Reply #26: I agree

[MurikanDemocrat]

I think some people are making a mistake thinking the media is what is causing Deans losses and the truth is it's the other way around. He's not getting good coverage because of a number of reasons, one of which is the fact that his campaign and message were poorly managed and he fell flat on his face.

Dean DOES come across as angry. There is a lot of anger among voters that he has tapped in to. I like this about Dean. He has inspired and motivated a lot of people to become involved in a movement to change the status quo. Dean deserves accolades for bringing this grass roots movement about, and even if he does not win the nomination it doesn't have to end with this primary process.

Deans organization in Iowa in NH was poor, and that wasn't the medias fault. In those states you have to go out and actually meet people and campaign. Go door to door. Kerry had a good ground force and so did Edwards. The media didn't cause Kerry to win IA and Dean to come in a distant 3rd, the voters did.

Thus the media coverage responded appropriately.

The scream speech didn't help Dean, although I think it was overplayed by the media. It was still inappropriate.

Same thing happened in NH. Kerry won NH fair and square. Dean didn't just lose, he got trounced.

Then came the announcement that he was nearly broke and Trippi resigned. That is NOT good news, no matter how you look at it, and the media responded accordingly. And to make matters worse, the Dean camp announced they would not compete in the 7 states in last nights primary. How do you expect to get anything but negative press coverage from all of THAT?

Kerry isn't winning because the media has annointed him. He was all but written off for dead while Dean was basking in the limelight most of the past year. Kerry is winning because people have had time to look over the candidates and have decided they like Kerry (or Edwards, or Clark).

Kerry gets media coverage because he is WINNING. Not the other way around.

It's not a conspiracy. That's how primaries work. People vote for who they like and the media reports the outcome and the winners get the best coverage. That's how it should be