Hmmm...why the media silence on Repub. Tedisco's loss in NY-20? It's Steele's first loss...

[jenmito]

and supposedly another Obama win! At least BEFORE the outcome was known, that race went from being a referendum on Steele's political "pull" to OBAMA'S political "pull." Now that the race is over, you'd never even know there WAS one. How much ya wanna bet that if Murphy lost, it would be all over the news that "Obama doesn't have the influence some thought he had"? :eyes:

[ErinBerin84]

1. hmmmm

True, didn't hear much about it on the news, not even on Saturday.

[jenmito]

2. I only heard the story ONCE-that Tedisco conceded. Obama's name wasn't even

mentioned at ALL like it was (more than even Steele) BEFORE the election took place.

[damonm]

3. Why?

Because the corporo-media don't like reminders that Obama's bigger than they are.

[jenmito]

4. Exactly. n/t

[Life Long Dem]

5. Oh geez... they'd have nothing else on all day.

They would be running scenario's comparing his 100 days with this breaking news and the effects if we had known about this earlier blah blah blah.

[jenmito]

7. How true. I hope to at LEAST hear about it on Countdown and Maddow's show...

but I'm surprised I haven't even heard a word about it from David Shuster. :shrug:

[leftynyc]

11. Rachel did a bit about

it on Friday while speaking with Annamarie Cox. Spoke about Steel also.

[jenmito]

16. Oh. I watched that, too.

Must've not dwelled on it too long.

[Puzzler]

6. The (relative) MSM silence on this speaks volumes

.

[jenmito]

8. Yup. If Tedisco won, we'd never hear the end of it.

[Supersedeas]

33. diverting attention from anything substantive is a GoP Media Establishment strong point

[Overseas]

9. K&R !! More proof of our mass media's pro-GOP bias. //nt

[Overseas]

10. Wyldwolf found discussion on this on MSNBC's "First Read" today

but will it be discussed on their many news chat shows?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8372819

"Although the late Friday concession, as well as the nearly four weeks of overtime, might have lessened the sting, let's make no mistake: The Republicans' loss in NY-20 was yet another blow to an already-bruised GOP. It had the registration advantage, it had the better-known candidate, and it was expected to benefit from a Republican base fired up after the first several weeks of the Obama administration... The GOP now controls just three out of New York's 29 congressional seats, and it doesn't have a single congressman from New England. This is the lowest level the GOP has been in New York State -- ever. It's stunning."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/27/19099...

[jenmito]

13. Thanks for that (along with the K&R). I wish they would cover it on TV, though...

how many people read MSNBC'S website?

[Overseas]

14. That's what I'm wondering.

Will it be just a web comment or will they follow that up with more discussion, as they would have if the situation were reversed.

[Arugula Latte]

12. Yep -- If Murphy had lost it would have been a "Symbol of Discontent with Obama" and

"a Harbinger of Upcoming Democratic Losses" and "Backlash Against Democrats" and blah blah blah.

[jenmito]

15. Yup. I'm sure of it!

"Liberal" media my butt.

[AlinPA]

17. If Murphy had lost, CNN, Fox "News" and MSNBC would be going berserk screaming

"Obama is losing......and republicans are now the dominant force in politics..."

[jenmito]

19. Exactly. It's so obvious that the media is anything BUT liberal...

OR "in the tank" for Obama.

[Uzybone]

18. Corporate media loves to move the goal posts

n/t

[Cha]

20. You know david gregory would bring

it up on mtp and all those other Sunday gasbags would wonder aloud "how bad is this for the Obama admin?"

If Al Franken were dragging on this election in Minnesota ..the cmwhores would be relentlessly pointing that out to the country in ugly ways.

Too bad there isn't somewhere to write or call and let them know we know about their obvious omissions!

[jenmito]

23. And John King would use his "magic wall" to show how Obama campaigned for Murphy

and how he made an ad for him, then show Murphy conceding, with the dates under each different clip. :eyes:

[rasputin1952]

21. The first of many for Steele...

and the entire GOP machine...they are crawling through the wilderness...and they aren't coming back...:D

[jenmito]

24. I agree, but the media should be talking about this much more than they are...

which is practically not at all from what I've seen.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

22. Not only that, Steele stated that he would gladly bank his chairmanship on 'Testicles' winning.

'Testes' lost. Does that mean that Steele needs to step down??!?!?! :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

I fucking hate the M$M!! We all know that had Murphy lost, it would be all over the news that Obama has no coattails!!! :puke::puke:

[jenmito]

25. He said that? Where's the coverage in the media of them showing that video

clip and then showing the results of the election? You know they'd do it if it were reversed. :eyes:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

28. Hopefully Rachel will cover this story tonight. She has been following this race closely and

Steele's reaction.

[PBS Poll-435]

26. Many "analysts" had said that if Teh Disco didn't win the special election

That Steele would be forced out.


I, personally, am thrilled he is still at the helm. :woohoo:

[jenmito]

27. Yeah-he won't be forced out, luckily for us...

it takes 2/3rds of those who voted him in to get him out. :D

[Grateful for Hope]

29. I think it is because the win is not the "news" that it would have been

if Tedisco had won. This win is "more of the same" in the eyes of the media.

They would have liked nothing better than to be able to point to a loss for us as a "change" for change (and controversy) sake.

[LynnTheDem]

30. Imagine if Tedisco had won. It would be non-stop "Obama buyer remorse" bullshit.

It's that damn "liberal" media.

[sampsonblk]

31. Nah, thats how it should be

Obama is riding high and the GOP is toast. If the Repubs lose another election, that alone isn't news. But if they win one, yeah that's news.

[saltpoint]

32. Agree. The corporate media only really likes it when Republicans

win.

When Republicans lose, it doesn't get near the attention Democratic losses get.

Steele likely wanted this one up in New York and of course he didn't get it. The GOP had a lot of built-in advantages, too.

Murph still won.

These are hard, lean, tough times for the Republican Party. There are currently more pterodactyls in New England than Republican Congressional representatives.