The New Road

Speech analysis

I read through the entirety of Bush's speech. He made twelve statements about Kerry. One was actually true. Seven were lies. Four were distortions.

Why hasn't the press been covering this? I think it's the recent dilution of the press because of the constant emphasis on profits. Investigative reporting has been cut. International reporting has been cut. Now all we are left with is reporters who simply dictate the words of the speech and print them without any critical analysis.

I also think the press has a pro-Bush bias, and I don't just mean Fox, which is an obvious extension of the Republic spin machine. The mainstream outlets are pro-Bush because they fear being labeled as liberal, they want access to the President, they don't want to be too critical of the President during a time of war, and because the President comes off as an intellectual cripple, which makes it difficult to be critical of his lies and distortions.

The Democrats and the public still live in a world where the press is acting as it should, as a source of information that has been thoroughly researched and verified. The Republican spin machine has realized that this protective layer is gone and are operating with impunity. Actually I don't think the protective layers is gone entirely. The part critical of Kerry and the Democrats remains in the form of Fox and the right wing spin machine.