Reply #5: You've got it exactly right.......and so, the media is helping

[FrenchieCat]

John Edwards by keeping him out of the Frey....and angering the grassroots by not mentioning him as much as Obama and Hillary....while always, always, however, keeping him in as a "top Tier" candidate of mention.

The media never ever mention his IWR co-sponsorship, or the implications as to what he knew while he sat on the intelligence committee and why he didn't support any of the alternative resolutions that most other progressive Dems voted for, yet supported the IWR to the infinite degree. They also didn't have any issues with the fact that his "apology" came way too late, and was part and parcel of his plans for running once again for President.

Truth be known, the media liked John Edwards in 2004 (which is why they promoted him ad-nauseum as VP on the Kerry ticket after their promotion of him after Iowa didn't pan out as well as they wanted), and it appears that they will commence to favor him more and more when it most counts; right prior to the first primary.

Edwards was liked at the Bildenberg conference that he attended not long before he was chosen VP, and it is my belief that if Edwards gets the nomination, we will then find out that this guy is just not as progressive as he has led us to believe.

NETWORKS ANOINTED KERRY, EDWARDS BEFORE IOWA DID
Study: Iowa Caucus Victors Received 98 Percent Positive Coverage
WASHINGTON, DC—Prior to their surprising Iowa caucus performances, 98 percent of the network evening news coverage of Democratic Presidential candidates John Kerry and John Edwards was positive, according to research conducted by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA). The study also found Howard Dean received more critical coverage over the same time period, at 58 percent positive.

This is CMPA’s second ElectionWatch report of Campaign 2004. ElectionWatch will provide regular updates of how the broadcast networks are covering the candidates, the issues and the campaign. This report examines the 91 stories broadcast on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening news from January 1st through January 18th, the night before the Iowa caucus.

OTHER MAJOR FINDINGS:

Golden Boys Get Midas Touch-Not one person quoted by the networks had anything critical to say about North Carolina Senator John Edwards (100 percent favorable coverage) in the two and half weeks leading up to the Iowa caucus, while 96 percent of the evaluations of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry were positive.
http://www.cmpa.com/pressReleases/NetworksAnointedKerryEdwards.htm

"AND THEN THERE WERE TWO"
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/02/04/primaries/index.html
February 4, 2004
Kerry breaks into the open field, with Edwards still in pursuit -- while the Dean meteor continues to burn out.