The Media, Howard Dean's Scream, and John Kerry's Joke....

[kentuck]

All part of a disturbing and frustrating reality. Just as the media took the "yell" of Howard Dean and turned him into an unstable person not fit for the Presidency, they have now taken a joke out of context and, have perhaps, changed the momentum of an election. Hopefully, the American people can see thru the sham but that may be too much to expect. They have not gotten any smarter since Governor Dean was verbally assassinated by the media and the Republican henchmen.

No doubt, many Republican voters that were discouraged and turned off by their Party may now be revived and rejuvenated in how they have seen their Party kick the Democrats' asses. And they have, whether we admit it or not. But they could not do it if they did not have the assistance and complicity of the corporate media.

Now, more than ever, we must reform the way the corporate media has gained control of the airwaves, radio and TV. The Internet is all we have. Is it enough? Obviously, we do not have the political momentum for any change. It is up to us. How we can do it, I have no idea...?

[Stephanie]

1. exactly what I was thinking

Kerry got Dean-Screamed by the MSM.

[WI_DEM]

2. yep, I said that too a couple of nights ago

that he was being "Dean Screamed" the media taking a harmless gaffe and magnifiying it beyond belief. I wish they would do it with all of Bush's gaffes.

[blm]

5. Dean and Kerry are being targeted again, and establishment Dems are complicit

I will trust those two who have often gone through the media gauntlet and yet SURVIVE and speak out, over any Dem working with BushInc to undermine either one of them.

No surprise both Kerry and Dean spoke against media consolidation in 2003.


Kerry Seeks to Reverse FCC's "Wrongheaded Vote"

Commission Decision May Violate Laws Protecting Small Businesses; Kerry to File Resolution of Disapproval

Monday, June 2, 2003

WASHINGTON - Senator John Kerry today announced plans to file a "Resolution of Disapproval" as a means to overturn today's decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to raise media ownership caps and loosen various media cross-ownership rules.
Kerry will soon introduce the resolution seeking to reverse this action under the Congressional Review Act and Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act on the grounds that the decision may violate the laws intended to protect America's small businesses and allow them an opportunity to compete.

As Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerry expressed concern that the FCC's decision will hurt localism, reduce diversity, and will allow media monopolies to flourish. This raises significant concerns about the potential negative impacts the decision will have on small businesses and their ability to compete in today's media marketplace.

In a statement released earlier today regarding the FCC's decision, Kerry said:

"Nothing is more important in a democracy than public access to debates and information, which lift up our discourse and give Americans an opportunity to make honest informed choices. Today's wrongheaded vote by the Republican members of the FCC to loosen media ownership rules shows a dangerous indifference to the consolidation of power in the hands of a few large entities rather than promoting diversity and independence at the local level. The FCC should do more than rubber stamp the business plans of narrow economic interests.

"Today's vote is a complete dereliction of duty. The Commissioners are well aware that these rules greatly influence the competitive structure of the industry and protect the public's access to multiple sources of information and media. It is the Commission's responsibility to ensure that the rules serve our national goals of diversity, competition, and localism in media. With today's vote, they shirked that responsibility and have dismissed any serious discussion about the impact of media consolidation on our own democracy."

[librechik]

3. a feeding frenzy among the media is so disturbing

it's a sign of how sick the system is.

NOBODY is interested in these things they flog into the ground, these missing blonds, these slips of the tongue, these bogus domestic problems. And yet there they sit, hour after hour, wasting time and money over NOTHING when there are so many important worthwhile things people need and want to hear about that get bupkis.

[Ron Green]

4. The Internet may someday be enough to turn the tide, but not yet

I believe. The huge numbers of people barely aware of the nuances of politics and media in which DUers trade are first, last and always TV watchers, although maybe another decade, if we last that long, will see the balance shift to the grass roots of blogging and YouTube.

[Marlie]

6. My fear is

If the democrats take control of the House or Senate, preferably both, the
MSM will set out to destroy the Democrats just as they did President Clinton
and by 2008, the likes of Jeb Bush will be ripe and ready. The Internet has
become a powerful force but will it be enough? So many of the American people
get all their news from the boob tube. Believe me, before the Internet I was
in the dark, just like they are. I think the next two years, somehow, someway
the Corporate owned media needs to be exposed but how can that be done? No
easy task but it's a must.

[shance]

7. Who owns and operates the media? Bush & Friends.

Enough said.

[SouthernBelle82]

8. Just a little reminder

The "Dean Scream" happened after he lost Iowa. Now they did hype it up and that was wrong and manipulative but Dean was already losing and Kerry isn't running for anything.

[ljm2002]

9. Yes Republicans must be heartened by the noise machine...

...that "kicked our asses" yet again. You add, "But they could not do it if they did not have the assistance and complicity of the corporate media." -- I would amend your statement to the following: "But they could not do it if they did not have the assistance and complicity of the corporate media and the enablers in the Democratic party who do not demonstrate any loyalty to their own party but scramble like scared rabbits to parrot Republican talking points.

[kentuck]

10. I think that's a given..

but, point taken. It's frustrating as hell.

[Cetacea]

11. I knew it was over for Dean when they took off on that

Even Dems I knew were saying "He's too craxy. That scream..."

It's fucking criminal what these buggers do.

[emulatorloo]

12. What bothers me is when DU'ers pile on - "X gave Karl Rove AMMUNITION!!!"

when it was obvious that the Right-Wing-Lie-Machine will lie and distort anything. They make stuff up. And no matter what you do, no matter how careful you are, they will lie if they want to lie. But some want to blame the victims of distortion, while giving the liars a free pass.

I had a co-worker like that -- she was continually twisting my words, and taking my words out of context to make it seem as if I were saying all kinds of horrible things that I wasn't.

And those same DU'ers don't seem to notice that when Repugs botch lines, they are given a free pass by the media. The media did not go batshit crazy when GWB said gynecologists should practice thier love on women. Where was the "outrage" over that insult to physicians?