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TV FAIRER TO CANDIDATES THAN PRINT MEDIA
An amazing chart accompanying a NY Times story about Fox News' bias
towards Rudolph Giuliani shows that - in terms of interviews at least -
the major networks have been far fairer to the range of Democratic and
Republican candidates than has been the print media. As we have noted,
in the first six months of this year the print media massively favored
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in its coverage. But despite Fox's
obvious bias towards' Giuliani, the other networks have not only been
fairer, they have shown almost a reverse prejudice, with Joe Biden
getting twice as many interviews as Hillary Clinton and Mike Huckabee
getting more than Giuliani. We suspect this has something to do with the
ease of booking lower ranked candidates and who makes an interesting
interview, but it certainly has produced some surprising results:
Number of TV network interviews through July 15
344 John McCain [top Republican on NBC]
304 Joe Biden [top Democrat on MSNBC]
270 Mike Huckabee [top Republican on MSNBC]
266 Bill Richardson [TOP Democrat on CNN]
261 Barack Obama
257 John Edwards
218 Mitt Romney
214 Christopher Dodd
196 Rudolph Giuliania [top Republican on Fox]
183 Duncan Hunter [top Republican on CNN]
173 Tom Tancredo
149 Hillary Clinton
129 Dennis Kucinich [top Democrat on Fox]
117 Fred Thompson
STORY
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/us/politics/02FOX.html?_
r=1&oref=slogin&ref=politics&pagewanted=print
GRAPH
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/08/01/us/politics/
20070802FOX_GRAPHIC.html
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THE KOS CONVENTION DRESS CODE
Sam Smith
THE KOS convention came to an odd and uncomfortable close. A soldier in
uniform asked a question and when members of the panel tried to answer,
the chair, notes Ezra Klein of American Prospect, "demanded they 'stand
down.' He demanded the questioner give his name, the name of his
commander, and the name of his unit. And then he closed the panel, no
answer offered or allowed, and stalked off the stage,
"Wes Clark took the mike and tried to explain what had just occurred:
The argument appears to be that you're not allowed to participate in
politics while wearing a uniform, or at least that you shouldn't, and
that the questioner was engaging in a sort of moral blackmail, not to
mention a violation of the rules, by doing so. Knowing fairly little
about the army, I can't speak to any of that. But it was an
uncomfortable few moments, and seemed fairly contrary to the spirit of
the panel to roar down the member of the military who tried to speak
with a contrary voice."
Your editor shared the chair's lowly officer rank - two bars - and was
instantly struck by what a pompous ass he was. But then I was in the
Coast Guard where officers learned early to treat enlisted personnel
with respect. I worked directly for one admiral and three captains, was
operations officer on a cutter, and executive officer of a reserve unit
and seldom if ever heard people talk like that. Interestingly, General
Clark handled the matter much better, sticking to the facts without the
arrogance.
Beyond that, however, something else seemed strange. Once again the
military-intelligence complex was getting a gratuitous assist from a
liberal. I couldn't recall a previous instance in which a liberal had
chastised an enlisted man for improper use of the uniform. In the 60s,
if you could get a guy in uniform marching in your demonstration,
military dress code was the furthest thing from your mind.
More recently, liberals made the improper treatment of CIA secrets by
Scooter Libby a more important issue than healthcare for many months.
But then an image that suddenly loomed was of a military veteran
standing up at a convention, saluting and saying he was reporting for
duty. He wasn't in uniform but he was playing the same game as the
sergeant at the Kos convention, who presumably didn't have as a good
legal and PR advice.
And then another picture of John Kerry came to mind. Testifying before
the Congress in Congress in 1971, Kerry appeared in green fatigues and
wearing all his ribbons. He was also photographed wearing military gear
while directing a demonstration in 1971.
The Kerry photos illustrate out how stupid and counter-productive the
Kos convention incident was. Especially if you are trying to win over
the hearts and minds of our troops, dressing down a sergeant for what he
is wearing is about the worst way to go about it.
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TV FAIRER TO CANDIDATES THAN PRINT MEDIA
An amazing chart accompanying a NY Times story about Fox News' bias
towards Rudolph Giuliani shows that - in terms of interviews at least -
the major networks have been far fairer to the range of Democratic and
Republican candidates than has been the print media. As we have noted,
in the first six months of this year the print media massively favored
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in its coverage. But despite Fox's
obvious bias towards' Giuliani, the other networks have not only been
fairer, they have shown almost a reverse prejudice, with Joe Biden
getting twice as many interviews as Hillary Clinton and Mike Huckabee
getting more than Giuliani. We suspect this has something to do with the
ease of booking lower ranked candidates and who makes an interesting
interview, but it certainly has produced some surprising results:
Number of TV network interviews through July 15
344 John McCain [top Republican on NBC]
304 Joe Biden [top Democrat on MSNBC]
270 Mike Huckabee [top Republican on MSNBC]
266 Bill Richardson [TOP Democrat on CNN]
261 Barack Obama
257 John Edwards
218 Mitt Romney
214 Christopher Dodd
196 Rudolph Giuliania [top Republican on Fox]
183 Duncan Hunter [top Republican on CNN]
173 Tom Tancredo
149 Hillary Clinton
129 Dennis Kucinich [top Democrat on Fox]
117 Fred Thompson
STORY
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/us/politics/02FOX.html?_
r=1&oref=slogin&ref=politics&pagewanted=print
GRAPH
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/08/01/us/politics/
20070802FOX_GRAPHIC.html
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THE KOS CONVENTION DRESS CODE
Sam Smith
THE KOS convention came to an odd and uncomfortable close. A soldier in
uniform asked a question and when members of the panel tried to answer,
the chair, notes Ezra Klein of American Prospect, "demanded they 'stand
down.' He demanded the questioner give his name, the name of his
commander, and the name of his unit. And then he closed the panel, no
answer offered or allowed, and stalked off the stage,
"Wes Clark took the mike and tried to explain what had just occurred:
The argument appears to be that you're not allowed to participate in
politics while wearing a uniform, or at least that you shouldn't, and
that the questioner was engaging in a sort of moral blackmail, not to
mention a violation of the rules, by doing so. Knowing fairly little
about the army, I can't speak to any of that. But it was an
uncomfortable few moments, and seemed fairly contrary to the spirit of
the panel to roar down the member of the military who tried to speak
with a contrary voice."
Your editor shared the chair's lowly officer rank - two bars - and was
instantly struck by what a pompous ass he was. But then I was in the
Coast Guard where officers learned early to treat enlisted personnel
with respect. I worked directly for one admiral and three captains, was
operations officer on a cutter, and executive officer of a reserve unit
and seldom if ever heard people talk like that. Interestingly, General
Clark handled the matter much better, sticking to the facts without the
arrogance.
Beyond that, however, something else seemed strange. Once again the
military-intelligence complex was getting a gratuitous assist from a
liberal. I couldn't recall a previous instance in which a liberal had
chastised an enlisted man for improper use of the uniform. In the 60s,
if you could get a guy in uniform marching in your demonstration,
military dress code was the furthest thing from your mind.
More recently, liberals made the improper treatment of CIA secrets by
Scooter Libby a more important issue than healthcare for many months.
But then an image that suddenly loomed was of a military veteran
standing up at a convention, saluting and saying he was reporting for
duty. He wasn't in uniform but he was playing the same game as the
sergeant at the Kos convention, who presumably didn't have as a good
legal and PR advice.
And then another picture of John Kerry came to mind. Testifying before
the Congress in Congress in 1971, Kerry appeared in green fatigues and
wearing all his ribbons. He was also photographed wearing military gear
while directing a demonstration in 1971.
The Kerry photos illustrate out how stupid and counter-productive the
Kos convention incident was. Especially if you are trying to win over
the hearts and minds of our troops, dressing down a sergeant for what he
is wearing is about the worst way to go about it.
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