Media COVERAGE Has Changed, For The Better

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The Romney campaign is shedding tears:...

"Boston is a bit amazed," the Republican said. "Experienced political operatives say they've never seen the press be so unhinged and determined to write 'Republican in disarray' stories. Many conservatives concerned this is becoming a self-fulfilling prophesy are urging Boston to change the tone and the topic; they think the best way is to go on offense and be substantive, talk about the big issues."..

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/romneys-team-turns-on-the-press

Oh noes, the press is doing "Republicans are divided" stories? Welcome to our world. Difference is, Republicans are actually divided. So this is quite refreshing and brings to mind something Atrios wrote a few days ago:

It's a bit weird now, seeing the floundering Republican Noise Machine. I have some theories why they're such miserable failures these days, but not quite sure of any of them ... It used to be that when the Republicans would kick the soccer ball, the press would chase it and then coo "oooo, pretty soccer ball." Now they still chase the ball, but at least some of them might notice that it ain't so pretty. They don't always praise the ball, but they still follow it most of the time...

http://www.eschatonblog.com/2012/09/the-mighty-message-machine.html

When I checked in yesterday morning, most of the craziness of the day (the murder of our ambassador to Libya, Romney's smirking, gleeful reaction, and the responses by Pres. Barack Obama and Sec of State Hillary Clinton) had already taken place. As I caught up on the facts of the situation, I fully expected the media to do its dutiful "bash Democrats as weak on foreign affairs" schtick and was initially disoriented when the exact opposite was happening. Eight years ago ... heck, four years ago this wouldn't be happening.




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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/13/1131421/-Media-coverage-has-changed-for-the-better


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[Drunken Irishman]

1. The media is in a tough place...

It's hard to attack Obama as weak when the polls don't show this. In '08 and '04, the Democrats were weakest on foreign policy ... polls indicated this all the time. But that isn't the case now. Obama has owned foreign policy and it's completely thrown everyone for a loop.

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2. The press is perceiving Romney as very chummy

And they're smelling the chum in the water.

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3. LOL!

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4. There is one thing the media loves better than a horse race.

A reality show. People behaving badly. Their new show:
"Desperate Republicans! The Final Sinking"!

Start-up costs: zero. Royalties: zero. Personalities: zero.

[RepublicansRZombies]

6. Republicans Gone Wild!

Uninhibited and Flashing their stupidity everywhere for all to see.

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5. It's partly positive changes in the press.

In particular, "he said he said" truth-neutral coverage is acquiring a bad odor.

But the GOP is also afflicted with trickle-up stupidity. Smart people aren't attracted to the party anymore. So gradually smarter politicians, consultants, and strategists are being replaced by dumber and more foxified ones.