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and not "how will this affect the people"? For instance, as casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan mount, the media doesn't cover it from the perspective of the families that have lost a loved one. No, the media says things like, "Four more Americans were beheaded in Iraq today. How does this affect the president's re-election chances?"
On the economy, there's been virtually no jobs growth in this country for the past four years, but instead of really analyzing the labor problems like looking into the effects of outsourcing and globalization, analyzing how long-term unemployment affects the economy, etc. No, it's always boiled down into whether or not this fact or that fact helps or hurts Bush.
It's like Bush is the center of the media universe, and all events and facts have to be looked at through the prism of his re-election campaign. Instead, the media should look at the actual policies of the Bush administration and how it's affecting the people.
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