Does the Corporate media feel guilty for what they did to McCain in 2000?

[FrenchieCat]

Which is why they have kissed his ass ever since?

I think so.

There is no other explaination for this lobsided campaign reporting.

The pundits give McCain advise every damn day.
and smear Barack one way of the other.
The media does Free PR for McCain and everything.

THen they ask....Why is Obama losing ground? (even as Obama is ahead)

[jobycom]

1. No. They wanted Bush then, they appointed Bush. They want McCain now, they are doing what they can.

We knew it was going to be like this. After what they did to Dukakis, to Clinton for eight years, to Gore, to Kerry...

It's simple. The media outlets are owned by corporations who make oodles of money when Republicans are in office, and have to act more responsibly when Democrats are in office. So these corporations use their media outlets as advertising departments for the Republican Party. McCain's just on their side this time, that's all.

[Jawja]

17. Exactly.

They have their marching orders, just like anyone who works in Corporate environment. Their Bosses' Bosses have set the objectives and they go on the air (go to their jobs) to fulfill those objectives. They are not in business to actually report the news or inform the public.

Their objective is: LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR A REPUBLICAN "VICTORY."

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Don't be silly. They had their marching orders in 2000: Screw McCain. Elect Bush.

Now they have different marching orders. Screw Obama. Elect McCain.

When it comes to the press, to Republicans, and to corporations in general, one should never assume that there is anything remotely like conscience in play. Assume the worst, and you'll be on target.

[Cha]

9. That's my theory..I was just going to

write.."there's another option" and lo and behold Jackpine has it.

[NYC_SKP]

3. To feel guilt there needs to be a soul.

I can't picture any member of the corporate media thinking "aw, we were really unfair 8 years ago, we feel bad."

I think they do what they do to keep up ratings, which means propping up the losing guy and cutting down the winner.

And they've a deeper motive, which is that their parent corporations will profit far more by a Republican administration than with Obama.

:hi:

[madeline_con]

5. Or at least a conscience.

Studies prove a lack of empathy is the first step to creating a sociopath like DUH-bya.

I try to imagine a childhood where the family goes golfing the day after one of the kids dies.

[salguine]

4. Does the corporate media feel guilty about anything!?

[FrenchieCat]

6. They really should.

Personally, I don't know how they can sleep at night.

But yes. Perhaps, they have no soul.

[NYC_SKP]

8. I'm afraid your time aboad may have influenced your expectations, FrenchieCat....

....this is America, sorry.

(if you know what I mean...)

But welcome back!

[TankLV]

7. no - it's that they can't stand ANY Democrat...

you missed the point entirely...

[Cosmocat]

16. We have a winner ...

The roles are set each time ...

R good
D bad

Weave in the usual typecasts - R "one of us" D "arrogant" and fine tune to the specifics of the individual ...

[kurtboss]

10. No, they're following the sensational

The Dems have left Obama wide open with a vaccuum. Two keys, keep with YOUR message no matter what. The message is McCain=Bush III. Then, Obama needs the Dems and 527s to create stories to take attention from McCain. That requires being sensational...like McCain use celebrities or sex, or drugs(you know GOP will be using that soon), nukes, bin laden, 9/11, abortion... It doesn't really matter what the distraction is, it's appreciating that ignoring OR rebutting these stories only serves to give them life.

[AlCzervik]

11. I think the media wants the same McCain that was around then but of course he's the same McCain

now, the press just built him into something he wasn't.

[sofa king]

12. Nope. Corporations are designed to have no conscience.

They're kissing his ass now because he'll give the people in the corporate boards a chance to get away with their loot. Obama probably won't. Simple as that, if you ask me.

[nancyr]

13. Corporate entities lack a soul.

It's all a big con game.

[AZBlue]

14. I still think it's the Hensley connection.

The 3rd (or 5th, depending on who you ask) largest distributor of alcohol and energy drinks in the U.S.

+

Total dollars spent on alcohol and energy drink advertising in print and TV.

=

A pass for John McCain

[Skwmom]

15. Glad to see you're back but no, it's not about feeling guilty (though that may

be one of the points pushed to make it easier for the media talking heads to get on board with getting the corporate candidate, McCain, elected).

It's as simple as corporations own the media. Those corporations have a VESTED INTEREST in getting a CORPORATE candidate elected b/c it is worth billions of dollars to them. I think the plan was to run a Democratic corporate candidate against a Republican corporate candidate but alas Obama and the American Public got in the way. Does anyone really think when billions (and in the long run trillions) of dollars are at stake that Corporations are going to put all their eggs in one basket? In other words, please no "only the Republicans are in the bag for the corporations" comments.

The state of the fourth estate in this country (which in well on it's way to becoming virtually non-existent) should alarm any citizen who really gives a darn about our country.

Our so called media has focused on hiring people who ;

are blinded by ideology (for example, let's use the U.S. to redraw the map of the Middle East),

will do anything for money and fame (Look what happens when you get on board with the program. Limbaugh has been rewarded with a multi-million dollar contract, the new guy at MSNBC is talking about contract renewals and staffing for new shows, and Tim Russert has a highway named after him. So just be a team player and you too can be greatly rewarded!)

and who are preferably stupid (and that much easier to manipulate b/c stupid + greed makes for the best employee in the corporate media world).

Never a truer word was spoken then the mind has the infinite capacity to rationalize. I've seen many smart, decent people convince themselves that the right thing to do was to go along with something that was clearly the wrong thing to do. I think that is one of the reasons some of our so called 'journalists" seem intent on not liking Obama, it makes it that much easier for them to convince themselves that they are doing the right thing by tearing him down.

Obama is fighting three fronts: The corporate media, the RNC, and those who are already planning a Clinton run in 2008.

Obama is not a perfect man and after what our country has experienced I can understand why it is hard for some people to believe that Obama will be different. However, if Obama wasn't "different," he would not be so ferociously attacked by the corporate media.

On edit: After the 2000 election, the Carlye Group got busy buying up local tv channels. So while we can see how bad it is on a national level, can you imagine how bad it is when you add in the local level "tear down Obama, get McCain elected" propaganda?