9/08/2004

Just another fine example of how bloody liberal that gosh darn media is!

Why isn't the media applying the same tough standards to Bush that they are to Kerry?

The Post used Bush’s own words to describe his opponent’s character trait: Kerry tends to “worry issues to death.” Meanwhile, the newspaper presented Bush’s decision-making far more charitably: "Unlike the indecisive Kerry, Bush changes positions only “when necessary.” The Post didn’t explain why Bush’s change in position about the creation of a Homeland Security Department was anything other than a classic “flip-flop”; nor did the article include an explanation of why Bush’s flip was “necessary” – though we can assume that political considerations played a sizable role.

The Associated Press has been more overt in promoting the idea of Bush-as-steady-leader. On Sept. 2, the wire service ran an article headlined, “Steadfast, disciplined, Bush sees himself as unchanged by events of presidency.”

Even the use of the phrase "flip-flop" plays right into Bush's hands, since it was his campaign which coined it as their description of John Kerry. Anytime Kerry is perceived to have changed positions, he has "filp-flopped." The media even says it as such now. But if Bush does an about face on a position he once took, what is it called? Certainly not a "flip-flop," even though he just performed the same action he's always accusing Kerry of performing.

If Kerry can "flip-flop," then why can't Bush? Why can't the media print the fucking truth for once?