Watching the CBS Evening News Tonight,

[MineralMan]

I noticed something that I'm going to be tracking on other MSM news outlets. They did not cover Michele Bachman at all during the newscast. Only Obama and Perry got any coverage for their activities today. And that despite Bachmann's idiotic Happy Birthday wishes for Elvis Presley on the anniversary of his death. It's too early to make any general statements, but...

It appears to me that CBS has decided that Bachmann is not a serious contender and is not covering her activities with the same priority as those of Obama and Perry. I believe they've made a decision. I'll watch the other alphabet network news programs and see if this is more widespread.

As a note: For those who think the big three networks are irrelevant in today's cable news era, think again. For pure newscasts, ABC, NBC, and CBS have so many more viewers than all the cable news programs combined that it is a joke. That's why you never see comparative numbers for evening news that puts the cable and broadcast on the same page. People are still tuning in at 5:30 or 6 to the network news. For many, that's it. They see the local news for the weather and local stories, watch the network news half hour, and then return to their reality shows or whatever it is that people watch on television.

[MineralMan]

1. Delete: Old data

[Skip_In_Boulder]

2. After Rick Perry's entrance into the fray

I think everyone is starting to write Michelle off.

[gateley]

6. I think you're right. nt

[ms liberty]

3. NBC has covered Bachmann quite a lot...

and they've had her on the Today show twice in the last week alone.

[MineralMan]

7. I'm talking only about the time since Perry announced, actually,

and only about the evening news. I'm just wondering if I'm detecting a trend here.

[mmonk]

4. In a corporate state, the media chooses the candidates

the people must pick from.

[liberal N proud]

5. The talking heads have made it clear

They want Perry.

They have all kind of power names for him and even comparing him to bu$h as if it is a great asset.

These fucks are going to push Perry to the nomination.

[MineralMan]

8. For now, perhaps. It's a long way until the nomination.

The media is very fickle.

[TreasonousBastard]

9. Before Perry, nobody talked that much about Ron Paul, either.

[Major Hogwash]

10. What does CBS have against corndogs?

Or is it just Scott Pellican?

Dan Rather used to write his own news stories, Pellican reads a prompter!

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[TheWraith]

14. Hi there!

:rofl:

[MineralMan]

15. Yes, I know you do. It's kind of embarrassing, though.

So much adoration...

[SidDithers]

12. K&R...

Good post.

Sid

[spanone]

13. nbc actually showed her elvis gaffe....

[annabanana]

16. why would anyone unrec this?

baffled

[proud patriot]

17. Media will pick the nominie for the republicans IMO

Paul should be getting far more coverage as well.