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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 05:28 PM
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"Journalists" treating national election like it's a sporting event - "What does Obama need to do?"
"Well, he's got to bring his "A" game tonight and really put it away"

"Tonight he has to really score."

"He really needs to bat it out of the stadium tonight"

Can you even begin to imagine Walter Cronkite or Huntley and Brinkley saying anything even one tenth as asisnine?
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darius15 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 05:29 PM
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1. I've never once heard them say
What does McCain have to do?

They always talk about PUMA, but what about conservatives not warming up to McCain?

The media is disgusting.
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Cosmocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 05:44 PM
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4. And, that is why it ISN'T like a sporting event ...
Sorry, sports broadcasters are BALANCED, for the most part, and if they favor someone, it isn't the WORST team ...

The McCain/Obama coverage would be like a New England/Miami game, except the announcers spending the entire game saying the Patriots were in trouble.
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 05:30 PM
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2. why do they have to guess before rather than report after the event
Edited on Thu Aug-28-08 05:30 PM by jeme
they've got this journalism thing back-assward.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 05:32 PM
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3. So when do we get trading cards?
We had them for the terrorists. :shrug:
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