Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign

**flipper** · 11-01-2008, 08:28 AM

NEW YORK – John McCain supporters who believe they haven't gotten a fair shake from the media during the Republican's candidacy against Barack Obama have a new study to point to.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081101/...campaign_media

mimo2005 · 11-01-2008, 09:08 AM

Surprise , surprise who ran a doodoo and negative campaign ,with no subtance ?

Let's see in the past month, I've seen McCain's campaign:

- elevate an unlicensed plumber to a political guru based on what they see as a "gotcha" moment... about the OTHER guy's tax policy

- called Obama a Socialist, a "Redistributer" (whatever that does; all taxation does that

- accused Obama of "Palling around with terrorists"

- tried to make a moderate Palestinian scholar into a PLO spokesman, and tried to make a common appearance at a dinner w/this scholar into an issue... again ABOUT OBAMA -- despite McCain giving that same guy 500K in grants

- Made the majority of new ads attack ads about Obama

- put forward no new ideas of their own

Aside from the attacks, McCain's campaign:

- has been unable to get the self-styled plumber to SHOW UP at events (this from a national campaign? What should the story be? "Glorious McCain Campaign Succeeds in Heroically Lining Up Dear Plumber in 2 out of 3 Events!"?

- Has been unable to confine itself just to Obama attacking, aiming its vitriol at McCain's own VP candidate

- While meanwhile, said VP is inept (or self-serving) enough to elicit this PUBLIC whine from the presidential side... sort of justifying the negative stories on her, if you think about it. McCain's own people lined up half of them by "leaking" their disgust.

What should THAT headline be? "Glorious Governor and Dear Leader Build Deeper Understanding Through Frank Exchange of Views Through Media Leaks?"

What do you THINK the coverage will be?

**sobeit** · 11-01-2008, 10:08 AM

the republicans are nothing but cry babies. They did get a fair shake - if they were not so negative, if they went for the issues, if they would not have released so many false facts (yep liars) if they ran a fair and balance campaign then there would have been fewer problems.

11-01-2008, 08:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
flipper I helped the forums. Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 112 OS:	Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign NEW YORK – John McCain supporters who believe they haven't gotten a fair shake from the media during the Republican's candidacy against Barack Obama have a new study to point to. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081101/...campaign_media __________________ People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. But again, truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty you need only look into a mirror.

11-01-2008, 09:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	Re: Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign Surprise , surprise who ran a doodoo and negative campaign ,with no subtance ? Let's see in the past month, I've seen McCain's campaign: - elevate an unlicensed plumber to a political guru based on what they see as a "gotcha" moment... about the OTHER guy's tax policy - called Obama a Socialist, a "Redistributer" (whatever that does; all taxation does that - accused Obama of "Palling around with terrorists" - tried to make a moderate Palestinian scholar into a PLO spokesman, and tried to make a common appearance at a dinner w/this scholar into an issue... again ABOUT OBAMA -- despite McCain giving that same guy 500K in grants - Made the majority of new ads attack ads about Obama - put forward no new ideas of their own Aside from the attacks, McCain's campaign: - has been unable to get the self-styled plumber to SHOW UP at events (this from a national campaign? What should the story be? "Glorious McCain Campaign Succeeds in Heroically Lining Up Dear Plumber in 2 out of 3 Events!"? - Has been unable to confine itself just to Obama attacking, aiming its vitriol at McCain's own VP candidate - While meanwhile, said VP is inept (or self-serving) enough to elicit this PUBLIC whine from the presidential side... sort of justifying the negative stories on her, if you think about it. McCain's own people lined up half of them by "leaking" their disgust. What should THAT headline be? "Glorious Governor and Dear Leader Build Deeper Understanding Through Frank Exchange of Views Through Media Leaks?" What do you THINK the coverage will be? __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

11-01-2008, 10:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign the republicans are nothing but cry babies. They did get a fair shake - if they were not so negative, if they went for the issues, if they would not have released so many false facts (yep liars) if they ran a fair and balance campaign then there would have been fewer problems. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age