Re: Drudge Report Dean and the media

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, James A. Donald wrote:

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> On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 16:20:01 GMT, Constantinople
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My take on this is the following:
> >
> > 1) Here's a fine illustration of "give me power now, we'll
> > work out the details later".
> >
> > 2) Dean's initial statement is that he will break up giant
> > media, but at the very end Matthews forces him to admit that
> > his actual plan is not to break up anything at all (he admits
> > this explicitly, "I don`t think we actually have to break
> > them up"), but rather for the state to more closely regulate
> > the political slant of news and programming.
>
> I read him as saying he would not break up GE-MSNBC, the
> largest and most powerful left wing media conglomerate, but
> would break up Fox

        he said 'on ideological grounds'.  if he's not joking,  that won't
stand.

-gr


>
> > "Would you break up Fox?"
> >
> > (LAUGHTER)
> >
> > MATTHEWS: I`m serious.
> >
> > DEAN: I`m keeping a...
> >
> > MATTHEWS: Would you break it up? Rupert Murdoch has "The
> > Weekly Standard." It has got a lot of other interests. It has
> > got "The New York Post." Would you break it up?
> >
> > DEAN: On ideological grounds, absolutely yes, but...
> >
> > (LAUGHTER)
>
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