Politico doesn’t quite get it: The real problem with Solyndra media coverage

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BY DAVID ROBERTS
20 OCT 2011 4:20 PM

Apparently, enough people have been kvetching about the media's coverage of Solyndra that Politico felt obligated to do a story on the complaints. I appreciate that the paper gave its critics, including me, space to make our case, but reporter Darren Samuelsohn has characterized my views and aims in ways I do not entirely agree with, so I want to clarify a few things.

I, for one, am not "desperately trying to change the narrative away from Solyndra." The whole point of the critique has been to expose the fact that another group of people, a group unremittingly hostile to Obama and clean energy, are desperately trying to focus the narrative on Solyndra -- and they're succeeding!

This is a Politico perennial. When Republicans tried to manipulate media narratives about the Solyndra bankruptcy, they were dutifully quoted in stories with headlines like, "Republicans Call Solyndra Biggest Deal Ever." When liberals and environmentalists objected, they got stories like, "Liberals Try to Make Media Stop Calling Solyndra Biggest Deal Ever." Republican talking points are delivered as first-order news. Liberal talking points are wrapped in meta-news about liberals and their talking points. It makes liberals sound defensive and manipulative, and it's condescending as sh*t.

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http://www.grist.org/politics/2011-10-20-politico-doesnt-get-it-real-problem-Solyndra-media-coverage

[Submariner]

1. Politico is nothing more than a polished Drudge report

for the life of me I don't understand why they are always cited on ALL the cable news programs. They are staffed by lying rubbish that got it all wrong during the Bush/Cheney junta, and now the come together as fukking credible? Give me a break.

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2. Politico is nothing more than a polished

[Turn CO Blue]

3. Dear Politico: Mitch McConnell and Zap Motors. Look it up. n/t