Kerry's Globe Problem: Some of it may not be his fault

[curse10]

http://slate.msn.com/id/2094235/

I'm not that surprised- the Globe is always giving Kerry shit, but this has some interesting quotes.

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The advertising, the speeches in Iowa refashioned John Kerry in a—as a much more authentic person. And now the question is, as he goes back to New Hampshire, a neighboring state of Massachusetts, do the people of New Hampshire, who have been often affected by the coverage from across the border, are they going to see John Kerry less as a patrician kind of elitist liberal and more as the Vietnam war hero who's a working-class tribune?"

—CNN commentator Jeff Greenfield on John Kerry's Iowa caucus victory, Jan. 19.

It's counterintuitive that John Kerry should expect more hostile press in Massachusetts, where repeatedly he has won re-election, than in the corn fields of Iowa. The Boston Globe, which sets the tone for political coverage in Massachusetts and much of New England, should logically cheer on its hometown boy as he reaches for the big brass ring. Ideologically, the Globe and Kerry occupy roughly the same left-of-center niche, and through three Senate elections the Globe has never failed to endorse him. And as decades of adoring Kennedy coverage have demonstrated, the Globe doesn't blush at playing the "homer" (journalese for a reporter who roots openly for local sports teams, institutions, and civic leaders).

But screwy as it may sound, Greenfield's analysis is correct. Kerry really does get unfavorable coverage in the Globe. The paper has exposed relentlessly, and mocked frequently, Kerry's least attractive character traits. Granting that the news pages almost always follow scrupulously the profession's strict guidelines for objective reporting—and that opinions and attitudes inside a newsroom are never entirely uniform—it is nonetheless the case that, broadly speaking, the Boston Globe has it in for John Kerry.

[XanaDUer]

1. Hi curse10!

Great article!

:hi:

[curse10]

4. Hey LC!

I've made a personal vow to only post positive articles about Kerry and ignore all the poo being reported here in GD! This is the first post! :-)

[XanaDUer]

8. Good idea.

I'll look for your posts.


Any news from NH yet on our guy? :)

[curse10]

12. Well, I'm heading there on Saturday

and I might ditch school to be there Tuesday. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and my spirits high!

[Zomby Woof]

18. SKULL & BONES!!!!!!

Bilderbergers! Masons!! Trilateral Commission! :tinfoilhat:

[XanaDUer]

30. Okay you left out

Protocols of the Elders of Zion!

The sky is falling!

[Zomby Woof]

35. dammit!

I also forgot the Shriners! :D

[Wonk]

37. John Kerry is a Shriner? Not according to google...

:eyes: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22John+Kerry%22+Shriner
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-ridicule.html


:think: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22John+Kerry%22+Skull+Bones

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[Wonk]

34. on edit - Note to self: RTFA before posting. nt

[hellhathnofury]

2. Maybe they just can't stand him pretending to be something he's not.

A Democrat with a spine.

Mamma know's best.

[curse10]

5. Nice attack!

Good job!

[hellhathnofury]

7. Thank ye kindly!

It's infightin' season.

[curse10]

9. Yeah, I try not to do that

I try to have some class and not spend my night looking for Dean threads to take down. I could do it, rather easily, but I'm trying to stay positive. I know, it's silly, but I like my candidate, I don't just hate everyone else's.

[hellhathnofury]

14. Oh, cry me a river.

This isn't exactly a positive thread, your attacking the Globe for being less than flattering of Kerry, your guy. Fair ball! And I did read the article.

I like my candidate very much.

[curse10]

17. Fair ball, my ass

:eyes:

[hellhathnofury]

20. Peace on earth. Good huntin!

;-)

[trumad]

22. The Globe deserves to be attacked head on for anything about Kerry

Click on the Howler links and if you think the Globe is fair then you're blind!

[Old and In the Way]

44. Is the Globe running for President?

Your point doesn't hold water....if you've read any of the ridiculous articles attacking Kerry in the Globe, you'd understand

I agree curse10...much better to keep it positive. I see no value, as the Party to stop Bush, in tearing down any of the candidates...that's what the RNC is in business for.

I really don't understand the Globe. I read it religiously in the 70's. It was the best damn paper in the country. Definitely a liberal/progressive publication.

The fact that the NYT owns the paper has a lot to do with the attack op/eds that emanate from Morrisey Blvd, IMHO.

[hellhathnofury]

45. "in tearing down any of the candidates"

HAHA...that's funny, ask the voters of Iowa what they saw.

[Old and In the Way]

47. I think Iowans saw

the next President of the United States win their caucus....

[XanaDUer]

15. I know, I hear ya...

I love when some say, "post something positive about *your* candidate", and then, even when you do, it still does not matter.

Well, at least Kerry's record is open.

[XanaDUer]

10. That's funny.

Considering he has used his spine to battle Rethugs from Nixon, Reagan, on down...

[hellhathnofury]

16. I haven't seen it in awhile, maybe you should send a search party.

I'm electing the man for what he is now, not what he was 10 or 20 years ago.

[XanaDUer]

27. Good for you. Some want to see a person's

record from long ago to see how they have voted, stood, etc.

Diff'rent strokes. Go with what you prefer.

[BeatleBoot]

24. Spineless

Bronze Star, Silver Star, Combat V and three Purple Hearts.

Spineless? Not in my book.

Going after the Bushies in the BCCI Scandal and Iran/Contra isn't spineless either.

Sorry you feel that way. It doesn't square with reality.

[hellhathnofury]

28. See #16!

:hi:

[BeatleBoot]

31. See #3

:7

[XanaDUer]

29. Maybe some have to SEE the anger

to believe it. Me, I prefer actions to words.

[BeatleBoot]

3. A Working Class Hero

is something to be.

Go watch him speak at a local VFW hall. He's a class act.

[trumad]

6. The Globe is a whore

Here's a Somerby/Howler link on everything you need to know about the Globe and Big John.

http://www.google.com/custom?q=kerry+globe&sa=Google+Search&cof=AH%3Acenter%3BAWFID%3Ac32a032061318778%3B&domains=dailyhowler.com&sitesearch=dailyhowler.com

[curse10]

13. thanks for the links trumad

good stuff

[blm]

11. In the 80s, BFEE shill Michael Ginsburg worked at the Globe.

I am sure it was to taint the newsroom because of the BCCI and IranContra investigations by Kerry. Ginsburg works at the White House now last I heard.

[XanaDUer]

19. Yeah, I'll bet Oliver North thinks Kerry has spine and balls

:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

21. 38%-18%

I like to repeat that often. :-)

[curse10]

23. LoL

I've been a good girl. I've not gloated once. :-)

[Zomby Woof]

26. I am one of those classless assholes!

I love being vindicated, and this has been a particularly good week for it! :D

38-18... ahhhhhhh!

[mitchum]

33. But you're my kind of classless asshole!

[mitchum]

32. I'm neither good nor a girl...

IOWA

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[mitchum]

41. No No No...

That was meant in a convivial way. ZW and I are cool (unless the subject is the great Lester Bangs)

[Zomby Woof]

42. LOL

I forgot about the Lester Bangs thing, but then I hate ALL critics, lol.

Looks like my conviviality is causing all kinds of strife. :D

[mitchum]

40. HAHAHA! Careful Zomby...

what if I was a bitter little baby and alerted on your "SUCK ON IT!"
It's happened before...

[mitchum]

46. Jesus Christ! That wasn't an attack on me

No reason for it to be alerted on (and deleted)

[trumad]

25. In this crazy landscape of politics

I wouldn't repeat that too often.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

43. The Globe has a serious vendetta against Kerry

Joan Venocchi is particularly bad.

Kerry ran unopposed last time for his seat. He is very popular in Mass. It's pretty bad when the Boston Herald-the right wing rag-is more balanced in its Kerry coverage than the Globe.

And the Globe-with the exception of a few writers-is hardly left of center.