Election 2008: CNN/Obama vs. Fox/McCain

“but I’m not for our media taking sides—”

Totally agreed.

I am for McCain, and every time I see Wolf play an alleeoop set up for the Democrat platform, it just makes me just short of ill and angry. It has the same effect on me when I’m watching a movie, and the orchestral music kicks up ten notches because the director thinks there isn’t enough being done by the actors or the script. It’s hollow, and lacking the merit the candidates are striving for, even to the point where supporters in the media show their lack of confidence in their party’s choice by nudging in their respective crutches that ultimately hinder the overall character of their candidate of choice.

Not oddly, I do not have Fox. I have basic Dish, and it’s not offered locally, so I am not swayed either way by their own discriminating version. I say “not oddly” because I also do not get Rush Limbaugh, and haven’t for years, even 10 years ago when I lived in the bay area. For a short time beforehand, he was scheduled not early in the morning, usually around 9:00 or 11:00 or anytime in between, as his schedule was constantly being changed, in what I concluded was an attempt to shake and whittle his viewership.

So, not only am I used to news networks meddling in thepolitical choices of the viewing public, I am used to having it censored wholeheartedly by seemingly apolitical networks.

This stands as a reminder that this form of influence can be everywhere. And it’s very annoying when you try to make up your own mind for yourself.

-=T=-

“but I’m not for our media taking sides—”

Totally agreed.

I am for McCain, and every time I see Wolf play an alleeoop set up for the Democrat platform, it just makes me just short of ill and angry. It has the same effect on me when I’m watching a movie, and the orchestral music kicks up ten notches because the director thinks there isn’t enough being done by the actors or the script. It’s hollow, and lacking the merit the candidates are striving for, even to the point where supporters in the media show their lack of confidence in their party’s choice by nudging in their respective crutches that ultimately hinder the overall character of their candidate of choice.

Not oddly, I do not have Fox. I have basic Dish, and it’s not offered locally, so I am not swayed either way by their own discriminating version. I say “not oddly” because I also do not get Rush Limbaugh, and haven’t for years, even 10 years ago when I lived in the bay area. For a short time beforehand, he was scheduled not early in the morning, usually around 9:00 or 11:00 or anytime in between, as his schedule was constantly being changed, in what I concluded was an attempt to shake and whittle his viewership.

So, not only am I used to news networks meddling in thepolitical choices of the viewing public, I am used to having it censored wholeheartedly by seemingly apolitical networks.

This stands as a reminder that this form of influence can be everywhere. And it’s very annoying when you try to make up your own mind for yourself.

-=T=-

I think all the networks are garbage. For example, CNN was trying to make a story out of Obama’s VP selection and the subsequent wait this past Friday. The headline read “The Big Tease: How Much Is Too Much?” That’s not pro-Obama and sensationalism at best, which is all the networks care about at this point.