A Must Read and Send: Don't Give Up on the Media by Ernest Partridge

[frank frankly]

I read this and instantly had to forward it to the writer who covers the national news for my local paper. You'll likely want to do the same.

Ms. McFeatters,

I'm sure you get a lot of emails, but I would really appreciate it if you read this article. It says everything I've been trying to articulate since October 2002 when the march to war began.

I think you are a very good and honest journalist. I hope you find this a compelling read.

<http://www.crisispapers.org/essays/media.htm>

Thank you for your time,
Eric Sisak

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/04/01/07_media.html

Don't Give Up on the Media
January 7, 2004
By Ernest Partridge, The Crisis Papers

We must not give up on the media - we must not assume that the media's shameless promotion of George Bush is immutable - for if the corporate media continues its present course and repeats its performance of 2000, Bush has a lock on the election.

In case you haven't noticed, even now the mighty pro-Bush-GOP Wurlitzer is well into its overture. Remember the Gore caricature - self-promoter, reinventor, and liar ("inventing the internet" and all that)? Now consider the emerging media portrait of Howard Dean: radical-liberal, erratic, negative, angry, and a fore-ordained loser. (John Kerry has now been disqualified for the highest office by the media. Why? He "looks French," puts Swiss cheese in his Philly sandwiches, and pays too much for his haircuts. Serious stuff).

And now the latest meme: Democrats are "deranged." The theme was introduced, almost simultaneously, by Charles Krauthammer, Tucker Carlson, William Safire and David Brooks, and now resounds in cable (so-called) "news" channels and AM radio. (See Maureen Farrell: "America Unhinged"). Were one of a paranoid bent (i.e. "deranged") one even might suspect some sort of coordination in this attack, say by the RNC and the White House Rovians.

[grannylib]

1. Good idea, thanks for sharing! I am passing it along as well. eom

[frank frankly]

2. it's a good read all right!

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