The media have started applying the horse-race style of campaign coverage to daily reporting on government, leading to adversarial reporting that can obscure the truth just to create conflict, President Bush's chief political strategist said Monday.
Speaking at a forum at Washington College, Karl Rove said the influx of media outlets and the shrinking shelf life of news in a 24-hour news cycle are to blame.
"We are substituting the shrill and rapid call of the track announcer for calm judgment, fact and substance," Rove told the crowd of roughly 600 students and local residents.
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Free Republic (link)
Democrats: HSD Omits Right-Wing Threats
AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/19/05 | Lara Jakes Jordan - AP
Posted on 04/19/2005 6:35:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department is focusing on possible terror threats from radical environmental and animal rights activists without also examining risks that might be posed by right-wing extremists, House Democrats said Tuesday.
To: NormsRevenge
Well, the white supremacist was shot by Lon Horiuchi [FBI sniper]; of the violent militia, one was executed and the other is serving life. The anti-abortion bomber just pled guilty as charged and will serve life, for life. That about wraps it up, so where's the problem from The Right?
12 posted on 04/19/2005 7:29:34 PM PDT by DBrow
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Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics(CNN)
JOHN KING: And Karl Rove, you said you will not get involved in the next presidential election. I want to play devil's advocate. If you could pick the most interesting Democrat and run his or her campaign, who would it be?
KARL ROVE: John King.
KING: You're saying I'm a Democrat. You don't know that.
ROVE: I'm sorry, I thought you said the most interesting candidate.
KING: At the moment, I'd have to run as an Independent.
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And now a few words from WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, CNN SR. POLITICAL ANALYST and POINTER OUTER OF THE FRIGGIN' OBVIOUS.
SCHNEIDER: In a February Gallup, poll nearly half of those who said they expect the stock market to go up thought private Social Security accounts were a bad idea. Among those who thought the market would stay the same, two-thirds called private accounts a bad idea. That number rose to three-quarters of those who thought the market would go down….
SCHNEIDER: The dangers facing President Bush's Social Security plans are also short-term. He needs public support now. If the market takes a plunge, the president's plans could be in real trouble.
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