I am not a sophisticated writer but when I read articles such as Eleanor Cleft's here on Howard Dean, I do feel compelled to respond to the article in my own manner as best can but I appreciate your guys critique as some of you are so much better at it than I which can help me improve. So for those that care to give me the red marks as I used to get in school, have at it and I appreciate the help. Thanks.
Link to the article A Curiously Silent Screamer
Howard Dean has stayed oddly quiet lately while intraparty squabbling over the Democrats’ primary calendar escalates. What gives?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21271928/site/newsweek/page/0/ email to Clift:
"You say Howard Dean blew his campaign with a scream; “Remember how he was supposed to be the Democratic nominee in 2004, and he blew it with a scream?”
Howard Dean did not blow it with a scream, you the media actually created that scream & blew it for him. It has been shown several times how that clip which can be done was isolated by the media which completely transformed and made it more than it was. It was also shown with just a normal or the real version as it was done (not isolated out) and you could hardly hear it over the audience. This is simply more of the “corporate” media invoking itself into whatever it decides to invoke itself into instead of just reporting the news. However, as most of my friends do anymore, we do not rely on the US corporate news and media alone as we have other alternatives now where we can get the truth or news from Europe/internet, etc as it used to be done by Cronkite & the others who did not try to slant it and revise it to the way they wanted to present it.
Howard Dean may have had problems in his campaign other than the “scream” the media created but my point is I just wish the US media would only report the news instead of framing it the way they want it. I don’t hold up much hope for this however, with it now being corporate owned and the marching orders come down from the Ivory Tower of the CEO on what and how the news is to be done.
Thanks for taking the time if you have it to read this.
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