Bernie going after corporate media. Dean did as well. Good article from 2004

[madfloridian]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251691697

[ladjf]

1. Yes, and within two weeks the media successfully brought Dean crashing to the ground. nt

[senz]

2. Which is why we've got to have his back.

We may have to do damage control.

[ladjf]

3. I agree with you. Caution, there are several posters who are following

this line about the media turning against Dean and are claiming there was no intentional media bias against Dean.

[senz]

4. Thanks, ladjf

It's amazing how some people want to rewrite history. Often the same ones, too.

[ladjf]

5. There is an old French saying among detectives, "Look for the woman".

In business and politics we could alter that to "Look for the money" or as is often correctly said,
"Follow the money".

[senz]

6. I suppose it lends a little intrigue

to this mundane business of commenting. It's also a bit of a pain in the ass. But they're not going away.

Oh well.

[madfloridian]

8. Several have posted in my thread.

That directional mic event was taken up by the media overnight, and that was it.

[ladjf]

9. I remember Dean's press conference as though it happened today.

There was a crowd of several hundred Dean supporters in a ballroom type arrangement. They were jam packed. Dean was very
upbeat sort of like a cheerleader. He was saying, "we are going to win in ...", and then we will win in "....". Each time he said a place that they were going to win they crowd responded. But, what those of us listening on TV were unaware of was that
Dean was talking on a short field mike that was only picking up sounds that were close to him, but he was hearing the entire room
shouting and naturally had to shout along with them in order to be heard.

When the "Dean Scream" was broadcast, the TV audience was unaware that the crowed around Dean was in a roar the whole time, hence the denigrating moniker "Dean Scream" was born. Within a week Dean fell for a strong number one to out of the race.
Bear in mind that the "Dean Scream" occurred in about 10 days after Dean publicly declared that he intended to look into the political influence of the media.

[eridani]

10. Luckily, we now have social media to fight back.

Had it existed in 2004, Dean could have fought back. And Kerry could have taken on the swiftboaters.

[ladjf]

7. Here is some info about the "Fairness Doctrine".

"The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was—in the Commission's view—honest, equitable, and balanced. The FCC eliminated the Doctrine in 1987, and in August 2011 the FCC formally removed the language that implemented the Doctrine.[1]" This is from Wickipedia.

The political turning point was in1987. Bring back the Fairness Doctrine and we will have solved the problem media meddling in our political affairs.