The Denver news organizations- the Denver Post and Channel 7- have had disgraceful coverage of the Senate confirmation hearings on Judge Alito.
Last night, Channel 7's 10 p.m. news "coverage" was all of 30 seconds. The 30 second sound bite was showing Judge Alito talking. There was no analysis or contexting or statements by the Senators about the line(s) of questioning on Alito and how he responds.
I will say that Channel 4 had slightly better coverage in providing more then a 30 second pro-Alito sound bite. However the Channel 4 analysis was more on the Republican meme that "there will be no Democratic filibuster".
In today's Denver Post there was a boxed national poll that supposedly shows that the American people barely (54 percent) want Alito to become an Associate Justice. However, John Avarosis of AmericaBlog provides a counter example of a January 9th poll done by CBS News. The vast majority of Americans don't even know who Sam Alito is and what his opinions are but those people still have to form an opinion on the fitness of Alito to serve on the Supreme Court.
I find it hard to believe given the paucity coverage by both the local and national media on Alito that even one in ten Americans knew of Alito before his nomination by Bush. It is highly suspect that the Denver Post would run with a poll that shows Americans support Alito to the high court.
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Operation Bird Dog- Colorado will have it's members watch the local media for lack of objective coverage of the Alito hearings and be in campaign mode to let Colorado media know when analysis is simply providing RNC talkingpoints or amplifying Republican memes on Alito.
Contact: Ken at therebis@yahoo.com on how to participate in Operation Bird Dog- Colorado
Last night, Channel 7's 10 p.m. news "coverage" was all of 30 seconds. The 30 second sound bite was showing Judge Alito talking. There was no analysis or contexting or statements by the Senators about the line(s) of questioning on Alito and how he responds.
I will say that Channel 4 had slightly better coverage in providing more then a 30 second pro-Alito sound bite. However the Channel 4 analysis was more on the Republican meme that "there will be no Democratic filibuster".
In today's Denver Post there was a boxed national poll that supposedly shows that the American people barely (54 percent) want Alito to become an Associate Justice. However, John Avarosis of AmericaBlog provides a counter example of a January 9th poll done by CBS News. The vast majority of Americans don't even know who Sam Alito is and what his opinions are but those people still have to form an opinion on the fitness of Alito to serve on the Supreme Court.
I find it hard to believe given the paucity coverage by both the local and national media on Alito that even one in ten Americans knew of Alito before his nomination by Bush. It is highly suspect that the Denver Post would run with a poll that shows Americans support Alito to the high court.
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Operation Bird Dog- Colorado will have it's members watch the local media for lack of objective coverage of the Alito hearings and be in campaign mode to let Colorado media know when analysis is simply providing RNC talkingpoints or amplifying Republican memes on Alito.
Contact: Ken at therebis@yahoo.com on how to participate in Operation Bird Dog- Colorado
posted by Ken at 9:14 AM
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