How Pre$$titutes Are Framing The Post-Indictment Questions To Protect Bush

[Presstitutes]

http://www.presstitutes.com/presstitutes/2005/10/how_pretitutes_.html

The media's portrayal of the fallout from Libby's indictment has been predictable: paint it as a win for the White House because the wild speculation about indictments didn't match the actual outcome. It's the equivalent of saying the catastrophe in Iraq is good for the White House and for America because predictions that Bush would start World War III haven't materialized.

Another telling aspect of post-indictment spin is that the media are framing the coming days as a question of how Bush can rebound. On the Sunday shows* and in the major papers, don't expect to hear the question framed as whether Bush and Cheney should resign for lying America into war and bringing disgrace and dishonor to the Oval Office and to the country.

No, it's all about how he can rebound, how he can improve his personal approval ratings. But there's absolutely no reason the media should ask the former question and not the latter. There's no law that says they have to assist Bush in recovering his fabricated image. It would be a completely valid question in light of such a high-profile indictment to ask if it's time for Bush to step down. After all, his presidency has been so disastrous that it'll take decades to restore America's good name.

Pre$$titution comes in many forms, one of which is the careful framing of interrogatives to shape views favorable to Bush. We've chronicled MSNBC's many egregious 'questions of the day' and here we are with the BIG questions being avoided.

*Russert's intro on Meet the Press (10/30): "How can Bush repair his second term?"

[Mr_Spock]

1. That's OK - no matter how they spin it - they know there's a dunce in WH

I think they know it's over for Bushco - I sense that they feel bad for the pathetic moron. It's over. He's toast. More bad things will happen. Bushco should be gloomy - the drunken amphetamine addict is beyond repair.

[Presstitutes]

3. "They know there's a dunce in the White House"

But they're doing everything in their power to avoid telling their audience...

[Mr_Spock]

4. Yeah, whatever. People are the ones who inevitably drive the media

The media has been slow to learn with this cabal. Maybe the stupidest media we have ever had. They will soon enough see that nobody, but nobody, believes a word that Bushco says any more. It's all over. He's toast.

[pretzel4gore]

2. they're shitting in their own soup

gee, excuse my english, but them 2 bit whores are so stupid they're not gonna stop until all of them face the executioner...i say 'go bush go' when they act like fools...do they think the american people are so stupid they allow vandalism on the flag and the national treasury etc?