Remember how our "liberal" media destroyed Gore?

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http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071021/FEATURES15/710210302/1030/FEATURES15

The mainstream media's 'liberal' bias

<snip>The Internet

In an interview on CNN shortly before he officially announced his candidacy, Gore was asked why Democrats should support him. In citing his record Gore said, "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative (meaning leadership) in creating the Internet."

This was true. As a senator in the 1980s Gore worked tirelessly for the passage of two bills that provided the crucial funding to expand a limited Pentagon program into what would become the Internet.

Even former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich said, "Gore is the person who, in the Congress, most systematically worked to make sure we got to an Internet." However two other Republican Congressmen, Dick Armey of Texas and James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin challenged Gore, the latter issuing a statement accusing Gore of "delusions of grandeur."

CNN's Lou Dobbs was among the first to pick up on that, calling Gore's remarks, "a case study … of delusions of grandeur." Next came the USA Today headline, "Inventing the Internet." Then Chris Matthews on MSNBC derided Gore for his claim that he "invented" the Internet. And this was followed by a spate of stories in the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe and the Associated Press wire service, each mocking Gore for saying he had "invented" the Internet — even though that was something Gore had never said.

[BrklynLib at work]

1. Vanity Fair had an excellent article about this in their October issue.

The Media
Going After Gore
Al Gore couldn't believe his eyes: as the 2000 election heated up, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other top news outlets kept going after him, with misquotes ("I invented the Internet"), distortions (that he lied about being the inspiration for Love Story), and strangely off-the-mark needling, while pundits such as Maureen Dowd appeared to be charmed by his rival, George W. Bush. For the first time, Gore and his family talk about the effect of the press attacks on his campaign—and about his future plans—to the author, who finds that many in the media are re-assessing their 2000 coverage.
by Evgenia Peretz October 2007

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/10/gore200710


This shows why people like Dana Milbank, Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman, Brian Williams and Maureen Dowd have minimal credibilty as far as I am concerned. This article names names..It is excellent.

[Horse with no Name]

3. There for a short period of time

The ones you have mentioned "seemed" to have gone back to honest reporting.
However, as the election cycle ramps up, I have seen them--especially Milbank and Fineman--start slanting their stories to the right.
You don't notice it so much on KO, but on other shows it is obvious.
And Tweety? Yesterday he blamed the Democrats for not ending the war.
That is what we are going to hear over and over.
Not that it isn't well-deserved. Our elected reps have done little to stop the hemorrhaging of money and lives in Iraq. When they started enabling Bush, I KNEW that they had just taken credit for Bush's war.

[zbdent]

2. Repukes were saying the media was soft on Clinton

because there were still three women in America who were not in the media having been alleged to have slept with him ...

[JohnnyLib2]

4. Certainly do remember.

and wish more people did.

[bryant69]

5. Daily Howler has a ton of information on this issue

He's very upset that we haven't figured this one out yet. http://dailyhowler.com

Bryant
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