...and it has nothing to do with ideology. I turn MSNBC on, and there is their political analyst speaking to congressmen and other analysts about voting in their precincts, and how the results are looking. I see footage of voting in various places. I get information.
I turn to Fox and what do I get? An interview with that dishonest idiot John Fund on a book he wrote about that oft-asserted but rarely demonstrated voter fraud. I turn to CNN and they are talking about which businesses are giving away ice cream on election day.
This has been a consistent pattern over the course of this election. I don't give a rip about the ideology of my newsmen and commentators: two of my favorites are Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan. I care about getting information, and some networks just supply a lot more than others.
"oft-asserted but rarely demonstrated voter fraud."
ReplyDeleteYou have got to be kidding.
I'm not saying that it turned the election, and I don't want to sound like a sore loser for bringing it up, but you have got to be kidding.
Not at all. From Politico:
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For weeks, Republican leaders have warned that widely reported problems with fake voter registrations could result in a flood of phony votes in pivotal states.
But Ronald Michaelson, a veteran election administrator and member of the McCain-Palin Honest and Open Election Committee, said in an interview that he could not name a single instance in which this had occurred.
"Do we have a documented instance of voting fraud that resulted from a phony registration form? No, I can't cite one, chapter and verse," he said
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A lie is still a lie no matter how many times it is told. Try not getting your news from GOP proganda sites.
I’ve been wondering why I’m drawn to MSNBC and I think you hit it. The political slant is annoying. Olbermann seems to relish but not realize that he’s Bill O’Reily’s anti-particle. And the channel seems to have followed his lead. But they do tend to wind up telling you something.
ReplyDeleteI watched the election results on ABC last night and it was like a long episode of Good Morning America. I kept waiting for Paula Deen to cook something while they were waiting for results.