I’ve noticed…
…a strong tendency for MSM articles about the president’s most recent tax proposal to couch the news in strategic rather than substantive terms, labeling it a technique for making the Republicans look bad, fostering class war, and thus gaining votes in an election year, rather than a bona fide attempt to solve our economic problems.
It seems to me that this represents a change in coverage. Previously, these sort of reports were more confined to pundits on the right, because they foster cynicism about the president’s motives.
If it is a change, what does that reflect? Perhaps it’s just an indication of the growing cynicism on the part of those supporters of Obama (mostly still supporters, because they can’t stand the idea of leaving the reservation) who previously believed in him as an inspirational figure, and who now feel that—in the words of Reverend Wright—“he does what politicians do.”
Mainstream Media Losing Its Monopoly
http://www.teapartytribune.com/2012/06/09/mainstream-media-losing-its-monopoly/
effect follows cause…
Neo – I think you’re seeing that shift because that’s what many of our “mainstream” journalists are thinking about now. To put it bluntly, they are wondering if they — and other Obama supporters — can drag him over the finish line in November.
I heard a remarkable example last Friday on one of the main radio stations in the Seattle area.
I have also noticed a strong tendency to think that we don’t exist on a world stage that may take advantage of the situation – or have nursed it to take advantage of it.
Russian Warships Sent on Maneuvers Near Syria
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/world/middleeast/russia-sends-warships-on-maneuvers-near-syria.html?_r=1
will they do the unthinkable?
neo, you expect the leftist press to embrace the idea that tax cuts might stimulate the economy or prevent it from getting worse? Remember the mocking of supply side economics during the Reagan era? I’m sure their worst nightmare is conservatives taking over the House, Senate and Presidency and turning the economy around through reforms that involve reduced taxes and decreased spending.