Irresponsible reporting

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

GC, if the media is controlled by the Bush administration, who controlled it before his administration? Is it a new phenomena? if they do control the media, how then does this story get published? Are you suggesting outlets such as the NY Times are friendly to Bush and his administration? I see so much negative press about the Bush administration out there (whether deserved or not isn't my point) that I cannot bring myself to believe that the media is being controlled by the Bush administration.

I think if an administration has enough money, they can control the media. I think Clinton did it before him and Bush Sr. before that. It is not a new phenomena.

I think a story like this gets published because it really happened. I believe that Rove, someone, got to Newsweek and told them to back track on the story because they knew of the backlash it would cause. I mean, for awhile, it looked like they weren't going to retract it. Why not?

I think the NY Times isn't friendly to Bush but they have let him get away with a lot. The whole lead up to the war, they didn't question him nearly hard enough. That goes the same for NPR as well. I'm equally as frustrated with the left and right media. I don't trust any of it.

Bush deserves his negative press. There'd be more if the media actually honestly covering his administration accurately. Which they aren't. They're terrified of being labelled anti-Bush therefore anti-American.

How do you get everyone to be on your side anyway, if you're Bush? Label the media as 'liberal'. All of the media as 'liberal'. Give them a label and they'll remember the label not the organization. There is no liberal media. There was prior to 9/11. There isn't one now. There's even a move right now to get rid of PBS because they're too left leaning. Never mind that they're being funded by people who agree with what they are saying.
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If the media actually did its job, everyone would know the name Jim Guckert aka Jeff Gannon and the scandal surrounding him and the Bush admin. Google him and find out... But no one knows anything about the gay male prostitute that was given money to lob soft questions at McClellan at press conferences. Why? Because the media is covering it up to protect Bush.