I haven't seen the real-paper version of Wednesday's LA Times,
and I am ASSUMING that an editor had sense enough not to let
this article see the real light of day (as opposed to the
light of cyberspace), but still, whoever allowed this to be put
up even "just" on the web has so little sense of objectivity, or
scale or balance or neutral reading of basic facts, that he or
she doesn't belong anywhere near the "straight news" side of a
respectable newsroom. This was, apparently, the first full report
on the Times web site on Tuesday night (after midnight Wednesday
morning Eastern time, in other words well after the results were
all in) about the election scene nationwide. And yes, the
headline says the BIGGEST news is that the Dems won congressional
victories in (blue) California and (blue) New York.
This must be the first time, EVER, that two House races have been
given precedence over two major governor's races, in a national
political roundup of a major paper for a city that didn't feature
any of the races. And, lemme see, how again is it that a
4,000-vote margin in a purple district with all sorts of
anomalies is more noteworthy than a 100,000-vote margin for
governor of a major blue state going red?
Only in the TENTH paragraph of the story does this report get
around to mentioning that "meanwhile," as in oh-by-the-way,
Republicans won the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey. And
in Virginia, well, the report makes sure to place the "proper"
perspective on it: "In Virginia, McDonnell's victory was no
surprise. A stronger, more polished candidate than Deeds, he had
history on his side: Virginia voters have not elected a governor
from the same party as the president in more than 30 years. The
election was fought mainly over local issues; more jobs and
better roads. McDonnell did his best to hug the middle,
downplaying his conservative social views."
That's rich. After lovingly describing a supposedly epochal
Republican split in New York, this article finally talks about
the biggest landslide in VA history, and downplays it as "no
surprise" with "history on his side" and not on national issues
but mainly local ones, and McDonnell hugged the middle while
hiding his conservatism. Yeah, right.
And in New Jersey, it was just a battle of two unpopular
candidates, in a state that usually just "leans" Democratic. No
national significance there at all: Christie "refrained from any
criticism of Obama."
Oh -- and back to the Hoffman race. Scozzafava supposedly
withdrew because of right-wing concern about abortion and gay
marriage. Well, yes. But not a word, in the LA Times, about
conservative disagreement with her on card check, ACORN, the
stimulus package, taxes,.... etc etc etc etc etc etc etc......
Just us intolerant social Inquisitioners here, dontcha know.
But of course, the establishment media isn't biased. They assure
us of that all the time.
Link is dead. "Patterico's Pontifications" had a screen capture
of the page when I looked at his site a while ago.
patterico.com/
Brad Taylor| 11.5.09 @ 7:09PM
Great point. While abortion and gay marriage are very important
to many, health care, taxes and card check matter a lot more to
me. Media doesn't want to talk about card check. They just want
to talk about those crazy right wing religious nuts ...
Reading this reminded me of the Washington Post 'Salon' scandal
over the summer. See below for more thoughts.
The fourth estate, ever vigilant. The funniest example of this
pattern are the headlines in the Rasmussen polls posted through
Yahoo news. One headline screams,"34% say U.S. is heading in the
right direction." In small print buried in the second paragraph
the article points out that 60% believe the U.S. is on the wrong
track. There appears to be a clear pattern of this type of
reversal in the headlines. One has to wonder why. Gotta love it.
Man, your stupid flew out of the screen and got in my eye. Damn
aggregators.
"Blue NY"--funny. Funnier: AmSpec writers whinging about
somebody's objectivity.
Today, VA and NJ have new governors, and more power. Nobody much
said it was an Obama referendum except the people who believe
that the falling leaves are an Obama referendum. But that NY-23
race...that's some precious stuff. I won't argue that it's an
Obama referendum, either, though others do a pretty good
job...what it is is a tasty piece of evidence that the teabaggers
are pretty entertaining.
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Socks| 11.6.09 @ 5:42AM
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Johnno| 11.6.09 @ 9:30PM
Icehole,
If anyone knows about 'teabagging' it's you perverts on the left.
No wonder you bring it up so much. Loser.
Roy| 11.5.09 @ 11:56PM
So uh, TAS, howsabout that there "ignore" button, so that the
kind of jackass who writes "teabaggers" doesn't waste my screen
space any more?
It is what it is--as they say--What do you expect of the LAT or
the NYT or the WAPO ? etc etc. Just keep blogging along with
alternative views ( i..e the truth ) and expose them for what
they are.
Oldefarte| 11.6.09 @ 10:18AM
Assuming the L A Times' preference was concerning Claifornia
races, I'm not sure why that should surprise anyone. After all,
Nancy Pilosi told all of us that 'We/Democrats won', right? The
only amazing/astonishing thing is that the American
people/taxpayers/voters ALLOW liberals like Pilosi and newspapers
like the L A Times to remain in power or in existence!!!!
Great point. While abortion and gay marriage are very important
to many, health care, taxes and card check matter a lot more to
me. Media doesn't want to talk about card check.California Insurance
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pamela| 4.21.10 @ 2:27AM
Today, VA and NJ have new governors, and more power. Nobody much
said it was an Obama referendum except the people who believe
that the falling leaves are an Obama referendum. But that NY-23
race...that's some precious stuff. I won't argue that it's an
Obama referendum, either, though others do a pretty good
job...what it is is a tasty piece of evidence that the teabaggers
are pretty entertaining.
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Hank Archer| 11.5.09 @ 4:33PM
Link is dead. "Patterico's Pontifications" had a screen capture of the page when I looked at his site a while ago.
patterico.com/
Brad Taylor| 11.5.09 @ 7:09PM
Great point. While abortion and gay marriage are very important to many, health care, taxes and card check matter a lot more to me. Media doesn't want to talk about card check. They just want to talk about those crazy right wing religious nuts ...
Lazy Jack| 11.5.09 @ 9:38PM
Reading this reminded me of the Washington Post 'Salon' scandal over the summer. See below for more thoughts.
The fourth estate, ever vigilant. The funniest example of this pattern are the headlines in the Rasmussen polls posted through Yahoo news. One headline screams,"34% say U.S. is heading in the right direction." In small print buried in the second paragraph the article points out that 60% believe the U.S. is on the wrong track. There appears to be a clear pattern of this type of reversal in the headlines. One has to wonder why. Gotta love it.
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ice9| 11.5.09 @ 9:46PM
Man, your stupid flew out of the screen and got in my eye. Damn aggregators.
"Blue NY"--funny. Funnier: AmSpec writers whinging about somebody's objectivity.
Today, VA and NJ have new governors, and more power. Nobody much said it was an Obama referendum except the people who believe that the falling leaves are an Obama referendum. But that NY-23 race...that's some precious stuff. I won't argue that it's an Obama referendum, either, though others do a pretty good job...what it is is a tasty piece of evidence that the teabaggers are pretty entertaining.
ice9
Socks| 11.6.09 @ 5:42AM
icehole
Johnno| 11.6.09 @ 9:30PM
Icehole,
If anyone knows about 'teabagging' it's you perverts on the left. No wonder you bring it up so much. Loser.
Roy| 11.5.09 @ 11:56PM
So uh, TAS, howsabout that there "ignore" button, so that the kind of jackass who writes "teabaggers" doesn't waste my screen space any more?
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It is what it is--as they say--What do you expect of the LAT or the NYT or the WAPO ? etc etc. Just keep blogging along with alternative views ( i..e the truth ) and expose them for what they are.
Oldefarte| 11.6.09 @ 10:18AM
Assuming the L A Times' preference was concerning Claifornia races, I'm not sure why that should surprise anyone. After all, Nancy Pilosi told all of us that 'We/Democrats won', right? The only amazing/astonishing thing is that the American people/taxpayers/voters ALLOW liberals like Pilosi and newspapers like the L A Times to remain in power or in existence!!!!
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pamela| 4.11.10 @ 11:40PM
Great point. While abortion and gay marriage are very important to many, health care, taxes and card check matter a lot more to me. Media doesn't want to talk about card check.California Insurance Quote
pamela| 4.21.10 @ 2:27AM
Today, VA and NJ have new governors, and more power. Nobody much said it was an Obama referendum except the people who believe that the falling leaves are an Obama referendum. But that NY-23 race...that's some precious stuff. I won't argue that it's an Obama referendum, either, though others do a pretty good job...what it is is a tasty piece of evidence that the teabaggers are pretty entertaining. Download justin timberlake mp3
pamela| 4.23.10 @ 11:42PM
You are exactly right that over and over again, the so called consensus scientist continue to take whatever end of the range that makes their case so that the end product becomes virtually impossible. cheapest fax
pricila| 4.24.10 @ 8:46AM
The rights or protections that Jason mentioned (survivorship benefits, hospital visitation, etc.) are available to same-sex couples who register as domestic partners. fax program
pricila| 4.26.10 @ 1:25AM
They just want to talk about those crazy right wing religious nuts ... ecommerce
jane| 4.26.10 @ 11:32PM
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