tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post1655750440078465599..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Annals of Embarrassing Forced False EquivalenceJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-9488934408362098022012-06-16T14:10:58.313-05:002012-06-16T14:10:58.313-05:00One doesn't wish to believe that the corporate...One doesn't wish to believe that the corporate heads and editorial chiefs of the handful of conglomerates which own all this mainstream media consciously decided to do all they possibly could to aid Romney and sink Obama. <br /><br />Yet there sure are a lot of strange coincidences piling up that, if one had a suspicious bent of mind, could lead one to a conclusion that a such a decision has been made, and is being implemented right before our eyes. <br /><br />Does the proverb "none are so blind as the one who does not wish to see" apply here, both to the masters of big media and the American public as a whole?philosophical-ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04329015177186261224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-60617521373253422182012-06-16T00:57:56.090-05:002012-06-16T00:57:56.090-05:00Sorry; I understand the message, and it's a re...Sorry; I understand the message, and it's a reasonable one, and I'm not talking here as an analyst trying to figure out how it plays -- just as someone who has to listen to it over and over, and I can't stand it.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-23186561278797416242012-06-15T18:28:47.373-05:002012-06-15T18:28:47.373-05:00I need a DC political writer to explain to me why ...I need a DC political writer to explain to me why they do this stuff- What are they afraid of? Do GOP media operatives beat writers up if they don't call out a democrat also? Not only is it dishonest to write these false equivalences, but it also takes the point out of the story they write. Mitt Romney not having a new kind of center right economic theory is a story, but then when you load that story up with a bunch of pointless jabs at Obama that aren't even really true, it just makes the whole thing less worth reading.PA Politiconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-29102915788580958382012-06-15T14:38:09.828-05:002012-06-15T14:38:09.828-05:00You're *annoyed* by "it's just a fact...You're *annoyed* by "it's just a fact"? I'm astonished! I think it's a crucial message to keep hammering. Obama's whole speech was bent on hammering home that his arguments and policies are based on fact, Romney's on lies and fantasy. Why is that annoying? Can he not call out the other side's nonstop lying? Doe he not need to? Do tell, JB!Andrew Sprunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.com