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Originally posted by widebody911
Why go thru the hassle of telling a reporter to 'act angry' when it's much easier to just hire production crew and make up whatever news skit you want, then feed it to the networks who are none the wiser? Hey, it works for the Bush administration, why couldn't it work for the Dems?
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Problem is Thom, in Bush's case (or any Republican for that matter) he is swimming upstream against a notoriously hostile press...Stay with me here...the converse is true. Get this buddy, when you have the press in your back-pocket you get (I know it is hard to comprehend) better coverage and quite often (especially in Clinton's case) turning a blind eye to your possibly politically damaging behavior.
Do you remember Juanita Broaddrick?...You see she would have nailed Clinton's coffin during impeachment, but friends at NBC decided to shelf her interview with Lisa Myers until (get this) after impeachment...Now that is what I call a collaborative effort.
Bill Clinton's ex-prostitute George Steponallofus is another prime example of network news allegiance, with his plum job acting as a "journalist" for ABC.