If a report falls in a forest…

[HomerRamone]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/08/06/if-a-report-falls-in-a-forest/

If a report falls in a forest…

By: Steve on Sunday, August 6th, 2006 at 1:08 PM - PDT

It’s been about 48 hours since Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee issued a sweeping indictment of the Bush administration’s casual approach to law-breaking in a report called, "The Constitution in Crisis." How’s the media reaction been?

Using Lexis-Nexis and Google News, it appears that the only mainstream media outlet — literally, the only one — to even mention the release of the report was CNN, when Jack Cafferty devoted 200 words to the subject late last week.

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Regardless, this is a well-documented, thoroughly-researched report from congressional Democrats about the Bush administration possibly violating over two dozen federal laws and regulations — some of them multiple times. And yet, nothing in the AP; nothing in any of the major dailies; nothing on ABC, CBS, or NBC. Not one word.

First, many of us frequently feel like congressional Democrats need to be aggressive and go on the offensive more, but let’s not forget, even when they do, much the media blows off what Dems have to say. And second, if Dems accuse the administration of criminal activity, and it’s widely ignored, does it really make a sound?

–Guest Post by Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report

[Bonobo]

1. Chirp...chirp...Here's a link to the web version!

[dipsydoodle]

2. and there is no one there

does it make a sound ? Apparently not. :)

[snappyturtle]

3. "...does it really make a sound?"

Nope...just a blip.

[pooja]

4. Blog it around diff. sites... when it takes on a whirl on the

internet.. it has a chance of making it to msm.. send to KO... maybe he'll be done obsessing over Mel this week.

[blm]

8. and K&R threads like this.

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[unpossibles]

5. this is so frustrating

they control the propaganda... er.. media... and thus they control the debate. No wonder people think the Dems don't do anything - and granted, sometimes they really don't/can't - but when they do, almost no one knows it.

I think about some of the things I have learned here and other sites, then look at something easy like the Iraq/WMD false connection, then look at how many folks still believe that and it doesn't give me a lot of hope.

[WilliamPitt]

6. I'm in the middle of interviewing Conyers about this report

The interview should be published in a couple of days.

[blm]

7. The media buries or mutes EVERY Dem counter to BushInc, and has since 1998

when he first started running for president.