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Title: Joe Biden, MSM non-entity?
Post by: Wretched Excess on September 15, 2008, 11:50:42 AM

the new york times, washington post, and associated press have all abandoned joe bidet?  who will
record his gaffe-a-minute hilarity?

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Almost as soon as word leaked on Friday morning that the little-known Alaska governor had been picked as Republican nominee Sen. John McCain's number two, the attention paid to Biden quickly vanished into the Mile High air.

Since the Delaware senator left Obama's side and ventured out on his own on Labor Day, he has hardly garnered any national media interest at all.

His plane, a blue chartered 737, now crosses the country with about three-quarters of its seats empty, rows and rows with nary a warm body to be found.

Biden's supporters maintain that he is connecting with voters and garnering positive media interest on a local level. They also say that Biden is a "governing" pick, not a "political" pick, unlike Palin. That is, Biden will actually be able to help Obama govern; he's not just a cynical selection to help his boss win the election.

Either way, as Air Joe flew from Wilmington to Charlotte Sunday, the only reporters onboard were off-air reporters from the five television networks and correspondents from NBC and Politico. There was only one camera crew. The back of the plane, reserved for press, sat totally deserted.

More (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/joe-who.html)
Title: Re: Joe Biden, MSM non-entity?
Post by: SaintLouieWoman on September 15, 2008, 11:55:40 AM
And the MSM accuses the McCain team of keeping Palen hidden, not letting the lib beast correspondents have total access. With Biden, it's hilarious that no one even wants to talk to him.
Title: Re: Joe Biden, MSM non-entity?
Post by: Wretched Excess on September 15, 2008, 12:06:02 PM
And the MSM accuses the McCain team of keeping Palen hidden, not letting the lib beast correspondents have total access. With Biden, it's hilarious that no one even wants to talk to him.

the only way he could have made a more boring pick would have been to go with chris dodd.  at least with biden, you are pretty sure that he will uncork at least one head-scratcher per speech.  but I can see the headlines now;  "Biden Goes on the Attack, Dozens Notice".

Title: Re: Joe Biden, MSM non-entity?
Post by: DixieBelle on September 15, 2008, 12:18:45 PM
Who? :-)

I see that Fox is finally debuting it's "Biden - Revealed" story. Long after the McCain/Palin/Obama ones.
Title: Re: Joe Biden, MSM non-entity?
Post by: Wretched Excess on September 15, 2008, 12:24:52 PM
Who? :-)

I see that Fox is finally debuting it's "Biden - Revealed" story. Long after the McCain/Palin/Obama ones.

PMSNBC had it's Sarah Palin show on last night, followed by The BarackStar!'s.  they were remarkably restrained on the Palin show . . . until they got to the last 15 minutes.  politicians like Sarah Palin have their share of enemies, it's just the way it goes when you kick butt, take names, and fire the shit out of people.  there will be plenty of disgruntled alaskans to talk to between now and election day.

The BarackStar!'s was exactly what you would expect.  breathless adulation.