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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 01:27 AM Jan 2014

Media Will Do All It Can To Protect Christie. You Can Count On It.

It is pathetic that GOPPERS can do almost anything and they stay in power and are protected by the MSM. Dems get a hang nail and they get trashed. Christie could probably just about commit murder and he is praised. Things are so distorted you wonder if we will ever get out of this mess.

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MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. They're throwing him under the bus, so far.
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 01:36 AM
Jan 2014

And they're having fun doing it, too.

Did you see this thread? These reviews are the tip of the iceberg...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017168726

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
9. it is your OP view that is based on things not seen, if you simply look at the headlines and stories
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 09:11 AM
Jan 2014

you see what I see, Christie under hard fire, not convincing anyone. The editorials and cartoons were merciless.
Do you have any examples of this pro Christie stuff you say you see? Cause I have not seen anything positive toward him at all, nothing.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
3. They're already reporting that the NJ senate says Maddow's wrong; CC just appointed his new AG.
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 02:14 AM
Jan 2014

The woman who started this was kicked upstairs by CC to get her silence. Nohting gonna come of it.



We've been sold another shiny while rights are being taken away and not reported, while a disaster in WVA goes without a mention; while public schools continue to be trashed. The GOP is digging us a hole we will find almost impossible to climb back of in generations to come.

 

RealityWarrior

(11 posts)
4. The Coverage Has Skewered Him So Far
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 03:20 AM
Jan 2014

Not sure what you're getting at. I've actually been giddy as hell so far with how much the press has dug into him. I must've refreshed google news 1000 times since yesterday and read a few hundred articles. My only fear is that it's so far ahead of the 2016 race, that voters will end up forgetting about it. But hopefully there's more to come.

But favorable to him? I've seen anything but that so far. Even the regular news outlets like CNN (I mainly listen to MSNBC in my car, but switch to CNN during commercials) have torn into him and his bs story. Usually, they always take the "gotta sound fair" frustrating as hell role with stories, but they've actually pleasantly surprised me with how they've covered it so far.

6000eliot

(5,643 posts)
5. The 11 O'Clock news on channel 7 in NY buried the story.
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 03:41 AM
Jan 2014

They didn't even mention it until halfway through the broadcast, and then they soft peddled it.

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
6. GOPers maybe but the conservatives are content to watch the spectacle and giggle.
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 08:54 AM
Jan 2014

They don't want him running because they see him as another McCain

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
7. I just saw a recorded segment of crazy Imus
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 09:02 AM
Jan 2014

And he had some lady on saying he has two years before the 2016 primary and this will blow over by than.And of coarse Imus saying I kinda like the guy

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
8. You can count on some here claiming that, but all the press I see is hitting him hard
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 09:08 AM
Jan 2014

I think your claim is incorrect and unsupported.

TBF

(32,029 posts)
11. Not this time -
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 11:19 AM
Jan 2014

They're actually all pretty much saying "you suck Christie" - even FAUX news which is a miracle.

My theory is that the hard-core repugs don't like him any more than we do.

Meanwhile, they are trying to fasttrack TPP through Congress and the good folks in WV can't drink their water. They aren't covering that nearly as thoroughly.

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