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From Gene Lyons, this from Mark Halperin says it (5.00 / 2) (#5)
by jawbone on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 01:14:46 PM EST
all about how the MCM operates.

In Time, Mark Halperin provides a list of "Painful Things Hillary Clinton Knows--Or Should Know." No. 7: "The Rev. Wright story notwithstanding, the media still wants Obama to be the nominee--and that has an impact every day." We've come full circle. So confident have the Beltway media courtiers grown in their social and political status that what once was furiously denied is now boasted about. Politicians may come and go, but Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman, Tim Russert and Maureen Dowd preside over a permanent House of Lords.

The Presidential Election Question is whether the MCM will turn on Obama if he gets the nomination and then fluffs McCain....

When the media chooses candidates (none / 0) (#6)
by Edgar08 on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 01:16:04 PM EST
How do they usually turn out once that candidate has to shift gears and actually start running things?

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The MCM*ers' choice in the past two presidential (none / 0) (#13)
by jawbone on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 01:22:12 PM EST
elections didn't turn out all that well. BushBoy has brought our nation low.

But MCMers still think they have the right to select our nominees and our president.

What a mess.

*MCM--Mainstream Corporate Media; MCMers--members of the MCM.

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Regarding the MCMers... (5.00 / 1) (#59)
by sapienthetero on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 01:49:37 PM EST
I wonder if they really care who wins at all.  They seem to start feeding on whomever is ahead.  Their real goal is most likely to keep the race going as long as possible in order to keep people watching their dreck.

It's a shame that it seems to work.  Sure would be nice to see Americans wake up one day and realize they don't need the media, religious power-mongers or the liberal orthodoxy to tell them what to think.

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I assume the corporate paymasters care--and thus (none / 0) (#63)
by jawbone on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 01:51:41 PM EST
the MCMers do indeed care, in one way or another.

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Well, he should know. I saw him on three (none / 0) (#8)
by Teresa on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 01:17:49 PM EST
different shows in one night with his pro-Obama (or anti-Clinton) views.

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No need for Gore or party elders to step in (none / 0) (#201)
by Josey on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 03:42:08 PM EST
The MSM is quite capable of continuing to manipulate the horse race for Obama.


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Friday Open Thread | 247 comments (247 topical)

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