Media Double Standard - Part 45,321

Kate, talk about a double standard here. You have a President who dodged Vietnam and barely showed up for his National Guard duty. When faced with an opponent who fought and was decorated, the big smear begins. Ask John McCain about it.

[Although this has been signed as being written by a local radio talk show host, the IP is inconsistant. While I'm not about to state this is an imposter, the possibility exists -ed]

Notice something, the people complaining are his commanders, the same people who are gung ho for war no matter what, because either they like killing, risking their lives, or are just in command and aren't being shot at. This article might mean a damn if it came from his fellow soldiers in his platoon, but it does not. And why do you right wingers insist on trying to knock Kerry's service in Vietnam, at least he served in the war. And if you like George Bush and his warped version of America, why don't you come down here and give up your universal healthcare. Tell you what, let's trade places...

(I deleted your double post - I've done that too!)

I think that the accusation that Bush dodged Vietnam by signing up for flight training in a dangerous aircraft is tenuous at best - he joined the National Guard as the war was beginning to wind down. He is younger by 3 years than Kerry and by 10 younger than McCain. The "did he show up" National Guard contraversy was just sheer partisan lunacy - also covered very unevenly.

But even if I were to allow those points - Bush is a politician, not a member of the media. Politicians running for office ARE inherently partisan. We take that for granted. It's their job to call into question the fitness of their adversaries.

It's the job of the media to report the questions raised and issues fairly and evenhandedly so that the viewers can decide for themselves.

When the coverage begins to filter information (or add information) to the advantage of one party over another in a partisan debate, they become part of the news story itself. At that point, you have to discount the rest of their reporting as meaningful, for once you dicover that news is being altered for political advantage, then you can't have confidence in much they have to say about anything.

Yes, it undermines their credibility _that_ much, Murray.

(I've been interviewed and misquoted too often to have much confidence to begin with.)

Kate, you ignorant slut.

I, for one, am getting very, very tired of questions about Kerry's post-war defamation of his shipmates being mischaracterized as attacks on his service.

I have to ask if we are expected to believe one voice or many? The fact that the `one voice' has changed his position on so many issues so many times it becomes a strain to beieve anything he says. I think I'll go with the democratic process and believe the more numerous voices. And Kate ... don't bother with `Libertas' since they have only proven yet again that when they are confronted with the truth they are limited to personal attacks. The fact that their behavior doesn't make a convincing arguement is beyond their feeble minds. Lets see if this makes sense:
1992 they got the white house and retained the house and senate, 1994 they lost the house and senate, 1996 they retained the white house but could not regain either the house or senate, 1998 no change, 2000 the lost the white house as could not regain either the house or senate until Jeffords went independent when they gained the senate, made such a mess out of it that they again lost even more seats in 2002. This year (2204) what are the methods used? Attack every opponent on issues but don't offer solutions? And I'm expected to vote for you based on your attacks? I don't think so! The playbook has been used up but it seems the liberals can't identify the problem. Perhaps it is an example of Kate's next article: `Genetic Diversity' ... maybe they marry each other to often ... making them inbreds and closely related? It does seem like each generation of them become more venumous. Kerry wants to realign the US with the international community ... UN security council members evidently ... France and the hemroids. I know for a fact that France cares as much about my security as much as I care about theirs. So I want them having a say in my security because? Kate, I live in the Detroit metro area but was born and raised in that big state a bit south and west of you.