Can Democrat talking heads push the media into questioning lies?

[undercover_brother]

You think it is possible to get enough message discipline out of Democratic talking heads to put the spotlight on the media to stop accepting distortions and lies? Is it possible to force the issue enough to force Mass Media to not just be a voicing board for spin.

[saracat]

1. Yes. The problem is, we have never given the media a story.

We usually curl up in a ball and hope they go away. Fighting back is a story. Dean got press. Maybe he didn't always get good press but they covered him.

[undercover_brother]

3. The media is always uncomfortable when they become the story

If our talking heads could really drill the teleprompter readers on responsibility to seek out the truth instead of just passing on the lies we would all be in better positions. Campaign lies favor Republican candidates while intellectual factual discussions of truth favor Democrats.

We need to push this truth issus and confront television media LIVE on their shows.

[saracat]

4. uhhh! The media loves to talk about itself! They love to be the story.

They even cover themselves covering the stories. They take pictures of themselves in the spin room. They have become celebrities. They spin what they think of the issues instead of reporting. They sign autographs. Even negative stories about the press fascinate them, Witness the O'Reilly case, and the New York Times fraud story got a lot of ink.
News is personality driven. We have few non boring personalities to report on. Dean was not boring. And we should play up Edwards more. Truth is not interesting to most viewers or the press. Really. What is more attention getting, the O'Reilly sex story or Karl Rove testifying before the Grand Jury? The sheeple decide what is reported .

[blondeatlast]

2. Jon Stewart isn't even officially one of "ours,"

but he kicked some serious butt today.

He's often said in interviews that the whore media makes his and his producers and writers jobs easier because they are such shills for the pRez.

There is a reason Air America and Ed Schultz are succeeding--we're not gonna take it anymore!

[saracat]

5. Well, he is sort of ours. He announced public support of Kerry.