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  •  Right (3+ / 0-)

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    but it was always spin, working the refs to get them to stop being journalists.

    And they won. The coverage of Obama/Wright vs McCain/Hagee is the fruits of that, and its so unfair its staggering.

    If Obama doesn't give the speech of his life, he gets crucified, and that's, in my opinion, a form of election rigging by the media.

    "Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion." - Oscar Wilde

    by LeftHandedMan on Tue Mar 18, 2008 at 11:23:38 PM PDT

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    •  MSNBC Right After Obama Spoke Today (5+ / 0-)

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      focused more on if it was a good speech rather than actually anything related to what he said.

      A few years ago I had an idea for a screen play. I bought a couple books on the topic. They all said the same thing. You have to have conflict, conflict, and more conflict as you work towards the climax.

      Our media outlets long ago stop reporting news and started telling an ongoing narrative/story. And as you might expect conflict has to be a part of it to work.

      As somebody with a masters in journalism that decided to do something else for a living it is sad, very sad to watch. I was taught stuff in JOUR101 in the late 80s that would get you an F in a second or two ..... but is just the norm for people that call themselves journalist today.

      by webranding on Tue Mar 18, 2008 at 11:30:59 PM PDT

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