Reply #12: They have to be discredited, but the role

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the MSM played has to be acknowledged. The MSM drowned them out te response that was the problem! Kerry dismissed them in the spring when the first appeared as an organized group. The MSM latched on to them after the convention and promoted them. Kerry even issued a direct challenge to Bush (the video is in the Research forum):

Of course, the President keeps telling people he would never question my service to our country. Instead, he watches as a Republican-funded attack group does just that. Well, if he wants to have a debate about our service in Vietnam, here is my answer: "Bring it on."

I'm not going to let anyone question my commitment to defending America—then, now, or ever. And I'm not going to let anyone attack the sacrifice and courage of the men who saw battle with me.

And let me make this commitment today: their lies about my record will not stop me from fighting for jobs, health care, and our security – the issues that really matter to the American people...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?

By the time the Swift Boat story had played out, CNN, chasing after ratings leader Fox News, found time to mention the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth–hereafter, Swifties–in nearly 300 separate news segments, while more than one hundred New York Times articles and columns made mention of the Swifties. And during one overheated 12-day span in late August, the Washington Post mentioned the Swifties in page-one stories on Aug. 19, 20, 21 (two separate articles), 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31. It was a media monsoon that washed away Kerry’s momentum coming out of the Democratic convention.

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2880

In August, as opposed to spring, Kerry was hamstrung by campaign-spending laws. Members of his crew and veterans like Max Cleland made highly-visible public appearances during that period, even as other groups spent tens of millions of dollars to fill in the gap.

How much money would it have taken to counter a determined MSM?


People put too much emphasis on the powers of these liars when they couldn't have had an impact without the MSM. If the Media aids them again in this way, I doubt it unless they think people are gullible and stupid, they will drown out the response again. I think most people know these idiots are liars. Debunking their claims is the right course every time they resurface.