ABCNews' The Note Notes Liberal Media's Plan To Elect Nancy Pelosi

The Note's pretty liberal, but every once in a while they go on these insane truth-telling, career-stalling jags and admit that the media -- which they are definitely a part of; they work with and know these people -- is hopelessly biased in favor of Democrats and liberalism.

This is one of those times.

How the (liberal) Old Media plans to cover the last two weeks of the election:

1. Glowingly profile Speaker-Inevitable Nancy Pelosi, with loving mentions of her grandmotherly steel (see last night's 60 Minutes), and fail to describe her as "ultra liberal" or "an extreme liberal," which would mirror the way Gingrich was painted twelve years ago.

2. Look at every attempt by the President to define the race on his terms as deluded and desperate; increasingly quote Republican strategists saying that the President is hurting the party whenever he enters the fray.

3. Refuse to join the daily morning Ken Mehlman-Rush Limbaugh conference calls, despite repeated invitations.

4. Imbue every Democratic candidate for whom Bill Clinton campaigns with a golden halo.

5. Paint groups that run ads or do turnout for Republican candidates as shadowy, extreme, corrupt, and illegitimate; describe their analogues on the left as valiant underdogs, part of a People's Army (with homage to Rich Lowry).

6. Care more about voter disenfranchisement than voter fraud.

7. Take every Republican quote expressing some trepidation about the outcome and banner it.

8. Drop any pretense of covering good news from Iraq (uhm&.) or good news about the economy, including some upcoming positive macro numbers....

One question:

How is this two-weeks-before-the-election agenda any different from the other 50 weeks of the year?

Thanks to beloved former co-blogger Dr. Reo Symes.

posted by Ace at 07:18 PM

| Access Comments