Reply #131: It was more than his being an unknown

[Jai4WKC08]

Altho I'm sure Clark's independence from the "political favors" game was a factor.

But one of Clark's greatest concerns, expressed before he entered the race and central to his campaign, is that the decline in the quality of debate and discussion threatens our very democracy. He felt (feels) the media is partly to blame, and took them to task for it on several occassions. I think they saw him as a serious threat to corporate profits.

The following ran in Advertising Age back on Jan 5th (before the black-out), with the headline,

WESLEY CLARK SLAMS MEDIA CONSOLIDATION
(all caps, underlines, big font):

"...Mr. Clark told the audience in Portsmouth's South Church that 'I don’t think it is in the American public interest to further consolidate the media.' Answering this reporter's question, the candidate said media consolidation 'is damaging to putting out diverse opinions and fostering public dialogue... We need to distribute the ownership in media. We need to have the fairness in broadcasting rules put back in place.'

'Course, the "Mr Clark" is a dead giveaway as to the bias of the author.