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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (71503)6/10/2008 7:49:42 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 543200
 
The media have vilified Bush and canonized Obama!

1. Bush has done more than a little to contribute to the present state of affairs.

2. At least through 2006, the Bush folk manipulated the media to a faretheewell. Then all the chickens came home to roost.



To: Bearcatbob who wrote (71503)6/10/2008 10:34:01 PM
From: KonKilo  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 543200
 
The media have vilified Bush and canonized Obama!

Its true that relatively recently the MSM have started examining GWB's admin more critically, even to the point of piling on.

But his first six years were another story entirely. He was given extraordinary leeway by the MSM in passing along WH press releases as unquestioned truths.