Am I the only one sick of the punditocracy saying, "This story just won't go away" when THEY'RE the

[EffieBlack]

ones who decide what is and is not a story?

Hey, you idiots - the story WILL go away if you stop talking about it. And if you DON'T stop talking about it, at least quit whining that the STORY JUST WON'T GO AWAY!

[msallied]

1. Oh I agree completely!

It's like someone banging on their head with a hammer saying "My head won't stop hurting!!"

[JohnnyBoots]

54. Your older brother hitting you in the head with your own fist while he yells, " Stop hitting

yourself!" Seems to spring to mind.

[Texas Hill Country]

2. actually, ratings determine stories.

[EffieBlack]

6. Oh. I thought these were NEWS shows.

Wacky me.

[Bensthename]

17. You are right.. But there seems to be more to it then that

right now. The obvious bias against Obama is horrible.

But alot does depend on ratings.

[southern_belle]

3. No. n/t

[Triana]

4. YUP. I noticed it. They're after two things:

Obama and ratings. And of course they are claiming non-involved innocence while they do it.

Sad ba*tards. :mad:

[Cosmocat]

51. a couple points ...

first, they get bullied VERY easily by the Rs ... who, once they saw BO as the emerging nominee, had their propogandist like Rush complain who the "liberal media" had been taking it easy on BO ... This is their chance to get back into the right's good graces ...

second, BO did not throw Wright under the bus at outset, which is what the MSM wanted him to do, and this is in part vengence for him not complying to their normalcy ...

only thing they have right at this point is Wright's narcisism, cause they are VERY in touch with that ...

[IndianaGreen]

5. They are the ones that made the Monica story such a big deal

NBC pulled its reporters from covering Pope John Paul II's historic visit to Cuba to cover the story about a blowjob with a consenting adult. Something did not compute!

[npincus]

7. Hell, YEAH. The MSM is one big echo chamber.

They make it news, then "report" it.

[EffieBlack]

15. Christ Matthews is having a fit - Obama shot him down by repudiating Wright

- which is exactly what he and his buddies were screaming at Obama to do (since, after all, they claimed, the only reason the Wright story was still a story was that he had NOT repudiated him). Now that Obama has done that, Matthews is doing his damndest to try to keep this story afloat.

Pundits: You better say something about Wright. You'd better say something about Wright. You'd better say something about Wright. SAY SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING

Obama: Brilliant something about Wright

Pundits: What a great speech, but it wasn't enough because you didn't REPUDIATE him. Why don't you REPUDIATE HIM?!!! We have to keep talking about it because YOU DIDN'T REPUDIATE HIM!!! When are you going to REPUDIATE HIM?!?! We can't help but keep talking about it because the story won't go away until you REPUDIATE HIM!!! We're going to talk about it until you REPUDIATE HIM!!!

Obama: I repudiate him.

Pundits: OBAMA REPUDIATES WRIGHT. IS IT ENOUGH TO SAVE HIS CAMPAIGN? WAS IT FORCEFUL ENOUGH?

WHAT TOOK HIM SO LONG.

Uh-oh - this is still a story. We'd better keep talking about it NOW THAT HE'S REPUDIATED HIM, it's now a REALLY BIG STORY!!!

[npincus]

23. good stuff there, EffieBlack.

I think Wright as a story fades day by day- unelsss Wright "responds". G-d forbid! Wright's a brilliant guy; I want to think that he "forced" Barack to cut him off to "save" his campaign. In which case, his work is done.

[bbgrunt]

25. exactly. Even Gingrich tried to switch the discussion

with Stewart last night to focus on Wright.

[Cosmocat]

49. I actually heard one of the mindless MSM bimbos ...

today in the SAME SENTENCE rail on BO for kicking Wright to the curb AND for taking so long to do it ...

they are getting him coming and going on this ...

[AlinPA]

8. Someone said the media is like an umpire in baseball: "Some pitches are balls,

and some pitches are strikes. But they ain't anything until I call them". The media controls everything and will decide who wins the election.

[butterfly77]

9. I have been screaming at the television for months,,,

saying this...

[DJ13]

10. Im glad Im not the only one who sees this

They are behaving more like the propaganda arm of the Clinton campaign than like independent journalists.

[rucky]

11. The story:

Once upon a time, a guy running for president had a pastor who said some things that scare some people. The End.

[SoonerPride]

32. I like it. Pitch it to Paramount and lets make a three movie deal!

Awesome!

[Eurobabe]

12. Not to fret, it's the weekend before the next primary

something new will catch their attention. The bauble-heads.

[KaptBunnyPants]

41. Well, something always does.

Texas/Ohio primary: 3am adgate/canadagate
PA: bittergate, wrightgate
NC/IN: Obama eats babies-gate

The primaries aren't even officially over yet and I hate this election. And our media, but I've hated them for years and they feel the same way toward me.

[Adelante]

13. Look at DU

I've hidden about a hundred Wright threads, but there's always another ten right behind. Maybe if we stop talking about it, the media will.

[Tribetime]

30. I think Obama could end it once and for all see#29

[Cali_Democrat]

14. The M$M needs to be destroyed and the Clinton's are part of the problem

I'm reading more and more about the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and I can tell you it was a complete disaster. Bill Clinton signed it into law.

It essentially gave private corporations more control over our airwaves and consolidated the media. Our media is consolidated into the hands of a few corporations and they are doing their best to brainwash us and push their agendas.

We are in deep shit if Obama is not elected. Obama is our only hope right now. Why would Hillary repeal this law when Bill signed it? She won't. She is bought by the same corporate interests. Hell, even Rupert Murdoch had a fundraiser for her. We all need to hope and pray that Obama is elected.

[Bensthename]

16. I was getting ready to start the exact same thread. This is total bs on MSM's part..

Every show I turn to today is talking about Hillary's gas pandering and how great it is and then asks about Obama and Wright and when this will go away..
THEY CONTROL "THIS"..

I have never seen such a blatant attempts to control people as I have seen this year from the MSM.

Why do they want her to win so bad?

Why! Why! Why!... This is total shit..

[2rth2pwr]

Hey, don't you think there are enough Wright posts?

Give it a rest will ya?

[EffieBlack]

LOL - the irony of you . . .

[Jane Austin]

18. I've taken to speaking harshly to the teevee machine.

It's making my husband concerned for my health. :)

[crankychatter]

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[Vinca]

20. I emailed them all yesterday and told them the blogosphere

was laughing at them and calling them pastorbators.:rofl:

[jenmito]

21. K& (5th) R! I thought EXACTLY the same thing today. We should all email them about this!

[jenmito]

22. Matthews just said, "This story's gonna make it on the Sunday shows, isn't it?!"

Yes, if he talks about it on his Sunday show!

[chill_wind]

27. Which he will do. I can't remember any one giving MORE free airtime to the SmearVets in 04 than HIM

All the while pretending he was holding his nose :-(

[jenmito]

31. Yup. And he just said, "Much more about Rev. Wright coming up in the Politics Fix!"

(paraphrased, but that's the idea)

Kerry was interviewed earlier by Alex Witt and she asked him how he feels about the Wright situation, prefacing it by saying, "I know you're not going to like this question, but..." and he said he wishes she and the rest of the media would drop this already, that he made the definitive statement yesterday, and it's time to move on to subjects that affect the American people! Jeez! They just keep going and going.

[chill_wind]

35. channeling Matthews: "This story doesn't die until WE SAY it dies!"

Are you listening? "The brilliance of Hillary Clinton"---- more praise for her gas tax ad.

[jenmito]

37. Yes...

I heard him.

[Patsy Stone]

28. He did that last night, too

He went on to say that if they (MSNBC) were still talking about it tomorrow (today), then it was important. (So of course they've decided to keep talking about it). He further inflated his own importance by declaring if they were still talking about it on Thursday, it would make it on the Sunday shows (With his role being merely tangential, apparently?). So it looks like they're going to keep talking about it (and I've really only seen it on MSNBC, btw; CNN has moved on to Paula Abdul's embarrassing existence on American Idol last night as the Most Popular and Most E-Mailed story), and he's going out of his way to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

It seems no one told Chris he has the power to stop talking about it.

[jenmito]

33. Yeah, I heard that and I knew he'd keep talking about it all the way 'til the next primaries.

Now the question is, "Did Obama do all he needed to do to end the story?" :eyes:

[Patsy Stone]

42. Until Obama

stabs Reverend Wright and kills him on live TV, I fear Chris will never be satisfied.

Even funnier (more pathetic?): last night they all deemed he made a forceful statement and that should be the end of it. This morning, however, they were right (Wright?) back at it. It seems they don't even watch their own network.

[jenmito]

45. I agree...

and I felt GREAT last night when they all seemed to say it was the end of it, Obama was as forceful as he could be, end of story. And wouldn't you know it-they're (W)right back at it today-"Did Obama go far enough?" "Is this over?" "Will people believe that Obama didn't know about these types of comments throughout his TWENTY YEARS of sitting in Wright's church?" It was right back to BEFORE he "divorced" himself from Wright. Throw in Pat Buchanan, "Rev." Joe Watkins, etc., and the same old questions are being asked. I guess there's NOTHING Obama can do except hope the people are smarter than the media.

[Patsy Stone]

52. Look!

Stale crumbs from a three-day-old story redux. Yummy!

Maybe he'll realize he's just making himself look foolish.

Nah, on second thought, never mind... stupid me.

[jenmito]

55. They're hoping for Wright to say something. Wolf Blitzer went so far as to CALL Wright's

"people" and ask if they had any comment on what Obama said. They had no comment. Can you believe that? They're itchin' for a fight!

[EffieBlack]

44. That's just what he wants and needs

that way, he can talk about it all NEXT week, too and if anyone objects, he'll be able to say: "HEY, it's not MY fault! This is a major story - didn't you see it was all they talked about on the Sunday talk shows?!"

[jenmito]

47. Yup. It's so obvious what they're doing here. They want to see a comeback from "Rocky"

so they can have this "great" storyline about how she "came back from the dead." :eyes:

[cbayer]

24. I wish you would tell that to the dozen or so Obama supporters

posting Wright threads here today.

[chill_wind]

26. "But was it ENOUGH!" "But will he SURVIVE!" "But was it TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE!"

blada blada blada.

Exactly. Fook em all.

K&R

[Tribetime]

29. B.O.. "Are you inferring I don't love my country?"

Why else would you ask that question, other than to suggest I believe with G.D. America. If that's what your suggesting come right out and say it. Otherwise I believed I've already answerede these questions"

That should be the response if he's asked "Why did you stay for 20 years?"

[whatchamacallit]

34. I sooo hate that shit! "We don't want to report it, but some *other* media is making us"

Transparent fucksticks.

[chill_wind]

36. They gamed 04. And they ARE DOING IT AGAIN with a vengeance. n/t

[Joe Chi Minh]

38. ... because desperate drowning people, even without any hope of succcess,

will latch onto a piece of flotsam. There'll be another piece appearing in a moment. And another mad fight between the drowning souls to get a grip on it.

What's unusual about the Republican-operated MSM shills is that they are baffled why the Democrats in lifeboats aren't diving overboard to follow suit! Crazy stuff all the time.

[TragedyandHope]

39. Business as usual

It's the same thing they do with sex scandals. They sit there all day talking about how immoral and offensive it is that everyone is talking about the scandal, then they say, "Stay tuned, we'll expose more of these offensive, disgusting photos after the break!" They're selling exactly what they're condemning and they get great ratings for it.

[anonymous171]

40. They just want him to come on all their shows.

[Bread and Circus]

43. no, u are not alone

[YvonneCa]

46. You are definitely not alone...

..in thinking this. And sadly, it was also the pattern in 2000 and 2004. I posted this about what Obama is facing (responding to a suggestion that Kerry should have spokien out in 2004) with the media spin:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>

If Kerry had done what Obama just did (and HE DID). And if Kerry had had the media coverage that Obama has enjoyed, thanks to the lessons learned in 2004, (and HE DIDN'T). Then, I agree with you, President Kerry would be finishing his first term in office.

Instead, the media sold the American public a caricature of Bush and Kerry. BOTH caricatures were wrong...as is now clear. They did the same thing in 2000 with Gore. The media coverage in 2000 and 2004 was shameful. They didn't even really cover the conventions well. They just broadcast from the scene, and picked things like purple band-aids to share with the public, who had a duty to be informed and then vote for a qualified president.

Obama benefits from a somewhat better media situation...but I wouldn't be too complacent, if I were you. The attempt to caricature is still happening. And it's not about whether Obama counters it 'correctly' or not. It wasn't about whether Kerry countered 'correctly' or 'strongly enough'...it's about what the MEDIA does.

Obama is doing a GREAT job...but this election isn't close to being over yet.

[Auntie Bush]

48. Tell that to Obama!

He's the one who went on the Today Show this morning!
He's the one discussed Wright on the Campaign trail today.

Why won't he stop talking...Oh yeah! It gives him more TV coverage and publicity. Wright does him another favor.

[McCamy Taylor]

50. Yes, I felt that way with Snipergate, too.

[Bonobo]

53. Please read this post I made this morning, Effie.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5750880&mesg_id=5750880

[Writer]

56. Actually the story will go away when WE stop talking about it. n/t