McCain is dominating the press....

[progressiveforever]

Thursday and Friday, all three major Cable News outlet's websites featured pictures of McCain all day. Today, I am seeing full McCain rallies carried compared to snippets of Obama. Geez--I know they want a tight race for ratings but this tilting is extreme. Where the hell is the liberal media that they are so fond of speaking of?

[Essene]

1. relax...

[progressiveforever]

6. Thanks..for the advice and the site.....looks good

[Essene]

14. thanks =D

[anonymous171]

2. This is good. Obama wants the polls to be close. We need turnout.

[Jennicut]

7. Obama does not want the polls to be close.

That is a strange thing to say. He wants people to come out and vote and not rest on their laurels but no way does he want it to get closer.

[fascisthunter]

3. never wa s 'liberal" media...it's corporately owned

[bluecrush]

22. That is the absolute truth

and it's just a handful of companies.

[Connie_Corleone]

4. If...and that's a big IF...Powell endorses Obama tomorrow, that ends McCain's news cycle.

[Jennicut]

5. They are giving more free press to McLame as they figure Obama has more money

Not that surprising to me. Personally, I think they sould give free chunks of network time every few weeks throughout the election season to both candidates.

[notaboutus]

29. Not ! Obama's coverage has always been more negative

He has to spend more money because the MSM and press all lie and are so biased. How many times a day do they run McPalin's ads for free? Go to Media Matters they have all the numbers.

[Lucky 13]

8. Let McCain dominate Fri-Sat.

Obama's dominating again by monday.

[Andy823]

11. I agree.

Most people are not watching politics on the weekend. Baseball, football, or other sports events, along with going shopping, and spending time with their families. It's the weekdays that people come home from work and watch the news and catch up with what has been going on in the presidential race. The up side is that McCain and Palin are still preaching hate and that is not going over very well with any american with a brain!

[skooooo]

9. Hopefully Colin Powell will change that tomorrow!!

[ErinBerin84]

10. delete

[KharmaTrain]

12. And How Is He Dominating It?

Qualitative vs. Quantative...there are plenty of negative stories out there despite Camp Gramps attempt to amp up the noise. It's failing and helping Senator Obama.

The "Joe The Plumber" gimmick has been a loser no matter how the GOOP tries to spin it. "Joe" was proven to be a fraud, and in the process, Gramps "tax policy" was proven to be a fraud as well. "Joe" WOULD get a tax break under the Obama plan. Gramps "created" this "common man" strictly for his dwindling base...as he's proven time and time again he's clueless about the economy.

Each gimmick Camp Gramps throws out there gets less and less shelf life. If he's "staying in the news" is that he and his surrogates are making it seem that way. Most people I know and talk to are decided on their votes and any attacks on their candidate (and yes, I know a couple who will vote against their best interest and vote for Gramps) just hardens their position. We're seeing these sliming attacks and gimmicks are turning people OFF on Gramps...so let him keep throwing them out there...people see them for distractions and not solutions.

[ladjf]

13. I recall many Presidential campaigns. In this one, the MSM has been

the most flagrantly biased toward the Republicans. What is driving this? Money? Power?

[progressiveforever]

15. I agree with you

Why it is happening is the reason I started this post---I really have never seen anything like it.

[ladjf]

16. It's simple enough to say that it's money. Yet, how would that work?

Four more years of the Republican criminality and the economy will be totally bankrupt. How could that benefit those who are controlling the media? I just don't understand what is happening.

I do feel that if the Dems take over next year, there is a chance that this media propaganda might get controlled although Clinton didn't even try. Dean said that if elected he would work on breaking up the monopolies. One week later he was bounced out of the race by the "scream" set up.

[annabanana]

19. When did you start paying CLOSE attention?

(just curious)

[annabanana]

18. You REALLY think this one is worse than '04??

Back then we had no Keith Olberman, no Rachel Maddow.. was Air America even on the air?

All we had was the internet.

[ladjf]

21. Yes, we do have a few bright spots in the media. But, otherwise,

the TV media seems to be pushing McCain 24/7 and in some very slimy ways. I didn't feel this way in 2004.

[Essene]

28. 04 was much worse.

for the reasons you speak of and also because of the much more intense self-censorship on "the war."

the MSM was scared of the White House in 04

[graywarrior]

17. He's the lead story on my local radio station every news hour too

That's a big change from a few days ago.

[Quixote1818]

20. It will just give voters McCain fatigue and they will start missing Obama

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

[iceman66]

23. I have noticed this as well.

FULL McCain / Palin speeches, little snippets of Obama - including very little mention of his rally in St. Louis (100,000 FRICKIN PEOPLE!) and Biden may as well have dropped off the face of the earth.

[iceman66]

24. Not only is McCain getting more coverage

but the media allows the McCain campaign to dictate what issues actually get talked about.

Obama is out there every day talking about jobs, health care, middle class tax relief, etc., and what do we hear about on the news? Ayers, Acorn, "Bradley Effect", "Joe the Plumber". whether Obama is a "socialist", etc.

Even legitimate stories that cast the Repugs in a negative light (e.g., Palin's abuse of power) get ignored.

[progressiveforever]

25. Where the hell is the liberal media? That's right- they don't exist

I want some of that liberal media they have told me so much about!!!!

[iceman66]

26. The only "liberal media"

consists of a handful of radio talk shows (Ed Schultz, Bill Press, etc.) heard in limited markets and a few commentators on the cable stations that are limited in what they can say on the air.

[gal]

27. PIE