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The Washington Independent: Liberal Watchdog Challenges Anti-McCain Media Bias

  • msswin · 1 year ago
    Liberal Media Bias? I think not.



    John McCain just blew off speaking with thousands of minority

    journalists at the Unity '08 National Convention in Chicago all the while

    complaining he's not getting nearly enough news coverage. With all these journalists losing out on a great opportunity to meet with and write about

    the man, could it be they might be looking for something to report, a story

    to investigate?



    Feel free to forward the following "news tip" to them. We can kill

    three birds with one stone - take mainstream media to task for not giving

    voters coverage on the full McCain, bring attention to a health issue

    affecting many veterans, and give Senator McCain the level of news coverage

    he craves.



    Now, some in mainstream media even have the gall to question whether

    these minority journalists will pander to Obama because of race, while

    disregarding their own consistent record of filling us full with stories of

    McCain's war 'hero' trials and tribulations without giving us the full story.



    Journalists within the old school mainstream media indulge themselves with

    numerous articles on his status as a POW, inform us each and every time one

    vet speaks out about the torture of John McCain, even going into great detail

    about the types of torture and the number of years the man was tortured. Yet,

    it never enters their minds to ever ask the obvious question - "Could the man

    running for the highest office in the United States of America, a job with

    incredible stress, possibly suffer from PTSD?"



    Google the general web with the words 'mccain ptsd' and over one half

    million hits will appear. Most are articles by veteran groups having to do

    with McCain's lack of support for veterans and his actions to shut down the

    MIA/POW investigations, while many others discuss the very real possibility

    he suffers from PTSD. Now go to Google News section and enter 'mccain ptsd'.



    To be fair, google the entire archive. Out of a grand total of

    approximately 80 hits, you will be lucky to pull up one or two articles

    addressing this issue.



    Google the news for 'mccain mole' and you will find over 600 mainstream

    media articles updating us on the hour about a simple mole removal.



    As you can see, there is NO media coverage questioning whether John

    McCain may suffer from PTSD or perhaps LOSS. They are more than willing to

    write about the details of McCain's torture but not the probable result of said torture.
  • anniemae · 1 year ago
    Media bias toward Obama? What a laugh!! If anything, the media seems to be overcompensating for what a lot of people saw as excessive adulation for Obama.

    They keep giving this nincompoop a pass, when he commits gaffes and tells outrageous lies. It is obvious that a lot of people failed to learn the right lessons from 8 years of George W. Bush. I have always heard that insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL GET IF THIS MAN BECOMES PRESIDENT!!
  • 911review · 1 year ago
    hey, they gave McCain coverage, its not the medias fault he was on the CHEESE isle ?

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