> The Bush Bulge, the Grossly Incompetent Media and the Complicit Kerry Campaign
26 October 2004, 12:01
I would not disagree about the media being too reticent and not asking harder questions.
However, where was the outrage and accusations of not doing a proper job when the reporters were "imbedded" in the invasion? The complete so-called "coverage" was an absence of "reporting" and could be compared with soviet press coverage of the second world war.
Neither the public or critical institutions criticized this most questionable practice. When a journalist depends on the subject he is reporting about to provide for his safety and preserve his life, you can be sure objectivity goes out the window. The media also swallowed many propoganda stories from the Pentagon hook, line and sinker. Now we hear about stockpiles of weapons that have disappeared in Iraq.
That this president depends on others to speak for him should not at this point surprise anyone. A button in one´s ear is not really news. All the other aspects of this presidency however, are news. No one from the media has directly and continually asked the former president Bush his views on his son´s presidency, the man would simply not be able to speak the truth. There are many unanswered questions, the box on Bush´s back should be one of them. One day, a retired sound technican will probably clear it up.
I would not disagree about the media being too reticent and not asking harder questions.
However, where was the outrage and accusations of not doing a proper job when the reporters were "imbedded" in the invasion? The complete so-called "coverage" was an absence of "reporting" and could be compared with soviet press coverage of the second world war.
Neither the public or critical institutions criticized this most questionable practice. When a journalist depends on the subject he is reporting about to provide for his safety and preserve his life, you can be sure objectivity goes out the window. The media also swallowed many propoganda stories from the Pentagon hook, line and sinker. Now we hear about stockpiles of weapons that have disappeared in Iraq.
That this president depends on others to speak for him should not at this point surprise anyone. A button in one´s ear is not really news. All the other aspects of this presidency however, are news. No one from the media has directly and continually asked the former president Bush his views on his son´s presidency, the man would simply not be able to speak the truth. There are many unanswered questions, the box on Bush´s back should be one of them. One day, a retired sound technican will probably clear it up.