The Obama vs Cheney fiasco is another rating game for the MSM

[thewiseguy]

I do not give a rat's ass what Cheney thinks or says. For all I care he should be behind the bars.

But notice how CNN came out with their brand new poll on Cheney's favorability ratings just today when Cheney was suppose to deliver his "big" speech.

Of course CNN now has online polls where you could choose between Cheney and Obama. So feel free to visit CNN's website as you will help improve their perceived standing among news giants!

[ericgtr]

1. outside of news junkies nobody cares about Cheney

You are 100% right here, CNN is totally blowing this all up but your typical person couldn't care less.

[YvonneCa]

3. But you have to let them know that, or they'll...

...keep it going. E-mail them, and the other cable news outlets. Here's mine:



This email is about MSNBC's coverage of Cheney on May 21st.
I turned on MSNBC this morning to see FORMER Vice President Dick Cheney making his case for war and torture...AGAIN...WITH FULL MEDIA COVERAGE. That, in my opinion, is ridiculous and unfair.

I obviously support President Obama and his policies. But I have to tell you that my outrage is because of your(and CNN's) organization's unfairness.

During the run-up to the war in Iraq, former Vice President Al Gore was speaking out against it...and a citizen had to either read his speeches online, or (in the case of later speeches) buy them from C-Span and play them on a DVD player. NO ONE covered him...let alone broadcast his speeches live.

Why is THIS Vice President given such priviledge...especially at this critical time in our history? I contend he does not deserve it, and it will only further divide the country and prevent our current President from being successful.

MSNBC is wrong to broadcast this speech today.Further, you should now broadcast Al Gore's speech...given in 2005 at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. You can find it at c-span.org.

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_pa...

I hope some of you will join me.

[SamCooke]

2. It's funn that everyone says how much the media loves Obama, but...

they hold him to a lot higher standards than Cheney and co are held to. Cheney just pretended to love the CIA, but the guy outted an agent and blamed them for everything that went wrong in the Bush years. Yet the media doesn't call him out, but are quick to call Obama out. The former VP of this nation is going around incriminating himself and the media doesn't point that out. Some of these media members are just disgraceful.

[phleshdef]

4. All they are doing is helping make the unpopular Cheney the GOP figurehead.

I'm sure that isn't their intention, but it seems to be the result.