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Edited on Sun Oct-05-03 01:16 AM by 0rganism
If it were anything BUT a serious scandal for one of the other frontrunners, it wouldn't be newsworthy. But because Ahnold is a celebrity, he merits coverage. Hell, the scifi channel is runnning an Ahnold movie marathon this Wednesday, just because he's such an interesting guy I guess.
Ventura got it right today, it's all about Ahnold, and everyone else in the race is treated like garbage. Ahnold and his supporters get plenty of TV face time when they deny the sexual abuse allegations, oh yes it's all sleaze, but all the TV networks give the accusers is a quote from the LA Times flashed in print. Equal time? Hardly.
He's getting so much pumping from every direction, it really is sickening. At this point, it's quite possible that our freep lurkers are correct, and any coverage of his many atrocities simply add to his name recognition.
This is the 2000 media all over again. We should take it as a serious warning for what's to come in 2004. Right now, the Democratic candidates are getting the easy treatment, cos they mostly beat on each other. Once the W campaign kicks into gear, that $250MILLION$ is gonna be buying shrub lots of extremely patriotic face time, and there's going to be a scandal waiting for the Democrat, real or invented. Beware the media whores!
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