Another Thought Experiment
For those who doubt that the MSM loves "maverick" Republicans, but hasn't much use for "renegade" Democrats, here's another thought experiment, based on some judicious alterations to lefty blogger Duncan Black's denunciation of Joe Lieberman in today's LA Times (words in brackets have been changed):
Imagine the following emanating from a right-winger:
For too long [John McCain] has defined his image by distancing himself from other [Republicans], cozying up to [left]-wing media figures and, at key moments, directing his criticisms at members of his own party instead of at the [Democrats] in [the Senate].
And then:
[McCain] has a long history of providing cover for the worst of [Democratic] actions while enthusiastically serving as his own party's scold.
Now imagine . . . if it were John McCain's political career that was placed in jeopardy by a more doctrinaire conservative -- rather than Joe Lieberman being threatened by a more leftist Democrat -- don't you think we'd be hearing a few more gasps of horror from the MSM at the ugliness of the political cannibalism?
Then again, we wouldn't even be seeing a right wing equivalent of Duncan Black being given space on the Times' op/ed page to press the anti-McCain attack.
Imagine the following emanating from a right-winger:
For too long [John McCain] has defined his image by distancing himself from other [Republicans], cozying up to [left]-wing media figures and, at key moments, directing his criticisms at members of his own party instead of at the [Democrats] in [the Senate].
And then:
[McCain] has a long history of providing cover for the worst of [Democratic] actions while enthusiastically serving as his own party's scold.
Now imagine . . . if it were John McCain's political career that was placed in jeopardy by a more doctrinaire conservative -- rather than Joe Lieberman being threatened by a more leftist Democrat -- don't you think we'd be hearing a few more gasps of horror from the MSM at the ugliness of the political cannibalism?
Then again, we wouldn't even be seeing a right wing equivalent of Duncan Black being given space on the Times' op/ed page to press the anti-McCain attack.
posted by LadybugUSA at 7:37 PM
2 Comments:
MSM, MSM, MSM...
It is also worth noting that Lieberman has yet to be subjected to dirty intra-party tricks of the kind McCain has been subjected to, such as a whisper campaign that called into question his sanity as a result of his time as a POW, or being the subject of a push poll implying that he fathered an illegitimate black child, or being called the "fag candidate" in church flyers.
wrabkin, that's rich. So, because the MSM gives conservative viewpoints 20% of the time, it gets a pass.
Just today let's see where the MSM is:
"NBC’s Andrea Mitchell chose not to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization and instead described it as a group that “provides social services” and is headed by a “populist” leader. "
"Hezbollah officials gave CNN access into the southern suburbs of Beirut — the area thought to house the organization’s headquarters — to show the damage inflicted on civilians there. They also wanted to show they do not house military stockpiles there, CNN’s Nic Robertson reported. Robertson said he could not confirm the group’s assertions about what was housed in the area." So the last sentence makes him fair and balanced.
crazy, AND True.
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