Friday, September 03, 2004


LIBERAL MEDIA? WHAT LIBERAL MEDIA 2?
The AP is also doing a good job of picking up John Kerry talking points and writing stories around them. Here's a line from one AP story by some hack named Darlene Superville: In a scathing attack, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry accused Republicans of hiding President Bush's "record of failure".

In case you didn't get it, AP moved another story on the wires entitled "Bush Glosses Over Complex Facts in Speech". Here's how Calvin Woodward's spin starts: President Bush glossed over some complicating realities in Iraq, Afghanistan and the home front in arguing the case Americans are safer and his opponent cannot deliver.

Great work guys.

Reuters hack Patricia Wilson joins in too, portraying fact as opinion and opinion as fact. Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, bristled at Cheney's attack on his patriotism. No, Cheney attacked his judgment during his Senate years. But wait, there's more.

Kerry's political campaign has heavily emphasized his Vietnam record, but his critics say he served only four months in the country. His critics say? Patty might not like Kerry's shorter ever tenured swift boat service, but it's a fact.

They say he hardly discusses his record during 20 years in the U.S. Senate. Well, 26 seconds out of an hour long speech? And refusing to defend his record in the Senate because, well, you can't attack his last 30 years because of those 16 weeks in country. Which each story reminds us of, just in case we didn't catch any random 2 minutes of Kerry over the past year.

When are they going to ask, "what have you done lately"?

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