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To: longnshort who wrote (51072)	6/25/2005 9:55:19 AM
From: 10K a day	Respond to of 173976

what goes around comes around

To: longnshort who wrote (51072)	6/25/2005 11:14:22 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

But WHY would the "objective" press ignore Durbin and attack Rove?

To: longnshort who wrote (51072)	6/25/2005 11:15:23 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 173976

Steve Lovelady, managing editor of the Columbia Journalism Review Daily, said he's "not sure if the network morning shows even qualify as journalism these days," describing them as "yuk-fests with periodic headline updates tossed into the mix almost as an afterthought."

To: longnshort who wrote (51072)	6/25/2005 11:15:57 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 173976

On June 14, Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin compared the military's interrogation techniques at the prison camp at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to that of the Nazis and other murderous regimes. Yet CBS did not broadcast a single story on the Illinois Democrat's comments. "Today" and "Good Morning America" and those networks' nightly news programs didn't air anything about it until the senator apologized after a week of complaints by Republicans, the Anti-Defamation League and veterans groups. "What the networks did was zero, zero, zero, zero on Durbin, and as soon as Rove shows up, boom," said Tim Graham, director of media analysis at the conservative Media Research Center. "To say that one deserves zero coverage and the other huge coverage is just bizarre."

To: longnshort who wrote (51072)	6/25/2005 11:16:55 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 173976

But he was still puzzled about why CBS, including their evening news program, ignored the Durbin story altogether. "Nothing about Durbin ever, even after the apology," he said. "I'd love to hear how they justify that." Calls to CBS, ABC and NBC for comment were not returned.

To: longnshort who wrote (51072)	6/25/2005 11:18:02 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 173976

The Washington Post reported the Democratic outrage over Mr. Rove on its front page yesterday, but Mr. Durbin's remarks never made it there. The newspaper published its first story on the Durbin controversy three days after the speech on page A-11. The story was kept inside for its duration.

To: longnshort who wrote (51072)	6/25/2005 12:07:38 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 173976

The press is finally printing THE TRUTH. From 2000-2004 they were mostly supportive of everything Bush-Cheney put out there, printed lies as fact and also believed their denials and cover-ups. Bush-Cheney and their people actively intimidated the press and planted false stories, warning them not to criticize the president, etc. Fox News became the #1 network and has an unwritten policy not to ever criticize Bush-Cheney and conservatives unless someone else does it first. Then rightwing radio was blasting anti-liberal, anti-moderate and pro-rightwing propaganda into the heartland, lying to tens of millions of people, many of whom believed their spin and lies. Put it all together and we have a total mess in Iraq, Abu Graiab type scandals, huge gas gouging, voter fraud, smearvets smears, deficits to the moon and Delay's rampant corruption in congress. This is exactly why we need a strong independent press. No the press is not "liberal, they just try to write the truth, except when intimidated.