Why is it that the fallacious narrative of liberal media bias persists to this day, even when the overwhelming evidence points to the opposite? A recent story in the Washington Post detailed the purported nastiness between the Obama and Hillary camps, focusing on Obama's vapid comment that Hillary is 'interesting" and Edwards is"kind of good-looking". This is the kind of vitriolic rhetoric that deserves an article? Meanwhile, a story that I haven't seen yet in the MSM is unearthed by Michael Scherer at Salon:
Unsigned e-mails have been sent to voters in South Carolina touting "dark
suspicions" about Mitt Romney's Mormon faith. Anonymous letters have shown up in mailboxes in the state calling Mike Huckabee a "Huckster" and Romney a "Say Anything" politician. A man-size dolphin, without a name or a face, appeared at a conservative conference in Washington, scoring inches of newsprint by mocking Romney. And at least one campaign has made a young woman cry. The tensions and the vitriol have appeared far earlier in the presidential cycle than in past elections, and have so far affected Republicans more than Democrats. The anonymous attacks peaked at last week's Spartanburg County Republican straw poll, an entirely unscientific sampling of party activists from South Carolina's textile country. The poll itself was little more than a gimmick to recruit precinct workers. But the proceedings became so chaotic and confrontational that Rick Beltram, the county's GOP chair,
is still fuming with frustration. "I actually told three campaigns that I have
lost your name on my Rolodex," Beltram said in a phone interview Tuesday. "Some
of the national campaigns took this whole straw poll operation way too
seriously."
So Democrats' politicking somehow shows itself as newsworthy, while Republicans are actually tearing each other to shreds, spreading--with particular irony for a party defined by the religiosity of its members--religious intolerance? GOP operatives in South Carolina have already tried to discredit Romney because of his Mormon background:
One e-mail, sent to party activists under the name "Martin W.," told voters
to "trust your instincts" about the Mormon faith because "Mitt Romney has a
family secret he doesn't want you to know." The secret, it turned out, was an
Associated Press story that described the polygamous relationships of Romney's
great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather.
Right. This is an issue of great import when choosing a presidential candidate? I am not surprised at the degraded level of discourse in the GOP primary. What I am livid about is how major media sources ignore stories that highlight the ignominy and bile in the Republican primary, but highlight whatever scraps of antagonism Hillary and Obama provide. Liberal media bias, indeed.
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