Michael Brendan Dougherty of The American Conservative nails the problem with the mainstream media’s coverage of politics:
There is this weird assumption on the part of the media that if a candidate can be hurt if their comments are misconstrued then it is the solemn duty of the media to misconstrue those remarks.
This news coverage is justified in passive constructions. “The Obama campaign opened itself up to attack,” or “The Romney remark could reinforce a negative image.”
Then the defensive partisans charge in: “Let’s put the remarks in context.”
The charging partisans of the other side: “Let’s put them in some other broader context, like our nation’s unemployment problem, or its history of racism, or in contrast to an obscure Federalist paper quote I can recall.”
This is the cue for pundits who brand themselves “thoughtful” and “fair” to narcotize us with their thoughtfulness.
For once, I’d like a pool report to tell the truth “Candidate x got off the bus and addressed an enthusiastic crowd with the exact same platitudinous crap he said four hours earlier to another equally enthusiastic crowd. There was no sense to it whatsoever, but man, these people really ate it up. And his enemies will twist his words into slightly offensive shapes and make a big dumb boring hullaballoo about it until the nation finally stirs itself to end this thing with their votes.”
This article appears in Aug 2-8, 2012.
“until the nation finally stirs itself to end this thing with their votes.”
Right.
Attorney Bill Risner Explains How Election Fraud Works in Pima County (Tucson) Arizona
Here is a video Clip of Attorney Bill Risner Explaining How Election Fraud Works in Pima County, (Tucson) Arizona:
http://youtu.be/JE0kOvFjn_0
With a local blackout that rivals the 1976 murder of Arizona Republic journalist Don Bolles, local media coverage is in a state of paralysis over recent evidence and cover-up of the 2006 RTA election. Pima County’s influence over the pool of journalists succeeds through exploitation of increased economic scarcity in print and television media. Taxpayer dollars are funneled into a final path for job security for a pool of at least ten local professional journalists who have now enlisted with Pima County’s public relations team. Fear of retaliation and lost opportunity will continue to undermine local critical coverage of the 2006 RTA election.
In addition, media outlets feed from the trough of RTA advertising dollars fueling outlets like John C. Scott and Bill Buckmaster.
Pima County’s Manger “Chuck Huckelberry” (who continues to block a forensic exam of the ballots now in storage) has created a monster PR Staff, AZ Daily Star: Sunday, October 9, 2011
Josh Brodesky: County’s new PR force: Good use of tax funds?
http://tinyurl.com/6p5qhtl
Quick, how many Pima County communications staffers does it take to put out a press release?
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Answer
10 and Maricopa County PR office has 3 media people.
Please help us with media if you can to end the blackout.
John Roberts Brakey
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PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS AND BE WITH US IN COURT MONDAY, AUGUST 13, AT 2:30PM
Come to court with us and show that we the people of this county are paying attention:
Monday, August 13, 2012 – 2:30 PM
Judge Kyle Bryson’s Courtroom
Fifth Floor, Pima Superior Court:
110 W. Congress, Tucson, AZ
Your presence is needed to send a message that elections matter and they must be verifiable.
Fact: “At the present time it is easy to cheat using our election computers and impossible to challenge a rigged election. The ease of cheating when matched with the impossibility of challenging any specific election requires court intervention in order to protect the purity of elections and ensure that we will have free elections.” Attorney Bill Risner
What is mainstream media for someone in their twenties may differ from someone in their thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, seventies and so on to the yogurt time people. Jim Nintzel seems to consider mainstream media a homogenous thing, which it is not. In addition to differences in technology use by age cohort, the markets are segmented by other demographics and driven by commercial advertising (which pays the bills, btw). Glossing over these factors hardly “nails it.”