Once again, Digby nails it. Bush's 50 min. of free, uninterrupted airtime

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

-- "President Bush heads to for what is billed as a major speech." -- MSNBC
-- "President Bush heading to Pennsylvania for what's called a significant speech on the economy and the war on terror." -- CNN
-- "President Bush is making what's being called a significant speech on Iraq and the economy." -- Fox News

Instead, the address, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was nothing more than a raucous Bush pep rally as the president unleashed his most sustained and personal attacks on Sen. John Kerry to date, portraying him as an out of touch liberal who cannot be trusted to defend America, while Republican loyalists in the crowd booed and jeered each mention of Kerry's name.

The question is, why did all three news channels cover the attack speech for nearly an hour? In the past, they have occasionally cut away to both candidates' stump speeches for five or ten minutes, but certainly never for 50 minutes. When it became apparent that Bush's policy speech was not going to be as advertised, but was instead a tirade against Kerry, did that still constitute news? And the more pressing question for the cable outlets is: When are they going to give Kerry nearly an hour of uninterrupted time to ridicule and mock Bush's record?

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[Mr_Spock]

1. Well, hopefully, fool me once...

With ABC telling it's folks to watch Bush's lies more closely than Kerry's, it's clear that Dumbya is loosing credibility with the press - and I mean FAST!

[mikehiggins]

3. Oh, you think they were fooled?

"There has been comments upon my contribution to Democrats like Senator Kerry. Senator Kerry is a good man. I've know him for many years. But it happens that I vote for Viacom. Viacom is my life, and I do beleive that a Republican Administration is better for media companies than a Democratic one."

Thus spake Sumner Redstone in the October 4 issue of Time Magazine.

If you think all of this bias and so on is accidental, I think you should reconsider. If I know the man who signs my paycheck makes an issue of liking Country/Western, you can be sure I won't be pushing HipHop on his radio station.

Don't forget; these people aren't journalists. They only play them on TV (and the radio). They are toeing the party line and it is no accident.

[kokomo]

2. Why is Bush getting so much FREE TV air time?

Half of the Swift Boat ads were FREE, stories shown as NEWS!

[Papillon]

4. What a great blog.

I had never been to it, but just spent about an hour reading some really great stuff.