the electorate by advocates of Republican policies. But they say their concerns have taken on a new urgency because of the rise to the top of the cable news ratings by the Fox News Channel, considered by many to have a conservative slant, and the loss of the Senate to the Republicans in November. Some Democrats say the election outcome enhanced the influence of Fox News and personalities like Mr. Limbaugh. The efforts among influential Democrats, particularly liberals, range from a grass-roots talent search for progressive radio hosts to the creation of research organizations to provide a Democratic spin for the news media, to nascent discussions by wealthy supporters about starting a cable network with a liberal bent. ... Democrats have long claimed that the circuit has corralled conservative thinkers, and more important, conservative media, into a disciplined message of the week that gets repeated attention from Web sites like the Drudge Report, Mr. Limbaugh's radio show, Fox News's prime-time talk shows and the editorial pages of The Washington Times and The Wall Street Journal. nytimes.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (63967)	1/1/2003 9:32:07 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

There is certainly a different way to frame it than you have. First of all, Feurth's piece is long overdue. Looks a little as if the members of Clinton's administration have decided the Bush foreign policy puts the US in such dire straits, they need to hit the op ed columns. Second, given Tenet's relations to the Clinton folk, there are good reasons to believe the Afghan campaign might have been done the same. Clearly, a wise choice for the Bush folk. Though they have missed on the follow up. On the other hand, the decision by the dems to give the Bush folk breathing space on their foreign policy actions up until the run up to the 02 elections, would clearly not have been matched by the reps had they lost the White House.