Campaign 2008 Aftermath

Isn't it nice to know MSNBC was a victim of a hoax regarding Sarah Palin. Naturally the "story" of her saying Africa was a country and not a continent was plastered all over the internet. It was later debunked, as the article indicates, and although "Eisenstadt" had been previously revealed as a hoax, it didn't stop some fools for reporting him like he was a real person.

The gory details:

MSNBC was the victim of a hoax when it reported that an adviser to John McCain had identified himself as the source of an embarrassing story about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the network said Wednesday.

David Shuster, an anchor for the cable news network, said on air Monday that Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, had come forth and identified himself as the source of a Fox News Channel story saying Palin had mistakenly believed Africa was a country instead of a continent.

Eisenstadt identifies himself on a blog as a senior fellow at the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy. Yet neither he nor the institute exist; each is part of a hoax dreamed up by a filmmaker named Eitan Gorlin and his partner, Dan Mirvish, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

That's two strikes against Shuster; remember, he was the one who mentioned the whores remark about Chelsea Clinton and got himself in trouble.

Still more gory details are here.

Media Follies

Does anybody want to refute my claim Barack Obama is nothing but a punching bag for the GOP and the result of endless manipulation of the primaries and caucuses? Now we are seeing a major change in attitude, once Obama was made the nominee. The shit-slinging will now begin in EARNEST.

Olbermann is an alleged shill for Obama. Matthews blathered on and on about Obama, although he is truly in the tank for John McCain.

The network certainly didn't care about the "partisan" tone of the coverage during the primaries. It was shit on the other candidates, especially Hillary Clinton, in order to pump up a truly weak candidate for the Democrats.

Olbermann's JOB was to shit all over Hillary Clinton to benefit the network's, the GOP's, and corporate America's ringer, Obama. There was no real principle there on his part. He was PAID to ruin Clinton's chances.

His job is over now, so he doesn't have to analyze anything anymore. Now we will get 24/7 trashing of the Democratic Party ticket by all of the networks and the rest of the traditional media.

It isn't just the regular newscasts, either, which have shifted focus. As this person wrote, the Sunday talk shows are displaying a distinct shift in attitude. It's as if this shift were right on cue. Of course it was and is.

I saw it coming. I wasn't afraid to write about it here.

MSNBC

got the message when the PUMAs began their attack on Union Station.

At least a few in the media are paying attention to the protests.

I Wouldn't

worry too much about MSNBC's obvious shilling for Barack Obama, Mr. Chotiner. The network, owned by General Electric, is REALLY not for a Democrat anyway. It, like most of the national media, is in the tank for John McCain. Just spend any time at all listening to Tim Russert or Chris Matthews. That should make it plainly clear where the bias actually is.