You Spin Me Right Round
Francis Stern
Issue date: 9/29/08 Section: Op-Ed
After Friday night's first Presidential debate, Democrats envisioned a clear victory for Barack Obama. Republicans envisioned a clear victory for John McCain. Ron Paul supporters were probably happy he wasn't invited to participate in the craziness of the first debate.
Above describes the wonderful world of spinning, in its most basic sense. In a week that saw Americans scared of "the most serious financial crisis since the great depression," both candidates' campaigns said their respective nominees held their ground on the other candidate's home turf.
Obama's stance on foreign affairs and the War in Iraq stymied McCain at times, on his specialty, and McCain plastered Obama as another "tax and spend" Democrat whose administration will continue wasteful spending.
These ideas, statements, thoughts, etc. show exactly how partisan this country has become. It's not just candidates, but its print media and news networks too. As bipartisan and impartial news networks like CNN and FOX News are supposed to be, the public's opinion doesn't deter from CNN being ultra-liberal and Fox News being ultra-conservative.
Campbell Brown ranted this week on "sexist" treatment of Sarah Palin by the McCain camp. Brown is an anchor for CNN and a member of the "best political team on TV."
Brown's statements were fair to make. She blasted the McCain campaign from hiding their Vice-Presidential candidate from the press. This writer has as much right to argue for what she argues for, but since she is an anchor for CNN, she is defaulted as biased and her ideas voided.
Some readers of that piece agreed with the rant, but others called her message weak and influenced by partisan ideologies.
On the article response section, Jennifer from Stillwater, Oklahoma said that Brown's rant was "just ridiculous" and that Brown and other "journalists" were asserting unfair bias into reporting. Some readers agreed with her opinion while others gave props to Brown for stating the truth about McCain's "chauvinistic treatment" of Palin.
Above describes the wonderful world of spinning, in its most basic sense. In a week that saw Americans scared of "the most serious financial crisis since the great depression," both candidates' campaigns said their respective nominees held their ground on the other candidate's home turf.
Obama's stance on foreign affairs and the War in Iraq stymied McCain at times, on his specialty, and McCain plastered Obama as another "tax and spend" Democrat whose administration will continue wasteful spending.
These ideas, statements, thoughts, etc. show exactly how partisan this country has become. It's not just candidates, but its print media and news networks too. As bipartisan and impartial news networks like CNN and FOX News are supposed to be, the public's opinion doesn't deter from CNN being ultra-liberal and Fox News being ultra-conservative.
Campbell Brown ranted this week on "sexist" treatment of Sarah Palin by the McCain camp. Brown is an anchor for CNN and a member of the "best political team on TV."
Brown's statements were fair to make. She blasted the McCain campaign from hiding their Vice-Presidential candidate from the press. This writer has as much right to argue for what she argues for, but since she is an anchor for CNN, she is defaulted as biased and her ideas voided.
Some readers of that piece agreed with the rant, but others called her message weak and influenced by partisan ideologies.
On the article response section, Jennifer from Stillwater, Oklahoma said that Brown's rant was "just ridiculous" and that Brown and other "journalists" were asserting unfair bias into reporting. Some readers agreed with her opinion while others gave props to Brown for stating the truth about McCain's "chauvinistic treatment" of Palin.
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