News Management Or Coincidence?

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Thursday October 06, 2005 · 6:21 PM PDT

2005/10/06 · 18:21

I flipped to channel seven ABC eyewitness news in New York this afternoon. They were just starting a story about tonight's mayoral debate at the Apollo theater in Harlem. This is the debate that Bloomberg passed on, and is widely seen as a snub to the New York City black community. As the story began, there was a clip of Bloomberg walking down the street. The voiceover said (I'm paraphrasing) "tonight is the first mayoral debate, but one candidate won't be there...". at that very instant, there was a break in for Bloomberg's news conference on the terror threat in NYC's subways. The timing of it gave me a chill. Sooo....
Politically convenient coincidence, or marionette strings being pulled? Instead of looking weak and afraid to face voters at a debate, Bloomberg gets to play daddy, telling everyone to remain calm. Read More

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