It's the media, stupid!
That appeared to be the theme yesterday on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. During a panel discussion about "past defeat and future hope" for the Democrats, Al Franken commented that the problem for the Democrats was that "we can't get our message across because the media isn't doing its job." When his comment was paraphrased just as it sounded, that it was the media's fault that the Democrats lost, he claimed, "I didn't say it was entirely the media's fault. I started about articulating our values."
Outgoing Texas Congressman Martin Frost followed up by saying that, when it comes to the media, Democrats "have to scream loud and make sure that message gets through, because it's very hard to get through." Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., also stated that "I think there's a role for the media [in the Democrats' defeat]. And I think Al would probably make that point better than any members of Congress has, because he deals with them in more ways than many of us do."
Not to be outdone, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez had this exchange with Blitzer:
"BLITZER: What do you think? Loretta Sanchez, what do you think?
"SANCHEZ: I agree with Jesse. I agree with my colleague. I believe that we made mistakes. The media certainly is not in our hands any longer, and, in particular, radio talk shows where that is completely in the opposition's hands, and they use it effectively against us.
"BLITZER: But, Loretta, when you say the media -- when you say the media is not in your hands, are you saying that ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN are hostile to Democrats?
"SANCHEZ: No, that's not what I said. I'm saying that -- if you would let me finish -- that the majority of people are now receiving a lot of their information out of radio. And the radio isn't in the hands of the Democrats anymore. Many years ago, the Republicans made a very effective play. They sat down. They made a strategy. They decided they were going to put big thinktanks around, that they were going to fund them. They decided that they would buy radio, that they would use that to talk to people. And people drive in their cars, they're listening to the radio all the time. They're getting a lot of information that way. You know, networks are losing -- you know, they're getting less and less viewership.
"BLITZER: Let's bring back Al Franken, because he raised this issue.
"SANCHEZ: So they're not impacting the message any longer. But also Democrats made a lot of mistakes."
Unbelievable, really. And note the hilarious exchange between Blitzer and Sanchez. "The media is not in our hands anymore . . . Are you saying the MSM is hostile to Democrats? . . . No." Of course it's not. From CBS' fake Texas Air National Guard documents story to the New York Times running the "missing" ammo story during the last week of the campaign and the hostility from the mainstream media, including all of the outlets mentioned by Blitzer, plus the Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Al Franken's "Air America" radio network (established for the purpose of defeating Bush), all relentlessly beating the drum for the Democrats this year, it is beyond ridiculous to claim that the Dems lost because the media was too soft on Bush. As Zell Miller might say, that dog won't hunt.
Outgoing Texas Congressman Martin Frost followed up by saying that, when it comes to the media, Democrats "have to scream loud and make sure that message gets through, because it's very hard to get through." Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., also stated that "I think there's a role for the media [in the Democrats' defeat]. And I think Al would probably make that point better than any members of Congress has, because he deals with them in more ways than many of us do."
Not to be outdone, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez had this exchange with Blitzer:
"BLITZER: What do you think? Loretta Sanchez, what do you think?
"SANCHEZ: I agree with Jesse. I agree with my colleague. I believe that we made mistakes. The media certainly is not in our hands any longer, and, in particular, radio talk shows where that is completely in the opposition's hands, and they use it effectively against us.
"BLITZER: But, Loretta, when you say the media -- when you say the media is not in your hands, are you saying that ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN are hostile to Democrats?
"SANCHEZ: No, that's not what I said. I'm saying that -- if you would let me finish -- that the majority of people are now receiving a lot of their information out of radio. And the radio isn't in the hands of the Democrats anymore. Many years ago, the Republicans made a very effective play. They sat down. They made a strategy. They decided they were going to put big thinktanks around, that they were going to fund them. They decided that they would buy radio, that they would use that to talk to people. And people drive in their cars, they're listening to the radio all the time. They're getting a lot of information that way. You know, networks are losing -- you know, they're getting less and less viewership.
"BLITZER: Let's bring back Al Franken, because he raised this issue.
"SANCHEZ: So they're not impacting the message any longer. But also Democrats made a lot of mistakes."
Unbelievable, really. And note the hilarious exchange between Blitzer and Sanchez. "The media is not in our hands anymore . . . Are you saying the MSM is hostile to Democrats? . . . No." Of course it's not. From CBS' fake Texas Air National Guard documents story to the New York Times running the "missing" ammo story during the last week of the campaign and the hostility from the mainstream media, including all of the outlets mentioned by Blitzer, plus the Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Al Franken's "Air America" radio network (established for the purpose of defeating Bush), all relentlessly beating the drum for the Democrats this year, it is beyond ridiculous to claim that the Dems lost because the media was too soft on Bush. As Zell Miller might say, that dog won't hunt.
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