Why does the media across the board so desperately want Mccain to win?

[Politics_Guy25]

I mean a lot of them come from humble beginnings like Senator Obama did. They weren't all born Paris Hilton rich. They should have an understanding of just how bad things are right now because of GOP rule. Following it every day, you think that they'd be terrified at the breathtaking declines on the Dow. You think that they would remember the 5,000 young american men and women who died in Iraq for unjust cause. Sure Roger Ailes, Tom Brokaw and the execs at the top of Time Warner/ABC-Disney could care less but you would think that the reporters would be different. Any ideas why? What really bothers me is that I've watched 4 presidential campaigns now and they've been harder on Senator Obama, in my opinion, than any presidential candidate in the last 4. Maybe it's racism? Terrified of seeing an AA in the White House?

I think back to President Clinton. I think the media was tough on him sure but they pushed hard during impeachment that the GOP was just doing it in a power grab and that no high crimes and misdemeanors really took place. Their coverage probably led to the Democratic congressional gains that year which led to the downfall of the speaker of the house. And, in 2006, with Foley, Bob Woodward's state of denial book and the Iraq war, the media provided very favorable coverage of the democrats trying to take back congress.

But, this year, they've been going 24/7 at each opportunity to smear Obama and are doing all that they can to destroy him (especially now). What I would like to know is why. It's ridiculous. They've treated him more unfairly than any democratic nominee since Dukaksis and yes that includes Gore and Kerry IMO.

I'm so mad right now.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. R A C I S M.

That is all.

[underpants]

2. Putting their fingers in the dyke

trying to hold off the tidal wave coming there way

[KayLaw]

3. Cheap labor.

Tax breaks for the big corporations that control them. Nothing personal.

[Politics_Guy25]

6. That's even worse lol

They're outrageously pathetic.

[Aviation Pro]

4. And yet in spite of this relentless assault....

...Senators Obama and Biden are going to crush Prick/Pornstar, that and a bullet-proof Congress will ensure humility in the chattering class.

And the first thing that the new President and Congress will enact will be the Fairness Doctrine, which will effectively muzzle the hate-mongers.

[napi21]

5. I honestly think they want this election to APPEAR CLOSE so they

can keep their viewership. If it looked like a blowout, lots of people would lose interest.

[rocktivity]

7. Because the national media is corporate in nature

and Obama might mess that up with things like equal time and de-consolidation. They're out to turn a profit just like any other business, and the Rethugs are much better at making them profitable via monopolies, labor suppression, and low taxes.

:headbang:
rocknation

[54anickel]

8. Most don't care who wins, they want/need a horserace to draw viewers, increases ratings and

sells advertising timeslots.

[KathieG]

9. I agree...they definitely want this to be a horse race.

[Politics_Guy25]

10. Well-presumably they needed a horserace in 1996

but they didn't do all they could to propel Bob Dole up that year.

Something more is at play here.

[SDJay]

13. Perhaps, but the MSM

wasn't competing with the Internet or nearly as many other networks then as they are now. The advertising dollars didn't have nearly as many places to go, so they could afford to be more objective and accurate in their reporting.

[54anickel]

16. They had Perot to use for the ratings game. Old Bob was pretty damned hard to prop up. (No pun

intended.) The guy looked ancient next to Clinton, falling down, using outdated cliches....Basically what a Palin-less McCain vs Obama race would look like. Today they have Palin, back then they had Perot.

JMHO. Obviously there could be, and probably are, hundreds of other reasons for propping up McCain. A good horserace might even be distracting enough for someone to get away with robbing the Treasury.....oh wait a minute......

[iceman66]

11. It's not so much

the reporters and other on-air personalities who want McCain to win (although some clearly do), but the corporations that own the media and support it through advertising. For them, everything comes down to the 'bottom line'.

[FrenchieCat]

12. They do it for the paycheck. Each morning, there is a meeting with the producers

who give the talking heads their talking points. They sleep at night, because they pay their bills on time, and have little empathy. To some extent, they may live in a bubble, and being conservative seems to be in vogue in their ranks.

[HughMoran]

14. I don't see that at all

...but I don't watch the right-leaning and/or "try to be fair" shows, so you can avoid this feeling by being a bit selective in whom you watch.

[Union Thug]

15. Big media is heavily invested in the status quo. Sure, individual journalists

may lean left, but what gets broadcast is the result of editorial decisions that come from high above those that write or broadcast. In the case of the overpaid talking heads, they also have a vested interest in maintaining conservative policies. This is the logical conclusion of for profit news organizations.

Without a fairness doctrine, it's unlikely we'll see any changes.

[Vinca]

17. General Electric enjoys the gravy train it's been on and figures

McInsane will continue it.

[City Lights]

18. They believe McSewer is better for their bottom line.

The only thing they're concerned with is making huge profits, and they believe they'll have bigger profits under McSewer.

[Overseas]

19. Could it be that the 5 media conglomerates are owned by Republicans?

Yes that's right. We used to have 50 media companies in the 80's and the mega corporations gradually swallowed up more and more stations in the 90's so now we have 5 giant corporations in charge and they skew very much to the right.

http://www.corporations.org/media/

They have token moderate reporters on so they can seem more liberal than Fox and that is supposed to be enough for us.

But those reporters try hard to defend the policies of the Bush administration and quite often report false claims by the McLiar campaign without any disclaimers. The Republicans of today repeat lies that have been debunked again and again because they expect media to get tired of issuing the disclaimers. Or to allow themselves to think that since they've already debunked that Ayers thing six weeks ago, and four weeks ago and last week, that they don't need to debunk again. But they go ahead and run the clips of McShame and McBubbles at their rallies making those false statements again.

[Medusa]

20. Think about the tax bracket they're in

for starters. It shouldn't be too difficult to figure out the rest.

[krawhitham]

21. all they want is a close race, for ratings