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Re: Freedom from information
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Mon, 6 Jan 2003 16:19:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> I haven't griped about Bush in this forum for close to several weeks. So
> here goes:
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> http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/01/03/MN120712.DTL
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> I sense Copresident Rove's hand in this somehow. Aside from the
> ever-astonishing willingness of the press to swallow whole any spin coming
> out of the uber-secret Bush administration, I'm disgusted that the famous
> liberal media are ignoring this issue. Even if we overlook the eerie
> similarity between the personnel of the current administration as compared
> with the personnel the last time a Bush decided to invade Iraq as a partial
> smokescreen to obscure a failing economy, I can't understand why no one is
> covering any of this! I mean, Clinton deposited some DNA on a dress and it
> was in every news outlet for months straight!
You are getting upset over a misnomer. Correctly speaking (which is to say,
politically incorrectly) you should be using the term The Conservative Media.
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> Another thing that's irritating me lately is this kind of exchange, common
> among television shows featuring conservative commentators:
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> Questioner: "What is Bush doing to improve the economy?"
> Commentator: "The economy is cyclical, and the president has no control over
> it. Besides, it started slipping during the Clinton administration. And
> let's not forget that the boom of the 90's resulted from Reagan's
> policies."
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> Obviously, that's a paraphrase, but I've heard very similar commentary on
> CNN, FoxNews, ABC, MSNBC, and NBC. The pundits bend over backwards to
> divorce Bush from any economic accountability while simultaneously
> condemning Clinton for his role in the current economy and deifying Reagan
> in turn for his role!
The Conservative Media. Just repeat it like a mantra.
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> Amazing, to be sure, but at least now we won't have to be bothered with such
> pesky details as how bad unemployment has gotten. And who'd like to bet
> that once the unemployment rate goes down, Bush will reinstate the reporting
> so that his administration can score it as a victory? I'd even guess that
> they'll claim that their policy of secrecy was partially responsible for
> reducing unemployment.
You realize that means the reporting will not return while Bush is in
office? :-)
-->Bruce<--
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