On Wednesday’s “Special Report,” Fox News anchor Brit Hume cited CMI’s new study, “A Study in Character Assassanation: How the TV Networks Have Portrayed Sarah Palin as Dunce or Demon.”
The study found that the media portrayal of Palin has been overwhelmingly negative, smearing the Alaska governor as an unqualified dunce or demonizing her as McCain’s attack dog.
Hume stated:
BRIT HUME, host: And now the most scintillating two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine. A new study by the Culture and Media Institute, that’s an offshoot of the conservative Media Research Center, has found that the three major broadcast networks were overwhelmingly negative in their coverage of Sarah Palin during a two week period in late September and early October. So they found that NBC, ABC and CBS ran a total of 69 stories on Palin. Two were deemed positive, 37 negative and 30 neutral. None of the evening news shows ran a positive story about McCain, I mean, about Palin. Twenty-one stories portrayed her as unintelligent and unqualified, 14 characterized her as John McCain’s attack dog and nine emphasized attacks on Palin by conservatives.
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The Lovely MSM
October 30, 2008 - 16:43 ET by MeowMeowWhat McCain and Palin are running against in this election is the MSM, as well as Obama and his thugs. They are scared to death that Obama will lose, and they don't mind playing dirty to assure otherwise.
I want McCain to win for a frillion reasons, one of which is so the MSM will see that they do not dominate our culture, or our thoughts or voting patterns. They are so smug and freakishly liberal, and I'd love to see the looks on their faces if McCain pulls this out, which he very well could.
If McCain loses, then the MSM knows that their tactics worked, and they will continue to persecute Republicans from now until the end of time.
Obama: A glittering jewel of colossal ignorance. --RL
No surprise there
October 30, 2008 - 16:49 ET by well99The msm is the fifth column in this country.They want solocialist so they can control us.For our own good of course.
While not surprising, this
October 30, 2008 - 16:54 ET by motherbeltWhile not surprising, this is beyond outrageous.
The media have way too much power, but I don't know what can be done about it, since these things are constantly being pointed out to them, and they are not even embarrassed by it. I think they gloat about it, out of sight of the public.
Thank Heaven we have come such a long way from only the nightly 6 PM news! If not for the internet, we would all be rats being led by the Pied Piper. As it is, some of us are, anyway.
First, Brit Hume remains
October 30, 2008 - 16:57 ET by HockeyKidFirst, Brit Hume remains one of the few journalists of integrity at the national level.
Second, when you think of 0bama, think of how you felt when, as a kid, you found out the the movies weren't real. That's how you should feel about The One. It would be great if he really were the guy you see on the 30-second spots (at least, the ones that aren't attack ads). He sounds very moderate, even conservative on a number of issues. But that guy doesn't exist. In fact, the 0bama that the press and his campaign have been presenting for 2 years now doesn't exist. He is a figment of his own imagination.
So remember that feeling, and on Tuesday, don't put America in a position where, one day, we'll be watching documentaries that try to figure out how such dreadful conditions came to be in our beloved country.
HockeyKid
October 30, 2008 - 16:59 ET by MrShyGreat post!
You're the next contestant on...
THE MESSIAH IS... LEFT !!
First Bush's character was demonized, now Sarah's
October 30, 2008 - 17:04 ET by garyganuThe media has been on a two week rampage, assassinating Sarah Palin's character. But how about the eight year campaign of the mainstream media that has been demonising, attacking, humiliating, misrepresenting and destroying the image and character of George Bush. The unfair character assassination of George Bush, based on lies, half truths, omissions and innuendo, was successful at lowering his approval ratings to record low numbers and giving Obama's call for change, illegitimate creedence.
This campaign in the media has been going on for 8 years. They are getting increasingly more vicious, and they are pulling out all the stops, as this election cycle nears the finish line.
Many people on the left are so convinced by the mainstream-media's propaganda campagn, that they feel justified by participating in, or condoning the most vicious attacks of republican politicians. An excellent recent example is the acceptance of a likeness of Sarah Palin, hanging in effigy in West Los Angeles, as passers by are amused, rather than outraged.