George Bullard
Category: Republican National Convention
Posted by George Bullard on Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:12 AMConvention TV coverage: Plentiful, predictable
On the tube: Overall, cable TV news delivered comprehensive coverage of the two political conventions. But you had to shop to get the the full picture. Fox News, as usual, was over there plumbing issues on the right. MSNBC has surrendered a lot of its straight-reporting time to transform itself into the Fox News of the left.
CNN played it straighter than the other two. Sarah Palin got more balanced coverage after her backers blasted the early coverage as sexist. By Thursday, even some Hillary aides noted the piling on re the veep hopeful.
The straightest coverage came from C-SPAN, which always plays news straight, a relief from partisan intensity.
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Sarah Palin's
Flash for all America and Americans.
In her interview with Katie, Sarah Palin seems to say that she does not read newspapers or magazines.
Then, "how does she know what is going on outside her Alaska igloo?"
It was postulated this morning that she asks questions under the table which is where she keeps her "know it all" Ouija Board..
Mystery solved!!
Convention TV coverage
I guess George Bullard didn't really watch CNN last night. Every commentator and analyst save one were a died in the wool Democrat. I've never seen Wolfe be so partisan. And Donna whatshername never can be objective. King and Anderson are certainly not objective reporters. It seems that if you're going to have Dems cover the DNC then you should at least have a panel of Reps to cover the RNC. CNN is in the tank for Obama and it shows. They didn't even try to hide it. And I don't even want to talk about Larry King and his panel of Dems. Where is fair and balanced? Not on CNN!
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