Now that Gephardt's ahead in Iowa, Fox News

[phirili]

keeps speaking of Dean's lead in New Hampshire and now shows Dean's ad free every hour in the form of news from the embedd.

Dean is the only Dem canditate who gets his ad shown free on Fox.

Why?

[quinnox]

1. I have noticed the same type of thing

On the AP yahoo presidential elections page.

There was a poll last week that showed Dean's lead at 6 points in NH, then a short time later the story was changed to a different poll and the headline was changed as well to, "Dean leads by 14 in NH poll"

It was very odd.

Also, in general the coverage is Dean centric and by and large positive on this yahoo presidential elections page.

[quaker bill]

2. The polls I have read

show it a statistical dead heat. Gep 27% Dean 26%.

That being aside, the Dean camp is apparently good at giving the press the bits they need to keep him on the front page. It is called campaigning.

The press goes where ever the sensational news bit is found easiest. Even Fox has the "lazy" bias.

[phirili]

3. Dean camp certainly seems to

have an inside track on Fox.

The media can create sensational news, and they can obviously make a candidate look like a winner if it suits an agenda.

[alcuno]

4. They've fallen into a trap.

They believe that helping Dean will in turn help *.

[Philosophy]

5. Because Rovesputin told them that Dean was who they wanted

They always obey the Mad Wonk.

[tsipple]

6. Dean is Interesting

He helps sell newspapers and attract viewers.

There's also the political calculus. If Gephardt wins Iowa, what happens next for him? Your second and third wins are the most important.

[lefty_mcduff]

7. Rove thinks * can beat Dean easily

So the GOP propaganda machine is pushing Dean. Similar to the GOP paying for Nader's campaign ads last time around.

[unfrigginreal]

11. Baloney

Just saw Brit Hume trying to prop up Gep as "express train" to take out Dean. Didn't we just have an article from WaPo pushing the Gep is the one we fear meme?

[Skwmom]

16. Why are the propping up Gep?

Because they want people to perceive him (not Clark) as the one who can stop Dean. They are trying to improve Gep's support in the South because they don't want it to come down to a Dean/Clark race.

[blm]

28. True. And do it gladly because Dean trashes Democrats.

For the corporate media, what's not to love about a Democrat that trashes the other Dems as much as they do?

[KittyWampus]

8. When The Networks Were Doing This For Arnold

It seemed pretty clear who they were rooting for in CA

[Padraig18]

9. Maybe...

... because they find him more interesting than the other top-tier candidates? I always consider the most obvious answer first, before I look for less-obvious ones... :shrug:

[lefty_mcduff]

10. Perhaps. But I don't think Faux has ever reported on

*ANY* political news without an ulterior motive. Especially when it comes to the spin applied to Democrats. Sorry.

[Skwmom]

17. Less obvious?

No it's just the reason that Dean follower refust to see because this race is all about Dean not taking back our country.

[Demobrat]

12. They're pushing Dean because

Dean can't beat Bush. And all of us Deanies are too dumb to realize we're being played. If we were smart we would abandon Dean and get behind Kerry or Clark, because they are real soldiers and Bush isn't. And of course we all know how much the American people care about military service. That's why they elected Clinton twice.

[poskonig]

14. Empirical evidence, please.

The numbers I've seen show Dean doing as well or better than Kerry, Clark etc. head to head against Bush.

Dean is the frontrunner and is generating all of the news; Clark is polling at a pathetic 6% in NH and clearly isn't a newsworthy story, for instance.

Yes, Fox News sucks, but you guys are reading too much into this, blinded by your hatred of Dean.

[Demobrat]

29. Oops. I guess I forgot the sarcasm button.

I could flog myself with a wet noodle, but I think I'll go give some more money to Dean instead.

[Skwmom]

18. Even Clinton has stated that he doubts if he could win today

because guess what we are fighting a war on terrorism.

[VermontDem2004]

30. We are?

Seems like to me Bush doesn't know who the terrorists are.

[quinnox]

13. Another example from Yahoo AP

page. On Friday, Gephardt was endorsed by the International Longshoremans' Association, a 60,000 member AFl-CIO union that is well known. It was the 20th major union to back Gephardt.

Yet there was no coverage about it on this presidential elections page.

But an earlier story on Wednesday about Dean getting his very first union endorsement from the International union of Painters which won't be announced until Monday of the next week, was faithfully reported.

It will even be a two-fer, because I am sure a new story will be reported on Monday when the endorsement is actually given.

[AWD]

15. Mods, please lock

Violation, GD Rule #3

3. If you post an article or other published content which is from a conservative source or which expresses a traditionally conservative viewpoint, you must state your opinion about the piece and/or the issues it raises.

The poster publishes material seen on Faux News and offers no opinion about it.

[Skwmom]

20. This is pretty sad. You are trying to restrict debate

and you're running for office.

[VermontDem2004]

21. Put this suggestion on 'Ask the Mods' section

[AWD]

23. I sent an alert...

...for each thread this person has started.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. Call The Police.....

Hmmmmmmmm

Since the net is international call Interpol....

[pasadenaboy]

19. Please

let me know when they either

a) say something positive about Dean, or
b) say something bad about Bush.

They think Dean's add show him "going negative". The coverage I saw said that he was breaking his pledge not go to negative. Fox talks a lot about Dean, but the coverage is never flattering or good.

[VermontDem2004]

22. I haven't seen anything flattering for Dean on Fox News yet

Tonight on Hannity & Colmes, Dean goes on the attack, will it hurt him and this party and help Bush, tonight at 9/8 PM central

[AWD]

24. Of course not....

...the poster was just trying to stir up trouble.

[phirili]

31. Next I'll be accused by you of being unpatriotic

because I support Kerry and not Dean.

The repugs are scared of Kerry; do the Math.

[VermontDem2004]

34. The repugs are scared of common sense

something both Kerry and Dean have. Now can we actually have some unity? probaly not.

[blm]

25. That ad was shown many times on CNN, too.

But, the BFEE has "embeds" at EVERY newschannel.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. I Wish The Right Wing,

Robert Novak, Kate O'Beirne, Tucker Carlson, Fred Barnes, et all wouldn't choose our f-u-c-k-i-n-g candidate.....

They wish the Dems as much success as Fred Phelps wishs Ru Paul.....

[killbotfactory]

32. It's what happens when you're a political juggernaut

People take notice eventually.

It's the classic asterisk to juggernaut story.

[w13rd0]

33. Since you say that the "media filter"...

...is scared of Kerry, and Fox is propping up Dean, how about sharing with us all that info being blocked by the filter? Why spend all your time crying in your teacup "Dean, Dean, Dean"?