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One small voice in the proud tradition of FreeBlogging*Wednesday, August 18, 2004posted by gbarto at 11:26 PM:Before you steal an election, be sure to case it out...A lot of us in the Blogosphere have hit on one big story - the media's efforts to hide all defects Kerry while slamming Bush and Nader at every turn. Plainly the media's in the tank for Kerry, but some of their number (Evan Thomas, call your office) have pretty much acknowledged this. Who gives a damn... they can say and do anything because as much as we talk, we can't put it on the front page. Marcus, I think, is on to the next big story - what happens if the fifteen points the media scrapes up for Kerry aren't enough? It's obvious, of course, that if Bush wins in spite of the fifteen points the media is bringing Kerry by buring Kerry negatives and highlighting Bush's, the only way he can do so is to steal the election. Various leftish outfits are already hiring lawyers, preparing briefing papers and coaching potential witnesses to prove that if Bush wins, it's because Kerry voters were disenfranchised. Be sure to follow Marcus' updates on how they'rethe Demos are boosting their man's chances, first by raising doubts about election processes, the ability to get a fair shot at voting, etc, and second by shutting Nader out. Now, then, think that over one more time: The media is sure they'll deliver an extra fifteen points for Kerry. Bush can't win in those circumstances. Therefore, a Bush win would be by default fraudulent. And we live in a Democracy? When do we get to vote on the Fourth Estate? * * * Incidentally, a few questions... I read a fair amount, both on paper and on the internet. At different times in my life, I've read three newspapers a day. I still usually read six to ten newspapers a week. I imagine this is true of most political bloggers. Do your neighbors who aren't into politics, don't blog, etc, likely to read a dozen newspapers a week? Are they likely to get anything other than the local paper? You and I know that this blog is not going to be enough to get out the full story on Kerry. You and I know that even Instapundit can't, apparently, get Kerry's Cambodia lies on the front page. But... My experiences writing a blog and being in the blogosphere have been enough to reduce my reading of the NYT from two or three times a week to two or three times a month. I used to read it to see what the left was thinking; I now skim for lies and omissions. I used to be an ideal newspaper consumer - a regular reader and purchaser. I now usually read one paper - and that for the comics - and get my news mostly from online sources. We know that bloggers are a small percentage of the population. But what percentage of the newspaper buying population are they? Will the NYT and Washington Post feel it in their bottom lines, over the long term, if they continue to insult the intelligence of readers who also go online? I know the NYT hasn't sold me a copy in a few weeks. * * *
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