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To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (56785)	1/31/2006 12:02:10 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 363226

Can You Imagine George Bush by Another Name? commondreams.org

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (56785)	1/31/2006 12:32:30 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 363226

The TalkShowization of the Mainstream Media americanpolitics.com <<...Instead of letting Tim Russert or Brit Hume or George Stephanopolous or, God forbid, even a Hannity frame some RNC talking point in the context of an acceptable question and just responding it, the answer must begin with a complete dismissal of the question: "[Insert 'moderator' name here], why would you take an already confirmed misrepresentation and hold it up as a legitimate question? Surely your crack research staff could have easily checked this out and found it to be wholly untrue long before you embarrassed yourself by asking it on your show. Next question." So here's a memo to Howard Dean, John Kerry, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, and everyone else: instead of reacting to some fiction that isn't worth valuable network time, call a lie a lie right from the get-go. Then, you can spend that freed-up time selling America on the truth instead of letting the media sell America down the river...>>