Reply #8: The Media decided the outcome [View All]

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When you keep hearing the media tell us the voting public that Dean should drop out (especially Wolf Blitzer) then the General public thinks there is something wrong with the candidate. It's wrong. We the public should decided.

Alan Keyes gave a speach the other day about the election process.
One thing he said I think hit it on the head.
"The difference between a horse race and an election is that the bettor is trying to pick the winner, but no matter which horse he bets on or how much doesn't determing the winner. In an election voters are trying to pick the winner so they can be on the "winning team." They are voting for the percieved winner and fulfilling the result by voting for the "winning" candidate. They aren't choosing the winner they are just voting for the winner."

It's so true. Most of the public get their info on candidates from the media and are influence who to vote for by them. Only a few actually look into what a candidate says and what their recor is.

As long as the media is limiting the field by telling the public that one candidate is more "electable" than another or this candidate can't win, then we truly don't have a choice. If we don't have choice then we don't have a democracy.

It's not only Dean. The media wanted to keep DK and Sharpton out of some debates. I even saw an interview with DK and under his picture read "Dennis the Menace" You think that might have influence a few people?