Norm Coleman's a sore loser. Why won't the press say so?

[ArchieStone1]

by Eric Boehlert
Media Matters
March 31, 2008

Excerpt:

Traditionally, candidates who lost and cried foul had a rather short window to prove their case before the media lost patience and started calling the candidate out as petulant and self-involved. Just ask Al Gore, who was hounded in the press by the specter of the "sore loser" label practically from the moment he withdrew his concession in the early morning hours following Election Day. I doubt a day went by during the Florida recount when there wasn't a "sore loser" reference to Gore in the press. (In Nexis, I found nearly 900 "sore loser" press mentions in Gore articles between November and December 2000.)

For some reason, Coleman has been able to mostly avoid the dreaded "sore loser" label, one that can be a career-killer for any politician. Instead, the press has largely given Coleman and his Republican supporters an open canvas on which to operate. (A Nexis search finds just a handful of "sore loser" media mentions regarding Coleman since November.)

More: http://mediamatters.org/columns/200903310001

[wtbymark]

1. and this surprises you how?

The 'librul' media want their boy in office. One who is for de-regulation and consolidation of media power. One who will fight for the corporate dominance of every aspect of life. The 'librul' media is the lifeblood and the voice of the corporate aristocracy that we currently live under.

uuum, yea, the 4th estate died bout' 25 years ago