Progressive Media Bolstering Republican & FOX News Agenda

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Looks like Gibbs is not alone. Good.


Randy Shaw:


No wonder Americans are unaware of President Obama’s many accomplishments, or think that he, rather than President Bush, signed the unpopular bank bailout bill. With progressive media primarily focused on rebutting conservative “news,” little time is left to promote stories that build support for progressive policies.

President Obama’s daily actions are covered, as are Congressional hearings and the enactment of progressive laws. But these stories do not echo through the media, unlike the phony “news” invented and recirculated endlessly by FOX.

And, unlike progressive media, FOX and right-wing radio feel no obligation to cover stories that boost their opponents. The right-wing media avoids news that does not serve their cause, which limits stories from echoing through the broader public.

That’s why so few Americans know about the Ensign, Vitter and other Republican political scandals, but everyone knows about Charles Rangel’s problems. And why many are unaware of the jobs created and preserved by the Obama stimulus, or about the many positive actions Obama officials at the EPA have taken to improve the environment.

Many noted how the media never connected former President Bush to the Exxon Valdez spill, but directly associated Obama with BP’s reckless conduct. That’s because FOX News and others made Obama the issue from the start, and traditional media either parroted this line or joined progressives in noting that the Bush Administration imposed lax oil drilling regulations; either way, FOX’s framing of Obama as a central figure in the spill prevailed.



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