What's the Media's Game now, as of Jan 20th?

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Now that the top three Dems are all capable of beating Bush, I think the game for the media is no longer to try to influence the candidate-selection process to help Bush. The game is to sow seeds of doubt with all of them (except Lieberman).

There's enough evidence to show that they don't care about any of them who remain. The NYT has given more coverage to Dean than to Gep, Kerry and Edwards COMBINED. NPR stuck with Harkin's speech at the Dean rally rather than cut to Edwards's speech. All day yesterday, they set up the Screamer vs President contrast.

I think the media wanted a candidate until about a week ago when the polls must have been showing weakness. However, now they know it's a race and they won't waste time building any Dem up. It'll be all about weakening the ones who remain.

Other strategies: (1) get Kucinich supporters to hate Kerry, Clark and Edwards, (2) prop up Lieberman (didn't he get a newspaper endorsement!), (3) encourage Dean supporters' feelings of disenchantment.

But mostly: tear down Clark, Edwards and Kerry (and make Kucinich's liberalism look out of touch).

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1. kizzack

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