Replies to post #67176 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[ta_bull_rider]

lol, if it's about preservation of the US Constitution, you'd probably want to elect the party that chooses to "stricly" interpret the constitution, i.e. conservatives.

"Elect John Kerry" and "preservation of the US Constitution" should never be mentioned in the same breath, as they are polar opposites.

[harrypothead]

Speaking of sideshow, Fox is having an absolute media feeding frenzy on the CBS story, debating whether it will hurt Kerry in the polls, etc. The Fox banner said "CBS Misled" which is ironic as no one has misled like Fox.

Published on Monday, December 1, 2003 by CommonDreams.org
Bush and Iraq: Mass Media, Mass Ignorance
by Jeff Cohen
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:KHIvAX1qcKUJ:www.commondreams.org/special/feature.htm+fox+news+...

A massive University of Maryland study found that most who get their news from commercial TV held at least one of three fundamental "misperceptions": that Iraq had been directly linked to 9/11, that WMDs had been found in Iraq or that world opinion supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Not unexpectedly, Fox News viewers were the most misled. But strong majorities of CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN viewers were also confused on at least one of these points. Among those informed on all three questions, only 23 percent supported Bush's war.

Ultimately, the Iraq war was a "Rush Limbaugh/Fox News War" -- based on the premise that in our current media environment if you tell a lie forcefully and frequently enough, the lie will triumph. Limbaugh rose to be the top commentator in our country while conducting a reign of error virtually unnoticed by mainstream media. Fox News, with its "fair and balanced" mantra, became the top cable news channel while mainstream TV writers solemnly debated whether the channel was biased or not.

The ideologues in the Bush White House apparently learned from watching the rise of Limbaugh and Fox News: When you invert or concoct reality, do so passionately and repetitively, and accuse anyone who challenges your reality of liberal bias...or treason.