Thank you for running Harold Meyerson's Washington Post piece about the Drier/Martin study of media coverage of ACORN, even though it was placed directly beneath a very suggestive cartoon showing a tarted-up acorn being ignored, or unnoticed, by the "watchdog press."
I wonder how many of your readers will have their negative impression of the media reinforced by the cartoon, and the "steady drumbeat" from Glenn Beck and the folks at FOX, without even bothering to read Meyerson's article, or taking the trouble to find out more about the young man who filmed the "sting" of the ACORN staffers who so foolishly played along with his little hypothetical game.
This kind of manipulation of the press is right out of the Lee Atwater/Karl Rove playbook, and represents the sort of politics that we, the majority of the American electorate, rejected in the last election. I would hope that we are interested enough, and smart enough, to look beyond the cartoon.
Glenn Gang, Newport
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Again, I just posted this because of the comments. I reported abuse at Rachel Maddow being referred to as 'Rachel Mannow.'
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Pretty cheezy comment. It's laughable that Matt thinks they 'cleaned up' the forums.
ReplyDeleteWhat? The GT forums have degrated into name calling and insults... Weird, I assume that there are a lot of bannings right?
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ReplyDeleteCheezy comment...degrated...I see the connection.
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