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By AmeriPundit, Fri Dec 9th
Media coverage of the ongoing Bush/Sheehan matter is worthfollowing, not for its substance - that is sorely lacking - butrather, for the audacity the media is showing by giving itsfavorite child a public spanking. "Media" refers to the conglomerates that currently pose as thefourth estate and, in effect, lull the public into thinking itstill has someone or something looking out for it by checkinggovernment excess and/or abuse of power. In the current Bush vacation/war/Cindy script, the media isattacking its own valuable creation. After all, Bush ispro-business, anti- regulation, and has done wonders for mediaconglomerates with his version of the FCC. As for being a mediacreation, even Bush has recognized his true Creator for sometime now. This is evidenced by his quote while mulling his firstrun for Governor of Texas: "You know I could run forgovernor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never doneanything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business.But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to getelected to public office." He was re-cast as asuccessful businessman and a brave fighter pilot and the rest ishistory.
Currently, the media is defending the attack on its own valuableasset by grumbling that August is a "slow news" period (arecurring excuse) and the reporter's outside of the ranch inCrawford have nothing else to do. On its face, that statement isuntrue as anyone who ventures outside of what the American mediadefines as news can attest to. The actual answer is simple. The media has proven that it caneasily destroy its opponents. The attack on Bush is just amethod of keeping its minions in line. Knowing that George Bushis wont to believe the unbelievable, it is reminding him of hisquote as he was weighing running for Governor of Texas lest helet his self-described "earned capital" go to his head. It isalso a reminder that the "earned capital" is rightfully "medialoaned currency" made available to him by his true Creator. In order to avoid real damage to its favorite politician as itflexes its muscles, the media has also set both guns blazingagainst Cindy Sheehan. That way, should any signs of seriousdamage to Bush emerge, the healing process can begin by themedia pointing to the "source" who, as its pundits are fond ofsaying, is a "crackpot", a "traitor", and is "betraying herson's sacrifice". Competing moms, scripted appearances, andreferences to 9-11 can be trotted out and the whole issue ofIraq will, once again, magically disappear. The 2004 election coverage left no such outs for Howard Dean andJohn Kerry. Dean was left with- "I'm not crazy… really, I'mnot." Kerry was left with accusations that he was too slow torespond to the question of, "When did you stop beating yourSwift Boat?" Most people are under the impression that Howard Dean's campaignwas sunk by the "Dean Scream" in Iowa. That, by itself, ignoresthe forces behind the altering of a non-event into a monumentalmeltdown. According to the National Journal's Hotline, cable and networknews aired "the scream" 633 times in the 4 days after it wasmade. This count did not include local news affiliates or talkshows. ABC's
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Diane Sawyer reported on the ramifications as well as thereactions from some who were behind the scenes at cable and thenetworks. She stated that it sounded very different in the actual room.The difference was because Dean was holding a handheldmicrophone that filtered out background noise and isolated hisvoice. She collected other tapes from that night that had crowdnoise on them. She concluded that the "so-called scream couldn'treally be heard at all." She also collected some sound bitesfrom top executives at CBS News, ABC News, Fox News and CNN, allof whom acknowledged that the media overplayed the scream. To understand why Dean took this beating (in January, 2004), oneshould refer to an interview Dean did with Chris Mathews onHardball in the previous month. The following are Dean quotes from the interview: "What I'm going to do is appoint people to the FCCthat believe democracy depends on getting information from allportions of the political spectrum, not just one… Yes, we'regoing to break up giant media enterprises… You have got to saythat there has to be a limit as to how-- if the state has aninterest, which it does, in preserving democracy, then there hasto be a limitation on how deeply the media companies canpenetrate every single community. To the extent of even havingtwo or three or four outlets in a single community, that kind ofinformation control is not compatible withdemocracy." Lastly, if 633 replays of a misleadingtape proved insufficient to derail the Dean threat to theircontinued consolidation, the Center for Media and Public Affairsreported that only 39 percent of Dean's coverage on the networkevening news was positive during the week after Iowa. Bycontrast, rival John Edwards' coverage was 86 percent positiveduring the same period, and John Kerry's was 71 percent positive.That is not to say that Dean would have won. It does show thathe stood little chance of winning after his comments on Hardball. As the Democratic field winnowed and John Kerry was selected torun against George Bush, cable catapulted the Swift BoatVeterans onto the world stage. It should be kept in mind that immediately after the Democraticconvention Kerry had a comfortable 3-5 point lead. Socomfortable, in fact, that he signaled that he might takeanother look at media regulation and the effects ofconsolidation. At the beginning of August, the infamous "slow news" period,"liberal" TIME (August 3-5) and "conservative" FOX News (August3-4) conducted polls asking which issues were most important inthe 2004 presidential election. The public chose the economy,Iraq, terrorism, health care or Medicare, moral value issues,education, and taxes. Cable news offered viewers, "Kerry and Vietnam- Liar, Traitor,or Both?" Network news, in an apparent effort to hang on to somesense of decorum and perspective, stepped aside preferring tolet cable news carry the smear burden. A sampling of programsfrom August 5th - 26th revealed that CNN, MSNBC, and FOXprovided more than 283,593 words and over 34 showings of anotherwise sparsely seen attack ad(s) on the smear for freewithin the body of "news" stories. Again, these numbers are but a sampling and are not the completecount (in other words the total numbers would be even higher).Furthermore, the FOX word count was limited to 1/3 of the totalso that no claim could be made that FOX skewed the results. Theresults showed very little difference in intensity and type ofcoverage regardless of outlet. Publishing industry standardsplace 283,593 words beyond a regular novel and into the realm ofa 1,134 page "epic" novel or a trilogy. Anticipating criticism,cable used the "provocatively dressed" defense. Cable punditsstated that by referencing his service in Vietnam, Kerry "openedthe door" and "asked for it". "It" being a torrent of - "Kerryhas not been honest. He's- lying, lied, no war hero, betrayed,dishonored, lacks the capacity to lead, can't be trusted". 9repetitions of all 18 prime time Republican Convention speechesskewering Kerry on character, trustworthiness, and strengthwould be required to approach cable's effort. As for coverage,among many other absurdities, viewers were treated to: A "purple star" discussion (as introduced by Heidi Collins-apparently a 'Barney' fan); After 37,162 words and 17 showings of the first attack ad, SeanHannity asking, "… why are 'they' trying to silence you? Whywon't 'they' let this ad run...?"; A second attack ad (not even aired at the time) eagerly teasedby Andrea Mitchell, "Let's take a look at it…the new ad... theyhave not bought time yet... Take a look."; and Campaign "advice" from Chris Mathews, "...the only way he(Kerry) is going to change this story is to say he's gay". Some,apparently fed up with the coverage, openly disagreed with the"opened the door" rationale. Jeff Greenfield admitted that faultrested with cable news, which he described as, "...an endlessmob that has to be fed…". As for the non-starter story, he said,"...it was given a kind of fuel by this very media". As Kerry's poll numbers dropped, cable began fingerprint removalby relentlessly repeating, "people don't know where he stands",and attributing credit to "Bush's convention bounce". On September 14th, analyst and poll aficionado Bill Schneiderfinally pointed out the obvious, "By late August, the number whosaid Kerry's military record made them more likely to vote forhim had dropped by half. Kerry's advantage was neutralized bythe controversy". He added, "In early August...Kerry had theedge over Bush as the more honest and trustworthy candidate. Inlate August just before the Republican convention, the advantagehad tilted to Bush". Schneider's "cause and effect" observationswere widely... unreported. Party affiliation, "likeability", and a "man of the people"matter little if the candidate shows contempt for mediaconglomerates (Dean) or even ambivalence towards them (Kerry).They will be defeated. Even if one is aware of their Creator(Bush) and pays the proper homage, that individual will be takento the woodshed on occasion just as a reminder of where the realpower resides. True Republicans and real Democrats alike should be aware thatif they play the current media game they will allow ourdemocratic process to be hijacked in a way only imagined byWilliam Randolph Hearst. About the author:A moderate to progressive look at politics in these radicallyregressive times.
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