They’ve lost control of the narrative
A poll by PPP reports some results that illustrate that the political/media establishment of the left has totally lost control of the narrative:
Given what we now know about the monolithic and rather militant partisanship of the media, the Katrina narrative seems even worse than it was at the time. People had adequate notice to get out of New Orleans, but did not, and the local political officials were grossly negligent. Mayor Nagin’s behavior was utterly incompetent, and the deplorable Blanco’s first acts were to keep the feds out and hire a Democratic consultant to shape the media messaging. (Remember how Blanco stiffed both the President and Mayor Nagin at a critical juncture?) But turn on the TV or read the paper and it was all Bush’s fault.
Would it surprise anyone to learn that there was active collusion between Democratic politicians and the MSM to make Bush look bad? And yet the media today seem to be totally unable to control the narrative in a way that helps their team, as the polling results above show. No wonder they have gone berserk.


August 30th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Sunday morning links…
Did anybody see this movie? Enemy at the Gates. Are Standardized Tests Biased Against Students Who Don’t Give A Shit? AVI ponders confessing the sins of others Surber on Beck’s rally. Related: Make Believe Media: WaPo Claims Al Sharpton Brings Thousa…
August 31st, 2010 at 5:51 am
I don’t think there was active collusion, merely a coinciding of interests. We were, however, spared stories of cannibalism this time. I’m mildly curious how anyone can trust a media that so thoroughly discredited itself.