Reply #30: Nagourney is the fucknut who was responsible for the

[Julien Sorel]

'Mary, Help' thing, which was apparently said in jest, but which he reported as if it was said seriously. He's been consistently friendly to Dean's campaign since a few weeks after Dean got slapped silly on Russert's show.

This was pretty unbalanced coverage. Last week, I saw the politics part of CNN, which Judy Woodruff and some other talking head hosted. Clark wasn't mentioned one time: the entire segment, about 10 minutes, was devoted to the 'Dean juggernaut' versus the stumbling campaign of 'his rival,' John Kerry. No other candidates existed, besides a mention that they'd be interviewing Lieberman later in the week, and they kept saying Dean was 'picking up steam,' and 'gaining momentum,' but didn't say exactly what was happening that made them reach that conclusion.

Woodruff: So what's going on?

Talking head: The Dean juggernaut just keeps going on, while Kerry's campaign is mired in mush.

Woodruff: Yes, Dean is really picking up steam.

Other talking head: His momentum really grew this week. His rival, John Kerry, just can't get it together.

Woodruff: Dean is amazing, and got better this week.

Other talking head: John Kerry sucks. Dean is really taking it to him.

Woodruff: How can Kerry turn this around?

Other talking head: If he has another week like this one against the gathering momentum and the juggernaut of Howard Dean, he can't.

Woodruff: Tune in next week, when we interview presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman, and ask him the important questions: in the complete absence of news, how does one 'pick up momentum,' 'build a juggernaut,' 'distance oneself from one's rival,' get credit for only having one rival when there are actually seven, be the only person who gets positive notice from the media, and, most importantly,
what he thinks about Howard Dean.


I don't watch TV, and am usually very suspicious of the paranoia that runs rampant on this board, but that 10 minutes was eye opening.