questions

[Uday Mohan]

I agree that the "liberal media" charge is nonsense, but the Kristol
quote used below to indicate this isn't quite persuasive. Isn't he
saying there that the media are liberal but they don't always set the
agenda; therefore conservatives often have themselves to blame? I think
a more useful quote is the following, also by Kristol:


>From CNN on 2/5/00: "George W. Bush got awfully
good press, in my judgment, in most of 1999. I mean, he was getting very
nice pieces; compassionate conservatism was a hopeful thing. His
speeches that he gave in the summer and the fall of '99 were very
respectfully reported. The press isn't quite as biased and
liberal. They're actually conservative sometimes."

Uday

Michael Pugliese wrote:
> , "William Kristol also reveals another reason: "I admit it: the liberal
> media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an
> excuse by conservatives for conservative failures." (1) Both quoted by
> Norman Solomon, "Politics: What is Disinformation?" San Francisco Bay
> Guardian, August 8, 1996.