Politics: Connect. The. Dots
Take Back the Media has screen shots of the CBS News website from the last 24 hours that appears to have softened the take on President Bush's knowledge of the mendacious Niger-Iraq information. The first reads "Bush Knew Iraq Info Was False." The subsequent headlines include Bush's spin about the CIA clearing the info, without sticking to the real story.
Now I'm no expert, but Westinghouse once owned CBS, and many of the board members remained in seats on the CBS board as the rest of Westinghouse was sold off to BNFL and Bechtel and dozens of other government contractees. And, of course, when CBS merged with Viacom, many retained their seats there as well.
There's no way, of course, that the interests of these board members could ever trickle down to the news department and the web editors who made the decision to lighten up on President Bush over the past 24 hours. I think there is a better chance that the real answer lies in the lingering media kid-glove approach to Bush when war is in the equation. This is the biggest factor, I believe, to any kind of realistic assessment of the Bush presidency and a meaningful 2004 race for the White House. Get the lying in the public eye, divorce it from the war in Iraq and the war on terror, and close with a roaring chorus of "it's the economy, stupid."
Take Back the Media has screen shots of the CBS News website from the last 24 hours that appears to have softened the take on President Bush's knowledge of the mendacious Niger-Iraq information. The first reads "Bush Knew Iraq Info Was False." The subsequent headlines include Bush's spin about the CIA clearing the info, without sticking to the real story.
Now I'm no expert, but Westinghouse once owned CBS, and many of the board members remained in seats on the CBS board as the rest of Westinghouse was sold off to BNFL and Bechtel and dozens of other government contractees. And, of course, when CBS merged with Viacom, many retained their seats there as well.
There's no way, of course, that the interests of these board members could ever trickle down to the news department and the web editors who made the decision to lighten up on President Bush over the past 24 hours. I think there is a better chance that the real answer lies in the lingering media kid-glove approach to Bush when war is in the equation. This is the biggest factor, I believe, to any kind of realistic assessment of the Bush presidency and a meaningful 2004 race for the White House. Get the lying in the public eye, divorce it from the war in Iraq and the war on terror, and close with a roaring chorus of "it's the economy, stupid."
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